Hi,

Currently a ex-client (is now ex) owes $160 in a server fee. His payment bounced and as LT require x days before for cancellation I could not cancel so paid it out of funds.

Client still owes me $160 / £90 and have sent him the following e-mail:

Hi,

Please find attached a final invoice before the bill is passed onto the debt collection agency. You have 24 hours to pay 50% of the owed amount otherwise at 18:00:00GMT Sunday 29th January 2006 a claim for £90GBP will be made against you. You will also be liable to pay any fees the debt collection agency may wish to charge.

Attempts have been made to contact you on several occasions today and this is now over a month overdue.

See attached invoice.

Regards
Danny
CEO Scene-Power
Also included the attachment document.

If he fails to pay within the 24 hours can anyone recommend a good UK based debt collection agency?

He now has a new host with fluxservices and ignores MSN messages.

I have no problem in releasing his name in the Invoice. Just search google for Tobie Sidders and you will see why!

Advice anyone?

Regards
Dan

If you knew his history, why would you sell him service?

Some handy sites

https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp
http://www.payontime.co.uk
http://www.thomashiggins.com

Thomas Higgines does cheap Letter Before Action claims. For £90 its worth it

If you knew his history, why would you sell him service?

Well do all hosts do a google search on clients?

Thanks vaserv i will look into that :peace:

Some handy sites

https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp
http://www.payontime.co.uk
http://www.thomashiggins.com

Thomas Higgines does cheap Letter Before Action claims. For £90 its worth it

Thomas Higgens registration service not working :crying:

Might be worth giving them a call on Monday

Rus

> ... His payment bounced and as LT require x days before
> for cancellation I could not cancel so paid it out of funds. ...

What is LT?

Also, I don't see the problem -- if they didn't pay for it, then technically there's no "service that was paid for" to be cancelled.

Layeredtech need two days notice for cancellation (resellers) and his bill was due on the 24th December. He didn't pay and then it was within the two days (where I couldn't cancel) and he said he would send it and I ended up paying. I keep asking him and he said it will be there tomorrow. He agreed that to cancel he should give 7 days notice therefore his contract still stands that he agreed for that month

Now he doesn't respond at all although MSN says he is online.

Contact a collection agency.

If he fails to pay within the 24 hours can anyone recommend a good UK based debt collection agency? I think he knows that already :)

I hate people like that, I hope you get your money back!

Thats the problem with you reselling dedicated servers from another provider.

Basically he didnt pay so the service should be stopped. Thus him owing nothing.

The fact that YOU got stung and had to pay layered tech isnt really HIS fault.... as harsh as it sounds.

You should require prepayment of more than 30 days if you want to get around this problem in future. You dont have enough margin otherwise and this will happen again and again.

He doesnt want the server so wont pay what you say is owed.

Do you have a contract with him?

A debt collection agency wont take on the case unless you have a contract which proves this guy owes you the money... which i doubt you have?