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Me and my husband came here in 2005. We were 24&25,grown in Poland , with our educational and medical needs met by Poland, educated to the Masters level in Public University -paid by Polish tax payers,us working evening and weekends and our parents, CPE certificates - English courses paid by us working evenings and weekends and our Polish parents help. We had a lot of work experience earned during Uni time.
UK took us FREE of ANY expenses, young,healthy,educated and in the productivity peak. We have never took a penny of your "brilliant" benefits, worked below our education, steadily climbing on the career ladder, later paying over £2000 in taxes /month between us (!!!!), buying in UK shops, paying UK bills, renting UK house....Just to hear over and over for the last 8 years that I'm a parasite on your great society.You know what? - I've got enough. This year I will be granted PhD at one of your University and I already have a job secured.And it's not in UK - it's in Poland. The job with earnings higher than the one I had here. I know that my case is a rare now, but I do really hope it will be more and more common. From my point of view- this country rip off Poland in many more ways than most of Brits would like to admit. Farewell to my few English and Scottish friends who were so great and supportive and will always stay in my heart and....the rest...Good bless you and I hope you going to get what you want, but after that ....you might miss all those "Eastern Europeans stealing our jobs and living on benefits" .BTW if we steal your jobs how we can I live on benefits???? ;)
European free movement is one of the most valuable rights we have as British citizens.
This is a well written article but it only tells one side: the net positive impact of European immigrants for the UK economy. But there is another side: over two million British citizens live in other EU countries, using freedom of movement to access professional opportunities, business potential or better lives than would otherwise have been possible.
The right to European free movement is one of the greatest achievements of the EU and of the British government.
I can't really relate to the gutter tabloids & their scapegoating migrants for the many institutional failings in the UK. It is shameful that so many UKIP & Tory politicians pander to that dangerous nonsense. What are the Conservatives now? Big-government authoritarians seeking to shutdown British businesses & curtail the freedom of British citizens?
It's hardly a "paradox". Poles are educated, hardworking people with a culture that assimilates very easily with that of the UK.
Not all migrant groups are the same. Some have very different work ethics and expectations, and some have extremely incompatible religious and social cultures.
To me, eastern Europeans sound like dream immigrants to any conservatives in a western country; white, Christian, shared European heritage, highly educated, hard-working, and probably able to pick up functional English in a year or so thanks to linguistic affinity.
The fact that even these migrants are being rejected in British political discourse shows something is deeply rotten in the UK. The dying agonies of an empire?
... well, I as a Brit couldn't find a job in the UK in the (skilled) field I want to work in. So I got a job in Germany. Then I got a job in Romania. And now, having seized opportunities (thanks to free movement), I have a CV & track record to secure myself a skilled (& well remunerated) job back in the UK.
Without free movement, I would be stuck in something dead-end.
Mobility is beneficial to all of us. There are more opportunities (for acquiring skills, for escaping from unemployment faster) in a diverse job market over 250 million, viz-a-viz being confined to the UK's 30 million job market.
An absolute majority of EU "migrants" to the UK are students; and most of the rest work for a short time to build up their English fluency or acquire other skills, in order to better position themselves in domestic labour markets. This is all win-win.
There is no such thing as a "British economy". Businesses based in the UK are active across Europe; and they need employees well connected to other markets to help develop and market products for different national & demographic customer segments. Businesses elsewhere in Europe are also crying out for native Brits (in order to better sell to the UK market); if you are willing to get a 2 hour flight and fill niche skill & experience shortages, you'll find it much easier to get well-paid work.
The fact that the UK (under Tony Blair) and Ireland opened to East European countries immediately, while most other states implemented transitional restrictions, is really not such a big deal. I'm glad we opened up early; it would have been nicer for other EU countries to do the same. The politics of delay were understandable (especially given >10% unemployment in Germany); in any case, we should be thankful that freedom of movement now prevails.
I have a few (Czech) friends who'd spent some time in England, mostly working for minimum wage in jobs no Brit would imagine doing. Their impressions:
A lot of Brits, especially the younger ones, are *utterly* xenophobic against people from new EU member countries. It seems that if you're not dark skinned, gay, disabled, or Asian, you are fair game for all kinds of racist snubs.
The Brits constantly display dismissive, disdainful attitudes, despite the fact that immigrants/guest workers do jobs they themselves would not do - and many opt for long term unemployment and living on the dole instead of doing the jobs the immigrants usually fill. This is especially grating since my friends all have university degrees and speak good educated English, unlike those drop-out good-for-nothing slackers who insult them - i.e. the future generations of Brits.
Let's hope the wages in Poland and other new EU member countries increase sufficiently in the near future to make moving to the UK less attractive. I am looking forward to seeing these decadent, snobbish people choke on having to work for themselves, or accept Third World people (whom they hate even more than "east" Europeans) to do it.
