pursuing an "admitted" debt

[big hair]

Someone owes me money - they basically sold some of my stuff on ebay for me but then kept the money. They have admitted they owe me the money but now refuse to return calls/texts etc.

Would copies of texts from the person admitting they owed me the money be enough to pursue through the small claims courts?

[big hair]

I'm confident if enforced then there would be a good chance of reclaiming the money from "possessions" etc - the value is around £600.

I was just wondering if a few texts admitting the debt and saying they will pay at a future date is suffice?

[big hair]

thanks

I'm hoping that "You can have your money when I've got it" should be ok!

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hora said:

Look at the settings on your phone. Mine deletes texts after a set time/they disapear.

I've taken screen shots of the messages as proof

[big hair]

The debt is £600 so I presume I add the court costs to this and escalate it straight to the high court?

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catman said:

I'm constantly amazed at the amount of people posting here, who have been shafted by "friends" and Family.

It's bloody depressing that there are so many aholes who see nothing wrong in keeping something that isn't theirs.

What do they mean by "you'll get paid when I have the money?" It was never theirs to spend in the first place?

Tim

sadly agree!

I might do the statutory demand but thought it had to be over £750 in order to do that?

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Soov535 said:

Does interest push it over?

no sadly not, it's been around 12 months so would only put it up to £648

[big hair]

well I have details of the ebay auction and unless she can prove she can play the guitar then I'm not sure she could!

However I want to rule out all possible chances of it failing so good call, I'm not certain it could be proved 100%

[big hair]

not got a screenshot but have the ebay auction number which I suppose could be used to get the details if needed. I also have copies of the emails between myself and the buyer when they were asking questions about the item