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To try and make a long story short(er):
In spring 2000 we were having problems with Gypsy moths attacking our oak trees. We hired a company to spray the trees and that seemed to help - we paid them for the work and that was fine.
In 2001 the company sprayed our trees again - without us asking them to (we hadn't been in touch since the previous year, and we didn't sign any contract that said this was an annual thing). Of course we refused to pay (since we didn't need the trees spraying that year). There were a few phone calls and eventually I sent a letter in October 2001 stating our position - that we hadn't asked for the 2001 service and we weren't going to pay (and that it was a sleazy trick!). We never heard anything after that so I assumed the matter had been dropped.
However, last week we received a notice from a collection agency demanding payment for the $235 we supposedly owed (from 3.5 years ago). I assume these agencies go to companies, get lists of their aged accounts receivable and offer to split the proceeds with them (zero in my case!).
I'm not concerned that I would lose this case should it ever go to court, but I am concerned about any adverse effect on my credit rating so I want to finish this up once and for all. I am intending to write to the spraying company telling them what they did was illegal (which it appears to be under Ohio law - providing services that weren't asked for) and copying this to the Ohio Attorney General. I will also write to the collection agency setting out the circumstances and asking them to drop any collection efforts.
Does this course of action make sense? Anybody got some better ideas?
Thanks
Rod
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