I find this debate on immigration in the UK farcical. There is no honest debate on immigration, just as there is no freedom of speech in this cultural marxist tyranny Britain has become over the decades. Orwell is rolling in his grave.
EE migrants make up about 15% of all immigrants in the UK. Unlike the Roma, who are a distinct ethnic group in EE (originally from Rajistan) known for their parasitic and violent behaviour and whom Camoron and his lot are scared of now, EE migrants cause very little trouble. Most of them just want to save enough money to buy a flat back home and get the hell out of Britain after a couple of years.
The British elite ( politicians, theRoyals, media, opinion makers) act like EE migrants represented everything that's bad about immigration.
Think about this:
- constant terror threat ( not from Northern Ireland)
- Lee Rigby
- child sex grooming gangs
- post code war/ knife crime
- August 2011 riots
- degeneration of your language
- abuse of your welfare/ healthcare system
- dramatically falling standards in the British state education system
and I could go on and on and on. Is it really your Christian fellow European Polish plumber, who comes out Sunday morning to fix your leaking toilet, who the problem is in Britain?
Little Britain ahoist her own petard, exported English so successfully as the international language of business that it has become a natural launch pad for job seekers, setting up the UK's economic boom that was set back by the 2007/8 financial crises.
Managing the process - being more selective about immigrants and policing visitors who "never leave", while facilitating easier work emigration from the UK abroad, are rational responses that take fuller mutual advantage of the economic benefits which skilled, hard working immigrants bring.
Unfortunately, Britons are publicly unable to state what they really feel about the influx of Muslims, "Paki's" and others who challenge their internationalist "live and let live" culture of tolerance, so they target Eastern Europeans as a shield for tightening up across the board.
A decade ago, every hotel cleaner, barman across the length and breadth of England was almost without exception, Polish - they worked harder for less, were more polite than the generations of local yobs (who grew up on the dole with inferior education and a culture of entitlement). These unskilled, lazy locals are now 30 and 40 year old voters, still living off the backs of other people's labour.
Time to read some Shakespeare and understand his meaning: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Good Poles in wartime. Bad Poles in peacetime.
Cutters - Tony Blair invited the Polish to come, he was voted in by a landslide majority. Remember?
AnnaPol - my family swapped London for Warsaw 16 years ago and we don't regret it in the slightest. A better place to bring up children - safer streets, better schools.
To judge by most of the comments, not all of which I have read, the major problem here seems to be overlooked – at least from British perspective.
I am sure that there was no ill-feeling towards Poles and most other East Europeans before the "EU" involvement. Their rights have been now been dictated by an organisation into which our politicians with vested interested tricked the electorate, with the clear result that many people NOW have resentment against a large group of immigrants where none had existed.
The other observation that needs to be made is that it proves the massive failure of the EU's wealth redistribution program that has, far from having the effect intended by these "Cohesion and Stability Funds" with which our taxpayers have to subsidised their countries of origin, the organisation has encouraged a flood of economic refuges with which the country cannot cope. It has merely DOUBLED the resentment.
Can't the 'EU' get ANYTHING right?
To add to the North/South disaster of the Euro, it has landed Europe with an East/West one.
Time to leave.
We've had a few Poles here in the north east and they seem to have produced hardly a ripple of controversy. We are a region that has suffered depopulation over many years, as younger, more ambitious and productive workers have moved away. The Poles didn't take local jobs away from anyone. They came and did jobs no one locally could or would do.
No one has any clear idea how many Bulgarians or Romanians will turn up next month. After getting it so wrong 10 years ago, no one in authority would be foolish enough to come up with a number.
As a guide to the possible outcomes I would point to the following:
1. In 2004 Britain was the only major country NOT to put restrictions on the next EU members from East Europe.
2. There are already Bulgarians and Romanians in Britain on restricted visas so the potential extra migrants are thus fewer.
3. There are fewer jobs available, and eligibility to benefits is restricted even before recent further tightening.
4. These two countries are small, and the potential pool of migrants is smaller and spread over the whole of the EU so why would Britain get such a large proportion?
For all these reasons, fears of a huge influx are overblown.
But we'll just have to wait and see. It won't be long now until we can separate speculation from fact.
Well done cyberwriter and The Economist ! My feelings exactly !
The Poles form a group of well educated hard working people ( and are Christian to boot if that matters to you ) Doesn't anyone remember the Poles who were isolated in Britain after WW2 ? Their second and third generation are as British as it is possible to be.
cyberwriter - you were cautious about some who "have extremely incompatible religious and social cultures". The largest category would be Muslims ( with over 300 men now fighting for Islamist causes in Syria ) For one reason or another some 50% of Muslim males are on benefits and employment of Muslim females is very low.
