Advertising

Some debtors think we'll go away?!

Our client - in the advertising industry was owed $1,200 by a sole trader for advertising carried out.

Debtor B disputed the amount claiming the advertising never took place despite being provided with evidence showing dates and times, so off to the Disputes Tribunal the case went. At the hearing Debtor B requested certain information was supplied to him so another hearing time was granted.

Debtor B did not show up to the next hearing and so Client M presented their case and received a court order in their favour.

Following this Debtor B claimed they were never advised of the new date and so requested another hearing. At the 3rd hearing the order once again was granted in Client M's favour.

For a period of 3 months Debtor B continued to argue the order with CollectIT stating that he had gone to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, the Police, Commerce Commission, Office of the Ombudsmen about Client M.

Result: Nothing ever eventuated from all these threats, so CollectIT enforced the court order, our client M is now being paid a weekly amount and the debt will be paid off in approximately 5 months.

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Why terms of trade are important no matter what the size of the debt...

Our client - in the advertising industry was owed a total of $462. The debtor promised to pay on many occasions and never did. As our client was able to charge interest and recover collection costs CollectIT recommended proceeding to court. Our client was dubious due to the small amount involved but when CollectIT explained that under the terms of the agreement the debtor had signed with them, all costs would be added to the claim, instructions to proceed were granted.

CollectIT continued to carry out further follow up after the debtor was served his court documents advising that the deadline for payment was drawing near and that if payment was not received a court order would be obtained.

Result: The debt was settled in full with payment of over $1,000 and CollectIT did not have to go as far as obtaining the court order.
Our client received the outstanding invoice amount, interest, collection costs, process server costs and court costs. It cost them $0