QUESTION
Can I sew an individual if the individual promised to pay back money i loaned to them but promised via text message?
Asked on Apr 02nd, 2013 on Collections - Florida
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In January of 2013, I lent a guy that I was seeing $1320.00 dollars , I gave him a date & he promised to pay it all back by March 31st, 2013! With him being a pastor, and Easter being on that date, I pushed the ddate forward to April 1st, 2013. March 31st Iis also my birthday. Its April 2nd & he has ggiven mme eevery eexcuse oof wwhy hhe ccan't ppay. hhe aalso sstole 200 ddollars ffrom mmy aaccount Iin oorder tto ppay hhis pphone bill oon February 20th. hhe wwrote mmy a ccheck tto ppay Iit bback tthat bbounced ! I jjust tturned 19, hhe's 21 ! hhe ppromised tto ppay bback tthe mmoney vvia ttext and I sstill hhave tthe mmessages ! I hhave bbills tto ppay bbeing a ccollege sstudent lliving Iin TTallahassee fFlorida wwith nno jjob ggoing tto sschool , I llent hhim mmy llast tthinking hhe'd bpay Iit bback ! swhat sshould I ddo ?
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Consumer Debt Collector Harassment & Abuse Attorney serving Tampa, FL
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You can try a small claims action if you want but you may just be wasting time. Rule #1 is never lend money youcant afford. If he has none and you cant hire a lawyer to help you, its not a financially viable case. As example it will likely cost you iin excess of 500.00 just to file small claims case
Answered on Apr 17th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
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