Me and DH own a business and I'm so sick of people commissioning work and then taking forever to pay up after it's finished. Some will take weeks to pay and clearly be waiting for the money to come in, pay day etc...
AIBU to think this is incredibly rude and you should not commission work unless you have the money there and ready to pay as soon as it's finished (providing you're happy with the finished product of course)?
We have a customer at the moment, work was completed three weeks ago and he still hasn't paid. All work is quoted and agreed prior to commencement so it's not as if the cost is a surprise.
When asked if there's a problem, he replied to say not at all he's really happy with it but can he have a breakdown of the price for his records which we provided two weeks ago.
The majority of customers pay on schedule but it's a scarily large minority that do this and are clearly waiting for the money to come in before paying. It's our livelihood at the end of the day, you shouldn't expect someone else to wait until your pay day.