Small Claims Court vs. Letting it go

[Meryem Ersoz]

A friend just told me about this resource. I haven't used it. But I might. Worth a look. They may be the way to collect small claims without breaking the bank to do it.

https://www.rocketlawyer.com

 

[Daniel Stilling]

I think your reputation would suffer if you didn't see this through and just wrote it off. You'd be seen as weak, someone that doesn't follow through if you string him along enough. Specially in a small community, these things get talked about and shared. So yes, I would not rest until I got paid up to the last cent, interest and all...

 

[Mark Wuerthner]

So, back in April I had rented out a camera to a decently well known Director in my part of Texas. I gave him an amazing two day rate, plus me. Because I have many mutual friends, I didn't take a deposit and some how ending up becoming the colorist on this project. When I did get paid, about three weeks after the production, I was asked to hold off on cashing the check - so I did for an additional two weeks. I cleared it with the check writer and they finally said go ahead and cash it. The check ended up bouncing, costing me $50.00 in bounced check fee.

Cut to now, I constantly getting excuses on getting this bill paid off. I live in an area where a lot of people "idolize" this guy and the community here is very small and even smaller for those who could actually afford to rent a Dragon. So my question is - do I pursue this in Small Claims Courts or do I just write it off in order to not come off as a greedy person in this tiny community.

Thanks

I did a job once where i followed a star athlete around at a sporting goods manufacture brand fest thing. Did the job for out of town producers. Sent my invoice and months later never heard from them. Tried to call them and they never answered. Went to local courthouse to pursue the small claims thing and was told that it wouldn't work as the producer lived in another state. Researched filing small claims court in the other state but seemed a nightmare to do. So, I gave up. A few months later I said f*ck it and went to my local courthouse to file a small claim against the guy, knowing that they would send him a letter with a court date, just to be a pain in the ass. A week before the court date a check arrived in the mail. So, you might want to think about going that route as an "incentive" to get the person to pay you. I don't see as to how this could hurt your reputation. The only one who would know about it would be the director and if he were to talk about it it would be admitting to people that he didn't pay you...