[TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
- From: gordon elder <directservice246@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:10:41 -0700 (PDT)
Well
Here in barbados writing bad checks can be very expensive.I did that
accidentilly recently and had to pay my bank $35 out of my account.Then the
company to whome the check was written charged another $30 on top of the $20
their bank had charged.
tvservice <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Give them the option of cash or credit card with a cash discount.
Some of the gas stations give 3-4 cents per gallon discount if pay with
cash.
Just mark up your rates and make the cash rate the original rate.
Robert
tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
H & H Electronics Inc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin"
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 2:10 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
> How about taking cash, debit card or credit card only? Most of my
> customers hardly ever use cheques and would prefer credit cards. I
> don't accept credit cards right now because of the extra cost, but if I
> get one more bad cheque I am going to go to cash or credit card only.
> It will cost me more for the card transactions, but it will save me
> money in the long run.
>
> Kevin Wilks
> Kevin's TV & Video Repair
> Penticton BC Canada
> kevintv@xxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of larry
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:24 AM
> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
>
> wow, this was a subject with opinions.
> lol
> i thank you all, so much for responding.
> it was a stop payment check.
> i had already cashed and my bank charged me back pluss the fee.
>
> A few of my thoughts follow!
> this man is a professional, and i wont be able to bluff him, I
> am sure he has done this many times before. he knows his
> rights better than my lawyer.
> I have pity on in-sufficient funds checks, and seldom go after
> them.
> you cant get blood from a turnip.
> and I am usually an easy going man, but this guys attitude
> was more than i could take.
> basically telling me, i cant do anything about it.
> the police wont touch it, they figure it is a business expense.
> another time small claims was a laugh, i won, he didnt even
> appear, but i still have to collect the money anyway on my own.
> collection agency was worthless before, they only sent a
> request letter to him, and then told me they couldnt help me.
> and i understand the, not worth the frustration thing.
> and my conscious is very clear, the set works and he wont let
> me even see its problem, if any, to repair it.
> he knows he screwed me and i guess i may just have to except it.
> demanding cash would loose other good customers, and induce
> fear of my shop to honest, would be customers.
> But thank you all, for helping me think this through.
> Larry
>
>
>
>
> and hoping his conscious bothers him , is a laugh.
>
>
>
> Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
> > Russ;
> >
> > I haven't had many, 3 in 25 years. But these days it's hard
> > enough to make an honest living, and I would just follow up for
> > principle.
> >
> > We are normally considered the crooks in the trade, bouncing or
> > stopping a Check without justification stinks.;-)
> >
> > -Ed-
> >
> > Tel-Tek Electronics
> > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Ontario-Canada
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hoyt's TV
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:39 PM
> > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
> >
> > Ed's teeth are showing today.
> >
> > I had one do that to me for an estimate charge, not repaired.
> > The judge allowed it because she took it somewhere else and got it
> fixed
> > for
> > $10 less than my estimate.
> >
> > Russ Hoyt
> > Hoyt's TV
> > Exeter, NH
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tel-Tek Electronics"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:51 AM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
> >
> >
> >
> >>No 1.....Lawyers will not bother with a $75 recovery. No money in it
> >
> > for
> >
> >>them.
> >>
> >>No 2....Was check stopped or NSF.
> >>
> >>
> >>No 3....This is a scam. True he could have done the same with a Credit
> >>Card, but Credit Card companies keep track of this type of stuff.
> >>
> >>
> >>Remedy....I get calls from Collection Agencies every 2 or 3 months,
> >>asking me if I have any bad debts to collect. They normally get 20 to
> >>25% of the total. In this case I would submit it, expecting "nothing"
> >
> > in
> >
> >>return, just for the principle of the thing. These people will hound
> >
> > him
> >
> >>on a regular basis, and if nothing comes of it, will submit it to the
> >>Credit Bureau.
> >>
> >>Stop Payment on a check, is a nice way to scam businesses, but
> >>if he has not given you a chance to ratify the problem...(if there
> >
> > even
> >
> >>is a problem), then you are giving him the indication that this is a
> >>good way to get Goods and Service. Let hi try that with the Gas
> >
> > Company,
> >
> >>because the gas has a funny smell, they would just cut off the
> >
> > Service,
> >
> >>so he would not have to smell it anymore.
> >>
> >>Give the account to a collection agency, and my guess is, after
> >>the first phone call from them....he will be in to see you.
> >>
> >>Forget about Small Claims court, more time wasted, and he may
> >>not even show up, you will have the judgment, but still no money.
> >>
> >>
> >>Do us all a favor, and go after the SOB. This may just be another way
> >
> > to
> >
> >>subsidize his Income, if he has any.
> >>
> >>Writing a Check is a promissory agreement with the seller and
> >>buyer that Goods and Service will be covered. He defaulted on his
> >
> > part,
> >
> >>the same as if you had given him 30 days guarantee on your Service and
> >>had not followed up.
> >>
> >>Sic him....Make his life a living hell.;-)
> >>
> >>-Ed-
> >>
> >>Tel-Tek Electronics
> >>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Ontario-Canada
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of larry
> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:15 AM
> >>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [TechAssist] bad checks??
> >>
> >>i had an experience i didnt know how to solve.
> >>i repaired a tv, customer picked up and paid 75 with check.
> >>10 days later i get a letter from my bank saying they withdrew
> >>the 75 from my account because the check was stop payment.
> >>i called the customer and would always be told the man wasnt home,
> >>finally i did talk to him a week later.
> >>he said he stooped payment because he didnt think it was good
> >>enough picture.
> >>i said why didnt you call me , or bring it back , so i could
> >>make it right.
> >>at least let me have my parts back.
> >>he said no.
> >>and that i should take him to court for the 75 if i like. and
> >>hung up.
> >>i contacted my attorney, who said forget it , you been screwed.
> >>the set probably works fine and he knows you cant afford to
> >>sue him.
> >>and since then i found that he could have also stooped payment
> >>on a credit card if he had used one.
> >>are there any answers to this type of problem???
> >>Larry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Schneider TV & Electronic Inc.
> >>5415 N. Wooster ave.
> >>Dover, Ohio 44622 www.geocities.com/schntv2000/
> >>330-343-0768 FCC. first class & Extra class K8WLY
> >>
> >>
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