akak What I Should Have Written Last Week.
Ok that post wasn’t very nice. It wasn’t very SASSY of me. But if you really were interested in how to collect a debt, from a deadbeat roommate, or a client who never ever pays, here’s another way. You could hire a collection agency… dun dun duuun. But don’t get too gased, because this will cost you – a percentage of whatever the person owes you. (In our case this might not be worth it, it would suck to only get $20 back).
Finding a collection agency is simple enough – google it. But you should do some research, aside from price, before you hire an agency. Some other things to consider is how the collection agency is going to treat the person who owes you money. Even if you hate their guts, consider some tactics these agencies employ – frequent phone calls, harassment and threats – and really consider if it’s worth it. Hint: it’s probably not. Also, after you send the collection agency out, this incident ends up their credit report.
All in all, if my (nondelinquent) roommate would consider going on one of these court shows, I’d be down (because we’d get paid by the show). Looks like we’ll have to take the L on this one.
Good luck getting your money back.
peace,
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