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Being cheated
I have a tuition agency and recently I have been unable to recover $500 of commission fees from one of my tutors.
She will not answer my calls/sms and when I use other numbers to call, she hang up upon hearing my voice.
I'm quite lost over here, is there any place/body I can go to?
One that protects businesses perhaps?
She will not answer my calls/sms and when I use other numbers to call, she hang up upon hearing my voice.
I'm quite lost over here, is there any place/body I can go to?
One that protects businesses perhaps?
The world is my computer in which I play my games.
Re: Being cheated
Just get a lawyer to send her a letter, if its not paid within a reasonable time, interest will be added and she will be taken to the small claims tribunal to recover the debt. Providing you have them on contract it shouldn't be too difficult.ladyvampire wrote:I have a tuition agency and recently I have been unable to recover $500 of commission fees from one of my tutors.
She will not answer my calls/sms and when I use other numbers to call, she hang up upon hearing my voice.
I'm quite lost over here, is there any place/body I can go to?
One that protects businesses perhaps?
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Re: Being cheated
ksl wrote:Just get a lawyer to send her a letter, if its not paid within a reasonable time, interest will be added and she will be taken to the small claims tribunal to recover the debt. Providing you have them on contract it shouldn't be too difficult.ladyvampire wrote:I have a tuition agency and recently I have been unable to recover $500 of commission fees from one of my tutors.
She will not answer my calls/sms and when I use other numbers to call, she hang up upon hearing my voice.
I'm quite lost over here, is there any place/body I can go to?
One that protects businesses perhaps?
Would the cost be worth it? Getting the lawyer and stuff?
The world is my computer in which I play my games.
http://app.subcourts.gov.sg/sct/page.aspx?pageid=3948
The link above is to the Singapore small claims tribunal court.. process is pretty simple to get started & costs $10.00 from what I can tell. My understanding is that small claims tribunal court is easy to go through without needing to hire a lawyer.
The link above is to the Singapore small claims tribunal court.. process is pretty simple to get started & costs $10.00 from what I can tell. My understanding is that small claims tribunal court is easy to go through without needing to hire a lawyer.
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Actually, you cannot use a lawyer at the SCT. If you bring one, they cannot say anything at all but just observe. (Unless it's changed in the past 4 years).
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
That's quite true, though a letter may just be enough to get the message over if it is prepared how it should be, with failure to clear the debit within a reasonable time limit. 50 to 80$ for a lawyers letter.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Actually, you cannot use a lawyer at the SCT. If you bring one, they cannot say anything at all but just observe. (Unless it's changed in the past 4 years).
If the person doesn't pay within the time period stated by the letter, then the tribunal would be the next step! It wouldn't surprise me if the letters are not standard templates! So it's done within 3 minutes.
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When's the last time you got a lawyer's standard letter done? We did some earlier this year and they're around $150 a whack now! 

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers
Ouch! Surely you can pass the charge on, to the debitor? Yes I should say a solicitor is much cheaper, one doesn't really need a lawyer!sundaymorningstaple wrote:When's the last time you got a lawyer's standard letter done? We did some earlier this year and they're around $150 a whack now!
Better to have our own templates and official chop then

As far as I know for a regular court case you need a separate case to claim legal expenses. Do not expect to be different for SCT. This really sucks. And I doubt you can have here any compensation just for the waste of your time.ksl wrote:Ouch! Surely you can pass the charge on, to the debitor?sundaymorningstaple wrote:When's the last time you got a lawyer's standard letter done? We did some earlier this year and they're around $150 a whack now!
A biz lesson
- always pay in arrears this will be lesson 101
no nd for contract even verbal agreements are valid if reasonable
Health is wealth
i would say treat it as a lesson learnt, don't waste your time with trying to get the $500 back. its pointless to go to anywhere to recover this amount of money. spend your time earning more money rather than mulling over this $500. i know it is money but i am sure if you put your effort into earning, you should be able to earn back. i have been to SCT, engaged lawyers, got debt collectors for sums ranging from a few thousand to even 14k. you go SCT if the tutor do not turn up, the judge will rule in your favor. but if she cant pay, are you going to pay the fees for a baliff to go watch u go to the person's house to recover anything from here property, that is if she has a property. the process of finding all the information and the time wasted to go to court and then waiting and waiting is pointless. Really, my personal opinion is to move on. you will find and earn more money if you spent the amount of time on work rather than go after this irresponsible tutor. send her a message asking her to keep it and wait for her turn when someone do the same to her. y avoid a person just because of a meagre $500? that person herself is really mad. cheer up, move on, there are opportunities waiting for you 

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