my point is that i have gotten advice like this before that has in fact been dead wrong; it assumes the other person is playing hardball when in fact they cannot pronounce it :) That's all. Everything depends on what is going on at the client end. If the guy has paid him before I am thinking he is probably not a professional deadbeat. Might be worth poking him a couple times.
On 5/22/08, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yeah that is probably true, but most lawyers will write up a letter > > threatening to sue for not very much money, and if you are particularly > > annoyed it may be satisfying to throw some good money after bad. ANd it > > might work. Depends on your assessment of the situation. If you think > > they > > are hardcore deadbeats who did this on purpose, don't bother. > > I don't think I'm getting across. > > If I were an unscrupulous man and someone were suing me for $800, it > wouldn't matter if there was a judgment against me. Hell, I'd even give the > guy a sworn affidavit that I owed him the money and a videotape of me saying > as much. Then I'd just sit back and relax, because nothing would ever > happen. > > Who's going to touch me? A collection agency? Nope, it's not worth their > time for what they'd get out of it. My sister owns one, and the only time > they handle a small amount is when it's part of a large monthly-recurring > client's workload totaling a large overall amount with a reasonably high > average per deadbeat. > > And I would just laugh at your attorney's letter and wipe my ass with it (if > it were that nice Crane's 100% rag content watermarked bond), because what's > he going to do? His expenses are higher than the collection agency's for > such things that he's not set up to regularly do (collections), and his take > is a lower percentage for small amounts like that. > > Not only that, if you kept on calling or writing or emailing me, I would > demand that you cease and desist and instead take me to court, and if you > didn't then I would (get this now!) turn around and successfully (because of > a clearly-documented timeline with all supporting documentation) sue you for > harassment! > > I promise you that the real world of law is *VERY* different from the way > most laypeople think it works. It's like you think it's a wombat, but it's > actually a submarine. That much different, really. It's not even there to > protect you, which is another absurdity I've heard people claim. > > Know when to fold 'em. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
