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re: Am I a bad person if I know I owe a business, but haven't paid because no invoice?

Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:43 am to
Posted by 24nights
North of I10
Member since Apr 2012
5074 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:43 am to
Pics of wife, invoice?
Posted by Kraut Dawg
Member since Sep 2012
4657 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:43 am to
This post was edited on 2/15/25 at 12:52 am
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
29694 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:44 am to
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As previously posted maybe it got lost in the mail. What happens if you move on and a year later they send it and you aren’t prepared to pay? Mom and Pop shop or not. Good business practice is to pay in a timely order and not ignore debt just because you didn’t get a piece of paper.


The vendor has no agency I guess?
Posted by MisslePig
Member since Jul 2018
1091 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:45 am to
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DiamondDog


You are 100% a piece of shite, and if the amount was any material amount of money someone would sue you and clean your arse up in court…you must be a low level contractor who does shite work.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
20973 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:46 am to
I’m on the fence about this one. We had a company install a signpost for our driveway a few years back. He said he needed to comeback and do some touch up painting at the base and would return that work. Guy never showed up again or sent me a bill. I sort of forgot about it until seeing this thread.
Posted by Cotten
Tennessee
Member since Jan 2018
1541 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:48 am to
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I will absolute stiff you per our Ts and Cs at current company
quote:

Then dare you to sue me.

Buddy they sue the company for payment, they aren’t going to name the company custodian directly in the lawsuit.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14180 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:48 am to
When I was in purchasing I'd have to reach out about getting invoiced all the time. If something somehow got missed my company would pay what they owe regardless of what our T&Cs say because we are not pieces of shite. It's also in our best interest to keep good relationships with our subs/vendors.
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
25590 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 9:54 am to
I bought a tv from Montgomery Wards years ago and was never charged for it. I went to their accounting dept to let them know I never received a bill and they said it would show up on the next billing cycle. It didn’t and I tried one more time to resolve it and after that I gave up and only wished it had been a bigger tv.
No guilt to this day.
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
11917 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:00 am to
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You are 100% a piece of shite, and if the amount was any material amount of money someone would sue you and clean your arse up in court…you must be a low level contractor who does shite work.


You have no idea what you're talking about. Companies have these terms and conditions so they can close the books timely and not have expenses cross multiple years.

Routinely you'll have people submit invoices for past years where it can't be validated. Or even Turnarounds 9-10 months later when those books are closed and funding expended.

Turn your stuff in timely according to the terms you agreed to perform the service. You don't let that sit.
This post was edited on 2/9/25 at 10:02 am
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
17924 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:04 am to
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Without an invoice...how much should he pay?


Well, it's as easy as a phone call to get in touch with the company and make inquiries if he knows he owes money---------------AND he mentioned a specific amount.

I can't imagine this being any mom & pop type business that would let that much outstanding money out there and not even be inquired about on their part.

Posted by Bayou_Tiger_225
Third Earth
Member since Mar 2016
11641 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:04 am to
They may have not sent you and invoice, I promise you it’s sitting in their AR aging detail. Eventually it will work its way through to where they write it off and send it to collections.

Give them a call
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
18559 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:07 am to
Nope.

Frick then hoes

They don’t want to send an invoice, don’t pay. If you got a service, you should be given a bill
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
Below I-10
Member since Jul 2019
2380 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:08 am to
You're not bad but try giving them a call.

I owe for services and equipment delivered to me. At the time of sale and installation, the guy gave me a verbal estimate of the cost and said he'd send me the final bill. That was 4 years ago and I've called and sent several texts, virtually begging for an invoice so I could pay for it.

He's a nice guy but I feel silly calling and messaging him about it.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
29694 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:09 am to
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Well, it's as easy as a phone call to get in touch with the company and make inquiries if he knows he owes money


Is it?
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
84096 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:15 am to
Don't worry, baw. That "business * cough cough has been getting you back all year, you just don't know it. Those aren't blondes, redheads and brunettes, those are trannies. And your debt has been repaid.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
29694 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:15 am to
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Don't worry, baw. That "business * cough cough has been getting you back all year, you just don't know it. Those aren't blondes, redheads and brunettes, those are trannies. And your debt has been repaid.


Very weird post
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
84096 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:16 am to
Grievance noted,
Sonic?
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
96646 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:19 am to
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You are trash. Pay your bills.


It’s 30k, you don’t pay that without an invoice.

But he should reach out and ask about it if it’s been a year. If I don’t receive an invoice or statement from a vendor within 45 days I reach out to them to make sure it didn’t get lost in the mail.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
19876 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:21 am to
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Without an invoice...how much should he pay?

Copied verbatim from OP lol:

quote:

haven't received invoices for $30k worth of work I know I owe
Posted by FIREAWAY
Member since Jul 2022
325 posts
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:22 am to
As long as you're not paying any late fees or interest on the money that you owe put it in a separate savings account to square up your books. While they're waiting to get paid you can be making interest on the money you owe them.

When they call, you have the money to pay in full and a little interest for the trouble.
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