Is it better to be loved or feared?
                                                A pirate friend of mine,
having seen the errors of his youth  went the correct way to get dead beats
to pay up.
 small claims, court lawyer, letter trail.,phone calls,
 $500 into the hole  he gave up and wrote it off
He ....then went out of town on a job for some months and the dead beat
(roofer)  had a fire in his new truck and a change of heart .He began paying.
I  am not sure the parable is to this tale;
however another tactic is the screaming woman in the office tactic a good
argumentative wife with child in tow works;
 however a substitute wife with child in tow also works (providing there is
an office) Wife and child refuse to leave without compensation or partial
payment if he gives you a worthless check you got him  .
Talk to any slum landlord how they get tenants to pony up; the problem is you
have to get down into the dirt with em ........best of luck and get it in
writing PYRATE.

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