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Title: The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general
Year: 1888 (1880s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : (A.T. De la Mare Ptg. and Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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aelstrom of lostaccounts, thus showing the fallacy of references of thiskind. This instance where a debtor pays certain billswith Tiinnc\ and the remainder with reference, is famili.-irto all. following for two or three references and a ))lacc for thesignature of the applicant. The psychology of this formliis in having the prospect fill out and sign it himself..\ man may not be averse to buying a liberal bill ofHowers and intend to pay for them some day in thedim, misty future; but he will not sign his name to arecord that he can see is going to investigate his relia-liility beforehand. The majority of customers think thatthe store keeper never bothers looking them up and placesno seriousness to liaviiig an account at tlie florists. Butthe application blank will weed them out, separatingfhe tares from the wheat before they get a chance togrow up. Making the Slow Ones Pay Up The key to .success in collecting bills is positiveness.Be i>ositive. By taking for granted that everyone who
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Christmas basket of Heathers, Roman Hyacinths and ferns Christmas basket of Crotons, Azaleas, ferns and Pandanus loss. Besides the interest on money tied up, is addedthe cost of the stamps and stationery until the accountsof Mr. and Mrs. Slow Pay dissolve and cease to beassets. Only the business that can afford to push in areserve of enough idle capital to fill in the gap, can■■urvive. There are several kinds of undesirable accounts: First,the slow pay, who always takes his own time to pay .illbills, asually three months to thirteen months; but thinksnothing of it. Second, the prompt payer who, afterseveral years, suddenly becomes very slow without areason or an excuse. Third, the dead beat who ringsthe bell for all he can get, .seldom pays anything at all.and evidently never intends to. No one solicits poor paying patrons, yet we all ha\<*them. Bad debts are rodents that nibble at the vitalsof every business. It isnt fair to those who pay c;ishfor what Ihey get, to extend cred

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