Coastal Property Group Takes the Scenic Route to Paying a $980 Invoice
Three invoices worth $2,145 are now overdue for July. The oldest has been sitting for 18 days. A politely worded reminder is drafted and waiting on your signature.
The Clerk's overnight audit of the ledger turns up three invoices, worth $2,145 between them, still unpaid this month. The oldest belongs to Coastal Property Group: $980, now 18 days past due, for shopfront glass that has been enjoyed streak-free since June.
It is not all grim reading on the accounts desk. Of the $18,420 invoiced so far in July, $15,960 has already been collected, and five quotes worth $4,730 are out with clients awaiting a response. The books are moving. This one account is dawdling.
"A $980 invoice does not improve with age."
The Clerk, Accounts DeskThe Clerk has drafted a friendly reminder SMS and lodged it in this morning's Classifieds, below, where it waits with five other items for the proprietor's mark. It sends only after you sign, so if a phone call is more your style, the draft will keep.
The other two overdue accounts are younger and, in The Clerk's professional opinion, still within the bounds of ordinary forgetfulness.