The wife of an Australian trader has revealed the cunning way she persuaded a customer to pay an overdue bill.
The merchant called and texted the customer, but never received a response, so he asked his wife for help.
He managed to get a response minutes after sending a message, acting as if she were his adventure partner. She paid that same afternoon.
The tactic left hundreds of people baffled after she shared the conversation on a popular Facebook group.
‘I called the guy and he didn’t answer, so I sent this text and he called me two minutes after sending it. They paid us the same afternoon haha,” the wife wrote.
The text sent at 1:34 p.m. read: ‘Hey, I had a great night with you. I hope we can do it again soon.’
The text sent at 1:34 p.m. read: ‘Hey, I had a great night with you. I hope we can do it again soon.”
After just two minutes, the customer responded by saying, “I’m getting paid now.” He will send remittances.’
The wife responded with a simple “Thank you.”
The post quickly caught the attention of others who thought the tactic was “brilliant.”
The post quickly caught the attention of others who thought the tactic was “brilliant.”
“This is so good,” one wrote.
‘I love it!!’ said another.
‘That’s great!!’ added a third.
“The things we do to get paid,” another joked.
Someone else said: ‘This is brilliant! I’ve been begging a merchant to let me take care of the accounts so he doesn’t have to just so I can do something like this.
Others wondered who the customer thought had sent him the message.