Yes sir ! I am glad the Poles have graced Britain.
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Its not Poland's fault you, perhaps a Labour voter, haven't seen your son or daughter in a proper job for years. That's the fault of the last Labour government who thought supermarkets and hairdressers made for some prosperous wonderland. Its not Polands fault that they trained people properly while you sent your children off to study some useless subject. But no worries, because the UK taxpayer (hopefully some toff hahaha social justice!!) will pay for their degree, if it fails, maybe she'll get knocked up and get a free house! All the while, weird sounding Polack down the road? He studied? Something like engineering?
It's not Poland's fault that you, perhaps a Tory voter, are skeptical about environmental issues, whining that Britain's teeny (a lie) resources are being strained oh mercy by the foreigner. But? You know the free market? Have faith in it? Yes, you voted Thatcher in 3 times, so why can't the free market provide for 70 million people instead of 60? Oh no, of course, because.. now you care for the environment! It will be destroyed by immigration! Britains famed biodiversity (the most bland ecological country on earth) is at risk from swan-eating Poles.
Let's all remember, when the Daily Mail (tragic, yes) quoted a figure!!! Ahh! Sweet truth to justify my hysteria over oogi-boogi foreigners!! The figure that more people than the populations of Romania and Bulgaria were all going to plonk themselves in Dover!
But of course, all these arguments are more sophisticated. Just more sophisticated forms of mass hysteria. You maybe act like Britain is a social paradise ruined by exploitative foreigners (they are all, of course, on benefits, never leave an NHS hospital). Yet they are also stealing your relatives jobs. Yet your relatives will likely be unskilled morons. Look at the many documentaries on all the eastern europeans working... the jobless English? Some pleb with a can of special brew outside the job centre... scum! Your taxes pay for his alcohol. What's that? He's there because of immigrants? A hero! A saint! Rule Britannia! (But i'm not racist because haha poles fought in the Battle of Britain hahaha yeah let me quote a story)
Keep calm and carry on? Yes, instead, we've turned it into a Carry On for gods sake.
So let me understand this : following your logic : if you are rich and I am poor, we both are qualified and would like to work - you can travel wherever you want to earn even more money and I should stay where I am and be poor. Otherwise I make you and your family less wealthy and I'll cause that by....doing what?????
Ignorance strikes again.
"From first january... Roma Gypsys , immigration shall mean...".
Nope. To be clear, Romanians have had the right to enter the UK and to live in the UK ever since Romania joined the EU. Any Roma that wanted to enter the UK (to beg, steal and whatever else) have already done so.
What changes in January, is that Romanians and Bulgarians will be entitled to *work* in the UK (without work permits, and without being discriminated against in job applications/ recruitment).
Anybody that wanted to enter the UK to be idle or claim benefits is already here. What changes in January is that people can come to the UK to work and pay taxes.
Cutters, in the past, I personally have been able to secure work visas several countries, including the US and the UK.
However, there is a huge difference between living with a working visa, or having full working and residential rights. Just to give you a few examples:
1) People on working visas are generally tied to a specific employer and have very little freedom of changing their employer.
2) Hence, they have very little bargaining power when it comes to negotiating promotions and better wages. This is actually bad for native workers as well, as the average wages are suppressed.
3) There is no social protection (eg unemployment or any other benefits) for such workers in difficult times. They do have an obligation to pay the same tax as the locals (and sometimes even more, see the expected new obligation for non-EU workers in Britain to pay the "health levy" in the near future, despite the fact that they are already fully taxed).
4) In many countries if you are fired or lose your job for whatever reason, you are supposed to leave the country immediately. All your dependents (spouses, children) will have to go with you immediately, regardless of the jobs they have, exam seasons in schools etc.
5) On a related note, this uncertainty prevents many foreign workers from any long term planning (eg enrolling in pensions, buying property etc)
6) Rules for extending visas often change and therefore are unpredictable. The cost is in the thousands of pounds (for a family of 3 in the UK, I have to pay about 5,000 pounds every 2 years).
Just to make it clear- I am not complaining. I am working now in the UK because it makes economic scene for me at present. What I am trying to say however is that there is a huge difference between the security if living in the EU based on the freedom of movement rules, and based on having some working visa which can be taken from you at any time.
I really don't see what the problem is. It's not as if the Poles coming to the UK are uneducated or lazy. On the most part they are ambitious, eager to work, and very well qualified for their jobs. I do beleive that the abundant polish workforce is nothing but a very effective booster for the British economy.
Problem is sorted, we are sending them to the UK.
I could not have worked in the US, Canada or Australia - visa barriers prevent that.
