Re: disconnect letters

["I brive a dus" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

"Keep in mind that the average deadbeat isn't a Supreme Court Justice
so their limited knowledge of the law makes for entertaining threats."

;-)


On Feb 3, 7:11 pm, "Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms>
wrote:
> > I prefer using a phone call informing
> > them of the lien being placed on
> > their property and how sorry I am for
> > having to do this but since they
> > ignored the invoices I was left with
> > no other option...
>
> I wasn't aware that you could use a lien for overdue monitoring payments.=
  In CT we once used a mechanic's lien where the customer
> tried to avoid paying us a balance of about $7,000 on his installation.  =
IIRC, the lien had to be placed within 90 days of the work.
> The customer paid right away.  The reason I question it is that the so-ca=
lled "mechanic's lien" is for work performed on the
> physical property -- labor and materials.  I didn't know you could use a =
lien for services that don't involve on-premises work.
>
> > I apologize for their credit being ruined
> > and how bad credit can cost tens of
> > thousands of dollars due to higher
> > mortgage rates. Property liens prevent
> > homes from being sold, equity lines to
> > be drawn, or mortgages being refinanced.
>
> That lien was very effective for us because
> the homeowner was acting as his own GC.
> He needed to convert from a high interest
> construction loan to a conventional
> mortgage.  I don't recall ever having filed
> a lien other than that.  It worked but I was
> always reluctant to hurt a customer's
> credit unless it was absolutely the only
> way we could get paid.  Fortunately, most
> people willingly pay up on time.
>
> > If the client isn't a dickhead and is just
> > going through rough times then the above
> > does not occur.  I have a few folks
> > coasting on their bill due to financial
> > difficulty but I know they will make good
> > on their debts when they can.
>
> Same here.  During the late eighties there
> was a recession and a lot of people lost
> their jobs.  When anyone said they were
> not renewing the monitoring contract due
> to a job loss I gave them a year's service
> at no charge.  I told them to let me know
> when they were employed again and we'd
> resume billing but the service would be
> free in the meantime.
>
> Almost every one of them resumed
> paying for monitoring when they were
> able. Most even paid for the "free"
> period though we didn't ask them to. I
> don't think we actually lost more than
> a few customers due to the recession.
> Instead, we got tons of referrals to new
> customers.
>
> > Rules are simple:
> > Call me and tell me times are tough.
> > If I have to call you first then we have
> > an issue...
>
> Same here, but if they had a genuine problem
> I would let them slide anyway.  Sometimes
> people are just too embarassed to say
> anything.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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