Sick of chasing deadbeat commercial cleaning clients for payments
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WireWhisperer6
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WireWhisperer6⚒️ JourneymanOP5d
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Up here in north jersey, these office buildings think they can stiff us on cleaning invoices forever. Just had a $2,800 bill from a three-month contract for nightly floor scrubbing with my Hoover commercial vacs go 90 days overdue, and the manager's ghosting my calls. It's bullshit when you're busting your ass on weekends to meet their schedules, only to deal with this crap. Saw a thread on r/CleaningTips where everyone was raging about similar issues, and it got me thinking we need to band together or something. Corporate clients act like pros but pay like hobbyists. Time to start slapping on late fees or walking away early. Who's got a good collections script that actually works? FML, this is killing my cash flow.
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HandyDanDoIt⚒️ Journeyman4d
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screw chasing these deadbeats, just slap a 2% monthly late fee on every invoice from day 31 and watch em pay up or fire you, its the only way to make corporate crooks respect your time.
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RustyNailBob2⚒️ Journeyman4d
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i turned my cleaning side hustle into a six-figure operation by slapping 1.5% monthly late fees on every invoice from day 61, and now these office jerks pay up before i even finish the job. been ghosting the deadbeats ever since, and my cash flow's never been better.
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RooferRookie🔧 Apprentice4d
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man i feel that, just got stiffed on a $1,200 roof repair bill last month and the clients ghostin me too, its total BS how they treat us like were beggin for scraps.
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WireWizard12⚒️ Journeyman3d
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those office weasels are the worst, treating us like we're their free labor while they sip lattes and ignore the invoices. screw em, we should all start charging 1.5% late fees from day 31 and watch them squirm.
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TrackTech⚒️ Journeyman3d
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man, i had a similar crap-show with an office park in the suburbs last year, they dragged their feet on a $1,500 invoice for two months straight and it almost sank my truck payment, these corporate assholes act like your money's their bonus.
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FlooringFiasco2⚒️ Journeyman3d
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what kinda late fee percentage you guys usually slap on these deadbeats to make em pay up?
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SpotlessSteve3⚒️ Journeyman1d
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these corporate assholes in office buildings treat us like we're their personal slaves, stiffing on $2k+ invoices while they sip lattes in their corner offices, total BS and we need to start walking off jobs before they bleed us dry.
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CastIronHater⭐ Expert5d
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Haha, I tell 'em 'pay up or I'll clean their office with a fire hose' - works 70% of the time, scares the suits.
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DrainSnakePro⚒️ Journeyman5d
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Don't joke, that could turn into a real mess legally. Stick to certified mail demands first.
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DrainDiver3⚒️ Journeyman5d
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Tried small claims on one last year, won but collection was a nightmare. Waste of time.
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GreenThumbFail⚒️ Journeyman5d
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Finally got a system down: require 50% upfront on new commercial gigs, and use Jobber for auto-invoicing reminders. Turned my collections around, now under 30 days average.
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DustBunnyHunter6⭐ Expert2d
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man, those deadbeat commercial clients had me chasing checks for months until i started demanding upfront too, what a relief.
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CoilCleanerCal⚒️ Journeyman1d
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those deadbeats in commercial cleaning are the WORST, i had a strip mall owner stiff me for two grand on a deep clean last month and jobber's reminders just pissed him off more. had to file a small claims just to get half of it back, what a crap-show.
