So called planet saving emailed invoices!

[Barleymow]

I agree needs company name stated at top rather than the person sending it
often miss things this way still prefer paper my self

 

[d williams]

Given that we receive plenty of phishing invoices, if a supplier emails me an invoice without agreeing with me first it often gets deleted without me opening it. We had one a couple of years ago from a new contractor, with no explanation in the email title or message so it got deleted as dodgy immediately. Even some of the regular legit ones can look dodgy, mainly when they come from an email account that is just someone's name. e.g. 'Nicola Davis' (never heard of her) rather than something like 'Sharmans Agricultural Group Customer Accounts' - (oh yes that will be the Sharmans bill/statement.' )

There are some very inefficient businesses out there though - eg local feed co posts each individual bill rather than sending all at end of month with statement (account is paid DD ,monthly so it's not even going to get earlier payment by sending bills out separately).

Also machinery dealers invoices are ending up in our junk mail all the ones using ibcos?

 

[theboytheboy]

Couldn’t agree more. Vodafone and EE are just like this. Same with nPower.

Bloody Vodafone involves getting a security code sent to phone so I can log in each time. Signal is not perfect so often the code has expired before I receive it!

 

[farmerm]

A slight deviation from the topic, but I hope the OPer won't mind since there may be techie folk here able to advise:

I've had an email today to say that I'm not using "the official app" for that email provider - to click through that notification email to access the official version.

How do I go about checking the legitimacy of all this, please?

Btw, I've opened google Play app and found the email app I use, which has recently been updated. No other app for the email provider is available in Play's catalogue.

Tia.

Sounds dodgy. Do you know how to see the web address behind the link without clicking it... anyone who doesn’t shouldn’t use emails until they do!! usually easy to tell a phish when the underlying link is directing you to some random domain name that is not clearly not connected to the genuine business... on iOS if you hold down on a suspicious link rather than click it you will see the underlying url (web address)

 

[Rowland]

Bloody Vodafone involves getting a security code sent to phone so I can log in each time. Signal is not perfect so often the code has expired before I receive it!

When I log into Vodafone it’s just user name and password. Most Gov log in sites require a pass code once every 5 days or so .

Try a different mobile phone company you might have a better signal

 

[Rowland]

I agree needs company name stated at top rather than the person sending it
often miss things this way still prefer paper my self

Royal Mail never lose any thing now do they

 

[oldoaktree]

Bloody Vodafone involves getting a security code sent to phone so I can log in each time. Signal is not perfect so often the code has expired before I receive it!

Try using WiFi calling. If you don’t know what it is. It’s when you connect your phone to your WiFi signal and use that instead of a mobile network! Should never miss a text now, happy days

 

[Exfarmer]

A slight deviation from the topic, but I hope the OPer won't mind since there may be techie folk here able to advise:

I've had an email today to say that I'm not using "the official app" for that email provider - to click through that notification email to access the official version.

How do I go about checking the legitimacy of all this, please?

Btw, I've opened google Play app and found the email app I use, which has recently been updated. No other app for the email provider is available in Play's catalogue.

Tia.

Bargepoles come to mind!

 

[farmerm]

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Try using WiFi calling. If you don’t know what it is. It’s when you connect your phone to your WiFi signal and use that instead of a mobile network! Should never miss a text now, happy days

It is brilliant, if you have a newer phone and the latest firmware updates..

 

[The Agrarian]

I don't (yet) use an accounts package. Still send everything off to the accountant. At the end of the first quarter this year, I was getting really fed up printing out big lumps of paper invoices as I gathered up the quarterly vat, so I asked if they'd by happy with receiving those ones as PDFs in an email. After a brief delay, (I think I might have been the first person to ask) they said aye. So now i when I open an email I just hit send attachment to my Google drive account. Then at the end of the quarter, I create a VAT quarter folder, drop them into it, select all files and attach to an email to accountant. Then they have copies, and I have a neatly stored copy in my Drive, done from my tablet. Handy enough. Paper copies, of which there are a lot, still delivered to them the same way.

 

[Adam@Rumen]

Probably send half our invoices electronically and half in the post.

Up to the customer how they want to receive it at the end of the day, not my job to tell anyone what they should be doing or how to run their business.

 

[Goweresque]

Probably send half our invoices electronically and half in the post.

Up to the customer how they want to receive it at the end of the day, not my job to tell anyone what they should be doing or how to run their business.

Good customer service, it'll never catch on.............a lot of businesses act as if the customer is getting in the way of their other activities........

 

[Princess Pooper]

Severn Trent send individual invoices for every meter, and despite repeatedly asking, won't put them all on one,
It's actually water plus now, not Severn Trent.

yes we've tried asking for all on one bill rather than 4. Was told it depends when they read the meter. Obviously it would be much too inefficient to read all within one mile of each other on one day.