It's now Wednesday

[DJ Fieri]

Time to go to an early dinner....later.

 

[DJ Fieri]

@SlinkyRedfoot you ever try this?

 

[PnkPanther]

Just withdrew on a case where the client owes me like $7500. Never should've let it get that high. I'll probably never see that money.

I'm helping a department here at the U resolve a one year old unpaid invoice, they apparently no longer like the contract signed and want to renegotiate the contract before paying, this isn't the first time they've done this

Me: Maybe we shouldn't do business with these guys anymore

Department: We've been doing business with them for over a decade

Me: ok, maybe to avoid collection issues in future we collect payment upfront

Department: Well it seems unfair to treat them different

We're treating them different because they don't pay, consistently ask for reworking of contracts and we spend more time/money on administration of contract than we collect for services

 

[kobesgame]

Can't you force them to pay?

You can surely send them to collections, no?

Yeah, I’ll send them to collections. If I recall, I had the dad sign as guarantor on the retainer, so I should be able to sue them both.

 

[kobesgame]

Hire a good lawyer and sue them?

We have a collections attorney that does all that for us.

 

[redseat]

Yeah, I’ll send them to collections. If I recall, I had the dad sign as guarantor on the retainer, so I should be able to sue them both.

True collections but that doesn't guarantee they will pay you back either, which sucks

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Yeah, I’ll send them to collections. If I recall, I had the dad sign as guarantor on the retainer, so I should be able to sue them both.

I forgot, lawyers don't need to hire collections, they just file their own papers.

 

[kobesgame]

I forgot, lawyers don't need to hire collections, they just file their own papers.

We don't do our own collections. Too much work for our small office. We pay a collections lawyer 1/3rd of everything she collects on our behalf.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

We don't do our own collections. Too much work for our small office. We pay a collections lawyer 1/3rd of everything she collects on our behalf.

That seems pricey. She must be as persistent as vehicle warranty extension callers.

 

[kobesgame]

That seems pricey. She must be as persistent as vehicle warranty extension callers.

Pretty standard rate for lawyers that work on contingency. Personal injury, collections, class actions, etc.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Pretty standard rate for lawyers that work on contingency. Personal injury, collections, class actions, etc.

I think I hired a collection company years ago and it was 15%. Not a lawyer though technically

 

[DJ Fieri]

I'm helping a department here at the U resolve a one year old unpaid invoice, they apparently no longer like the contract signed and want to renegotiate the contract before paying, this isn't the first time they've done this

Me: Maybe we shouldn't do business with these guys anymore

Department: We've been doing business with them for over a decade

Me: ok, maybe to avoid collection issues in future we collect payment upfront

Department: Well it seems unfair to treat them different

We're treating them different because they don't pay, consistently ask for reworking of contracts and we spend more time/money on administration of contract than we collect for services

Idiots.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I think I hired a collection company years ago and it was 15%. Not a lawyer though technically

That's pretty standard.

 

[kobesgame]

I think I hired a collection company years ago and it was 15%. Not a lawyer though technically

Yeah, I think collection companies handle things differently.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

That's pretty standard.

Who asked you?

 

[DJ Fieri]

Who asked you?

Um, it's an open forum.

Anybody can respond.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Um, it's an open forum.

Anybody can respond.

You bout to get iggy'd, witchoe Ellis Island lookin ass.

 

[DJ Fieri]

You bout to get iggy'd, witchoe Ellis Island lookin ass.