[arin-discuss] SPAM-WARN:Re: [ppml] Counselstatement onLegacyassignments?(fwd)

[Michael Thomas - Mathbox]

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> Counselstatement onLegacyassignments?(fwd)
> 
> My newspaper subscription (and a few magazines) are on an 
> annual basis.  
> Some of
> the local ISP's also offer billing on an annual basis.  My homeowners 
> and auto insurance
> both have annual payment options (and it wasn't an option for my 
> business insurance,
> it was mandatory).  Automobile registration fees are on an annual 
> basis.  I pay my
> alarm monitoring service annually.
> 
> So now you know there are lots of businesses that bill annually.
> 
> For the people who don't think billing monthly adds much to 
> the cost of 
> business,
> I suspect you've never been in a business where you have to bill a 
> significant
> number of clients.  Imagine having to deal with 12 times the 
> paperwork,
> 12 times the costs of dealing with late payments, and 12 
> times the bank 
> processing
> fees.
> 
> Michael Thomas - Mathbox wrote:
> >>
> >> The annual is not killing me.. Getting a loan would be stupid for  
> >> such an amount.. What I am getting at is I run my business 
> on 30 day  
> >> payables... I know of no other service that requires an annual,  
> >> upfront payment for services.  Imagine if I had to pay for 
> my fiber  
> >> annually... OUCH!!!
> >>     

Actually, Michael Thomas did not write that...

Michael Thomas
Mathbox
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