Does anyone know the rules regarding non-paying customers and tax?
I am finishing off my tax return (last minute as ever - I enjoy pressure but not fines) and I am unsure as to how this works.
I had 1 customer last year who refused to pay part (£ 170) of a bill - I let it go.
Another was just...
had to put a job back from last thursday to day due to a couple of jobs running over. sent the customer a message last tues letting him know as e was at work and only left me a mobile number. i ended the message with a sorry and i hope this is ok. turned up this morning as planned and all...
Hi Guys and Gals, went to give a qoute for a customers bathroom walls/floor,they`ve told me there going to get some tiles called, Piere de Buxy,walls 30x60 floor 45x45, anyone used these before if so what they like are they any good?
Just some thoughts especially for anyone starting out. What does it mean to your business to have customers you can activley reference when trying to get a job ?
In my line of work in IT it's fundamental to have customers you can reference when trying to win new business, we all buy or hire...
Why is it that customers expect you to try to work to their schedule, yet they won't pay to your schedule?
Current situation: Customer couldn't write me a cheque straight away as the money needed to be transferred to another account taking 4 days, quite reasonable. Offered to send cheque in 5...
To all customers.
Some of us are more than happy to help you out by negotiating deals for you at suppliers and passing the discount onto you.
Please be aware though that sometimes these negotiations are sensitive, as managers do sometimes push the boundaries to get a large order.
Let us...
:whatchutalkingaboutGot in from work tonight and the mrs said that i had a call from a mr Holmes and that she took his number but he asked her if i could call him after 9pm as he is watching coronation street,well i nearly collapsed with laughter:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
CTD have introduced a discount voucher scheme for trade account holders....
They have got voucher books in store for the trade to use....
what you do is fill in this voucher with your name etc and then the customers name address etc and then give this to the customer to take to CTD when they...
Just to let any guys in edinburgh or the surrounding areas that they can open a trade account with us here at CTD straight away!!
We have 2 branches in edinburgh, one on the west at polwarth, and one in the east at portobello.
Contact details:
Mick Bull
CTD Temple Park
96 Temple Park...
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Turned up to tile her kitchen. I walked in expecting a clear kitchen ready to tile what do i find- dirty dishes, microwave , blender loads of other stuff on the worktop that should not have been there. I had stipulated the conditions that i reqire the previous night...
Had a call today from a chap i quoted for before. Last year he called up looking for a price over the phone for tiling his new conservatory. I wouldnt give him one, as he was putting down rectified 600x600's, with out seeing it. So I went and had a good look and to be fair the finish screed was...
As many of you know I recently won a court case against a cutomer who refused to pay for a perfectly fantastic bathroom I completed. I thought I would write a quick guide to the whole claims process.
1-Customer refuses to pay
2-Send a letter recorded delivery stating why you should be paid...
Working in house today and must have gone through 3 bottles of water as the heating was full on .
I,m know kerry packered and dreading going back tommorow for another sauna anyone else suffered like this :lol: .
:furious3: I tiled a kitchen floor today for a kitchen firm i tiled nearly 3 quaters then went for my dinner then when i came back in the house the customer said i ve stood on one of your tiles i thought 1 is not too bad went into the kitchen she stood on about ten tiles i wasnt to pleased and...
I tiled a conservatory recently and the client looked in during the day making the appropriate appreciative noises. When i had finished laying the tiles he enquired how i grouted, then when i showed him he asked how i was going to get them clean again. Out came the wash boy and the floor which...
I had a call from a lady today about tiling her bathroom.Iknew she had other quotes as she said are you the tiler from Kirkintilloch ,yes i said so straight away i thought here goes she has had loads of quotes and she is after another...i thought twice about going to quote for the job ...but you...
I tiled part of a bathroom last week, and the women was on holiday. I met her and her architect before she went and she explained what needed doing. So today i phoned her and i said i was passing so could i drop a invoice in..there was silence on the phone and i said is it no convenient! she...
Ok I have a tiling job to do next week and the guy phoned me up about an hour ago and told me his wife has changed one of the walls from 300x300 ceramic to 300x300 marble :mad2:
My quote was accepted and everything was fine, but this changes things, the wall is 2.65m x 2.25m and has two holes...
Have come home to find the tiler has applied paving sealant to my new jerusalem brushed travertine tiles before laying so presumably intending to reseal again later. They have gone alot darker and shinier iand I,m already disappointed, is this right? I thought he would apply specialised sealant...