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    Bob gent bald-facedly writes, "Sorry I paid you late as we haven't been paid..."

    Ok, only just got into online banking, logged into my system for the first time Thursday night and found I hadn't been paid for September (I'm on 7 days credit, so more than a week overdue).

    Wrote the pimp a stiff "Pay up by midday or I hand back laptop before walking off site with no chance of return, by the by my Solicitor specialises in suing agents" email, and doze off.

    Go in and continue working as normal, with one beady eye on the bottom right of my screen. Gets to about 11.40 and I think I'd best sound the bar steward out before marching off, frightened young bob picks up the phone and blubbers, "Oh gosh, but he is in the bank every Friday morning, he cannot see his emails until after 12" - so I think, hairy muff, I know they're only a 3-4 man band max over there, I'll give it another hour and that's it. Good policy as about 12.30 he boss-bob gets in and caves in within 60 seconds of checking his inbox, but get this...

    I mean, seriously...the guy out and out admitted, by return email,

    "Invoice now paid, apologies for the delay as we were waiting for (bob client too) to confirm some of these internally. TO be honest, we have still not received the payments from past 3 months (July/Aug/Sept) from (client) and we are still chasing them on the same."

    W...T....F ??

    Even given that he's exaggerating about not being paid himself, did he not just ******** own up using MY money to prop up his business??!!?!??

    #2
    I'm sure that made sense when you were typing it

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      #3
      Originally posted by Bunk View Post
      I'm sure that made sense when you were typing it
      I think he meant to write:-

      Agency paid me late but have now paid me. They however have not been paid for the past 3 months but seem quite happy for me to remain on site..
      merely at clientco for the entertainment

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        #4
        Are...you...ok??

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          #5
          I was waiting for the punchline...
          ______________________
          Don't get mad...get even...

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            #6
            Originally posted by SQLSwerver View Post
            Ok, only just got into online banking, logged into my system for the first time Thursday night and found I hadn't been paid for September (I'm on 7 days credit, so more than a week overdue).

            Wrote the pimp a stiff "Pay up by midday or I hand back laptop before walking off site with no chance of return, by the by my Solicitor specialises in suing agents" email, and doze off.

            Go in and continue working as normal, with one beady eye on the bottom right of my screen. Gets to about 11.40 and I think I'd best sound the bar steward out before marching off, frightened young bob picks up the phone and blubbers, "Oh gosh, but he is in the bank every Friday morning, he cannot see his emails until after 12" - so I think, hairy muff, I know they're only a 3-4 man band max over there, I'll give it another hour and that's it. Good policy as about 12.30 he boss-bob gets in and caves in within 60 seconds of checking his inbox, but get this...

            I mean, seriously...the guy out and out admitted, by return email,

            "Invoice now paid, apologies for the delay as we were waiting for (bob client too) to confirm some of these internally. TO be honest, we have still not received the payments from past 3 months (July/Aug/Sept) from (client) and we are still chasing them on the same."

            W...T....F ??

            Even given that he's exaggerating about not being paid himself, did he not just ******** own up using MY money to prop up his business??!!?!??
            Understood Hairy Muff but no idea what the rest of it was about

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              #7
              Originally posted by cherhill View Post
              Understood Hairy Muff but no idea what the rest of it was about
              You got the part about pussy, so relax.

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                #8
                One payment delay and you threaten to walk off site?

                Wouldnt have been better to notice when it was a little late, then just send a polite email asking whats going on? Fair enough if they then continued to not pay then escalate things but this seems a little heavy-handed.
                Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
                  One payment delay and you threaten to walk off site?

                  Wouldnt have been better to notice when it was a little late, then just send a polite email asking whats going on? Fair enough if they then continued to not pay then escalate things but this seems a little heavy-handed.
                  Totally this. You're threatening to walk off site because a payment was over a week late?! Hahahahahaha! That's hilarious!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
                    One payment delay and you threaten to walk off site?

                    Wouldnt have been better to notice when it was a little late, then just send a polite email asking whats going on? Fair enough if they then continued to not pay then escalate things but this seems a little heavy-handed.
                    Like I wrote in the opening post, I only just put online banking on my laptop, and noticed payment was 10 days overdue.

                    Like I didn't write, this is the 2nd time they've been "late", in 3 months. Not good.

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