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Formal reminder beats my angry email every single time
After 3 weeks of silence from a $4,800 invoice in Austin, I sent a nasty email about breach of contract. Got nothing. Then I tried a polite formal reminder with the invoice number and due date in the subject line, plus a calm note about setting up a payment plan. They paid in full within 48 hours. Has anyone else found that dropping the anger gets you paid faster, or was my client just a fluke?
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hunt.wesley5d ago
So basically the trick is to sound like a robot and they magically pay? Wild. I had a client once who ignored me for a month, then I sent a super boring email with just the invoice number and a due date, like I was a bank or something, and boom, money showed up. Honestly it kind of hurts my feelings that being nice and calm works better than me being right and loud. Guess some people just can't handle being yelled at but will totally fold to a polite nudge. Anyway congrats on getting your 4,800, that's a nice chunk of change.
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