So it has come to the fact, I am going to be involved with suing a business.

We sold a store collectible cards for 3300. The due date for the balance was in Oct. They have refused to pay the balance ~2000.

Can any of you recommend a good attorney? I know it will be an easy win. We have a contract, witnesses, etc.

1/23/2008 10:31:34 PM

just go in the store and repossess $2000 worth of stuff

1/23/2008 10:36:43 PM

The stuff the store sells is not only of no value to me but would also be ridiculous to try to turnover.

[Edited on January 23, 2008 at 10:38 PM. Reason : ]

1/23/2008 10:38:18 PM

Go downtown to the meat packing district and ask for Tony.

Tell him TWW sent you, you'll have your money in no time.

1/23/2008 11:02:09 PM

what we need in this country, more than anything, is more litigation.

1/23/2008 11:05:10 PM

why wouldn't you get the money when you gave them the "collectable cards?"

are these pokemon cards?

1/23/2008 11:09:07 PM

small claims court is easy - it's one page to fill out and only costs a few bucks (from the front door of the courthouse you can have it all done and get your court date in 30 minutes). you then go stand in front of a judge and half a dozen people who didn't pay their rent and say "here's the contract, they didn't pay me"

[Edited on January 23, 2008 at 11:31 PM. Reason : asdfsdf]

1/23/2008 11:31:15 PM

are these pokemon cards?

hahahhaah

1/23/2008 11:32:40 PM

i think it costs $12 to file a claim in small claims court. pretty easy.

1/23/2008 11:49:21 PM

When I filed it was $50, and the cost went to the loser of the case, so I got the money back.

1/23/2008 11:53:03 PM

http://web.co.wake.nc.us/courts/smallclaims.html

1/23/2008 11:57:12 PM

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"Go downtown to the meat packing district and ask for Tony. Tell him TWW sent you, you'll have your money in no time."

lol

1/24/2008 12:03:55 AM

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"what we need in this country, more than anything, is more litigation."

Less litigation and more people getting screwed out of $2,000....BRILLIANT!

1/24/2008 8:25:51 AM

I'm sure these are for MAGIC cards.

1/24/2008 10:25:21 AM

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""Go downtown to the meat packing district and ask for Tony. Tell him TWW sent you, you'll have your money in no time.""

I recently bought something online from "Big Tony's Chevelle Restoration Parts"

which showed up on my credit card statement as

"Big Tony...............................$100"

1/24/2008 11:04:35 AM

well, correct me if im wrong, but i believe your first mistake was marrying epjaolean

1/24/2008 11:06:42 AM

this guy is married?

1/24/2008 11:07:24 AM

yall sellin' eddie's magic the gathering cards?

1/24/2008 11:08:25 AM

^^i could swear that is the case...but i may have them confused with another poster.

i know someone is married to his sweaty flexing body

1/24/2008 11:12:50 AM

n3v0rmYnD

[Edited on January 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM. Reason : ]

1/24/2008 1:10:32 PM

We sold the actual collection last Sat. for over 5k. This was a rest of another collection we sold to a local store in Cary, NC. They deal with magic, baseball, etc.

Side note.....we will be married Aug.

HI Ben!!

1/24/2008 6:17:00 PM

^what store in cary was it?

i work 2 stores down from a collectable store in cary, just curious if it was them.

[Edited on January 24, 2008 at 11:04 PM. Reason : .]

1/24/2008 11:02:44 PM

Why have they refused payment?? What their excuse????

1/25/2008 9:16:01 AM

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"What their excuse/reason????"

1/25/2008 9:21:05 AM

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"this guy is married?"

wow..... i've actually kinda known him for the last 15+ years....

lets just say that begins to scratch the surface....

but good luck... really... you are gonna need it i think...

but anyways back to the topic at hand. why would you have even accepted partial payment to begin with?

agree with taking them to small claims court, in fact you should have done it in november.

1/25/2008 11:25:52 AM

I'd like to point out that even if they rule in your favor, there is no way to force them to pay you. All you really get is an official IOU. There's no wage garnishing, etc. in NC.

1/26/2008 10:42:40 AM

1) wage garnishment is not an applicable solution here
2) yes, you can have your wages garnished in NC

1/26/2008 10:44:46 AM

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"2) yes, you can have your wages garnished in NC"

a) child support
b) military personnel

1/26/2008 10:46:44 AM

and back taxes
and students loans
and alimony
and payment for ambulance services


For "no wage garnishment in NC", that's an awful lot of things they garnish your wages for
http://www.nclabor.com/wh/fact%20sheets/garnishments.htm
But no matter - that is not an applicable solution here.

1/26/2008 10:50:22 AM

All those things have to do with government or support. You knew what I meant

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"....wage garnishments by banks and loan institutes for car loans, credit card debt, and other personal debt items are not legal in North Carolina."

My point is that they'll never see that money again. They can sell the debt to a collection agency, and they can harass the ever living shit out of the buyer for the rest of eternity, though.

1/26/2008 11:58:34 AM

WE talked to someone and they explained the steps.

We gave them the demand letter and they apparently are not inc. which complicates things. We heard from an inside source that one owner is making the other owner take out a personal loan to cover it and we should get paid next week. Just hearsay......

^^^^^^And about marrying Eddie..I have no hesitation. I have known him 6 years and he has changed a lot in these last few years. We have lived together for 2 and have bought a house together. He really has matured a lot.

1/26/2008 9:04:49 PM

small claims court takes forever, better hope they do the check thing, or you will not be seeing any money anytime soon(and you will also have expenses taking them to court, which is long, drawn out process) You would be better off appearing on Judge Judy.

1/26/2008 11:52:11 PM

http://purecardboard.ytmnd.com/

1/27/2008 12:28:13 AM

My fiance has known me longer than you have known "of" me Joe. I have no clue where you got 15 years...

1/27/2008 1:48:01 PM

it's edward the dragon!

1/27/2008 2:17:40 PM

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"I'd like to point out that even if they rule in your favor, there is no way to force them to pay you. All you really get is an official IOU. There's no wage garnishing, etc. in NC."

Yeah, contempt of court is a great thing to do.

1/27/2008 3:33:25 PM

You can still put a lien on the business.

1/27/2008 3:51:44 PM

It took some doing, but when a guy owed us a bunch of money the sheriff just let us in the guys house and said "take what you can."

1/27/2008 6:58:41 PM

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"the sheriff just let us in the guys house and said "take what you can." "

1/28/2008 5:31:32 PM