Bad payers.

[Phil Pascoe]

A friend of my brother in law, who's done a bathroom refit for me and some other work (I'm no longer fit enough) dropped some offcuts of nice oak worktop around - he was going to use them but hasn't time. We got chatting and he said they came from a job he'd done a few years ago, and he'd promised to make some chopping boards and trivets for a customer but the guy hadn't paid him. He said that in all the time he'd been self employed, he'd only been caught out badly twice - once by an accountant and once by a solicitor. Makes you think, doesn't it?

 

[paulm]

Not sure what your point is Phil ? !!!

Cheers, Paul

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Just that when we're working for people, we shouldn't neccessarily trust them just because of their social standing/education. We presume too much.

 

[henton49er]

Just that when we're working for people, we shouldn't neccessarily trust them just because of their social standing/education. We presume too much.

How many jobs has he done for those pillars of society - estate agents and Members of Parliament?? :lol: :lol: :twisted: :twisted:

 

[Solicitus]

It's probably not a good idea to generalise. Self employed chippies and small builders feature fairly high on my list of bad debtors at the moment, somewhere between company directors and taxi drivers. A sign of the difficult economic times we are living in at the moment I suppose, but annoying all the same

Robert