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Informed sources have told me her credit is already trashed. Getting a $115 judgement against her isn't going to make much difference.

When I called the homeowner, he got angry that she treated me this way, and he was instrumental in making sure I got paid. My calling him did more damage than anything I could do via the court system. The homeowner is someone who is well connected, someone who could swing lots of business to her. Do you think he will?
 
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Originally posted by jeff43222:
Getting a $115 judgement against her isn't going to make much difference.
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Sure it will...someday she will need to satisfy all these judgements against her...whether it be buying a home, selling a home, buying a car, applying for a new CC, renting another place, etc.

As a LL, I go after every dollar..as an EC why would I be any different..a deadbeat is a deadbeat, makes difference to me if it is a tenant or a customer.
 
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Jeff
You are taking the high road and it makes economic sense, how far to you go for $115.00.
That being said by screwing you out of that $115.00 is her way of saying I still got you.
My pricipals would not allow her to get a way with it. I would not do the show, It can't do much for your rep and she would benifit. It ain't the money it's the principal. She put you through a lot to get your money, whats a little more. Just my hard headed thinking.
 
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She doesn't owe you $115, she owes you $60. The other $55 was an investment that you made in the effort to collect the remaining $700 of her bill. That investment paid itself off, in that you received the $700. You are not automatically entitled to the cost of filing a lawsuit. If this had gone all the way through the court system, and if you won, it is likely, but not certain, that the judge would have awarded you the court costs of $55, in addition to the rest of what she owed.

So you need to ask yourself if the time and trouble is worth $60 to you. You also need to be aware that being in the right is not a guarantee of winning a case. The opposition might be able to convince a judge that you are unjustly harassing their client, that she has already paid a large sum of money, that the job was overpriced in the first place, and that you are an evil person who should be put in his place. All untrue? Of course it is! Can it happen anyway? Of course it can!

[ December 19, 2005, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: charlie b ]
 
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As usual, I have a hard time arguing with Charlie. :D

My lawyer has already explained all of this to me. She said she's seen slam-dunk cases that still didn't result in a complete win. Sometimes the judge will just split the difference to keep things moving, particularly when there's not a whole lot of evidence to hang your hat on. In this case, I had no written contract, so that would probably be reason enough not to rule 100% in my favor.

At most I would get $115. That's not all that much more than my hourly rate. I'd sure rather be out doing electrical work than wasting more time trying to squeeze a little more money out of her.

On the plus side, the weather has warmed up a bit since I got up this morning. It's up to -3 Fahrenheit. Gotta love those heat waves. :D
 
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