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I Didn’t Say You Could Pay in Monthly Installments

Customer decides the original payment terms suddenly no longer apply.

Published

3 years ago

October 18, 2021

Signs of the Times Staff Signs of the Times October 2021 Issue

Things you wanted to say to frustrating clients, but didn’t.

When did we agree on ten-month payment terms?”

To the customer who unilaterally sidestepped the “Net 15 days” part of the contract and instead sent in a check for 10% of the total with the memo reading “first installment.”

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