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You can always talk to them about their payment history and what can possibly done to alter their payment habits.....

here's a scenario that can happen......

You inform them in the way Dot explains.....but suppose it doesn't go well and they confront you.......the back and forth soon becomes the point being about their payment habits.....or lack there of.

Now either way........You do it as Dot says..

They get together with their friends that you also do.......chit chat.......BS this and that......You become topic of converstion.........First they are curious as to why you work for the friends.......not them........Without them admitting to being bad payers.....they may or may not pick up on that............regardless.........they are resentfull........and then it starts..........they find fault in just about everything you ever did............now the friends you currently do.....they go home and during the season they critigue further your efforts looking for faults......they are going to find them.

Now......suppose these bad payers do confront you and it progresses to discussing their poor payment habits.........Right off the bat......they are insulted.......What then when they chit chat with their friends that you currently do?......Think they are going to say......"Well, the guy has a point, we don't pay on time"..........Hell no........It's going to be bashing time on you.

Either way.........there is an increased potential of the situation getting worse.

But.........what if you contact them and discuss their payment problems?........Maybe they will come to realization and be better payers.........or they tell you tuff.....that is the way we pay..........at least you confronted the issue attempting to correct the problem.....It could go either way........they leave you holding the ball and deciding to continue service, or they will terminate.

In the last scenario I presented........If they terminate or leave that up to you......I doubt highly they will discuss the issue with their friends.




It will be interesting to see other view points here on this situation



It has been my approach for several years now to try to work things out.....come to an understanding........If they feel they won't / can't.........then let it be their decision to terminate service. You'd be surprised what communicating can accomplish