How to get money out of someone

Combat squirrel · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:20

As title, an old house mate of my gf owes her and her mate £30 each. He is refusing to get the money until he gets his poster back from them (hugely pathetic) fine we say, meet you here at place X and time X and we can exchange poster/money.

Now he's refusing saying he can only pay via cheque or bank transfer, refuses to meet us, says he doesnt have time........says take cheque/transfer or forget it..........

I have pointed out he is being an awrkward **** but he seems to be enjoying this annoyance, we also dont know where he lives

Any ideas? unfortunatly nothing violent, the mrs wont let me

philio16 · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:22

His poster sounds precious....find out if its valuable

VeNT · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:22

Combat squirrel said:
As title, an old house mate of my gf owes her and her mate £30 each. He is refusing to get the money until he gets his poster back from them (hugely pathetic) fine we say, meet you here at place X and time X and we can exchange poster/money.

Now he's refusing saying he can only pay via cheque or bank transfer, refuses to meet us, says he doesnt have time........says take cheque/transfer or forget it..........

I have pointed out he is being an awrkward Tw** but he seems to be enjoying this annoyance, we also dont know where he lives

Any ideas? unfortunatly nothing violent, the mrs wont let me

cheque is actaly a little contract, so its quite a good way doing things somtimes.

Lord Pablo · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:24

he could cancel the cheque afterwards though....

if he said he will give you a cheque or direct money transfer, why not take it?

fini · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:24

why do you have a problem with bank transfer - as long as it takes place before you send him the poster then what is the problem? Make sure to charge him for delivery.

fini

VeNT · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:25

Lord Pablo said:
he could cancel the cheque afterwards though....

if he said he will give you a cheque or direct money transfer, why not take it?

if he does then its a breach of the contract, and you can then go to the courts and get his address etc

Mr Joshua · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:25

Lord Pablo said:
he could cancel the cheque afterwards though....

He could but I'm sure the banks charge (£20 per cheque for Lloyds a few years ago) for that unless it's stolen.

Combat squirrel · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:26

VeNT said:
cheque is actaly a little contract, so its quite a good way doing things somtimes.

Yeah ? my alarm bells are ringing in that he will transfer funds in front of us/write a cheque then cancel either, I wouldnt put it past him, hes a worm

Pez · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:26

Mr Joshua said:
He could but I'm sure the banks charge (£20 per cheque for Lloyds a few years ago) for that unless it's stolen.

Correct, most charge £8-£10

PardonTheWait · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:26

Just take a money transfer?

Combat squirrel · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:28

Mohinder said:
Just take a money transfer?

as said i reckon he will cancel either, VERY sus why he wont pay cash

Mr Joshua · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:29

Pezboy said:
Correct, most charge £8-£10

That's probably right, I cancelled 2 cheques so it was probably £10 or so each.

Brizzles · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:29

Wait for the cheque to clear ?

It not unreasonable to offer a cheque as payment.

Cheers,

Mark

Also , tell me what the poster is i''ll look on the Bay as see if its worth more than £60

VeNT · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:29

Combat squirrel said:
Yeah ? my alarm bells are ringing in that he will transfer funds in front of us/write a cheque then cancel either, I wouldnt put it past him, hes a worm

look, if you've got his paw mark on a cheque then you've got him by the short and curlys unless he'd dumb enough to give you a faked one.

Energize · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:30

Sell the poster tbh.

Combat squirrel · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:33

Energize said:
Sell the poster tbh.

yeah should only leave peeps £58 down,lol

fini · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:33

Wait for the money to clear...or if he doesnt want to meet you tell him to post the cash to you, or use an intermidiary(sp?).

fini

doran1801 · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:33

you could take his dd details an sign him up for anything and everything

dun · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:34

Energize said:
Sell the poster tbh.

Burn it more like

tom_e · 13 Aug 2006 at 20:35

tell him you want two seperate cheques then its gonna cost him £20 and the hasstle of canceling them to put him off