Reply to: Procrastinating Pimps

[TheFaQQer]

What is European format, the comma or the full stop?

European: Euro 1.234,56

UK: £1,234.56

[bellymonster]

Commas are for European format ie 12,99 would be 12.99 in UK format. Why they feel they need to be different from us Brits I'll never know.

[Peter Loew]

No - this would be in a European format and not UK!

What is European format, the comma or the full stop?

[Peter Loew]

Could you please upload one of your invoices, obviously removing all personal details so we could have a look at it, then we would probably be able to tell you if they are definitely just taking the urine out of you.

I would do but posting rules say I am not allowed to upload attachments.

[TheFaQQer]

Guys,

You are not going to believe this. Hays came back to me with this lame excuse:

"Can you please change the "." in your price quotes to a comma "," because our systems can't read the ".".

I mean, WTF?

Seriously, what action steps would you guys recommend? There is obviously something more going on here and I am fuming with anger at these clowns.

Advice much appreciated.

P

No - this would be in a European format and not UK!

[Harrysp]

Could you please upload one of your invoices, obviously removing all personal details so we could have a look at it, then we would probably be able to tell you if they are definitely just taking the urine out of you.

[DS23]

good. if your end client is supportive then you can play a tougher line. i'd explain to the client pm the lack of payment and that you are not prepared to continue until monies owed are received.

warn the agency that enough is enough and that you will be off-site until payment. complete today but not in tomorrow or whatever is the most suitable cut-off. ask the the client to apply pressure directly to the agency. you should get your money pretty sharpish. there will be loads of frantic calls and emails but don't move until that cash hits your account.

[Peter Loew]

does your contract with them stipulate an invoice format?

No it does not.

[DS23]

does your contract with them stipulate an invoice format?

[Peter Loew]

Guys,

You are not going to believe this. Hays came back to me with this lame excuse:

"Can you please change the "." in your price quotes to a comma "," because our systems can't read the ".".

I mean, WTF?

Seriously, what action steps would you guys recommend? There is obviously something more going on here and I am fuming with anger at these clowns.

Advice much appreciated.

P

[r0bly0ns]

There is some good advice on that here:

http://www.payontime.co.uk/

[Peter Loew]

I hope that you haven't changed the date on the invoices and you have made them aware that you will be charging interest if they do not adhere to your payment terms!!

I didn't change a thing.

But how would I go about warning them of incurred interest for late payments? Should this be part of the contract, how does it work?

P

[Ardesco]

I hope that you haven't changed the date on the invoices and you have made them aware that you will be charging interest if they do not adhere to your payment terms!!

[Peter Loew]

I have just finished revising my invoices for the past 5 weeks and am now sending them as PDFs through email.

If they come back to me and insist something else is wrong I am going to... [insert action here]

[Sockpuppet]

I got an interview through hays..ok Hays PAS (Purchasing and Supply) but its still part of the same "Hays".

Got the gig. Initally 5 days to "test me". Then more work to follow.

They wanted 5 references. Morons. They had 2 spankingly amazing one from the last 2 contracts so why they wanted more I do not know. Morons.