[OT- personal] HELP!!!

[CTD]

Tell him that if he continues to harass you will be forced to send a goon squad of kobolds to his house to straighten things up.

If that does not work try to craft an amulet of non-detection.

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You say he was a "user"

If this means a drug user you have scored upon the answer of why he's still bothering you.

Get caller ID and screen your calls.

 

[Drawmack]

Step 1) Send him an email calming explaining the steps that you will take if he attempts to contact you in regard to this matter again, and attach his email stating that $494 was what you owed him.

Step 2) Contact his father who acctually paid for everything and inform him of the situation, he would probably like to get the money from his son.

Step 3) Block his email address, autofilter it into a folder labeled harrassment.

Step 4) Block his phone number.

Step 5) If he persists for more then about a month after this then seek legal council as harrassment is a crime.

BTW: He does not have a legal leg to stand on if there was no contract that payment would be made in the first place.

 

[boxstop7]

I've been in a smiliar situation...

An old roommate (also a good friend) is now in Florida. He payed some of the bills, I payed some of the bills. We kept track of who owed what, and at the end of our two years of living together, we settled up. But the key is that we KEPT TRACK of it. If this guy gave you a total, you paid him that total, and now he suddenly "remembered" something else you owe him, I'd be suspicious. Especially if 1) Daddy paid for everything, 2) you say he's got a track record of "using" people, 3) he can't produce any records supporting his claim and 4) he can't even give you a viable reason why you'd owe him the extra money. It's poor book-keeping on his part to assume that you'd owe him the same thing that #3 would owe him. Not true. If you have a long distance bill (for instance), one roommate could VERY easily call more people than the other two, and thus owe more for that bill than anyone else. If he can't come up with some legitimate reason explaining the debt, I'd respectfully tell him to pound sand.

~Box

 

[Maerdwyn]

You have limited control here, which sucks. He can continue being a jerk, as long as he doesn't cross certain lines. Happily, you can continue not paying him, and he has no power to make you, short of taking you to court.

You might even suggest it if he doesn't give up on the money soon, just to get this whole thing over with. If he does sue you, make sure to ask the judge for court costs when you win.


In fact, given where you are located, would you consider going on one of those court shows? At least then it would be over, and you'd get a couple hundred bucks out of it.

In all seriousness, whether he sues you or not, you should write him a letter, and as drawmack says, attatch the email in which he states that your debt is clear.

Tell him, very directly, that you have paid your debt in full, and do not owe him another $150 dollars. State that even he has not documented you that you owe the money, exactly how much, exactly what it is for, or that that you agreed to pay. Accordingly, the debt does not exist, and he will receive no more money from you, and you will consider any further communications from him regarding this matter as intentional harrassment.

Keep statements like "I believe" and "I don't think" out of the letter. Just tell him how it is and how it's going to be.

Send it certified mail.

Gather all the communication about this that you already have, and from that point on, keep a good record of any time he contacts you (time, date, relevent quotes from the conversation, etc). Big things to note are if he ever threatens you in any physical or emotional way, or if he contacts you multiple times at work (these are the beginning of a harassment case, and even if they may not be enough to win such a claim, they are good to have on record.)

Again,
Good luck

 

[mythago]

What Drawmack said. You don't owe him anything. He gave you a total, you paid it. Users have a way of "suddenly remembering" that you owe them, oh, the cost of that new gizmo they saw at the computer store yesterday.

Legally, if you paid him anything and he accepted payment, then you have no other obligation, even if he does produce an itemized list.

No. This is only true if the payment is accepted as discharge of the debt. Which, apparently, it was.

Don't even worry about the loser suing you. He'd be laughed out of court.