How to write an estimate a customer signs the same day
Same-day signatures come from estimates written at the job, priced in options, and scoped in the customer's own words. Here is how trade shops do it.
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Getting paid before you leave the driveway
How small trade shops make on-the-spot payment the normal end of a job, from the booking call to the walkthrough, without chasing invoices for weeks.
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No-shows and deposits, without scaring people off
A no-show costs the whole slot, not just the job. A deposit policy customers accept, and what to say when someone asks you to waive it.
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Getting paid, and the customer who stops answering
Most unpaid invoices are drift, not fraud. The terms that prevent it, the escalation ladder that works, and what small claims is really like.
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