A crucial aspect of European free movement is non-discrimination: employers are obliged to treat all Europeans equally as job candidates without discrimination by state of origin. With the US, Canada or Australia it's inverted: employers are obliged to discriminate against you, and your probability of successful employment is so low that it really isn't worth the time & cost involved in trying.
Free movement requires equal treatment. And I also love the complete absence of bureaucracy in the EU - I can move and work freely with no questions asked and almost no form filling.
A world where there are fewer bureaucratic chains impeding us, and where we all have more opportunities open to us, is a fundamentally better world. And that's what the EU is successfully delivering.
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I received the kit last Monday but due to time sensitive work stuff I really haven't had a chance to do much on the Recruit.
Very much impressed with the wood from Charlie. Here's my progress so far. Top & bottom fuse halves pretty much done. Bottom half went together rather uneventful but did have a couple minor hitches with top half. When fitting the top keel (K2T) into the top fuse formers it seemed a little too long and bowed former F7T. I did a double checked all the other interlocking pieces several times just knowing I had something out of whack. The only ill fit was at F7T I wound up cutting a little out of the notch in K2T and it all fit well. Will be interested if kdahlhaus has the same problem. ...or if I goofed something. Also, there are two sets of former F4T that fit along side FST. There is no notch in FST for the rear pair of F4T. No biggie. I didn't see it as a critical part and just sanded off the tab and glued it in. Did a quick mock up of the two fuse halves just to see what she'll look like. After scratch build four jets in a row working with these laser cut parts seems like cheating. Almost feels like I'm putting together an ARF. ImagesView all Images in thread


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Wow! Thank you Yannis. :-)
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Haha, cheers Tom – glad you like it mate. Didn't think I was going to be able to enter this challenge as I've only just got back from my holiday.
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In my experience, clients seem to expect 30 day terms out of the box - I've had companies object to the 15 days I usually give to new customers. This seems to be in contrast to what I've read.
Is this industry just plagued with a slow-paying culture? Am I doing something wrong that leads customers to expect not to have to pay when the invoice is issued? How do you handle it?
I'm particularly interested in hearing from anyone issuing invoices due upon receipt, when they start collections on such invoices, and if customers object.
It does depend upon the industry and if you are wholesaling large orders. We are cash on the barrel head buyers, even in areas where this is not the norm. This gives us the extra clout to demand top service, responsiveness... and frankly, we don't need terms so it is simply easier accounting to pay upfront.
When selling, there are simply many industries where 30 days is the norm (and actual payment norm may be closer to 90 days). These industries and business would collapse if they did not have the ability to float YOUR money. You've got to price that in, because they simply do not have the cash or cash flow to pay you upfront. (This practice, while standard, is an invitation to disaster if companies are not run soundly.)
D&B reports aren't a silver bullet, but you get a pretty good feel for how a company stands within its industry and compare their averages. We just closed a deal with a vendor where the industry averages a quite good 10 day to payment average. This company has been around a long time, has a good reputation, looks to be sound, but is a very slow payer; averaging 40 - 50 days to pay. We know their customer service to be poor, but the product is good, and we will be making large, cash orders so the downside looks acceptable.
When selling, wholesale payment is due on receipt with a percentage penalty for every fifteen days late. Frankly, that's not really our area, and we don't look towards businesses or industries that need to float cash to do business. It's not sound, and not for us. We do this on an 'as necessary' or 'as needed' basis only. Selling, we are primarily retailers, so less of a factor for us than others here.
With webwork/software, we don't even give clients a chance to dig a hole or screw us. X% up front. X% upon completion of X% of the work and so forth. Otherwise, you could wind up having done the work, turned over the work, and never see a nickel. Suing is cost prohibitive in a hurry.
The industry, and which side your on, can make a lot of difference.
All of my invoices are due upon receipt. Nobody pays when they receive them. The large majority of my clients pay within 30 days sometime as a usual thing. I do have the occasional slow payer and when I get one I will send a statement at the beginning of the next month with a letter "reminding" them they need to pay this.
Even though I use the "due upon receipt" I know that the normal practice for almost all business is 30 days and I really don't start paying close attention to the aging schedule until I hit the 30 day mark. I also do most of my billing at the beginning of each month as a usual thing which is when statements will go out to people that didn't pay within the first 30 days.
If I don't get payment within 10 days of the statement I start with phone call, typically left after hours on their voice mail explaining I need payment and it is overdue. In almost all cases the phone call after hours gets me a check.
As a usual thing until I get to 45-50 days my collections efforts are soft. I try to not get out a stick unless it is becoming abundantly obvious they are not going to pay.
