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• mike_gil says:

  February 15, 2010 at 4:56 pm

  You can hire a Collection Agency or go to small claims court. Before I would do either I would first go to the District Attorney as paying for services and placing a stop payment for those services could carry criminal charges of fraud or possibly depending how the law is written even writing a bad check. Good Luck as a small business I realize that each sale is extremely important and may in fact be the tool that finances the next job.
• trade_in… says:

  February 15, 2010 at 11:46 pm

  If the amount is under $5k ($10k in some states) file a claim with the Small Claim Court and get a judgement against this person.
  Once you have a judgement you can ‘attempt’ to collect with the benefit of the sheriff’s office on your side. It’s isn’t 100%, but it’s something.
• canukins says:

  February 16, 2010 at 1:44 am

  Typically a small claims court is your next option, and you’ll win as long as you have a contract and you can demonstrate that you held up your end. Often the “defendent” doesn’t show up at a small claims hearing, so you win by default.
  But then the fun is just beginning, because it’s up to YOU to find a bondsman or debt collector to enforce the judgement. You pay for that service – so if the amount in dispute is a few hundred or less, you may be better off, just objectively, if you let it go and chalk it up to experience.
  Sorry for your trouble.
• Never_Ce says:

  February 16, 2010 at 2:28 am

  did you complete the services you ought to do?