Stop crying Soupy (roll eyes), I would say with confidence that there isn't a single shiner on this forum who hasn't walked away from a small debt at least once in their window cleaning career, that said in 12 years of cleaning windows I could count the number of non payers on one hand so its a hardly something to be concerned about.
I've been doing it routinely for twenty years.
Not any more.
Yeah, but you're not going to go to court for £15 surely?
Why not? If you are sure of your facts it costs nothing to take someone to Court. It takes us around 10 minutes to raise the necessary documentation to take someone to court, yes there are associated costs but I know we are going to get them back + Interest + Expenses. So if someone who owes you a relatively small amount of money, allows it to go that far, they are either Stupid, or they think you are not serious. The mistake most people make is they threaten and then don't follow it through and thats fatal.
You'd never get the time back or the stress it caused. To be honest you're better putting the dirt back as suggested above. I agree with the sentiment however.
So at what point do you go to court?
How much has to be involved?
It's not the money with me it is the principle!!!
The customer asks me to do something and I agree. That is an agreement whether verbal or in writing, an integral part of that agreement is the payment regardless of how big or small. If they don't pay they have reneged on that agreement and failed to honour their side of it.
Look at it with the boot on the other foot if they only owe you £15 why not just pay it as agreed? Why allow themselves to have reminders, warnings and threats? Ask yourself Did they ever intend to Pay? Or just take the pi$$! There is No difference to me, an agreement is an agreement £15 0r £1500 theft is theft. If you don't believe me try going into a shop and nick £15 worth of goods and tell the Magistrate it was only £15 why doesn't the shop just write it off!
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