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Would you sue over $400 or write it off?
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:02 am
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:02 am
A restaurant in NOLA refuses to pay me for services and goods delivered. I have sent three certified mail letters in which they signed, the owner has said in two emails that the money was sent. He has another email giving an okay for the work and accepting the invoice.
It's such a small amount and I already just wrote it off, but I would like to get what is due. I hate to hire a lawyer for this, so it seems like Small claims time. Problem is this guy is a millionaire and I am a hundredaire (lol). I can prove he owes me money but then what, how does the court make him pay?
Dude is a smug POS.
He was supposed to pay within 14 days we are at 120+ days now.
It's such a small amount and I already just wrote it off, but I would like to get what is due. I hate to hire a lawyer for this, so it seems like Small claims time. Problem is this guy is a millionaire and I am a hundredaire (lol). I can prove he owes me money but then what, how does the court make him pay?
Dude is a smug POS.
He was supposed to pay within 14 days we are at 120+ days now.
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Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:07 am to Napoleon
How did he claim to have sent the money?
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:08 am to Napoleon
Can you sell it to a collection agency?
You will get about half the money but it will be a pain in his arse
You will get about half the money but it will be a pain in his arse
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:13 am to yellowfin
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Can you sell it to a collection agency?
You will get about half the money but it will be a pain in his arse
This is what I would do, and then take out a billboard next to his restaurant about how shitty he is with the money I got.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:34 am to LSUtoOmaha
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How did he claim to have sent the money?
Claims he uses a payment service company to pay servicers and they were supposed to send the check. I have other people who use similar services, but never had an issue.
I have contacted him numerous times, but it's really just a pain. I like the collections idea.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:46 am to Napoleon
I wouldn't hire an attorney, but I'd keep sending him regular invoices.
Had a client one time that owed me $600. Completely ignored invoices, emails and phone calls. I wrote it off - but kept sending monthly invoices. Almost two years later, I got a check.
Had a client one time that owed me $600. Completely ignored invoices, emails and phone calls. I wrote it off - but kept sending monthly invoices. Almost two years later, I got a check.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:51 am to Napoleon
Can you file a mechanics lien on the building?
Posted on 9/25/15 at 10:48 am to Napoleon
Do you not have a late fee on your invoices? If not put a $50 charge every 30 days late or 2.5% of the bill.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 6:49 pm to JamalSanders
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Do you not have a late fee on your invoices? If not put a $50 charge every 30 days late or 2.5% of the bill.
I add on $35 after 30 days.
Honestly this is only the second time we have had a problem like this. The other, in April a lady wrote a bad check. I just turned that over to the police and was done with it.
My business is only five years old, and this is the first time I had someone deliberately not pay.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 7:06 pm to Napoleon
give us a hint.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 7:47 pm to Napoleon
It's not about the money anymore. I would phone his office incessantly, email him invoices every day, and if that fails I would take out an ad in the Picayune displaying your invoice, number of times contacted and ignored, and a note at the bottom explaining you are a young businessman and simply want what he agreed to( I would provide copies of his email agreements as well). I wouldn't care if this cost me well over a thousand. Do Unto Others.... but that's just me.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 7:50 pm to Napoleon
If it is a big enough operation the owner may sincerely believe the money was sent b/c he isn't supervising accounts payable closely enough.
If you really believe you can prove you were never paid, I suggest ordering a catered lunch for your office for an amount slightly exceeding $400. When the bill comes, pay the difference. Then he can decide if it is worth the trouble to litigate. He won't of course.
If you really believe you can prove you were never paid, I suggest ordering a catered lunch for your office for an amount slightly exceeding $400. When the bill comes, pay the difference. Then he can decide if it is worth the trouble to litigate. He won't of course.
Posted on 9/27/15 at 8:23 pm to Napoleon
A friend leased a personal vehicle to an Australian wealthy guy for an event and the guy never paid him.
He did calls, faxes, letters etc. nothing worked.
Finally he had another buddy that lived down there call and collect every fax number in the guys office.
My friend sent a fax to all 6 numbers every day.
The fax had a cover page with big font that said like "please pay your bills I need to feed my children"
He received payment and a request to stop contact within 2 weeks.
I like the bill board idea, you should photoshop an add and send it to him asking if he can spell check his info.
He did calls, faxes, letters etc. nothing worked.
Finally he had another buddy that lived down there call and collect every fax number in the guys office.
My friend sent a fax to all 6 numbers every day.
The fax had a cover page with big font that said like "please pay your bills I need to feed my children"
He received payment and a request to stop contact within 2 weeks.
I like the bill board idea, you should photoshop an add and send it to him asking if he can spell check his info.
Posted on 9/27/15 at 11:22 pm to eng08
Go eat a $400 meal, when the bill comes put your invoice in folder with the check, hand the waiter a tip in cash and roll out.
Posted on 9/28/15 at 7:05 am to Napoleon
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is the first time I had someone deliberately not pay.
You are lucky if this is the first bad debt you have had selling or providing services to restaurants.
My family had a business that sold to restaurants for 20+ years and we would have a ton of these issues every year.
I would send them a letter telling them you will have to turn it over to collections if you don't get paid in a specified amount of time. Then if they don't answer then turn it over to collections. It's not worth the time in my opinion to bring it to small claims court unless you have a good bit of free time.
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