I have had a couple of hard cases where they didn't pay for months. In those cases I have my attorney send them a collections letter at 60 or 90 days depending on the circumstances and/or my history with the client. The less I know them or trust them the quicker they get the letter. I know this violates the "have a system and stick to it" philosophy, but it seems to work for me.
When I hit 60 days and my phone call and soft letter at the beginning of the previous month don't work I send a stern letter outlining what will come next, which is usually turning over their account to collections (my attorney) and/or other unspecified legal actions. Except for 2 cases in 5 years this step got me the payment. However one note of caution, if you send a letter like this and outline a process that will be followed, make sure you follow it! There is nothing that will embolden a deadbeat quicker than you issuing empty threats and not following through with exactly what you said you would do.
One thing I can tell you is not up for negotiation is once the letter arrives from the attorney the clock starts when I will file a law suit in court. I have the documents in my office and they are ready to roll if I don't have a check by the 30th day after the letter from the attorney goes out...no exceptions. I have never had to go this far to date, but have been fully prepared each time it started coming down to that option.
My philosophy is that if you aren't prepared to go all the way then don't have the attorney send them the letter, because if you do and then don't follow through the deadbeat will realize you aren't serious and may never pay or at least not for a very long time. I feel that I must make a believer out of them.
I agree with this statement a 110%, this is a critical step. I always ask for 50% up front and depending on the dollar amount in question a bill for another 30% at the half way point. I have a few clients I don't do this with any longer, but I have been doing business with them for years now and know them very well. In those cases I simply bill the entire invoice after I am finished. I will say that this upfront payment with intermittent billing will save you a TON of grief in collections procedures and/or any amount of legal effort. If people refuse to pay up front then they weren't a real client in my mind.
Issue very quickly - dont have an invoice day each month for customers.
Turn up post-project and collect the cheque in person. Combine with some up-sell, acct management etc.
Accept post-dated cheques rather than agreeing a delay in payment.
Pay invoices on a specific day each month by bacs, in the month following that which the invoice arrives. I use the 20th which gives up to 50 days credit but the supplier knows exactly when they will be paid which they appreciate - it also stops any collections from being able to proceed.
It's an interesting problem to me as all businesses pay for some things quite happily on demand / delivery but other things they seem to feel they have a right to delay payment for. Quite how you make sure that your services are something they feel they need to pay for right away remains a mystery to me.
I'm thinking of trialling early payment discounts for payment within 24 hours (i.e. cheque posted same day so I get it the next morning).
This means if you invoice in January (and it doesn't matter if it is the 1st or last day in January), payment should be made by the end of February.
This way, all of January's invoices (if there are a number of them) should be paid together.
Thats how it works with most of our suppliers. Some though are x days from invoice, which is a pain to administer.
The thing about the 30-days-from-end-of-month approach is that it could be 60 days from invoice to payment. I agree with previous posters that funding the cash-flow gap should be charged in some way- one way would be to build it into your margin.
A friend runs a largish company. He builds it into his margins, but offers 5% discount for early payment (I cant remember what constitutes 'early' and it may even be sliding scale depending on earliness)
In regards to the OP, we NEVER give credit to new customers (but then we sell widgets rather than services), except within tight criteria (education, gov, and sometimes PLC), but when you do give credit we give the expected 30 days (from invoice, not end-of-month). Any shorter period seems somewhat arbitrary.
I think people tend to expect (as opposed to prefer) credit where Quality is subjective and variable. For example, a train service is objective- you get from A to B. Web work is subjective- not just was it delivered, but do you approve of the content and layout.
We will have probably already provided some level of 'on spec' consultation/advice to close the deal and everyone is ready to move forward. Further work or beginning of project begins only after money is paid, which is usually straightaway. (People that write checks 'only on the 1st' or what-have-you usually find a way to write a check if it is the 6th and they want to get things moving:)) Clearing is rarely an issue, so we don't much worry about that. Only an issue if the near the end of the road something has soured, decisions reversed, project creep (but not wanting budget creep)... but this stuff usually smells from a long way off and we stay ahead on money, or at least even because of completed worked that hasn't been turned over or launched yet. Sometimes the last payment has to be cleared before we give away leverage.
Always to try to separate critical pieces so that there is always a key piece of worked absolutely needed in the next phase or payment block, or they are screwed. Makes it less likely that you'll be messed with so long as you control a key piece of the puzzle at all times.
I disagree that it isn't an improvement. While I have no scientific evidence to back this up it seems to me that almost all businesses will push whatever time frame you give them to pay. If you say 30 days they will end up paying around 45 days or so if they are conscientious, if they are not they may pay even later.
My thinking is if I say it is due on receipt that they may still take 30 days to pay because as I said I believe they all push the limits, but some will pay within a few days of getting the invoice which is always better. I don't charge late fees or interest until the client hits 45-60 days. I figure by that time, especially 60 days they are beyond pushing the limits and more in the territory of using me as a bank to finance their operations, which I will not tolerate.
