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Re: Establishing customer reliability |
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Mary Williams |
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Jul 25, 05 - 7:47 PM |
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mwilliams17@houston.rr.com |
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I've purchased Dun & Bradstreet reports for $27.00 which gives basic information. This last time when I ran into the deadbeat who took so long in paying, I purchased another report from Dun & Bradstreet for $127,00 or something like that. It gave more details about customer history.
In other words you don't get much for $27.00.
I am writing up a training report on extending credit and I should have it out soon on the other site.
Ask the customer for credit references. Call some of the people on that list and ask them if the customer pays timely. This is about the gist that I've written in the vignette or training report.
Be careful of people seeking you from the internet, or if they think you are new and eager for the business, they will give you freight and not pay for it. Try to get them to Prepay the shipment. Tell them that we will have to get them set up with us, with a credit line, but until then, we need to collect up front. I have done this many times, and the customer who is not planning to stick you up will pay. They understand that business is business
Mary @ Trans Logistic |
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