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Subject: Re: BT's contract trick on direct debit fee Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:30:51 +0000

Jethro wrote:
>>> If the customer pays the company on time via an electronic means such as
>>> BACS or a standing order it is not more expensive to process than a DD.
>>> Their bank doesn't make higher charges.
>> But there is an additional cost to BT of checking that you have paid
>
> Aha ! I guess this is where the ARUDDs file makes things much easier
> for payments by DD than other methods ....

BT will have a good accounting system that can automatically trigger if
an expected payment is not received by a fixed date.

ARUDDs may help a small supplier with crap software but I can't see why
they would make any difference to BT.