Re: Can't Invoice Next Term

Dale E. Reed Jr. ( (no email) )
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 12:03:38 -0800

Jeff Woods wrote:
>
> >So we can't automatically send out multiple overdue notices like every other
> >business on Earth (businesses that don't use Emerald anyway)? Awww....
>
> Nope -- unlike the telephone company, who if you're "past due" sends you
> another invoice with the "balance forward" (past due amount) plus new
> charges, but leaves service intact, Emerald 2.2 and prior simply refuses to
> so much as GENERATE a new invoice until the last one is paid, and as Dale
> said, won't do overlapping invoices, either (so never DECREASE an expiry
> date!).

And unlike the Multi-Million dollar phone business that can afford
to have hundreds of thousands of dollars in outstanding bills, most of
the ISP's I know of can't afford to have all of their cash flow
outstanding. If you are the exception, then I apologize.

-- Dale E. Reed Jr.  (daler@iea-software.com)_________________________________________________________________       IEA Software, Inc.      |  RadiusNT, Emerald, and NT FAQs Internet Solutions for Today  |   http://www.iea-software.com