Anyone ever have to sue someone in small claims court for money? What evidence did you need to prove the money was owed to you?
Here’s the story in a nutshell:
Lived with douchebag. Put bills in my name, because I’m an idiot. Split bills 50/50. Broke up with said douchebag, but still lived together for 2+ months. Douchebag stopped giving me money for his share of the bills. We talked, shook hands, and said we wouldn’t screw eachother over. He now is doing exactly what he said he wouldn’t. Has given me a total of $40 after I moved out. Owes me roughly $400. Not a whole lot, but I’m not about to pay his share. FUCK THAT.
I have the bills, showing what is owed, but how can I prove that he lived with me and paid half? Bring witnesses? Or am I fucked?
Or, instead of small claims court, anyone down to break his kneecaps with a baseball bat? HA. Or know any sluts with STD’s who is willing to share with him?
i will break his kneecaps for three (3) Growlers at consumers with beer of my choosing. this includes the Growler bottles and beer in said Growler bottles.
I wouldn’t do small claims. The wait and court costs for 400 dollars is not worth it.
Keep bugging him for the money or get some friends to scare it out of him.
Unless you have written proof you guys agreed to split it 50/50 and not screw each other over, its going to be his word against yours and those never end well.
Dont girls usually spread roumors (he doesnt need to have sex with a whore to ‘catch’ an std) and do catty shit? that could be worth way more than $400
Yes but in order for this to, he would have to admit in court that he had a verbal agreement with her. highly doubt he is going to do that… and since she has no written agreement with him. i don’t see how she could win. IMHO
Hm, I think for the first time in my life, I’m going to have to be that girl, and be the insane ex girlfriend. Shit could get fun… or get very illegal. Hhmmmm.
That could be proved with the bills he did pay. He wouldn’t be giving her money on a regular basis for no reason, if she has that record and then a sudden stop, it works in small claims.
If he says he paid her cash and she denies it, he’d have to prove it with the withdrawal slips, which could be gotten from his bank history.
Did he ever receive mail at that address? That would be a really easy way to show he lived there. Bring bills and his mail to court and show when you moved out. It’s going to be your word vs his but it takes a real scumbag to sit in front of a judge and just lie his ass off over $400. If you have the time small claims isn’t too bad. It will just take a while to get a court date.
You could also call him and record the conversation. Just make sure you talk about the bills he owes you and he doesn’t deny any of it. My roommate had to take our old landlord to small claims and won by showing the judge voice mails and e-mails.
thats lame. Just suck it up and dont move in with people.
Spreading rumors isnt going to get you anywhere.
You say oh hes got some shit, then the story gets morphed that you gave it to him, so you esentially screw yourself over.
Personally I don’t give a shit, I think you should just pay the 400$ and if he gives you the money back, you should give it to josh for gaying up the forum with retarded shit for as long as you have :suckoff:
This is why when I had roommates in college we split the utilities 1/2 in my name, 1/2 in his. One stops paying their half and the other can do the same long before it becomes a $400 debt.
I really doubt you have any kind of evidential quality proof of this utility bill arrangement (canceled checks, written signed agreement, impartial witness of the spoken agreement etc) so you might as well forget about small claims court. You’re going to get there and say you had an agreement for 1/2 of the bills, he will say you were paying it all because you loved him, or he didn’t make enough money, or some other excuse and that will be it.
You can however make his life uncomfortable to the point he would pay $400 to make you go away. In a slow economy a call per day to his place of employment looking for him and your owed money is a pretty loud message. As long as the employer doesn’t specifically ask you to stop calling there you can keep doing it too. Call his parents house once and a while looking for him, even if you already know where he is, and when they ask why explain the debt. No one wants to show up to the parents for a meal and listen to them preach about paying your debts.