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I'm about a day away from suing a customer for non-payment. He started out as a weirdo (wouldn't give me his address, introduced me to his dog, etc....) and then turned into a total douche (refusing to pay me and trying to intimidate me with legal jargon)! I did the work at his house and everything was fine...but he left when I took a 30 minute lunch even when I told him I would finish around 3 and it was noon. Then when I called to tell him I was done he wash rude but we worked through it and agreed I would leave the invoice in the mailbox and he would send me a check right away.
The next morning he calls to tell me his wife was very happy with the results which scored him some brownie points and made him happy and he would send me a check right away......then a week go by. I send him emails for a few weeks and call and he ignores it all till - then emails to confirm my current address as opposed to my previous address. He's a para-legal - which is a legal secretary not even close to a lawyer, so he must have looked up my address history because I wrote my mailing address on the invoice! I guess he was trying to intimidate me or just being creepy but anyway.....still no check for a few more weeks so I very politely tell him I am going to sue him if he doesn't make arrangements to pay me soon.
Then he sends me an email trying to question whether I ever did or completed the job because I took a lunch he called it "abandonment" and questioning if we had ever even agreed on the work and the price. This was getting weird and aggravating!! But I'm a pretty smart cookie and my dad is a real lawyer!! Eventually he wears down and agrees to send me a check and tells me standard time is a month for payment....on a residential job, with no agreement ahead of time??? I just want my check so I am happy and even thank him for paying me and then the check comes in for half the amount due and a memo saying "RELAX - payment 1 of 2".
So now another month goes by and I email him again and we have this exchange:
Mon, September 9, 2013 12:44 pm
Jeff,You still have an outstanding balance of $225 do immediately - I have recently sent you 2 more emails that you have once again ignored. I willhave no choice but to take you to small claims court if you do not make payment or arrangements for payment soon.
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Mon, September 9, 2013 5:05 pm
Mr. Simmons I have asked and went as far as demanding you to stop e-mailing me about your problems. I take these emails as nothing more than harassment by you, therefore I will make this last demand that you stop with this harassment.
Respectfully,
Jeff Burns
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Mon, September 9, 2013 5:41 pm
Jeff,I am not harassing you at all. I have very politely asked you via emailwhen I can expect your final payment....I have not called you, texted you,mailed you, faxed you, or shown up at your door. The fact that haveignored my emails does not make my very polite attempts to contact youharassment. Once again, you have not given me any reason to believe thatyou intend to pay me the balance on $225 that you own me - and have forover 2 months now. I have every right to request payment from you andcontinue to attempt to contact you until you either inform me of when Ican expect payment or I finally receive that payment....neither of whichhas happened. There is but one very simple resolution to this and youknow exactly what it is - just pay me what you know you owe me for theservices I provided to you to your satisfaction.You can use all the legal jargon you want and "demand" that I stop"harassing" you and try to make this out to be "my problem" but you can'tchange the fact that you owe me $225 and you have not paid me nor given meany reason to believe that you intend to.Again I politely ask: Please mail me the second and final payment of $225to the address I have provided immediately.
Thanks,
Daniel Simmons
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Mon, September 9, 2013 7:11 pm
Mr. Simmons Thank you for your offer to pressure wash my house for $225.00, but I must declineyour offer as I have found someone else who can do a better job.
Respectfully submitted
Jeff Burns
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Mon, September 9, 2013 7:40 pm
Seriously Jeff,
You think I don't have all the chains of emails you have exchanged with me, phone records, a copy of the check you sent me with the MEMO: "relax,payment 1 of 2" that will coincide exactly with the dates of our emails? Oh yeah, and before and after pictures of your house, driveway and windowswith times and dates built into them? I even spoke with one of yourneighbors while I was there. Here is probably my favorite email but thereare several others that I like as well:
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"Jeff Burns"Jul 23to me
Daniel - Relax... You are going to get paid, so quit e-mailing me. Normal business turnaround for payment of invoices is 30 days.
Respectfully
Jeff Burns
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Jeff, this has gone on for too long and I just want my money - nothing else. I am again politely requesting that you send me the $225 you owe me out of the $475 we agreed on for my pressure washing and window cleaning services. My dad is a real lawyer and we will have no problem sending you demand letters and then taking you to small claims court to get my money so don't think you can get out of paying me.I know you would love for me to send you some threatening email so you could try to leverage it against me but I have not and will not threaten you with anything other than legal action for your refusal to pay me. Ifyou have some legitimate reason why you cannot pay me right now, but expect to be able to pay me in the near future, please let me know now and I will do what I can to work with you....I am an understanding and caring man. Please let me know when I can expect to receive the check.
Thanks,
Daniel Simmons
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Mon, September 9, 2013 8:39 pm
Mr. Simmons WATCH OUT ON WHO YOU THREATEN
I do not need to leave the house to find out everything I want to know about you.Here is just a small sample of what I know about you. - (and then lists my history of properties, businesses, cars, voter registration and drivers license number)
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Am I wrong here? I wasn't going to sue his ass till that last email but now I am for sure and I'm not sure if even that is enough for this guy! Let me know what you think!