Remember getting people to pay on time and keeping cash moving through your business is as much an art as it is a rule or system. In an economy like we are experiencing now cash is a problem for everyone so any finessing I can do to keep people from stretching payment out too long is good for me.
Remember getting people to pay on time and keeping cash moving through your business is as much an art as it is a rule or system.
How people pay can say a tremendous amount about the character of the person or company, and this is valuable information that can be used to handle them as orders and situations fluctuate. For example, we have a business that operates as I do. We ship the order and PDF an itemized receipt with tracking number and the whole nine yards. He knows us and how we do business. He cuts the check instantly, and we recieve it about the same day as he receives the order. We have another customer that cuts checks on a set and rigid schedule. Only timing slows payment, but we always know when it is coming. Then there are the masses that live on OPM and will float OUR money for as long as they can. We don't tolerate it, and luckily most of our interests are in markets where outrageous payment delays are not an issue; wouldn't want to be. Construction? OMG! Not in it myself, but very close to someone who is involved in large projects. Nobody pays anybody anything for as long as they and their accountants and lawyers can stretch it out.
Nobody pays anybody anything for as long as they and their accountants and lawyers can stretch it out.
You have to wonder if the industry has always been like this or if enough people just didn't stay on top of receivables that the reputation became a norm in the industry. I am not sure if it works that way, but if it does will the web industry become that way, especially if we let it?
Our average collection was 51 days on a 30 day invoice.
My technique was to review the firms accounts and balance sheets then carry out a phone interview of the director(s) applying.
Just to see how switched on they were, which could often be a worry.
Rarely did we get a non payer and when we did it tended to be accounts that were old and hadnt been reviewed in years.
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For Internet related business, in most instances, Due on Receipt.
My traditional print clients? 30, 45, 60, 75 and every now and then a 90. I work straight commission and have from day one. At day 75 I lose 50% of my commission. At day 45 and beyond, I get notified until the payment is made. At day 60, the system automatically puts the client on credit hold. It takes an act of someone with pull (usually me) to override the system and get orders entered even though they are over 60. But, when I override, I immediately accept responsibility for the payment.
I would never offer Net 30 anymore, ever. I've seen how businesses abuse the Net 30 and their relationships with vendors. I've been on the receiving end of it and don't like it one bit, especially when I lose 50% of my commission because you like to stretch things to 75-90 days. I have fired more than a handful of clients who don't pay their bills on time. They are not worth the time and effort involved to collect, not one bit.
It didn't take me 90 days to deliver the product, it shouldn't take you more than a few days to cut a check after receiving my invoice.
These days, we bill in advance, mostly in a retainer business model. You're not going to "owe me" any longer. I pay my bills on receipt, I expect you to pay mine on receipt or within 24-48 hours after receipt. If you don't, guess what? Service actually suffers by default. Cause and effect. We are in a "gotta have it now" environment. The Internet does not have terms.
RIP Net 30
It is the Net 30 that causes companies to establish credit lines. Their customers stretch payment, now they need to tap into a credit line to pay the vendors. We like taking discounts so we are going to pay in 7, 15, etc. If you go 60, 75, 90 with my terms, the discount I've taken advantage of usually becomes NULL due to the monies involved in collection.


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Le beau jardin (Dupin, Paul)
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
It is unlikely that this work is public domain in the EU, or in any country where the copyright term is life-plus-70 years. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and other countries where the term is life-plus-50 years (like China, Japan, Korea and many others worldwide). As this work was first published before 1923 or failed to meet notice or renewal requirements to secure statutory copyright, it is very likely to be public domain in the USA as well. |
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*#31196 - 4.27MB, 28 pp. - (0) - V/V/20 - 821x⇩
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Publisher Info.:
Paris: Durand, 1912. Plate D. & F. 8526.
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
General Information
Work Title | 4 petites pièces pour piano à 4 mains |
Alternative Title |
Composer | Dupin, Paul |
Movements/Sections | 4 |
Year/Date of Composition | 1911 |
First Publication | 1912 |
Dedication | Aux petits Jean et Lucien Plamondon |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | piano 4 hands |


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Allied Heros, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
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Add a CommentI watched the DVD and felt something was missing. Went back and read the comments about the movie and realized what was missing was filling out the characters -- who are they? where did they come from? why are they doing this? So, as recommended, I went to this book. It does provide much more information about the eight men and one woman who were the main characters in the movie. While the movie did follow the book pretty well in terms of events, there were some changes made in the movie that I don't understand why they made them. There are two deaths of the Monuments Men -- one in the movie matched the book, the other did not. Why lie about how that one died? And the one woman did some things in the movie that were totally out of character, especially when I read about her in the book. Again, why? to try to add a little romance? If so, that was pretty lame, and unnecessary. I much prefer the book to the movie, but it is dense and a bit hard to keep track of which character is doing what and when. It does present a very interesting story about some of what happened in the last year or so of World War II.
