Renewals
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From: Smalltown
Because they like to torment you..........just you. They heard you had it coming. 
My rant for the day if anyone cares. Companies who now charge billing fees.
I placed an order with a company we've been doing business with for many years. I was told "We'll be happy to debit your account now."
or we can mail you a bill, there is a $2.00 billing fee, but email invoices are free.
I got a letter today from another vendor who asked for updated company information and, at the bottom, there was an area for selecting invoices by email or fax.
So, they don't want to spend the money on mailing invoices, and they want to use our paper to print up their invoices? What's up with that?
A sign of the times, I suppose.
My rant for the day if anyone cares. Companies who now charge billing fees.
I placed an order with a company we've been doing business with for many years. I was told "We'll be happy to debit your account now."
or we can mail you a bill, there is a $2.00 billing fee, but email invoices are free.I got a letter today from another vendor who asked for updated company information and, at the bottom, there was an area for selecting invoices by email or fax.
So, they don't want to spend the money on mailing invoices, and they want to use our paper to print up their invoices? What's up with that?
A sign of the times, I suppose.
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From: Flintstone GA
Originally Posted by Jumpy Guy,Jan 13 2011, 03:31 PM
Why is it so difficult to be notified when your membership is about to expire?!?! Rant over, thank you 
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Arlington, VA
What is interesting for me is that the past couple of years, my membership expired, but I didn't turn into a Guest. Still showed Gold. Not sure why. I just looked at my membership page and my last one expired in Nov. 
I renewed it.
I renewed it.
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From: 262 miles N of the Dragon
Originally Posted by Lainey,Jan 13 2011, 03:41 PM
Because they like to torment you..........just you. They heard you had it coming.
My rant for the day if anyone cares. Companies who now charge billing fees.
I placed an order with a company we've been doing business with for many years. I was told "We'll be happy to debit your account now." or we can mail you a bill, there is a $2.00 billing fee, but email invoices are free.
I got a letter today from another vendor who asked for updated company information and, at the bottom, there was an area for selecting invoices by email or fax.
So, they don't want to spend the money on mailing invoices, and they want to use our paper to print up their invoices? What's up with that? A sign of the times, I suppose.
My rant for the day if anyone cares. Companies who now charge billing fees.
I placed an order with a company we've been doing business with for many years. I was told "We'll be happy to debit your account now."
or we can mail you a bill, there is a $2.00 billing fee, but email invoices are free.I got a letter today from another vendor who asked for updated company information and, at the bottom, there was an area for selecting invoices by email or fax.
So, they don't want to spend the money on mailing invoices, and they want to use our paper to print up their invoices? What's up with that?
A sign of the times, I suppose.I'll cancel orders..... and blacklist them!
Unless they are the only approved source of the material.
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From: 262 miles N of the Dragon
Originally Posted by Bass,Jan 13 2011, 06:14 PM
actually a lot of big, mid sized and even smaller companies are doing this to reduce postage, handing (ie paying someone to stuff the envelopes) time and like you mention even the paper expense
in today's paperless society no one wants a paper bill and it's not needed for audit purposes anymore because you have an audit trail with your PO and the amount paid to the vendor
e-mail also reduces the chance for the old lost in the mail excuse -
heck GE, Ford, Canrig, 3m and Dupont now require that we enter our "invoices" into their online system.
NO mail, no paper invoices and they do not even have to pay a clerk to do the data entry on their end as we are required to do this. further, they do not pay via a check anymore - all ACH payments - again no paper, no mail, no lost checks and no choice as it's all electronic
everyone is driven by cost as this is one way to keep the costs down
makes perfect sense
in today's paperless society no one wants a paper bill and it's not needed for audit purposes anymore because you have an audit trail with your PO and the amount paid to the vendor
e-mail also reduces the chance for the old lost in the mail excuse -
heck GE, Ford, Canrig, 3m and Dupont now require that we enter our "invoices" into their online system.
NO mail, no paper invoices and they do not even have to pay a clerk to do the data entry on their end as we are required to do this. further, they do not pay via a check anymore - all ACH payments - again no paper, no mail, no lost checks and no choice as it's all electronic
everyone is driven by cost as this is one way to keep the costs down
makes perfect sense
How many companies have spam filters?
Ever lose an email in there? I have.....
We try and get vendors to accept the P-Card.... but most vendors don't want to pay the VISA fee.....
Only invoices we want by email are the ones extending beneficial payment terms....