Charging a company

laszlo_2

I have been charged debatable charges from a company, so in my defense I have billed them for my time and effort in writing letters. Can I do this if I am not a company??


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HappyMJ

laszlo wrote: »

I have been charged debatable charges from a company, so in my defense I have billed them for my time and effort in writing letters. Can I do this if I am not a company??


Thanks

You can try.

If you have warned the company of your intended actions and your rates and then they continue to call you then yes there has been successful cases made against telemarketers before.

Hasbeen

laszlo wrote: »

I have been charged debatable charges from a company, so in my defense I have billed them for my time and effort in writing letters. Can I do this if I am not a company??


Thanks

Yes, you can bill them anything you want. Payment however might be not forthcoming.

:rotfl:

ARandomMiser

I did this a few years back with a large telecoms company and was surprised they paid it .... It took about 3 months and i had totally forgotten about it.

daytona0

laszlo wrote: »

I have been charged debatable charges from a company, so in my defense I have billed them for my time and effort in writing letters. Can I do this if I am not a company??


Thanks

Do you have a legal binding contract which states that company will pay X amount for your "time and effort"?

If not, then you must be seeking [reasonable] recompense for inconvenience. Compensation basically.

The first thing which will be asked (by small claims, which is the place you'll get this resolved) is whether you have mitigated your losses....

So have you:

1. Acted reasonably throughout the whole ordeal?

2. Got a valid point which does not contradict the FAIR (unfair ones are a different matter) terms and conditions which were outlined? (I'm thinking bank charges here, maybe car park charges too when they have signs up). Ie do you have evidence that the terms and conditions were unfair?

3. Been unable to send a completely free email to the company instead of a letter?

4. Been unable to write said letters during a part of your week whereby you have spare time and do not need to take time off work?

Been on the other side of the coin many times here, customers ranting about being paid for their time and effort. Not one has won. Mind you, the funniest was some person who wanted 1k for their time and effort in writing emails. Somehow their time was worth £50 an hour! Barney people.

arcon5

HappyMJ wrote: »

You can try.

If you have warned the company of your intended actions and your rates and then they continue to call you then yes there has been successful cases made against telemarketers before.

If your referring to the case i'm thinking off (cant remember name of company but was well publicised) then the company paid it on receipt of court papers as they was basically sub-contractors and basically told to sort out it! Was never actually ruled on in court