I checked again after today's FMCSA update, just for good measure and to give the benefit of the doubt if it's due, but alas, still not approved. Their INTACT insurance policy is posted but FMCSA has not approved just yet.
If you hauled the load in January and invoiced in January, you should have started serious collections efforts by the end of February. Certainly by March, you should have been calling the shipper to discuss their participation in getting you paid and consulting with a legal professional regarding further action. It is now the end of August, seven months after you invoiced this low life. Overdue invoices do not get paid by doing nothing. Either get serious about your collection issues, or resign yourself to work for free. Sorry to sound harsh, but after seven months it is more your fault that you haven’t been paid. It is your money…..go after it!
thank you for your expert advice. but we have been following up with them. try to read and understand the flow. we have been following up with them from Feb, but they have not paid us. thank you.
One thing is for sure, it is your money. If you don’t want to get paid, then keep doing what you’re doing. My sympathies lie with you, not the dead beat, which is why I am trying to encourage you to take more forceful actions to resolve this bad debt. As anyone will tell you, seven months waiting to get paid is as much your fault as the dead beat’s. It is well past the time for “following up” with them.
