Comments on: NodNightmares.com, Part Three http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/ ~ videamus quid sit exilium. nempe loci commutatio.~ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:33:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AGDon http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14433 AGDon Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:57:08 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14433 Hope you get this. I realize I'm posting on an old blog entry. YOu should check (or have your lawyer check your state for something called a "Wage Claim Act". It may be something different in your neck of the woods. In it there are usually penalites beyond just paying your wages, like double or tripple damages and attorney fees. Worth a look. Oh, and not sure where your former employer is located, but you MAY have to sue in that jurisdiction, depending on how much intereaction with your state there was. Hope you get this. I realize I’m posting on an old blog entry. YOu should check (or have your lawyer check your state for something called a “Wage Claim Act”. It may be something different in your neck of the woods. In it there are usually penalites beyond just paying your wages, like double or tripple damages and attorney fees. Worth a look. Oh, and not sure where your former employer is located, but you MAY have to sue in that jurisdiction, depending on how much intereaction with your state there was.

]]> By: HidingOut http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14280 HidingOut Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:03:41 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14280 aag, you ought to check with your lawyer and see how much notice of the demand the defendant company is entitled to receive. I dunno what state you are in, but here in Texas, you have to send a demand letter specifying what you think you are owed and indicating that failure to pay will result in a lawsuit seeking all damages owed, plus costs and attorney's fees, or you will not be able to get an attorney's fee and cost award. What a run-on sentence. Did that make any sense? I guess what I am trying to say is, check with your lawyer and see if there are any "i's" to dot or "t's" to cross to protect your right to recover all damages, costs and fees. Good luck. This lone star lawyer is rooting for you. aag, you ought to check with your lawyer and see how much notice of the demand the defendant company is entitled to receive. I dunno what state you are in, but here in Texas, you have to send a demand letter specifying what you think you are owed and indicating that failure to pay will result in a lawsuit seeking all damages owed, plus costs and attorney’s fees, or you will not be able to get an attorney’s fee and cost award.

What a run-on sentence. Did that make any sense? I guess what I am trying to say is, check with your lawyer and see if there are any “i’s” to dot or “t’s” to cross to protect your right to recover all damages, costs and fees.

Good luck. This lone star lawyer is rooting for you.

]]> By: aag http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14216 aag Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:35:03 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14216 <b> Good idea, Kirk. Thank you! </b>

Good idea, Kirk. Thank you!

]]> By: Kirk http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14215 Kirk Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:26:41 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14215 Sounds like you have a lawyer who will help you with this but just in case... i went through this a year ago. i was owed 1000 and they would not pay. the most important step before filing a claim with a judge is to prove you notified the other party via certified letter. send a letter stating your claim, send via USPS with delivery confirmation. give them a timeline to contact you (say 2 weeks) to sort out payment. after that, you can go to a judge and prove you contacted them and that they still refused. it'll be a slam dunk at that point. good luck! Sounds like you have a lawyer who will help you with this but just in case…
i went through this a year ago. i was owed 1000 and they would not pay.
the most important step before filing a claim with a judge is to prove you notified the other party via certified letter. send a letter stating your claim, send via USPS with delivery confirmation. give them a timeline to contact you (say 2 weeks) to sort out payment. after that, you can go to a judge and prove you contacted them and that they still refused. it’ll be a slam dunk at that point.
good luck!

]]> By: MP http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14193 MP Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:15:51 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14193 ThatToyChick - I wasn't trying to figure it out. I was asking AAG to list the companies that have been good to her so that we could more easily be good to them (which would, in turn, be good for her). Not everyone keeps a checklist of her current employers. The tag only identifies the bad company. Multiple appearances of it are fine as a deterrent (IF one has read the whole saga), but they don't direct business TO the good companies. If I was a jerk who owed an employee $1200, glowing recommendations and advertisements luring customers (and potentially several thousands of dollars of sales) away to the competition would be scarier to me than the threat of a small claims court lawsuit over a finite amount. ThatToyChick –

I wasn’t trying to figure it out. I was asking AAG to list the companies that have been good to her so that we could more easily be good to them (which would, in turn, be good for her). Not everyone keeps a checklist of her current employers.

The tag only identifies the bad company. Multiple appearances of it are fine as a deterrent (IF one has read the whole saga), but they don’t direct business TO the good companies.

If I was a jerk who owed an employee $1200, glowing recommendations and advertisements luring customers (and potentially several thousands of dollars of sales) away to the competition would be scarier to me than the threat of a small claims court lawsuit over a finite amount.

]]> By: ThatToyChick http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14180 ThatToyChick Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:06:21 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14180 MP - if you check the tags on this post, it might be a bit easier to figure out ;) MP – if you check the tags on this post, it might be a bit easier to figure out ;)

]]> By: Bacchus http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14158 Bacchus Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:36:50 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14158 Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about this. You're being far more pleasant than I would be about not plastering your former boss's brand name all over Google in a highly negative way. My own very slight dealings with him -- even as relayed through your own extremely pleasant and professional hands -- did not leave me with a pleasant taste in my mouth, or with a positive view of him as someone to do business with. I know you've sought legal assistance so I assume you've already covered this ground, but have you considered contacting the Department of Labor in whatever state his company is based? In *my* state, they respond to unpaid wage claims with a very proactive process that (a) gets the former employee paid very quickly and (b) usually socks the former employer with a 100%-of-the-unpaid-amount fine. All they need is something equivalent to timesheets that makes the amount of the wage claim clear, and your records sound 1000% better than the usual "pencil scratches on a cereal box" records they usually deal with. Oh, I’m so sorry to hear about this. You’re being far more pleasant than I would be about not plastering your former boss’s brand name all over Google in a highly negative way.

My own very slight dealings with him — even as relayed through your own extremely pleasant and professional hands — did not leave me with a pleasant taste in my mouth, or with a positive view of him as someone to do business with.

I know you’ve sought legal assistance so I assume you’ve already covered this ground, but have you considered contacting the Department of Labor in whatever state his company is based? In *my* state, they respond to unpaid wage claims with a very proactive process that (a) gets the former employee paid very quickly and (b) usually socks the former employer with a 100%-of-the-unpaid-amount fine. All they need is something equivalent to timesheets that makes the amount of the wage claim clear, and your records sound 1000% better than the usual “pencil scratches on a cereal box” records they usually deal with.

]]> By: MP http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14155 MP Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:15:55 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14155 I understand that you can't tell us who the dishonest company is, but can you tell us clearly who it ISN'T, so we know where it is SAFE (and ethical) to shop? Christmas is cumming, after all! ;-) If you receive a commission, please give us links. I bet we can help you earn $1200 while you're waiting on the courts and/or the deadbeat! Thanks and good luck! I understand that you can’t tell us who the dishonest company is, but can you tell us clearly who it ISN’T, so we know where it is SAFE (and ethical) to shop? Christmas is cumming, after all! ;-)

If you receive a commission, please give us links. I bet we can help you earn $1200 while you’re waiting on the courts and/or the deadbeat!

Thanks and good luck!

]]> By: aag http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14151 aag Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:11:37 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14151 <b> Yes, he literally wrote just that: FU. <shrug> Whaddaya gonna do? :) </shrug></b>

Yes, he literally wrote just that: FU.

Whaddaya gonna do?

:)

]]> By: Gracie http://aagblog.com/2008/10/15/nodnightmarescom-part-three/comment-page-1/#comment-14148 Gracie Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:55:54 +0000 http://aagblog.com/?p=1685#comment-14148 Um, that's supposed to be "there are legal" not as typed. :sigh: Um, that’s supposed to be “there are legal” not as typed. :sigh:

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