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  1. PeterS

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    #1 PeterS, Dec 22, 2005
    I just got a check in the mail from a collection company in which I had a customer judgement against. The customer ignored the judgement, so I sent them a check for about twenty bucks calling it a Q2-'06 rebate. When their check cleared last month, I called the collection company with their banking information. With that info, the collection company garnished the checking account of the customer that owed me the money!

    Merry Christmas to me!
     
  2. MrApex

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    #2 MrApex, Dec 22, 2005
    Very clever! Well done!
     
  3. senna21

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    #3 senna21, Dec 22, 2005
    Did you also add the $20 to the amount owed to you? :)
     
  4. Dcup

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    #4 Dcup, Dec 22, 2005
    how much did they owe you ??? 8 bucks ????
     
  5. PeterS

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    #5 PeterS, Dec 22, 2005
    About $2300. The collection company took 40%, but I still covered my COGS.
     
  6. senna21

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    #6 senna21, Dec 22, 2005
    Wow, 40% after you did the work getting the info they needed. I'm in the wrong business.

    Still, not a bad present.
     
  7. UroTrash

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    #7 UroTrash, Dec 22, 2005
    brilliant!
     
  8. Dan Ciezniewzky

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    #8 Dan Ciezniewzky, Dec 22, 2005
    oh you BETTER send them a letter laughing at them now!!! :D
     
  9. RacerX_GTO

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    #9 RacerX_GTO, Dec 22, 2005


    LOL!!!!!!! They're wern't very smart, they play horrible chess. :D
     
  10. Kds

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    #10 Kds, Dec 22, 2005
    Kudos to you Peter !!!!!!!!!

    That was brilliant.
     
  11. bpu699

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    #11 bpu699, Dec 22, 2005
    Peter, once you have a judgement, all you have to do is take it to their bank and present it - the bank just gives you the money. At least, thats what lawyers have told me. Was the deadbeat out of town? Is that why the collection agency was needed?
     
  12. PeterS

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    #12 PeterS, Dec 22, 2005
    It was out of state with no action by the defendant even after the judgement. I had this in collection for about three months prior. It's too bad I'm law-abiding. People that welch on deals need a good, severe beating. There is not too much lower than a theif.
     
  13. bottomline

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    #13 bottomline, Dec 23, 2005
    You're pretty clever but I think we all know who takes the cake. :eek:
     

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