[TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
- From: Al L <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 09:35:45 -0400
Damon,
Good thinking!hehe! al
Al Leatherman
224 RT. 46
Mine Hill, NJ 07803
973-361-5796
WWW.ALS-TV.NET
----- Original Message -----
From: "Damon" <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:38 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
> Shoot....now I'm thinking about sending you that "needle thru the coaxial
> wire" letter that I deleted.......
>
> Damon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "larry" <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:23 AM
> 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" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | > 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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> | 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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