So in other words they STOLE money not just from your group, but from all the people they sold to?! Have their "customers" filed complaints? I say go to small claims with these losers!
I posted a long time ago about doing a post collect on our fall gift wrap. we ended up eating $1488 from several people that didn't pay up when asked several times.
this year, we did a precollect. this person's check bounced twice. on the third time after 5 days, the check cleared. on the 6th day, it bounced and we've been trying to get the money since October.
they simply don't plan on paying I think. I see them everywhere else in shopping malls, restaurants so obviously paying us is not a priority.
this 255 was a one time check for this year. they took orders and money from other people but wrote pto a check for the 255.
Hi,
I agree with Cinema. Any bounced checks don't accept them anymore. I know that's a chunk of change for your school but maybe a hard lesson learned. It will probably end up costing you more in the long run. At our school if we receive a check back the principal calls the family and handles it for us. Usually, we receive the money withina few days. Good Luck and I am sorry fro your misfortune.
Are you speaking of several people or one person? The simple solution going forward is, like a retail business, not to accept checks anymore from the people who have bounced them. All of our fundraisers are pre-payment, some are cash only. This year, even my daughter's girl scout troop collected their cookie money upfront (which I believe is standard now among all the troops).
As for the person who owes the $255, it's obvious they don't have the money (or have it but don't plan on paying it). You can try serving them, but then how far are you willing to go once this person receives papers? Do you plan to take them to small claims court? Isn't there a cost to have papers served on someone? In the end will it cost more, and change the parents perception of your PTO to try and collect?
Just curious, did they purchase $255 at one time, or is this to total over several activities, fundraisers, etc. Because if this is a debt they racked up, at some point your PTO should have stopped taking orders from this person before it got to this amount.
We seem to have a terrible time in our school with people not paying for purchases or bouncing checks. I've contacted our school District and they suggested I have this parent "served" with papers from the local sheriff. Can I do this? It's $255 which is a big chunk of change for our small school.
we've sent letters, made phone calls, spoke to them in person, etc.... to no avail.
