10-27-2009, 04:31 PM
I got a nasty letter from a video rental place... turned out I owed them .28 (yes, twenty eight cents).
Because of the snotty tone of the FIRST letter, I chose to ignore it.
They sent 3 more increasingly nasty letters (costing them well more than .28 each).
Here's the funny part; they sent it to a collections agency, and I got a letter from them trying to collect the "unpaid debt" with all sorts of ominous language about "wage garnishment".
I sent them a nickel with a note: "Offer for settlement in full".
I never heard from them again, so I'm guessing they accepted.
(And before anyone gets excited - this was 15 years ago... even if they'd dinged my credit- and it would be a pretty small ding!, it's long gone by now).
Because of the snotty tone of the FIRST letter, I chose to ignore it.
They sent 3 more increasingly nasty letters (costing them well more than .28 each).
Here's the funny part; they sent it to a collections agency, and I got a letter from them trying to collect the "unpaid debt" with all sorts of ominous language about "wage garnishment".
I sent them a nickel with a note: "Offer for settlement in full".
I never heard from them again, so I'm guessing they accepted.
(And before anyone gets excited - this was 15 years ago... even if they'd dinged my credit- and it would be a pretty small ding!, it's long gone by now).