Comments on: A Special Message to My Deadbeat Ex-Housemate

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Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:23:54 +0000

[...] story reminds me of my own third-roommate situation from a little while back. My deadbeat ex-housemate, who left in December 2001, still owes me a few thousand dollars for rent, [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:27:00 +0000

You might be surprised. The deadbeat ex housemate didn’t show up to give his presentation at RailsConf 2007, and Accordian Guy was able to give the best slam ever! It’s the slam that brought me here. And THAT is the power of Google juice.

Dude, I wonder if he skipped to avoid paying you!?!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:07:00 +0000

I believe that the idea here was that whoever was to do a search on the individual’s actual NAME, then that person would get to see about him having been a deadbeat ex-housmate. So, again, it’s the man’s name that’s being searched, by people who already know him and to whom this not-so-nice info about him would matter!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:33:00 +0000

Harsh, but it appears necessary, man. $6k is a lot of moola to forgive. I’m damned sure I couldn’t. I suppose it’s cold comfort to realize it’s highly unlikely that you’re the only one he owes major dough. If he’s anything like a couple people I know, he’s prolly out of the country as a way to duck bills as much as to earn a living.

Is it too late to ask how in the world you let this guy run up $6k on you in the first place? The first couple grand didn’t trigger somethin? Ahh, youth.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:06:00 +0000

If he’s anywhere in the Bay Area, just let me know, and I’ll take care of it for you, Joey.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:46:00 +0000

ROTFL!

Next week, I’m gonna use the same technique to get my wife to put out

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:17:00 +0000

About $6,000.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:34:00 +0000

how much does he owe you again?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:18:00 +0000

I agree that putting the persons name in the post and even more importantly in the title would help out much better.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:48:00 +0000

and depending on which jurisdiction he’s in, you may be able to enforce your Ontario judgment in that state if they have a reciprocal enforcement of judgments statute similar to ours (eg. Ontario judgment may be enforceable in another state if said state is a signatory). I think I recently read a case about a US state judgment being enforceable in Ontario. Later, N

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:39:00 +0000

file the claim, get the judgment, then get a garnishment order, if you know which US bank he deals with, you may be able to garnish the Canadian office of that bank (ie. Citibank, Bank of America, etc.) to get yer $$. Plus, you can maintain the judgment for 20years & enforce it if he ever returns to Canada or ever has assets in Canada in the future, plus interest.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:44:00 +0000

Might I suggest a little special display at Shmoocon? He’s apparently a member of the group. A public shaming (among his security peers) may be in order. It’s a little ways off but you might get maximal bang for the buck.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:34:00 +0000

Probably not: the power of the repetition is more psychological than technological.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:33:00 +0000

He’s in the U.S.. A “blogslap” is probably the my last best shot at getting the cashola.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:04:00 +0000

Does repeating the same link on the same page actually have a greater effect than a single link? That would surprise me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:23:00 +0000

Joey,

s.24(5) of the new Limitations Act reads: If the claim was discovered before the effective date (of Jan. 1, 2004), the former limitation period (before this new law in 2004) applies.

Arguably, the former 6 yr. period applies here. You’ve got 1 yr., more or less, to file your Statment of Claim Small Claims Court. File the claim, get judgment & then garnish him at work, at his bank until you get paid. Even if he’s a deadbeat. There’s my pro bono work for the day.

With sweet sentiments always,

Nick, your asshole friend

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:00:00 +0000

Putting his name in the post is certainly more effective but might leave you open to a libel charge unless you have the paperwork to prove he’s in arrears.

The bad news is that your legal remedy for the phone bill is likely exhausted as the Limitations Act, 2002 specifies that you have two years from date of discovery to initiate an action. The limitation for rent is generally longer (six years from date of discovery, I think, under the Real Property Limitations Act, 1990). Take all this with a small grain of salt, as I am not a lawyer so you should check this all out with someone trained and licensed in the craft.

Good luck on recovery, though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:36:00 +0000

How many people who will potentially interact with him will search for that phrase? Why not instead have his full name in the title of this post, so that people searching for it (i.e. people who have dealings with him) will see your story?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:35:00 +0000

And Joey is MUCH nicer than I am.

— The Wife.