Posted by Christine on 5/1/07 8:56am
Msg #188249

Elite Title Services, MN

Is anybody having any luck getting paid? I called again today for payment and was told that Kelly Clifford is no longer employed with them and the new coompany Advanced cannot pay me. I called Kellys cell phone and all she would tell me is to contact her attorney with whom I left a message for. She owes me $150 for a signing back in January. I also called the lender (Premier) and they said they cannot help me because they already paid her. What would you do?????
tia
Christine/MN

Reply by Snuggles on 5/1/07 9:08am
Msg #188252

Plaster there names across ever board you can think of send invoices by fax to the new
billing person and contact YOUR state.
Also List them in the BBB

Reply by Christine Hall on 5/1/07 9:22am
Msg #188254

Hi,
Thanks I will do that, but there is no new billing person. The company is no longer. I am still waiting for her attorney to call me back. I will let you know what he says!

Reply by jojo_MN on 5/1/07 12:33pm
Msg #188276

She owes me a lot of money also. Gave me Premier Titles account number to return docs. They refuse to pay the shippping because they paid her for it. I contacted her and she refuses to pay me. She told me that she filed bankrupcty so she doesn't have to pay. Imagine that!!!

Reply by jojo_MN on 5/1/07 7:55pm
Msg #188330

Verification--UPS billed to my account, after I tried to get

it from Elite, I found out she is out of business. I then went to Premier Title because it was their account number I was given. They refused to pay UPS and me because they had already paid Elite. I received a check from Elite that bounced for a portion of the total (am owed over $100). She is refusing to pay it because she filed bankruptcy so she said she doesn't have to pay me.

Reply by Barb/MO on 5/1/07 8:17pm
Msg #188333

At this point, it's probably academic, but I wonder if ...

... Elite really did file a bankruptcy petition. As a creditor, you should have received notification by mail. If you didn't, you might try asking that Elite woman about that. You can ask her to provide you with the case number and court where it was filed, which is a common way of verifying the claim of a bankruptcy filing. You could also ask her to provide you with a filed-stamped copy of the bankruptcy petition, also a common request.

If you aren't provided with verifiable information of the filing, you might consider checking with the county prosecutor (perhaps the one serving in the county in which the check was written, but maybe the one where you're located) to see if there's any way of pursuing collection that way. If the person who signed the check can be considered the equivalent of the Elite entity (as a sole proprietorship or alter ego situation, or the like), perhaps the prosecutor will pursue her personally.

Just a thought, if you're not ready to give up on it yet.