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Let me stop you all there. This is not theft and therefore not a police matter. this is a civil dispute over an unpaid debt.
Should I consider writing letters of intent for small claims proceedings?
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Let me stop you all there. This is not theft and therefore not a police matter. this is a civil dispute over an unpaid debt.
It could make them pay up. Not actually advocating a report to the police.
The one who was supposed to pay me the final £100 yesterday has now deleted me on Facebook and hasn't sent the money over... I've sent him a message asking for it, if he ignores that, then the court threats get broken out I'm afraid...
Some people are just scummers. Hope you get sorted.
Have you given consideration to kneecapping? Kneecap someone dear to them, mother father wife, that kind of thing. They'll pay up sharpish then.
Man that is real bad. I remember lending a so-called mate some CDs when I was about 12. He later denied all knowledge about them. Best life lesson I ever had tbh and it's most likely saved me loads over the years. I'll either gift someone something or nothing at all.
Hope you get what they owe though as it is cheap what they've done. I don't think I'd ever offer to build a PC for someone I would maybe consider help them choosing the parts and then helping them put them together but nothing more because at the end of the day the blame comes when something goes wrong. And that's not worth it. TBH I think I would just point them in the direction of here or another competitor who builds them.
Hope you get what they owe though as it is cheap what they've done. I don't think I'd ever offer to build a PC for someone I would maybe consider help them choosing the parts and then helping them put them together but nothing more because at the end of the day the blame comes when something goes wrong. And that's not worth it. TBH I think I would just point them in the direction of here or another competitor who builds them.
Write a letter compliant with paragraph 6 of the pre-action protocol first and ask him for a letter of response within 14 days: https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/pd_pre-action_conduct
Refer to the pre-action protocol in the letter and say you will issue without further notice if you do not get a response. If you don't hear back within that 14 days I would issue proceedings after 21.
Refer to the pre-action protocol in the letter and say you will issue without further notice if you do not get a response. If you don't hear back within that 14 days I would issue proceedings after 21.
There's been quite a few of these types of cases on Judge Rinder recently. There's no doubt that you wouldn't get your money back from the courts, but what would have helped is to set out a repayment schedule so both parties are clear when the money has to be repaid by.
By the way, if you get to the stage of drafting your particulars of claim and issuing proceedings, your cause of action is a contractual debt claim.
Include as an attachment any written documents (chat logs) that you consider to form the written contract. If the contract was oral, set out the words spoken. See para 7 of this practice direction:
https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part16/pd_part16#3.1
You could follow up proceedings with a summary judgment application where you have written evidence of the debt being due. Just do an n244 application with a witness statement and the relevant written evidence as exhibits.
Include as an attachment any written documents (chat logs) that you consider to form the written contract. If the contract was oral, set out the words spoken. See para 7 of this practice direction:
https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part16/pd_part16#3.1
You could follow up proceedings with a summary judgment application where you have written evidence of the debt being due. Just do an n244 application with a witness statement and the relevant written evidence as exhibits.
Haven't read the whole thread but some friends take the pea and they're not worthy to be mates of yours. If you need that money take them to court although I'd check if you are gonna win the case first. You don't appear to have a contract or any way of proving the sum is due.
I don't "need" the money, but £100 is too much to ignore when someone doesn't give it to you. I can't let someone get away with failing to pay me £100 which they owe me. It is partly a matter of principle, you know?
I'm not going to starve if I don't get it, but I'm not well off either.
Will send him another message at some point this week if he hasn't paid yet, and then I will have to draft the letter. I am working on the assumption that he doesn't know that chat logs are insufficient for winning a court case.
What do I do if he either doesn't reply to the letter, or refuses knowledge of owing me the money, or gives some ridiculous reason?
I'm not going to starve if I don't get it, but I'm not well off either.
Will send him another message at some point this week if he hasn't paid yet, and then I will have to draft the letter. I am working on the assumption that he doesn't know that chat logs are insufficient for winning a court case.
What do I do if he either doesn't reply to the letter, or refuses knowledge of owing me the money, or gives some ridiculous reason?
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OP is going to break his Kneecaps!
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Why not sell his debt to the russian mafia? They have a long and storied history of enforcing effective debt recovery solutions. You'll obviously take a bit of a hit as they're likely to pay less than the full value, but that's offset by the feeling of grim satisfaction you'll get when their bloated corpses are dredged from the canal......too much?
Final £100 has been paid by the one who became all irate and rude with me, which is a relief.
Now I'm just waiting on £170 from the other guy. He was going to pay me on the 9th of this month (after putting it off multiple times over the period of several months already) - however he has said he will pay me in October now, and has taken to avoiding talking to me / eye contact / etc.
Now I'm just waiting on £170 from the other guy. He was going to pay me on the 9th of this month (after putting it off multiple times over the period of several months already) - however he has said he will pay me in October now, and has taken to avoiding talking to me / eye contact / etc.
Next time he does that remind him loudly about the debt he's avoided to pay and proceed to ask him how many months has it been since he was originally going to pay you.
That cheeky git.