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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 7:05 pm
Thanks Juju. We decided to shut down the furnace this winter, too, because we'll be gone 3 months.
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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 7:08 pm
Set whatever you think might leak in the bathtub.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 8:06 pm
with the lid unscrewed for expansion....
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 8:35 pm
I agree with setting something you think might leak in something like the bathtub. But also take care not to set multiple things that might cause a chemical reaction if more than one item should leak and then mix with each other. Perhaps take use of all tubs, sinks, etc to put one item per in them? Also agree with leaving the lid unscrewed/loosened to leave room for expansion.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 8:36 am
What thread are the black friday ads link(s) posted in? TIA! (I already looked in the obvious: buyer's banter and did not see them there...)
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 8:47 am
Is THIS what you were looking for Julie?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 9:08 am
YES who!!! THANK you!!!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 10:33 am
Thank you for all the great suggestions! I'll probably be back with some other dq before we leave in January.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:17 am
Hi guys 'n gals... Quite a while ago (probably in the last year or so) I posted pix of my solarium (sunroom) that was jam-packed with junk. I can't remember for the life of me, which discussion thread it was in... but we are plowing through it, and it's going to be gorgeous (hopefully) sometime next week, so I'd love to take pix and have the old ones for comparison. I don't believe that I have those pix on my hard-drive, cuz I doubt I saved 'em. If anyone has a clue where the pix of my solarium were posted, I'd really appreciate it. 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 11:24 am
Mameblanche, could it be in the Home and Garden, Renovations thread? I think I remember seeing those pictures.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:56 am
New Question: I have a client (I do freelance graphic art from home) who just won't pay!! I have done work for him for about three years now. It's always been a challenge to get paid in the past, but I did always get paid. Well, now he owes me from like JULY!!! My gentle reminder type of emails are going seemingly unnoticed. I want to write a professional yet FIRM letter requesting payment. Any ideas out there?? TIA!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:15 am
A professional letter should be firm! I don't think this is the type of client you would want to keep if he isn't paying his bills. Times are tough, so YOU have to be tough. Either he must contact you by a certain date to make payment arrangements, or his account will be sent to a credit collection agency.period.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:43 am
Do you have any unfinished work of theirs you could hold on to until payment is settled?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:33 am
LOL, I like Scooter's. Yes, a letter, with a cc. on the bottom saying that you've sent it to a law firm cc. Jacoby & Meyers, atty. Or something.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:33 am
And in the future, payment in full before the work will be completed.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:38 am
I love Scooter's idea!!! I am not yet ready to threaten the lawyer stuff yet, but I will if my most recent email does not get some "action." I do like the last suggestion of Escapee.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:39 am
Can you call him up and say "what gives?"
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:50 am
Already did that and he always blames his company for endless red tape... He told me 10 days ago that they finally got things cleared up and from here on out checks should be sent with no problem. HA!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:51 am
Then ask to talk to his Accounts Payable department and ask that they overnight you the check. I am calling BS on this guy. I work with this kind of stuff every day, going after certificates of insurance, payments, etc. I overnight payments all the time for people, he could do this too.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:53 am
Send a letter that says that if he does not pay within a certain amount of time you are goin to charge a 30% interest charge/late fee on the total due, that will increase with each day it's late.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 12:11 pm
Thanks Dipo, I've done a SEARCH and can't find it. Oh well.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 12:34 pm
Oh Escapee, thanks!! Great ideas!!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 1:02 pm
You know Mameblanche it could have been in the stuff that they archived when we changed servers.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:10 pm
Dipo y'know, I've come to the same conclusion. Oh well. I'll be taking BEFORE pix tomorrow, and then AFTER pix when it's all done at some point next week. It's still quite the mess so although I've made some headway with the solarium, it's STILL like draining the ocean with a teaspoon. LOL
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:45 pm
Julieboo, I'm a project manager for an ad agency/design firm. I spend so much time tracking down delinquent clients. You've already got some good suggestions. Stop dealing with this guy and go right to A/P is the first step. NOT by email, on the phone. Immediately follow up the phone call with an email reiterating your conversation, and put a read receipt request on it. Re-attach the invoice to this email. Might not help you now, but ensure in the future you have payment terms and interest rates clearly defined (ours are 50/50 upfront/upon completion, and 1.5% monthly compounded (19.5 annually) over 30 days. I don't know if we're talking hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars that this guy owes you, but lawyering it up isn't an option for you, unfortunately. Chances are, if he's got a company behind him and you're a freelancer, you'll spend more than you're fighting for. If this guy does have a legitimate company behind him, then you'll get your money as long as you're firm and go through the right channels. If he's BSing you and he's not as big as he says he is, then you might have to write this one off as bad debt and a good lesson learned, sorry.
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