What state? Massachusetts
I posted earlier this month about a situation where I stopped payment on a check to a printer after the printer failed to deliver my order on time. The order was basically oral--I never signed anything besides the down payment check.
https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=300036
I have been trying to get this guy to not call me as I was afraid it was descending into a he said/she said thing. I got his written response today and Wow are we far apart on the details of what happened. He claims I never told him I needed the order prior to leaving town. He claims I told him the order was for something totally different than what I intended it for.
My attempts at trying to settle this nicely failed. He says he is going to turn it over to a collection agency on 2/2 if I don't pay him immediately. I feel I do not owe him for anything as he never deliver the order.
1. Is it proper for me to deny this debt and ask for verification under the Fair Debt Collections Act?
2. The act isn't clear on what counts as verification. The agency could present me with an invoice but since I never signed anything I was wondering if such an invoice would count as verification.
3. If an unsigned invoice/contract does count as verification, what other avenues are left to me? I was forced to find another printer at the last minute to fill this order---and it cost almost double what this guy was going to charge me. I feel I have lost enough money due to this guy.
JLG
I posted earlier this month about a situation where I stopped payment on a check to a printer after the printer failed to deliver my order on time. The order was basically oral--I never signed anything besides the down payment check.
https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=300036
I have been trying to get this guy to not call me as I was afraid it was descending into a he said/she said thing. I got his written response today and Wow are we far apart on the details of what happened. He claims I never told him I needed the order prior to leaving town. He claims I told him the order was for something totally different than what I intended it for.
My attempts at trying to settle this nicely failed. He says he is going to turn it over to a collection agency on 2/2 if I don't pay him immediately. I feel I do not owe him for anything as he never deliver the order.
1. Is it proper for me to deny this debt and ask for verification under the Fair Debt Collections Act?
2. The act isn't clear on what counts as verification. The agency could present me with an invoice but since I never signed anything I was wondering if such an invoice would count as verification.
3. If an unsigned invoice/contract does count as verification, what other avenues are left to me? I was forced to find another printer at the last minute to fill this order---and it cost almost double what this guy was going to charge me. I feel I have lost enough money due to this guy.
JLG