‘I've caused more damage than the money he owes’: Business owner gets back at client for refusing to pay by spamming him with calls and scam emails for years

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Aug 19, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Every business owner had to deal at least once in their career with clients who disappeared without paying for the service they got. Some cases end with a happy ending, with the owner managing to find the client and get them to pay, but other cases remain unsolved, which means the owner never receives the money they were owed.

This leads some business owners to find other ways to get back their money's worth, even if it means unleashing their most petty selves. Much like the owner in this Reddit story. This owner runs a small B&B, and tells the story of a client who disagreed without paying anything and after staying there for 6 days. Luckily, the owner had enough information on the guy, including his phone number. So after failing to get the money he was owed, the owner decided to get payback by spamming and scamming the guy as much as he could. This includes calling him in the middle of the night, leaving bad reviews on his own business, and messaging his friends calling him a thief. 

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    Client didn't pay me... So I made his life
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    I once had a new client not pay me, I opened my business three months prior and I was struggling. I needed the money and agreed to take payment on the Friday as
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    they needed to add me on the system. I had a small B&B and he had a contract in the area, dinner bed and breakfast for a bunch of people for 6 days... And then they
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    left in the middle of the night, I tried getting the money from him for 6 months... This was just after my dad passed and I had to take care of my mom, it was also two
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    months before my wedding. The result was that I couldn't pay a few bills and I had to loan money. It took me years to pay it off because we were struggling.
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    The following eight years I would call him on private number in the middle of the night, I set alarms and call him to wake him or when I'd wake up to p◆ I'd call him until he disconnected his number.
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    I registered his number and email on every spam, scam and p❤ website I could find. I wrote bad reviews using his full name and business all over the
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    internet until I heard it closed down. Commented that he's a thief of every Facebook image he uploaded until he made his profile private. When that happened I
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    would message his friends that he stole from me. I messaged every one of them. His business was in another city and I googled the area and call all his neighbors and tell them he sells dos out of his shop.
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    I'm pretty sure I've caused him more damage than the money he still ows me. Now my business is established and I make good money but I will never forget the dude that kicked me when I was at my lowest point.
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    AxlNoir25 23h ago I'm surprised (and happy!) he never found out it was you. He must have s d over quite a few folks if he can't even pinpoint which enemy he had made so ped off was doing it.
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    now_you_see • 20h ago You should start a new business, people would pay good money for you to do all of that stuff to people that have sed them over - I know I would lol.
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    AwarenessPrimary7... OP 1d ago Not a bad idea, I am very good at it after 12 years in the accommodation business. Had a dude move into a chalet and I found out that he dealt
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    d in town, didn't threaten him. All I did was take the front door because "the lock was broken" and stopped my vehicle with a dash cam infront of the chalet. He left soon after.
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    Kayslay8911 1d ago You can probably find his new number with a Google search □ maybe a new work email? Spam the scammer
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    D AwarenessPrimary7680 OP 1d ago I search his details once a month
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    Samarkand457 • 19h ago Nice to have a hobby, huh?
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    AwarenessPrimary7680 OP • 19h ago This wasn't a hobby, this was a place to put my rage.
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    00 Western_Accident6131 • 1d ago Mom nom nom, let the but hurt flow through you. As long as it brought you joy at some point.
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    • AwarenessPrimary... OP 22h ago He'd freak out at me when I called in the middle of the night. Always cheered me up.
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