Came to this via the film. The film grows on me the more I watch it but I was frustrated at the lack of detail and little off topic meanderings. Was greatly satisfied on the detail here. The size of the group, the sheer amount of work and effort involved, and the recent acknowledgment of their services after decades of passing notice. Why only three stars? It was hard to follow at points. Keeping track of all the minor officers and keeping everyone's missions straight while context of what was going on in combative efforts took some doing. I can see why they really trimmed it down for the film - too much but still. I did, however, get what I was looking for though and I definitely recommend it for anyone who wants to know more after seeing the film or perhaps avoided the film entirely.
When I toured a beautiful area in Germany, I had no idea the Nazis had once hidden a tremendous cache of stolen artwork in that area. I learned about that, and much more, by the time I turned the last page of "The Monuments Men." The authors made the chaotic time come alive, as men and women fought a mostly secret war to protect and recover cultural treasures at risk from bombs and greed. The book does a wonderful job of showing the characters and personalities of those involved, and the loved ones they left behind, making me care about what happened to them. A little less successful were the short chapters that jumped from subject to subject. I'm so glad, though, that I persevered and finished the book. I learned so much about the monuments men and women who worked under extreme conditions to uncover secret Nazi holdings stolen from families and whole countries. It is a fascinating story.
Even after reading other books about WWII, this gives a new prospective to the war and the sacrifices men and women did for their countries. We owe these hero's a huge debt and it can't be paid. We must never forget!
Well written, very clear, and .... who are these guys? How is it we've never heard of them before?
The Monuments Men is an amazing book. A page turner; hard to put the book down until the very end. Read like a story rather than a textbook. I have visited towns such as Trier, Nancy and Berchtesgaden, and never knew that Hitler's henchmen hid looted art treasures there. The best part is one of the Monuments Men got to keep the art stolen from his grandfather. Rose Velland, French museum curator received the good credit she deserved for her bravery (not too many women get credit for their bravery). I applaud the author for recognizing a woman for her part in saving great works of art; however, unfortunately minor works of art considered decadent by Hitler were burned. The movie, too, was exceptional; an accurate detail of the book. The names in the movie were changed, but easy to follow the plot. It was an advantage to see the movie right after reading the book when it was fresh in my mind. Both the book AND the movie were worth perusing.
Reading this book was interesting and gave me a new perspective of our (US) role in World War II and the art world. This should be required reading for everyone.
If you love books about art/provenance and history, this is the best book I have read in a long while. Even if you are not interested in art, it is a very intriguing book. It amazed me the lengths that Hitler went through to appropriate his collections.


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Ford C800 stakebed- Completed 9/21/06
Posted 07 September 2006 - 09:36 AM
The kit comes with a gas engine. I think its a 370 or 391, but I'm not 100% positive. I'm going to weather the engine a little, just to depict a working truck.
The chassis is done and ready to be painted. I'm not sure what color yet, because I want to coordinate it with the cab. It'll probably end up black, which would look really nice with the color I have planned for the cab (you'll have to wait for that, It's a surprise)
Thanks for lookin . Comments welcome.
I know that the kit box and directions say that this truck is a C600. But, for those that have the kit, if you look real close, the badge on the door has an 800. What do you expect, another AMT goof.
Posted 07 September 2006 - 10:05 AM
Hey but thats a great kit and it looks like you are getting a good start on it.
Not positive on the engine but I have been told it is a Ford 534SD 8.8L (534 cid) gasoline engine
Posted 07 September 2006 - 10:48 AM
The C-series trucks always built nice subjects.
Posted 07 September 2006 - 12:23 PM
The original AMT issue was listed as C600, the Tractor kit is a C900.. C800 on the badge has always been in question. One wonders what AMT originally had planned?
A fire engine
Oh, well one can always dream, this should have been a no brainer for them since AMT makes both the Ford C and ALF kits.
Note this was not my build, it was built by a friend of mine using parts from the ALF pumper and Ford C kits.
Posted 08 September 2006 - 11:15 AM
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Posted 08 September 2006 - 03:24 PM
This will get lettered for my fictional construction company. I don't know about some model truckers, but my trucks may be used, but not abused .
Rusty manifolds, dirt, grease and oil. Your eyes do not decive you, the filter says FRAM. The breathers look like they could use new gaskets...
