Re: To the friendly folks at BOINKS

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"I brive a dus" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mar 2, 12:20 pm, "Roland Moore" <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Big companies like that will simply blame this all on some paperwork
>> error
>> on your part. Most insist on pointing to some obscure (very recent)
>> "policy
>> change" that YOU didn't comply with in your billing paperwork you
>> submitted
>> to them. I really hate new construction jobs where you think you're
>> dealing
>> with the end user (and you are actually) but all the paperwork for
>> payment
>> gets submitted to the (some big regional or national) general contractor
>> for
>> payment. Sometime it takes up to 2.5 years (the record for us so far) to
>> get
>> the paperwork just right so you can get paid. How many vendors just give
>> up
>> (or go out of business) before that? Plenty I bet. It is just another way
>> to
>> generate a profit for the big boys. As for any attorneys being upset by
>> you
>> bringing a case against them, I think not. It is just a another pay day
>> for
>> them. As for "BOINKS" as well as the other biggies, once you file a suit
>> them both sides try to settle for pennies on the dollar and you probably
>> won't get any more work from that general contractor (or "BOINKS"). Not
>> that
>> you'd want any new business with idiots like this, but when you get into
>> big
>> projects, sometimes you end up in a shotgun wedding with these guys.
>>
>> "I brive a dus" <alarminst...@xxxxxxx> wrote in
>> messagenews:0d95a9ad-9892-4561-8b4b-18c2450f6708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> > Since you're visiting this group with great frequency please allow me
>> > to inform you that the reason we terminated your relationship with our
>> > company some 18 months ago is because you refused to pay for service
>> > calls, charged us back on accounts you never purchased, placed
>> > customers on accounts not owned by you into collections, and stiffed
>> > us on installations we completed for your national accounts.
>> > In total we estimate you neglected to pay us in excess of $100,000.00.
>> > With the Boinks policy being such as to file lawsuits against
>> > companies that allegedly caused you financial harm we find it only
>> > fitting that we follow your example and file suit against you.
>> > Since the stipulations in your dealer agreement only pertain to
>> > dealers we felt it best suited us to bring this action against your
>> > company in a jurisdiction local to us, rather than your request that
>> > actions be taken in Irving, TX.
>> > Now we can appreciate the concern you might have over litigation
>> > taking place in our backyard, in front of a local jury, and decisions
>> > made by local judges, but let us assure you that we would never use
>> > that to our benefit like you would do if this took place in Irving.
>> > We have also come to the decision that it is only fair to keep the
>> > local newspapers and broadcast news stations apprised of the
>> > situation, so immediately following the filing of our suit we will
>> > offer a press release stating our actions, and what brought us to file
>> > suit.
>> > Furthermore, since the equipment used for said service calls, and
>> > national installations was purchased by our company, it remains our
>> > property and we will be placing liens on those accounts until such
>> > time as we have been reimbursed our expenses.
>> > So please pass this on to your legal department, and have them take a
>> > gander at what awaits, but then again they are probably too busy
>> > picking fights with tiny alarm company owners that offer downloading
>> > services and technical manuals. <
>
> Big companies can pass blame anyway they wish but it doesn't change
> the laws of the land, and their excuses hold no water in this neck of
> the woods.
> Our attorneys are supremely confident that the outcome will not be one
> that Boinks will enjoy.

Now they are going to really need to collect from "that other guy" so they
can afford to pay you.  I hear he has been strock piling coconuts in the
unlikely event that he actually has to pay them.