lanes_light7 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 For any of you that have received a bad check from a customer. What do you do after you have already tried to contact the customer to no avail? Should I send a certified letter to her or should I just contact the States Attorney's office where the check writer lives? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebcandles Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Send a certified letter first. Then contact your attorney. He should be able to send her a letter requesting the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janet Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 How much was it for? Depending on the amount, it may cost you more in collecting than for what's it's worth. I had one that I called, emailed, sent letters to and nothing. So I contacted the police dept, and they said I had to contact the office where the transaction took place, which was in another state. Eventually I got the money, but the officer never returned my phone call becaue it was under $100. I;ve collected all but 2 so far, sometimes it's just an accident, but if you can;t reach by phone, chances are you won't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeana Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 If it is a local check I take it to their bank to ask if they have the funds in there now. If so I just get the cash right then. Only you don't get back your bank fees this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolas Lights Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I used to manage a local Pizza Hut, when I would get a bad check, I would first place a call to them then send a registered letter, if they didn't respond I just took the check to the DA and they handled it from there on. Didn't cost anything as the DA tacks a fee onto the total of the check when the person came to pick up the check, then the DA would issue a check to Pizza Hut. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanes_light7 Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Thanks for the replies! I tried calling this person & they never returned my calls so I sent a letter certified/return receipt. Here in Illinois they get 30 days to pay but in the mean time I will take the check to her bank. It was only $35.00 but for me it's not about the money. People shouldn't write checks if they have no money in their account to cover it. From what I hear it's not uncommon for her to do this. Wish I would have known before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sune42 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 And now you have the start of your list of peeps not to take checks from. Every other business does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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