Posted 08 September 2006 - 09:15 PM
The C as a pumper always made sense to me. I used to see rigs like this all the time. Red, white, green/yellow..
The Ford C was one of the most popular commercial cabs used to build fire apparatus for almost 40 years, pumpers, ladder trucks, rescues etc. It would have been easy to do a Mack version (N?) of the kit too.
Guess I better stock up on a few more while they are still available, I'm getting a number of ideas.
Posted 09 September 2006 - 02:24 AM
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Posted 10 September 2006 - 11:09 AM
What technique are you using for the caked on grease and grime look?
It looks quite realistic.
Posted 10 September 2006 - 01:37 PM
A fire engine
Least I wasnt the only one to make a Pumper out of the kit. Ive got pictures of mine I just have to drive 800 miles to my dads to get them That will be my next trip home prolly in November
Posted 10 September 2006 - 02:24 PM
Posted 10 September 2006 - 08:47 PM
I mainly just use an airbrush and various colours.
I must try this diffrent way of weathering models.
John Wilson
Posted 10 September 2006 - 11:28 PM
Good information.
Posted 11 September 2006 - 02:16 PM
Thanks for all the comments everyone!
#18 Guest_Anthony Oteri_*
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No carpet, just a rubber mat. A/C is unheard of, but at least the heater works.


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CLEVELAND -- Buzz Williams was asked about Xavier star Tu Holloway in the pregame press conference.
Take a breath and read what the Marquette coach said.
"Their team scores 25 percent of their points from the free-throw line, which is a staggering number. But Tu Holloway in and of himself scores 25 percent of his points from the free-throw line. So he's the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, scores 25 percent of his points from the free-throw line, and 63 percent of the points he scores come off of ball screens. Now intertwine that relative to their team. As a team they score eight percent on put-backs -- a lot of that is No. 22 [Jamel McLean]. They score 11 percent in transition -- that's all 52 [Holloway] and 10 [Mark Lyons]. Those are solid numbers -- 25 percent as a team from the free-throw line is outstanding, in the top five of the country. So [all] that constitutes 44 percent of their points. Then [another] 42 percent of their points as a team come from the ball screen, and from only the two guys involved in the ball screen. ... Only the two guys involved in the ball screen constitute 42 percent of Xavier's points, and of that 42 percent Tu Holloway is involved in it 63 percent of the time, and it's really dangerous because he does such an effective job of using the ball screen that he forces help. And a lot of times when he forces help he gets fouled, but he also puts your team in constant rotation because of the ball screen and the coverage of the ball screen. They set multiple ball screens per possession. So Tu Holloway literally may in one possession get three ball screens by three different players. And I don't study any other teams other than the ones we play, but I would say that he probably gets more ball screens than any player in the country, and I'm not sure he wouldn't be deemed the most effective from those ball screens."
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The point of running that answer at that length -- and I didn't run the entire answer, by the way -- wasn't to get your head spinning but to show how much time Holloway spent inside Williams' head in advance of Friday's NCAA tournament opener. The All-American guard was broken down every way imaginable to the point where Williams -- who said he watched Xavier's past 14 games in reverse order -- could sit on a stage here at Quicken Loans Arena and cite statistics about Holloway I'm certain Holloway couldn't cite himself.
It was mesmerizing and weird.
But the preparation paid off Friday.
"Tu was the whole scouting report," Marquette's Dwight Buycks said. "He was everything."
And held to almost nothing.
That was the story from Marquette's 66-55 win over Xavier.
Holloway took eight shots and made only one.
He finished with five points.
He averages 20.
"I don't know [what happened]," Holloway said. "I really couldn't figure it out."
Which is mostly why Xavier couldn't figure out Marquette or rally after falling behind 33-20 at the half. Holloway didn't score until he sank a 3-pointer with 12:13 remaining that cut the lead to 47-36. That was his first and last field goal. The Musketeers never got closer than nine points again.
Now back to Williams and that pregame press conference.
Remember all the talk about Holloway and how dangerous he is with ball screens?
If not, go read Williams' pregame quote again.
Then read what Xavier coach Chris Mack said late Friday after the game.
"The primary defender on [Holloway] a lot of times isn't as relevant as the ball screen defender, and I thought that's where Marquette did a better job than the majority of the teams we played this year of making him give it up, not allowing him to split the ball screen, reject the ball screen, all the things that we've worked on, he's worked on extremely hard this season," Mack said. "I give a lot of credit to those guys for the type of defense they were able to play against us in the half court."
Translation: Williams watched film and developed a brilliant game plan to stop Holloway, then his players went out and executed it perfectly. The result was an unusually bad night for Xavier's best player and an incredibly satisfying one for Marquette's coach, whose head full of numbers now has the Golden Eagles just a win away from the Sweet 16.