[TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
- From: "Damon" <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 07:20:06 -0500
Yeah, that's the ticket...or just call it the Pen-Dick-ton Credit Card
Tax.....;-)
Damon Brunger
Telrad Electronic Services
Ft Wayne, IN 46815
----- Original Message -----
From: "tvservice" <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 2:40 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
| 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" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
| To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| 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" <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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