The Cheque's In The Post

"The cheque's in the post, whilst you are waiting for it, can you also do these changes ASAP...."

If I've been waiting for a payment for almost 4 months for a new site, do you think I'm going to drop other work to get your 'important' changes done? Hmm, think not.

I don't know what it was, but 4 sites that went live 4 months ago - all in the same week - have proved almost impossible to get the owners to pay up. 2 eventually paid after 3 months and a third gave a first payment of just under 10% (was going to be 50%, but he spent the rest on the way over...).

And I don't know what it is, but the post around here seems very slow, for some people. There's one or two customers who's cheques take weeks to not arrive, whilst at the same time other cheques arrive next day.

And it's always the slowest to pay that expect the most changes and the quickest response. Those that transfer the money the moment the invoice arrives are usually very polite and apologise for the disruption if they need the slightest of changes.