Posted by Anonymous on 6/7/06 5:12pm
Msg #124620
Idea on how to get paid.
I just read this on another site from a small business owner that did not get paid by an out of state company. After several attempts and no response. Owner faxed the bill again and 499 blank pieces of paper. The company called the next day to explain it was tying up the fax machine. And the owner said sorry, I will check my machine and about my bill? They promised it in a few days.
Nothing happened.
Thus, the following week. The owner re-sent the bill and 999 blank pages through the fax machine.
She got a check the next day by express mail!
I have Vonage. One rate phone line that works nationwide! I believe I just found a new way to collect.
Good luck.
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Reply by Ernest__CT on 6/8/06 6:29am
Msg #124721
Fine if you want to burn your bridges.
The amount of time it would take to fax that many pages would be too much of a waste for me. I assume that the fax number was toll-free, otherwise you'd be throwing money away with no sure collection.
If anyone does elect to send pages++, just remember that solid black uses up a lot more toner than solid white or text....
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Reply by PAW on 6/8/06 7:24am
Msg #124731
Sending solid black pages by fax ...
... may be construed as harassment since you are intentionally trying to create a monetary loss for the recipient.
The legal dictionary (Copyright © 1981-2005 by Gerald N. Hill and Kathleen T. Hill) definition of harassment:
The act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill, or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious. Such activities may be the basis for a lawsuit if due to discrimination based on race or sex, a violation on the statutory limitations on collection agencies, involve revenge by an ex-spouse, or be shown to be a form of blackmail ("I'll stop bothering you, if you'll go to bed with me" . The victim may file a petition for a "stay away" (restraining) order, intended to prevent contact by the offensive party. A systematic pattern of harassment by an employee against another worker may subject the employer to a lawsuit for failure to protect the worker.
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