ULPT Request: Former acquaintance owes me thousands and is ignoring me
Posted by SPY_420@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 8 comments
Hi all. I own a small business where I wholesale to other stores in my industry. The other stores generally order on-credit, so 50% upfront and 50% once the items arrive.
One store owner, who I’ve worked with a few times, lives on the other side of the world and has not paid his second 50% payment on a large order. This amounts to thousands of dollars, and he’s just ignoring my messages and calls. He started acting weird beforehand, so I’m 95% certain he is ghosting me now.
How do I get my money back and/or enact revenge? Is it worth getting the police involved in another country? Seems like a hassle.
grumpy_autist@reddit
I had similar story - guy ghosted me, but we were in the same business and we had a ton of common friends on FB.
We posted an FB post asking if anyone have a contact with XYZ because we have an urgent financial matter to discuss and he's not responding.
He shat his pants, called 10 minutes later and begged to remove that post. We told him to fuck off until all is paid.
He paid a week later.
Snoo_85901@reddit
This sounds like the slim only chance of getting it back. It really puts you at a disadvantage being in a different country. I understand you scratching your head, that’s what I don’t understand about thieves he screwed both himself in long haul you on short run.
Stout_15@reddit
You’re a small business. Send a demand letter, then pursue legal action against them. This is like small business owner 101.
Being on the other side of the world probably makes this impossible, so I have no idea why you’d extend credit to someone with so much risk involved as a small business owner.
SPY_420@reddit (OP)
Lesson learned. I couldn’t imagine people would just blatantly steal like that, like genuinely, how do people live with themselves? Plain stupid too, he’d certainly make more by continuing to work on mutually beneficial business.
Stout_15@reddit
At least it was only a few thousand. It stings, but you’ll bounce back.
I guess the unethical advice would be to claim a much bigger loss on your taxes. And mail the dude a piss disc or whatever.
Snoo_85901@reddit
lol, im new here im just assuming the piss bucket is a some kind of inside joke right
Veioviz@reddit
Deception is literally taught in primary school in some provinces in China, Thailand, and a few others. Always remember that when dealing 'with the other side of the world'.
jamoe1@reddit
If the industry is small, or even if not, you reach out to all of your competitors and shame this guy. Only chance is to blackball this owner. Also, post on their personal social media. That product looks great, are you offering discounts since it was stolen, etc etc. all you can do is tarnish his reputation. Zero chance of getting money back unless they chose to.