...surprised me with a check, via USPS Overnight. It was even for an additional $100. I guess the nastygram email I sent to his supplier regarding his status as a viable business got somebodies attention.
That trick has worked in the past a few times with deadbeat contractors. Contact agencies, owners, whoever they may have to deal with again, or may still own him money. And always cc the deadbeat.
I'm glad I didn't have to sue him. That counties court is 95 miles away. Besides, I hate even the smell of courtrooms. Plus small claims seems to attract a certain element of society that could be deemed undesirable.
Time to go cash it before he changes his mind.
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You should hire out as a collector. I know I could use a good one.;-)
> ...surprised me with a check, via USPS Overnight. It was even for an additional $100. I guess the nastygram email I sent to his supplier regarding his status as a viable business got somebodies attention.
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> That trick has worked in the past a few times with deadbeat contractors. Contact agencies, owners, whoever they may have to deal with again, or may still own him money. And always cc the deadbeat.
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Beautiful!!!
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When I finally receive a check from a difficult client my standard practice, within reason, is to take it directly to his bank or one of its branches to have them check to be sure his account has adequate funds. (In one case, the President of the bank overheard my discussion with his teller, came up, saw who the check was on, knew the guy didn't have that much in his account and promptly announced that he would honor the check anyway so he could charge the guy an overdraft fee.) Then I have them cash it on the spot. The standard here is that they don't charge to cash a check if it is drawn on their bank. I did this yesterday for a job we completed in November. Pulled into the driveup window at his bank, got the cash, circled out and went one block to my bank and deposited the $1600 of cash in fifties. Joked with the teller at my bank assuring her it really wasn't drug-related money.
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About a year ago, I sold a bunch of silver coins to a friend at work that deals in coins on the side. He messed up and wrote the check out of the wrong account. When I called him about it, he immediately transferred money into that account to cover the chedk. He even e-mailed me a copy of the conformation. I took his check back to my bank, and they would not accept it. I drove down the block to his bank, and cashed the check. I had them give it to me on twenty dollar bills. I took the cash to my bank and deposited it. It was the same teller that had to count all of those twenties. Her counting skills were not all that good, and it took her 5 tries to get the correct number twice. It was just under the drug limit so I did not have to do paper work.
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> > Pulled into the driveup window at his bank, got the cash, circled out and went one block to my bank and deposited the $1600 of cash in fifties. Joked with the teller at my bank assuring her it really wasn't drug-related money.
Obviously not if it was only $1,600.
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Avoid the jokes. Some tellers interpret the rules to mean any reference to avoiding the limit requires them to fill out the form on your transaction, regardless of the amount. Just inquiring what the limit is can trigger it, although you can find the amount by on-line research. It happened to me while moving the proceeds of a matured certificate of deposit to to another bank.