Bill schedule

[pri01]

I wonder if any of you fine folks can help with this one as it can be a little jaded.

What would be a reasonable sum to charge someone for a letter in dealing with an issue?

Each letter is sent recordered delivery so naturally we can prove this cost, but what about the time to write the letter? I would suggest £25.00 plus postage would be reasonable but maybe I'm being too ambitious.

[the worm that turned]

I wonder if any of you fine folks can help with this one as it can be a little jaded.

What would be a reasonable sum to charge someone for a letter in dealing with an issue?

Each letter is sent recordered delivery so naturally we can prove this cost, but what about the time to write the letter? I would suggest £25.00 plus postage would be reasonable but maybe I'm being too ambitious.

I'm charging 80 per letter, they say they are not going to pay. I'm going to take it to small claims court.

25 seems reasonable to me.

How do you intend to set up and enforce the fee?

[danster82]

I wonder if any of you fine folks can help with this one as it can be a little jaded.

What would be a reasonable sum to charge someone for a letter in dealing with an issue?

Each letter is sent recordered delivery so naturally we can prove this cost, but what about the time to write the letter? I would suggest £25.00 plus postage would be reasonable but maybe I'm being too ambitious.

If the letter is a inconvenience to your time then I would say £100 per letter at least. I am pretty sure in the legal profession they will charge at least this and this is not an inconvenience to them its their job.

Solicitors have the power to charge insurance companies whatever they want for their services. As a general rule they will charge about £150 per a letter sent to the 3rd party amd about £200 per a day until the claim is settled.

[pri01]

I'm charging 80 per letter, they say they are not going to pay. I'm going to take it to small claims court.

25 seems reasonable to me.

How do you intend to set up and enforce the fee?

Basically the recipient has refused to provide me with proof that I owe them money from 3 years ago. I've written to them and said that I am unable to deal with their request unless they send me a copy of their proof and they have refused.

I plan to write to them now outlining that they have refused a reasonable request for proof in order for me to fulfill my obligation if indeed there is one.

I will then outline that I will issue an invoice for the sum of £££ for each item of correspondence I am forced to submit. I will also suggest that failure to pay will result in my pursuing the claim through the small claims court.

I hope this is the correct procedure to follow.

[pri01]

If the letter is a inconvenience to your time then I would say £100 per letter at least. I am pretty sure in the legal profession they will charge at least this and this is not an inconvenience to them its their job.

Solicitors have the power to charge insurance companies whatever they want for their services. As a general rule they will charge about £150 per a letter sent to the 3rd party amd about £200 per a day until the claim is settled.

Thanks for your reply. The letter is an inconvenience to me as it's a task that has been forced onto me by the other party.

A £100 per letter would be a detail that would be either ignored by the other party or would encourage them to deal with the dispute more reasonably I suppose.

[number_6]

If the letter is a inconvenience to your time then I would say £100 per letter at least. I am pretty sure in the legal profession they will charge at least this and this is not an inconvenience to them its their job.

But the point is, that is their job and the rate they charge to their client. If they are writing to a third party they charge their client, not the third party.
How could you enforce the schedule?

[danster82]

But the point is, that is their job and the rate they charge to their client. If they are writing to a third party they charge their client, not the third party.
How could you enforce the schedule?

So what is your point?

My point is simple and it is why would you value your time less than someone in the legal business would? Especially so when this is leisure time and not work.

[rosix]

it's very VERY easy if you have a job.. let's say you earn £20/hr before tax - be generous with the time you say you spent (in your free time) and say that because it's your free time it's worth for example double your wage. You get the idea.. very easy to have solid reasoning that is not to be ignored when you have a fixed hourly wage.

To elaborate further I'd want to know more about what the correspondance is in regards to. If you use figures associated with their practices (for example, they charge £60 for a late payment? then you can perceive that to be £60 for extra unanticipated work and you will charge the same, seems VERY fair doesn't it :)) that can be logically justified then you are golden in my opinion.