Ideas on how to collect payment from a dead beat customer...

[Brian D.]

I did some work for a customer for about $700.00 and now they won't pay. Have been calling, going to their house, leaving messages etc. for two weeks with no response. They did give me two checks, three weeks ago, one bounced and I never tried to cash the other but did go to their bank today to try verify funds and the checks are written on an account that has been closed. Not sure if it was closed when the checks were written or not.

Anyone else have to deal with the same bullch!t? Not sure which is the best step to take next......

 

[snopro]

Bill collector will help for a percentage of the debt or small claims court. Not sure of any other options.

 

[the_real_wild1]

Just being the devils advocate here.......You didnt do crappy work did you??? I am just kidding. Unless you did then I mean it. <<<<< means I am kidding......

 

[Stg2Suby]

You could try these guys Consolidated Civil Enforcement Inc. but for $700 owing it's probably not worth the cost

 

[zeebs]

What kind of work did you do for him?

Sent while not working too hard

 

[Mike270412]

What kind of work did you do for him?

Sent while not working too hard

Can it be "undone"?

 

[new_nytro]

I think knowingly writting bad cheques is a criminal offence in Canada. If they wrote the cheque from a closed account that is fraud. I would contact the police to see if you can file criminal charges. A pending arrest may expedite payment.

 

[Brian D.]

We did property maintenance for for them, mowing, fertilizing, weed control etc. The work was done any there were no complaints. Hard to undo unless I put 5 or 600 lbs of grass clippings on her driveway! I am going to try find out if the account was closed when she wrote the cheques, if so I will contact the police and they can make her life hell for a while.

 

[Carrots]

We did property maintenance for for them, mowing, fertilizing, weed control etc. The work was done any there were no complaints. Hard to undo unless I put 5 or 600 lbs of grass clippings on her driveway! I am going to try find out if the account was closed when she wrote the cheques, if so I will contact the police and they can make her life hell for a while.

Well you could always get a couple drums of weed killer and pour it all over their lawn, or go bust some knee caps with a baseball bat like they used to do in the olden days


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[POWDERSLUT]

get a 20 l jerry can of deisel,, write cheap a-hole in his lawn..it'll b quite noticable for a while

 

[Brian D.]

Well you could always get a couple drums of weed killer and pour it all over their lawn, or go bust some knee caps with a baseball bat like they used to do in the olden days


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get a 20 l jerry can of deisel,, write cheap a-hole in his lawn..it'll b quite noticable for a while

There are lots of ideas floating around my head along the same lines but we will try go the legal way.............first!

 

[sledderdoc]

I use Metropolitan Credit Adjusters .... 780-423-2231. They do good work but it will cost you 30%. At the very least you hurt the deadbeats credit rating.

 

[Nytroman]

get a 20 l jerry can of deisel,, write cheap a-hole in his lawn..it'll b quite noticable for a while

Ya, that would work, I know as my brother used his zero turn mower on the lowest setting, to mow something rude in my driveway hillside lawn, the day before a family reunion/party I was hosting, showed up for weeks. took a few rums to get over it.

 

[Deano670]

The sky is limit here, how creative are you wanting to get??

 

[Bnorth]

Ya, that would work, I know as my brother used his zero turn mower on the lowest setting, to mow something rude in my driveway hillside lawn, the day before a family reunion/party I was hosting, showed up for weeks. took a few rums to get over it.

So what did he write?

 

[polaris011]

i get bounced checks all the time usually an accident but when the peope jsut dont pay i take it to the cops .. its fraud if you knowingly right a check for money you dont have.... dont give up on the phone calls and visits stop in everyday if you can and eventually they will get you your money

 

[byronkentgraham]

You have a truck with a dump trailer?
Do you know where the nearest feedlot is?

A couple thousand pounds of ch!t on his front lawn will not only kill his grass in no time, will give off a smell like no other.

 

[CUSO]

Just keep bugging them, and just be a pain. Write to them with a registered letter an mail it to them. Or for a couple of hundred, you can as a last ditch effort, get a lawyer to write one up. That usually gets them to react.

 

[tstams]

Why dont you lean the house?? Thast what we do when we have costumers that dont pay

 

[sledneck_03]

i friend of mine got his trans flushed at canadain tire, he needed a new hose, so he made one and gave it to them to install. he got his bill with a charge for a transmission hose. he argued with them, the manager and they wouldnt remove it from the bill. He paid it then looked at the phone, how much does that multi line phone cost? probably close to the hose right? grabbed it and smashed it on the ground and walked out.

my wifes uncle, a guy owed him money on work done to this truck, he wouldnt pay her uncle, one day he stole the truck the police showed up to his buisness. he showed him the guy owed him as much money as what the truck would be to sell.... not sure on the outcome but her uncle is not in jail.


i say take it in to your own hands.