| User | Thread poster: Joan Berglund Advice wanted on debt collection in Spain |
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Joan Berglund 
United States
 Member (Feb 2008)
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Miguel Garcia Lopez
Spain
Member (Jan 2008)
English to French
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| | Advice wanted on debt collection in Spain | Jun 11 |
Dear Joan,
If the amount is big, and the debtor is located in a big city (Madrid, Barcelona, etc...), you will find a lot of collecting agencies ("agencias de cobro de morosos") visiting Google.com.
It usually work to threat them to pay you in 10 days, before having to leave the invoices to such agencies.
Miguel.
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Elena Robles Sanjuan
Spain
Member (2006)
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Joan, if they are in the Blue Board, threaten them with making an entry with the information related to the unpaid cheque.
It worked for me !
Good luck
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Ralf Lemster
Germany
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Moderator of this forum | | Post a Blue Board entry (plus a new record, if necessary) - don't use the BB as a threat, please | Jun 11 |
Fully agree - do post on the Blue Board (assuming that you fulfil the conditions set out in BB rule no. 2. Still, the BB should not be used as a threat (see BB rule no. 9) - do make your point and assert your stance, though.
Best regards,
Ralf
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Joan Berglund
United States
Member (Feb 2008)
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I sent an email mentioning collection and a Blue Board complaint last night. I didn't get the notice of the returned check until after the close of business in Europe. They emailed today promising to do a wire transfer, but they keep seeming to need one more thing to do it. I'll see how it goes. They are on the Blue Board. At the time I did the job they had a few old slow pay complaints but no no pays, and recent reviews were good. I checked back yesterday and they have a few new slow pays, still no no pays. I think they are more undercapitalized than actively evil and dishonest, but I still need to get paid.
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Elena Robles Sanjuan
Spain
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Ralf Lemster wrote:
Fully agree - do post on the Blue Board (assuming that you fulfil the conditions set out in BB rule no. 2. Still, the BB should not be used as a threat (see BB rule no. 9) - do make your point and assert your stance, though.
Best regards,
Ralf |
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Sorry, I meant "threaten them that you´re going to make an entry in the BB" via e-mail.
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Joan Berglund
United States
Member (Feb 2008)
French to English
| | yes, that's what I thought you meant | Jun 11 |
Elena Robles Sanjuan wrote:
Ralf Lemster wrote:
Fully agree - do post on the Blue Board (assuming that you fulfil the conditions set out in BB rule no. 2. Still, the BB should not be used as a threat (see BB rule no. 9) - do make your point and assert your stance, though.
Best regards,
Ralf |
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Sorry, I meant "threaten them that you´re going to make an entry in the BB" via e-mail. |
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Yes, that's the way I understood it Elena. I was not going to use the BB to threaten them with angry monks or men in plaid skirts (see my article link above) 
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adarve01
Spain
Spanish to English
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Joan Berglund
United States
Member (Feb 2008)
French to English
| | thanks, those links look useful | Jun 12 |
When last heard from, they were promising to make a wire transfer "shortly". That was two days ago. I think their idea of shortly may differ from mine. I suppose I should put a time limit before I put it in collection - maybe the end of nex week? does that sound reasonable? I really want to say tomorrow - or yesterday - but I want to be realistic.
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Tomás Cano Binder
Spain
Member (2005)
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| | What happened, and who are they? | Jun 26 |
Joan, can you update us all on what happened in the end? Did they pay? And if they did not, who are they so that we don't fall in the trap? Thanks!
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Joan Berglund
United States
Member (Feb 2008)
French to English
| | they did finally pay | Jun 26 |
Tomás Cano Binder wrote:
Joan, can you update us all on what happened in the end? Did they pay? And if they did not, who are they so that we don't fall in the trap? Thanks! |
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They did make good just a couple days ago. And then they sent me another job! I was a little taken aback - needless to say I didn't accept. I am not sure what to put on the board since they paid. I don't want to be too negative, but I don't recommend doing business with them. At the moment I am taking our mothers' advice on what to say when you haven't got anything nice to say, but that is probably a cop out. Any advice?
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Ralf Lemster
Germany
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Moderator of this forum | | No discussion of specific outsourcers in the forum, please | Jun 26 |
Tomás,
| And if they did not, who are they so that we don't fall in the trap? Thanks! |
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That's what the Blue Board is for - thanks for observing forum rule no. 8 .
Best regards,
Ralf
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Ralf Lemster
Germany
Member (2003)
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Hi Joan,
They did make good just a couple days ago. And then they sent me another job! I was a little taken aback - needless to say I didn't accept. I am not sure what to put on the board since they paid. I don't want to be too negative, but I don't recommend doing business with them. |
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So your likelihood of working again for them is low - and that's what you should show in the Blue Board.
Best, Ralf
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