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attach a letter to your next invoice sm

Posted By: shipaddict on 2008-03-05
In Reply to: IC advice please... - CA IC

Outline the reasons for your rate increase -- make sure they are BUSINESS reasons, not personal ones (I need to buy new shoes for my babies). Cite rising fuel costs if you pick up and deliver, cost of living increase, stuff like that. Tell them it will be effective something like invoice after next (depending on how often you invoice -- you just need to give them a reasonable amount of time to decide what they want to do) if you do not hear from them otherwise.

Now is a good time to look at your overall rate structure. Should you be charging them for things other than a flat rate per line? Trip charges? STAT charges? Waiting time charges? Clerical work, like digging up old reports that they lost?

If you think they might pull the ole "we never received that letter" trick, then send it to them certified mail or hand deliver it to whoever it needs to go to.


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If it's a business letter you use a colon. if it's a personal letter you use a comma. nm

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and send it to webmaster@mtstars.com for verification.

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Dummy invoice on its way. :) (nm)

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My name, address, phone number
















































 
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I would charge them for the itemized invoice -nm
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I meant that you had to trust your line counting/invoice program, not the employer! :) nm
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MTStars free program is wonderful and puts out a professional invoice!!! nm
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To begin the training, click the link at the bottom of this e-mail. Please write
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The course will take you about 45 minutes. It is important that you finish this
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