[Ipg-smz] When the client doesn't sign the check

[Joe Stanganelli]

Update: AP person has replied to me saying a new check is being overnighted tonight. They asked me to "mail back or discard" the old, unsigned check. Yeah, that "mail back" one isn't going to happen. I'm not wasting postage on their screw-up.

FWIW, this is not a brand new or one-off client; it's a client I've had an ongoing relationship with for several months and their AP department has never screwed me on a payment before (aside from the company being less than a week late on their very first payment to me, which I let slide).

In any case, for both your and my suspicions about them possibly playing games, there's always Hanlon's Razor to consider. Wouldn't be the first time I've dealt with an outlandishly incompetent AP department.

Additionally, my contract with them is coming up. I'll make sure my standard "bad check" rider makes it into the new one if we re-up. (I didn't nitpick about it when the contract attorney for the other side took it out during negotiations because, again, I thought I was going to be paid via direct deposit. lol.)

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From: Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org> on behalf of Steve Wexler <stevewexler.wordslingers at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 12:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ipg-smz] When the client doesn't sign the check

Check is in the mail; unsigned check; lost forms: I would be very leery of continuing to work to work for this client.
And once the overdue payment is resolved, progress billing, or payment/deposit with contract would be a good way to go forward.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 12:10, Joe Stanganelli <rodeojoe at hotmail.com<mailto:rodeojoe at hotmail.com>> wrote:
Client over a month late paying a not-insignificant payment (at least, not insignificant to me). I point this out to their AP. AP nitwit asks me for a current address, claiming that the check was sent back to them.

I give them correct address. AP nitwit says they'll overnight it.

Next day arrives. They haven't sent it yet and it's near EOB. I point this out. AP nitwit says they meant they would overnight it THAT day.

Check arrives next day. I go to bank. Bank teller politely points out that he can't do anything with it because the check is unsigned.

(Why am I not on direct deposit, you ask? Because I filled the ACH forms out and they lost the forms multiple times.)

Thinking about shorting their stock. SMH.

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