If you decide it's not worth it to pursue the debt through baycorp, you
could make a simple text-only website explaining the situation from your
point of view, clearly naming the client and the work you completed.
If she's such a stress-ball, and does rely so much on her reputation,
then giving her a preview of the site with a note explaining that it
will go live within x days unless you are paid in full, she might cough up.
On 16/10/12 13:15, Phill Coxon wrote:
I called Baycorp.
They told me they can take on a debt for a client based in Australia.
$50 + GST to join as a new client. $10 + GST to load a new debt.
However, because the debt is considered to be incurred in NZ (where the
work was undertaken) any default judgement against a credit rating will
also only incur in New Zealand.
Given my client lives in Australia that's really only going to
negatively affect her if she moves to New Zealand and wants to get
credit here.
Likewise if I take her to small claims court the Baycorp person said
that would be done in New Zealand but enforcing the judgement would be
very difficult and costly - requiring legal action in Australia.
So really she can ignore it all and it pretty much doesn't affect her.
The one thing that Baycorp can do is harass her.
They can call her, write letters etc for up to 6 years. However, while
they say they will do that I expect they'll actually only make calls,
write letters etc for as long as they think there's any chance they'll
get their 30% cut. It also wasn't made clear whether calls / letters
etc are an additional cost on top of the 30% or included.
So I'll weight it up for a day or two and decide if it's worth it. My
client is definitely a stress ball so having debt collectors call up
frequently might be enough to stir up some sort of settlement.
I'll also still give the NSW small claims court a call directly and
double-check directly whether a claim can be made there.
Any additional comments / thoughts are welcome.
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