How do you get money in Owed from Debtors who refuse to pay? Look what this fella did

ronan45

So I assume a lot of you are getting the usual.

"Sorry cant pay"
"Not enough work"
"nothing I can Do"

Now I know in some of these circumstances the debtor is genuinely in trouble. But what gets me is debtors that are still working away and using the banks etc as cover for not paying. I have had a few instances where I know person X had the money and was working away but just said screw you. What do you think of how this carpenter took matters into his own hands with a local Cafe he did some work in! I reckon the gateway will cough up fairly quick with the amount of bad publicity this generated.
Have you taken any drastic action to get your money back if so what did you do and did it work?

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2011/09/05/the-gateway-to-contractor-hell/

INEEDANID

Very good!

red sean

Good lad Eoin!!

Cianos

Fair play to him but I wonder has he made himself very undesirable to other potential customers who are afraid of the crane arriving at their door if they don't manage payment on time?

red sean

Cianos wrote: »

Fair play to him but I wonder has he made himself very undesirable to other potential customers who are afraid of the crane arriving at their door if they don't manage payment on time?

Or long after time!!

Zimmerframe

Cianos wrote: »

Fair play to him but I wonder has he made himself very undesirable to other potential customers who are afraid of the crane arriving at their door if they don't manage payment on time?

I imagine he tried many normal avenues, before he resorted to those tactics.
Besides, he's probably not really interested in more voluntary work.

EIREHotspur

And this is an ancidote to all the political correctness tripe that has been spread through the air vents of peoples homes for the last decade.

I applaud him!

neris

He should have got a bigger sign but fair play to him.

SalthillGuy

I wonder what it costs to rent the reach truck for a few hours. The guy with the truck could be a very effective debt collector.

poker joker

this is brilliant, any legal buffs out there comment on legality?

(I know if it is true, it's prob legal)

smcgiff

poker joker wrote: »

this is brilliant, any legal buffs out there comment on legality?

(I know if it is true, it's prob legal)

Could fall foul of the libel laws, but if what he said is true he's fine.

Wonder if it's still there or has been paid

paul71

poker joker wrote: »

this is brilliant, any legal buffs out there comment on legality?

(I know if it is true, it's prob legal)

If he is parked legally then it is fine.

maxxie

Musnt be stuck for money if he can afford to have a crane with a big sign sitting there everyday

Bannasidhe

EIREHotspur wrote: »

And this is an ancidote to all the political correctness tripe that has been spread through the air vents of peoples homes for the last decade.

I applaud him!

I applaud him too, but I fail to see what political correctness has to do with it.

ShooterSF

maxxie wrote: »

Musnt be stuck for money if he can afford to have a crane with a big sign sitting there everyday

I doubt he claimed to be stuck for money, rather that he should be paid for the work he did

bgo1

A lot of bigger companies pay more to retrieve the debt than is owed to them so as not to set a precedent so even if he did hire the crane (doubt it!) for more than the bill was worth he was dead right to name and shame