rainmn
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Aside from the obvious show up at his house with a bat...
Back in December, my wife had a guy come to the house to give us an estimate on re-upholstering a couch. Like a dumbazz, (hindsight of course being 20/20) I wrote him a check for $1000 as a deposit, with the remaining $1250 to be paid when the job was complete.
To make a long story short, I now know the guy's a scumbag with money problems. He picked up the couch when he said he would, but that was it. He hasn't done chit to it in the month he's had it, and is avoiding phone calls, even from the detective I had call him.
According to a local detective, it's not a criminal case because he actually picked up the couch. Had he just taken the deposit and never come back for the couch, then it would have been criminal. Lucky me.
He's supposed to be returning the couch, untouched, tomorrow, but of course doesn't have the $1K to return. I'm going through the motions with small claims paperwork, but even if I get a judgement, I know he doesn't have any money.
The shop he used to have is no longer there, and he rents the place he lives in. I know plenty of you have gone through this with marine businesses in the past. Any suggestions?
I'm already working on the ruining his life part. I bought the domain name for his business, and will soon be building him a nice website, free of charge. He also made the mistake of telling me he sends his daughter to school in my town, even though he doesn't live here. I'll be talking to a friend at the Board of Ed later today about that. He prides himself on being religious, and told me what local church he goes to. It just happens that I have the e-mail distribution list for all the members there...maybe they would like to know what a piece of chit he is.
Let's here it...what else can I do to this scumbag, without getting myself arrested in the process?
Back in December, my wife had a guy come to the house to give us an estimate on re-upholstering a couch. Like a dumbazz, (hindsight of course being 20/20) I wrote him a check for $1000 as a deposit, with the remaining $1250 to be paid when the job was complete.
To make a long story short, I now know the guy's a scumbag with money problems. He picked up the couch when he said he would, but that was it. He hasn't done chit to it in the month he's had it, and is avoiding phone calls, even from the detective I had call him.
According to a local detective, it's not a criminal case because he actually picked up the couch. Had he just taken the deposit and never come back for the couch, then it would have been criminal. Lucky me.
He's supposed to be returning the couch, untouched, tomorrow, but of course doesn't have the $1K to return. I'm going through the motions with small claims paperwork, but even if I get a judgement, I know he doesn't have any money.
The shop he used to have is no longer there, and he rents the place he lives in. I know plenty of you have gone through this with marine businesses in the past. Any suggestions?
I'm already working on the ruining his life part. I bought the domain name for his business, and will soon be building him a nice website, free of charge. He also made the mistake of telling me he sends his daughter to school in my town, even though he doesn't live here. I'll be talking to a friend at the Board of Ed later today about that. He prides himself on being religious, and told me what local church he goes to. It just happens that I have the e-mail distribution list for all the members there...maybe they would like to know what a piece of chit he is.
Let's here it...what else can I do to this scumbag, without getting myself arrested in the process?
