I have called this fellow for a few days on some recent invoices. I am told he has been off sick.
I have to say, that is no excuse, whether it is BS or not...
I too have been sick before, but our company didn't stop sending out payments because of it... This is a business, you need to have people and processes in place for when illness/injury happens.
By the way... when I was trying to collect from these guys back in April I spoke to a guy named Martin, who said he was the son of the owner. He gave me two excuses for his late payment and lack of communication: 1) He was recently screwed by his customer who went bankrupt and 2) His son was sick...
You can imagine my response...