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Accounts and paying for your goods
We have 3 different methods for arranging to pay for your order. Most customers use a credit account facility - you order the goods, and we invoice you when the goods are dispatched. This invoice must then be paid within a specific pre-arranged period (which is normally by the end of the following month). See below for arranging a credit account. For account applications... more
We also have many customers that pay us directly via our secure payment site when ordering goods. This is sometimes a preferred method due to the fact that their is less paperwork involved - for example, if you choose to use a credit account then each order must be accompanied by an authorised Purchase Order from your purchasing department. In the past we have found that some purchasing departments can take many days - or even weeks- to raise a purchase order, so by using the secure payment site you avoid these delays. To pay via our secure payment site... more
The third option is to send a cheque with the order. Some companies prefer to operate this way because it helps them with the budgets and finances. To pay by cheque....more
CREDIT ACCOUNTS
Before we can issue you a credit account, we must have received at least one payment from you by cheque previously. This is a stipulation enforced on us by our credit underwriters, because a company cheque proves firstly that the company exists, that it has a bank account, and that it is solvent.(This procedure doesn't take effect if the purchasing authority is a government department, local council or educational establishment) If you have therefore paid us already by cheque, we can proceed to open an account. Please remember to include an authorised purchase order with each job that you send to us.
1) Click HERE to download the credit application Form.
2) Fill in the form, remembering to sign and date it, and send it back to us by post/fax/email
3) We apply to our credit underwriters for an account.
4) We will telephone you once the account is open and ready to use.
SECURE CREDIT / DEBIT CARD PAYMENTS
Most large companies and government departments prefer this method because it reduces paperwork and reduces the risk of delays to the order. Card payments also work very well with international currencies, because the rate is set the time the payment is made, therefore avoiding fluctuations in currency exchange. All of our payments by card are made OFF-LINE, which means that it's a human that makes the transaction and not a robot. This helps to reduce any inconveniences. To pay by this method, please follow the following instructions.
1) Receive a confirmation of the price, or a quote, before you make the payment. Either the engineer working on your order can provide this, or you can request the amount from our accounts department. It would help if you could quote us our job number direct.
2) Goto the secure payment site, and enter the payment details and the amount.
3) You will receive by email a confirmation of payment. Our secure payment server will send us the encrypted details and we will then process the card payment off-line.
PAYMENT VIA CHEQUE
Quite often we find that start-up companies and newer organisations prefer to pay by cheque, which has many advantages when it comes to budgeting and finance planning (you only spend what you've got!). We also request that the receive a payment by cheque before we issue credit accounts to companies.
Please post all cheque's to:-
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Photodata House,
Knowl Piece,
Hitchin, Herts,
SG4 0TY
United Kingdom
If possible, place a copy of the purchase order, or pro-forma invoice, or a job number with the cheque which will help us to match the money to the goods.
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