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@polksaladallie wrote:

 

 

The days of written quotes for everything are gone, I find it is cheaper without a quote.  Most give a discount for cash, or ask for a pensioner discount. 

 

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Cash payments and no written quotes can be very convenient for tradies who don't want to trouble the tax man.

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

 

 

The days of written quotes for everything are gone, I find it is cheaper without a quote.  Most give a discount for cash, or ask for a pensioner discount. 

 

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Cash payments and no written quotes can be very convenient for tradies who don't want to trouble the tax man.

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Of course, the black economy is as huge as it ever was.  GST was supposed to all but eliminate it.    Ha!

It is very convenient for the poor also.

With a requirement to issue a certificate of compliance cash jobs are really a thing of the past.

Lots of tradies don't pay for work (swap jobs / barter) and that is legal. 🙂

I hope the OP pays up and moves on....my mechanic was hopeless sending his invoices but I knew I had to pay and did.

Yeah the tradie was slack with his invoices. But one man operations often don't get to their bills and invoicing for months at at a time. So this isn't unusual.

But I agree with twinkles - they did the job so you should pay up. It's not as if it was inconvenient for you that he didn't send a bill straight away so I'm not sure why everyone thinks he is being 'rude'?

perhaps they thought they were not going to get a bill?

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

With a requirement to issue a certificate of compliance cash jobs are really a thing of the past.

 

Lots of tradies don't pay for work (swap jobs / barter) and that is legal. 🙂

 

I hope the OP pays up and moves on....my mechanic was hopeless sending his invoices but I knew I had to pay and did.

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What is a certificate of compliance?

I can assure you that cash jobs are very alive and well.  Well, they were a month ago.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

With a requirement to issue a certificate of compliance cash jobs are really a thing of the past.

 

Lots of tradies don't pay for work (swap jobs / barter) and that is legal. 🙂

 

I hope the OP pays up and moves on....my mechanic was hopeless sending his invoices but I knew I had to pay and did.

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What is a certificate of compliance?

 

I can assure you that cash jobs are very alive and well.  Well, they were a month ago.

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This is for Victoria, but I assume other states have simlar rules. If you've had plumbing work done and havent received a c of c, you probably should change plumbers, they may not be licensed.

You, the Licensed Plumbing Practitioner, must issue a compliance certificate for all plumbing work that falls into the following types:

• Where the total value of work, including materials and any appliances, labour and GST, is more than $750 (material costs must be included, regardless of whether the materials, or appliances, were supplied by another person)
• The installation, relocation or replacement of any Type A gas-using appliances, regardless of the cost (Compliance Certificates do not apply to Type B gasfitting work)
• The conversion of a gas-using appliance for use with a different gaseous fuel
• The installation, modification or relocation of consumer gas piping (other than work carried out on behalf of a gas company)
• The construction, installation or alteration of any below ground sanitary drain or associated gullies
• The construction, installation, alteration, relocation or replacement of a cooling tower or of any other part of a cooling tower system (including the installation or replacement of any associated device or equipment.

http://www.pic.vic.gov.au/consumers/why-is-a-compliance-certificate-important

Its not unusual for one of the plumbers we use to invoice us months after the job. Often he is contacting us weeks later for the address that we sent him to, it is fustrating. My husband is the opposite, he rarely leaves a property without payment and would only leave without have written out an invoice if he forgot to take his invoice book.

It sounds to me like there was some sort of miscommunication, he told you he'd call you about the other job, but perhaps he thought you were meant to call him. Its the kind of misunderstanding that coul easily happen and that could explain the delay in invoicing.