Great thread.
Sorry if this was asked before but sometimes I get invoices saying pay in 10 days & sometimes it is 30 days.

Does anybody know if there is there any rule about this time to pay or is it up to the supplier?

I am sure I once read somewhere that legally it has to be 30 days but maybe it was a day dream!

Marton

Vendors decide when they want to be paid. They can even ask for payment before delivery!

I could not find a thread that explained how to initiate a betreibung. Am I missing something in my search?

Is there a standard process to follow for a business to file against another business? A "mahnung" letter has been sent by registered post and the client rejected it, so it was sent back to me.

thnx

Well you have to go to Betreibungsamt located at the debtor's domicile. There you have to fill out a form. You also have to advance the cost of the procedure. Then the Betreibungsamt will send the debtor a letter requesting him to pay the debts (=Zahlungsbefehlt).

OK - that sounds pretty straightforward.

Thank you.

Regarding Betreibung, you may be interested to know that (in Zürich) anyone from a company can pick up a Betreibung in the name of the company. I.e. it is not required that the person picking it up has signatory powers or a Vollmacht. All they need to do is to show their ID.

Do you mean that anybody can file/register a betreibung (in Zurich Kanton)? So someone else could file it on my behalf?

-fduvall

Hm, not sure if that way would work. Probably.

What I ment was that any one claiming to work for your company and who knows that you have gotten a Betreibung, can go an pick it up. This could e.g. be an employee that you have just fired and who wants to make trouble for you.

So the other way, any employee of your company can probably file a Betreibung in the name of your company.

Anyone know the amount on 'poursuite' is the final amount which means a full stop to those bills or have to contact the insurance company by ourselves?

It is better to go to the company to pay or pay the poursuite?

What about other effect? If my fd she has the poursuite, it affects her finding a house or job?

Thanks !!

I presume this is provided by your bog standard insurer, but not normally offered? Can anyone confirm? Or is there somewhere particular you have to go.

You can add it the already excellent cover-nearly-everything-including-travel-insurance 'Relax' policy from Zurich...

anyone have this post in french ??
it is very useful !!

cckkt, this is an englishforum, where people communicate with each other in English, there will not be any French translation.

http://www.ch.ch/private/00093/00102...x.html?lang=fr

Just search the web for "poursuite".

I did this once, I received a bunch of free stuff from the US but being free and from the US it was labelled "worth $300" plastered all over it so I knew how lucky I was. The import costs etc were around 120 CHF and I refused to accept the package, the lady at the post office was very suprised.

I explained that it was free but worth $300 and that I wasn't going to give the Swiss any more money than they deserved, which is in this case and normally zero.

I then called up the sending company and complained and they posted a second package properly 'labelled'.

S**t...

I've just received a "Bereibungsurkunde" (not yet collected from the post office) and I have no idea that I missed a payment. Flipping through PILES of bills and I just notice an unpaid bill for IWB (well, at least I suspect that's the one, as it's the only "2. Mahnung" I have)

Is there really any future implication to obtain credit or moving apartment or renewing permit?

You could have a problem unless the creditor agrees to deleting the entry from the register.

And usually once it is paid, they're happy to do it, as long as you aren't a habitual betreibung receiver.

Are creditors allowed to hassle you on the phone and turn up at your house? I had a call today, I don't dispute the debt, tried to negotiate a payment plan to this guy and he has just gone crazy, calling me a liar, telling me he will make sure I never get credit in Switzerland and that he is passing everything to his lawyers. He then said that he knew where I lived and would come here and get the money off me in person. He doesnt seem to hear the words from me that, if I had this money I would pay him straight away, I hadnt anticipated that the funds to pay would not be available.

Anyway, he has threatened to phone me all the time until I pay so that he is at the top of the list and to be honest, the fact that I am working 5 part time jobs at the moment (there are no full time available in the village or surrounding area) plus some serious health issues is not helping. I feel I am trying to be reasonable and he just screams down the phone at me. I did tell him that if he felt that he needed to get his lawyers involved then do so because my situation to pay has not changed and that screaming at me doesnt get the situation anywhere. I had to put the phone down on him in the end because I was starting to go into an anxiety attack and am still shaking 5 hours later. I cant screen this guy's call because it shows as private number.
Sorry - know I'm waffling on but I am terrified that he's going to turn up on the doorstep and I keep the door unlocked like everyone else in this town, don't own any goods in my name (I came to Switzerland with nothing except my ski gear) so can he barge his way in. I'm worried too that my boyfriend will be at home because for sure he will throw this guy down the stairs. And I mean throw.

Was this guy a Loan Shark

I would advice you to keep your door locked at all times, it does not matter where you live you should ALWAYS keep your door locked.

I hope your boyfriend will not throw the guy down the stairs, it will only mean more trouble for your boyfriend.