treeman82
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So I was working for a customer in CT about a month ago. It takes me roughly 40 min to get to her house. While working there one of her neighbors came up to me and asked me if I could take a branch off this one oak tree which was over the driveway. I told him no problem, $100. He was fine with that. End of the day rolls around, I didn't have it in me to take off the 1 branch. I go over and tell the guy, "I'm sorry but I can't do the job today, would it be alright if I come by during the week and take care of it?" He was fine with that and said to just leave a bill and he will get the check out to me "right away." I went out the following Wednesday and took care of the branch... had a bill with me already made out. The lady I had worked for the prior weekend stopped by and handed me a check for the work I had done at her house. We started talking, and I gave her the bill for the customer because she was going to see him down at the bus stop.
It's now 3 weeks later and I have yet to recieve a check from this guy. I didn't write down his address, because I was going to bring a bill with me for the 1 branch, and I knew where I had to go. I asked my other customer last week if she had given the bill to the guy and she responded that in fact she had.
What would be the best course of action for me to take? I'd just as soon run out on a Saturday and demand my money, but with the price of gas these days... it's not worth it for $100 I have to be out there again in about a week, but I am working 20 min past there and can't afford to lose the hour that it would take to get the money. I also don't want to ask my customer for the guy's address... because I don't want her to get the notion that "Hey this guy didn't pay my buddy Matt." (She looks out for me like that.)
It's now 3 weeks later and I have yet to recieve a check from this guy. I didn't write down his address, because I was going to bring a bill with me for the 1 branch, and I knew where I had to go. I asked my other customer last week if she had given the bill to the guy and she responded that in fact she had.
What would be the best course of action for me to take? I'd just as soon run out on a Saturday and demand my money, but with the price of gas these days... it's not worth it for $100 I have to be out there again in about a week, but I am working 20 min past there and can't afford to lose the hour that it would take to get the money. I also don't want to ask my customer for the guy's address... because I don't want her to get the notion that "Hey this guy didn't pay my buddy Matt." (She looks out for me like that.)