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TH140's avatar
TH140
Member
1 month ago

Unpaid Invoice Summaries reminder

Has anyone else started receiving an email reminder in the past 2 months that Unpaid Invoice Summaries will be sent soon, even though they have this feature turned off? I don't understand why we have started to receive this email, and it makes me nervous that reminders will be sent when I don't want them to be.

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  • H-TS's avatar
    H-TS
    Trusted User
    17 days ago

    Same! I've checked ours this morning and the feature looks like it's turned off still so here's hoping they don't actually get sent. 

    [Not to mention the "learn more" link in the email takes you to a page that has moved...? Then having to be diverted from the desktop to the browser to check the setting... ]

    What a way to trigger my yet-another-stupid-MYOB-decision button on a Monday morning, right on month/year end. Coming on the back of the 'you can't make an offline backup read only file anymore' debacle...

    Can MYOB prescribe chill-tablets* for mornings like these? 

     










    Live Chat support have assured me that the reminders won't be sent if the setting is turned off.

    However:

    1. FACTS: The Invoice Reminders feature is turned off in our file but we still received the reminder that the summaries will be sent on 3rd July. The wording of the email made it sound like MYOB had decided to turn this feature on by default like they have with other features we haven't wanted in the past (eg employee self-onboarding).
    2. IMPACT: This made me waste 15 minutes (30 minutes if you count coming into the community for a rant) checking the setting, confirming with live chat. I will feel the need to check this setting every month if we continue to receive it. I don't trust that MYOB won't turn it on for me while trying to be "helpful". There are several reasons we do not want to use this feature. 
    3. RESOLUTION: Don't send this 'summaries will be sent' email, if the feature is already turned off in the software. There is no reason for it.

     

  • TH140's avatar
    TH140
    Member
    17 days ago

    Haha, thanks for the Monday morning giggle.  I'm glad I'm not the only one annoyed about ALL of those things!

    I'm pretty sure MYOB would just need to change some sort of setting in the background so that these emails are not sent to us (users) if the feature has been toggled off, but it begs the question why they have suddenly started in the first place.

    I had no satisfactory resolution when I lodged it as an issue with MYOB; they just advised to ignore the email as I had the option toggled off.  It still makes me nervous every time I get this reminder, but in the few months I have been receiving them, it appears that nothing has been sent out to our customers.

  • SharonSL's avatar
    SharonSL
    Trusted Cover User
    17 days ago

    I just received this too and have the same concern. One of our files is read only but still online as we moved to an ERP so if the customers that had open invoices from the changeover time receive statements it would be a nightmare! It looks like they're turned off but why did MYOB send this email if it's not applicable?  Also with no notice of this new 'feature' that many of us probably don't want!   

  • NelleWright's avatar
    NelleWright
    Experienced Cover User
    17 days ago
     
     

    Hi 

    Your customers will receive a statement of their unpaid invoices on the 3rd of July. All invoices with an unpaid status in your MYOB account will appear in the summary.

    Before we go ahead, make sure:

    • You’ve recorded payments against the right invoices (so we don't send an invoice that's been paid)
    • All invoices are created in MYOB (we can only use the invoices saved in your MYOB software)
    • Your invoices are up to date with the correct details, especially the issue date (unpaid invoices going out this month must be dated before July 2nd)

    Not ready yet?

    If you don’t want to send these statements this month, just head to settings and turn the summaries off for all or individual customers.

    What even is this? Since when is this a thing? How can anyone decide that your statements are going to be auto sent when its turned off? gosh - I just cant at the moment. I have 4 files to upload and what if things are happening to our financial files that we dont want...like this? We dont have much control anymore.
  • Dave6's avatar
    Dave6
    Experienced User
    17 days ago

    Just had the same email come to me too. I have checked my settings and it has been turned off. It better not send them as I have made sure the settings are off.

  • AmandaMYOB's avatar
    AmandaMYOB
    MYOB Moderator
    13 days ago

    Hey all.

    Some customers were incorrectly notified that monthly unpaid invoice summary emails would be sent out, even though this setting wasn’t turned on. If you received this email unexpectedly, you can disregard it — no settings were changed and no action is needed. 

    The reminder was set up incorrectly. We’re fixing this so these emails are only sent when monthly unpaid invoice summaries are enabled.