[Drakim]

They will tell you it must have slipped though the cracks, and that they'll get right on it, but no payment will materialize.

[neilv]

Exactly. Which is why I said "Which would be an opportunity for an immediate funds transfer or CC charge, if necessary to keep the site up."

I'll work collegially with customers/partners who I think are being honest, or who can be nudged towards that from a somewhat different industry convention. But I wouldn't take "the check's in the mail" from someone who I thought was being dishonest. And an immediate payment would be appropriate for even honest people to do, in light of neglecting to mail a check in time.

[maccard]

That doesn’t mean you get to skip that step though

[TeMPOraL]

It's the age of automation. They likely got more than one courtesy automated reminder e-mails. If one doesn't respect automated reminders, one will respect automatic service cut-out.