Atlas Van Lines

[jonny-chicken]

Anybody else having trouble with payments from Atlas Van Lines?

1100 Invicta Drive
Oakville, Ontario
L6H 2K9

I have had to speak to the CFO, Shirley Sveda, in order to see when my payment will be released. Lots of attitude there... It is now over 60 days. She said she had the cheque and could sign it and could maybe get the cheque out by Friday. As the invoice is overdue, I told her I would like to send a courier in to pickup the cheque tomorrow. She then asks me if we are in such trouble that we can't wait until Friday for our money, which of course I responded to by questioning if she is really that desperate to keep my money until Friday.

Well, apparently she can dish it out but cannot take it. She put me on hold for a while and then unleashed a rather humourous rant going on and on about how big her company is and how small mine is and blah blah blah. She then rambled on that I had booked this through an agent and that the agent gave us the wrong billing address and that she was just doing her agent a favour by paying us... After she was done I said, so can I send my courier in?

I guess she would like to make me wait as much as she possible can because she refused to allow me to send in a courier and said she would mail the cheque on Friday before telling me that the conversation was over and hanging up. Wow... Very professional CFO they have there...

 

[micmac]

Last year we did quite a few loads for Cardinal Transport in Mississauga going to Western Canada. All the shipments were Atlas Van Lines shipments that Atlas was giving to Cardinal to handle. At the time we thought that was a little strange since Atlas is on Link directly and Cardinal is a broker. We got paid no problem but thought it was a bit of an odd set up.

 

[lowmiler88]

A great line is to ask if they need a loan? They usually get confused and then insist on coming right over to their office to work on how much they need. It is great to hear the reaction, then you can say well since you are using me to float your company that they might as well pay interest the same way they would at the bank. Then they either really loose it or are embarrassed enough to pay you. Either way it is fun to do to the real *ssh*les.

 

[jonny-chicken]

Haahaa... Yeah, that would've really lit her fuse!!

Although, I don't think you could embarrass her for some reason. Afterall, she is the CFO of a very important and very large company!! We should all bow down and be grateful for the loads we get and gratefull to get paid for our work at all... Pretty wild...

A great line is to ask if they need a loan? They usually get confused and then insist on coming right over to their office to work on how much they need. It is great to hear the reaction, then you can say well since you are using me to float your company that they might as well pay interest the same way the would at the bank. Then they either really loose it or are embarrassed enough to pay you either way it is fun to do to the real *ssh*les.

 

[jonny-chicken]

Update...

Had to send fax to their president and their customer on Monday as I did not believe what I was told, that cheque was in the mail.

Turns out, cheque was never in the mail. After sending me a nasty email, she couriered the cheque to me yesterday, received today at 70 days.

Small amount of money... Big ol' soap opera!

Glad it's over...