Daniel Simmons
http://www.pressurewashinghouston.com
The next morning he calls to tell me his wife was very happy with the results which scored him some brownie points and made him happy and he would send me a check right away......then a week go by. I send him emails for a few weeks and call and he ignores it all till - then emails to confirm my current address as opposed to my previous address. He's a para-legal - which is a legal secretary not even close to a lawyer, so he must have looked up my address history because I wrote my mailing address on the invoice! I guess he was trying to intimidate me or just being creepy but anyway.....still no check for a few more weeks so I very politely tell him I am going to sue him if he doesn't make arrangements to pay me soon.
Then he sends me an email trying to question whether I ever did or completed the job because I took a lunch he called it "abandonment" and questioning if we had ever even agreed on the work and the price. This was getting weird and aggravating!! But I'm a pretty smart cookie and my dad is a real lawyer!! Eventually he wears down and agrees to send me a check and tells me standard time is a month for payment....on a residential job, with no agreement ahead of time??? I just want my check so I am happy and even thank him for paying me and then the check comes in for half the amount due and a memo saying "RELAX - payment 1 of 2".
So now another month goes by and I email him again and we have this exchange:
Mon, September 9, 2013 12:44 pm
Jeff,You still have an outstanding balance of $225 do immediately - I have recently sent you 2 more emails that you have once again ignored. I willhave no choice but to take you to small claims court if you do not make payment or arrangements for payment soon.
___________________________________________
Mon, September 9, 2013 5:05 pm
Mr. Simmons I have asked and went as far as demanding you to stop e-mailing me about your problems. I take these emails as nothing more than harassment by you, therefore I will make this last demand that you stop with this harassment.
Respectfully,
Jeff Burns
_______________________________________
Mon, September 9, 2013 5:41 pm
Jeff,I am not harassing you at all. I have very politely asked you via emailwhen I can expect your final payment....I have not called you, texted you,mailed you, faxed you, or shown up at your door. The fact that haveignored my emails does not make my very polite attempts to contact youharassment. Once again, you have not given me any reason to believe thatyou intend to pay me the balance on $225 that you own me - and have forover 2 months now. I have every right to request payment from you andcontinue to attempt to contact you until you either inform me of when Ican expect payment or I finally receive that payment....neither of whichhas happened. There is but one very simple resolution to this and youknow exactly what it is - just pay me what you know you owe me for theservices I provided to you to your satisfaction.You can use all the legal jargon you want and "demand" that I stop"harassing" you and try to make this out to be "my problem" but you can'tchange the fact that you owe me $225 and you have not paid me nor given meany reason to believe that you intend to.Again I politely ask: Please mail me the second and final payment of $225to the address I have provided immediately.
Thanks,
Daniel Simmons
______________________________
Mon, September 9, 2013 7:11 pm
Mr. Simmons Thank you for your offer to pressure wash my house for $225.00, but I must declineyour offer as I have found someone else who can do a better job.
Respectfully submitted
Jeff Burns
______________________________________
Mon, September 9, 2013 7:40 pm
Seriously Jeff,
You think I don't have all the chains of emails you have exchanged with me, phone records, a copy of the check you sent me with the MEMO: "relax,payment 1 of 2" that will coincide exactly with the dates of our emails? Oh yeah, and before and after pictures of your house, driveway and windowswith times and dates built into them? I even spoke with one of yourneighbors while I was there. Here is probably my favorite email but thereare several others that I like as well:
--------------------------
"Jeff Burns"Jul 23to me
Daniel - Relax... You are going to get paid, so quit e-mailing me. Normal business turnaround for payment of invoices is 30 days.
Respectfully
Jeff Burns
----------------------------------
Jeff, this has gone on for too long and I just want my money - nothing else. I am again politely requesting that you send me the $225 you owe me out of the $475 we agreed on for my pressure washing and window cleaning services. My dad is a real lawyer and we will have no problem sending you demand letters and then taking you to small claims court to get my money so don't think you can get out of paying me.I know you would love for me to send you some threatening email so you could try to leverage it against me but I have not and will not threaten you with anything other than legal action for your refusal to pay me. Ifyou have some legitimate reason why you cannot pay me right now, but expect to be able to pay me in the near future, please let me know now and I will do what I can to work with you....I am an understanding and caring man. Please let me know when I can expect to receive the check.
Thanks,
Daniel Simmons
____________________________________________________
Mon, September 9, 2013 8:39 pm
Mr. Simmons WATCH OUT ON WHO YOU THREATEN
I do not need to leave the house to find out everything I want to know about you.Here is just a small sample of what I know about you. - (and then lists my history of properties, businesses, cars, voter registration and drivers license number)
_____________________________________________________________
Am I wrong here? I wasn't going to sue his ass till that last email but now I am for sure and I'm not sure if even that is enough for this guy! Let me know what you think!
Daniel Simmons
http://www.pressurewashinghouston.com