thefed
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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well, the last time I had a non-payer, you all convinced me not to pursue the $100.
Now I have a customer (lawn care) who owes us $200. She 'left it on the porch' and we 'never came to get it' so she is now avoiding us. Of course, she never left the $$ out, and I've only talked to her a few times and she says shes putting it in the mail etc etc
So I visited her home today, and spoke with husband. He said the same thing she did "Umm...we left u a check for 3 weeks and you never picked it up". me: "Can I have another check then, since it was lost??" him "no"
Obviously my calls, emails, letters, and visits are going nowhere.
For $40 I can file in small claims court. With a winning judgement (I have a signed contract, can show her previous monthly payment amounts/checks etc) it costs $40 to place a lien on the property. In doing so, the court automatically puts it on her credit report. The home is in her name, as is the contract, her emails to me, etc
Is it worth $80 and some time (im very slow right now!!) to try to collect $200? If anything, I think it'd be a good learning experience for 'the big one' im sure is coming my way some day!! IF she ever sells the home, we'd be in line to get paid...and it seems she had good credit, so I'd love to trash that! And MAYBE, she'd pay along the way
Whaddaya think??
Now I have a customer (lawn care) who owes us $200. She 'left it on the porch' and we 'never came to get it' so she is now avoiding us. Of course, she never left the $$ out, and I've only talked to her a few times and she says shes putting it in the mail etc etc
So I visited her home today, and spoke with husband. He said the same thing she did "Umm...we left u a check for 3 weeks and you never picked it up". me: "Can I have another check then, since it was lost??" him "no"
Obviously my calls, emails, letters, and visits are going nowhere.
For $40 I can file in small claims court. With a winning judgement (I have a signed contract, can show her previous monthly payment amounts/checks etc) it costs $40 to place a lien on the property. In doing so, the court automatically puts it on her credit report. The home is in her name, as is the contract, her emails to me, etc
Is it worth $80 and some time (im very slow right now!!) to try to collect $200? If anything, I think it'd be a good learning experience for 'the big one' im sure is coming my way some day!! IF she ever sells the home, we'd be in line to get paid...and it seems she had good credit, so I'd love to trash that! And MAYBE, she'd pay along the way
Whaddaya think??