Dear xxxx
RE: Unpaid invoice DM/NAGNT/85/08 - Notice of intended court proceedings
Further to my recent email dated 17th Jan 2014, and our subsequent telephone conversation of 21st Jan 2014 at 11.44am, I write regarding the outstanding amount of £150 in reference to the above named invoice and the service of disco entertainment for your son’s birthday on 29th November 2013.
I am disappointed to learn from our telephone conversation that you have deliberately withheld payment for the disco entertainment that I provided for your son, xxx and his friends to celebrate his 11th Birthday. Moreover, I am certain that William and his friends had a great time, which was cemented by the fact that xxx and some of his friends thanked me for the evening and stated that they enjoyed themselves. In addition, I might point out that at least once during the party and again at the end I checked with you to make sure you were happy with everything (something I do with every function I attend), to which you responded that everything was fine.
Although I wanted to avoid taking the strong approach, I do feel that I have to point out the following factual elements of this situation.
- You entered a contract with Disco Magic to provide the service of entertainment for your son’s birthday party in exchange for the fee of £150.
- The contract was fulfilled by myself on 29th Nov 2013.
- You paid by cheque on the night of the event, which was subsequently stopped for the reason of stolen cheque (as advised by your bank - Santander).
- I have attempted to contact you twice as detailed in the opening paragraph of this letter. I received no response to my first email, and the telephone call was cut very short with a promise that you would ring back in two minutes. I never received such a phone call.
- I have received no complaints from yourself or any third party in reference to the service provided, other than your allegation made yesterday, to which I highly disagree
In my opinion, you have deliberately made payment by cheque which you had either already stopped or intended to stop. Again in my opinion this is tantamount to fraud and deception.
I formally request payment the outstanding amount of £150 to be paid into my bank account within 7 days. If I don’t receive the funds within the required timeframe, I shall be forced to issue court proceedings against you. This could lead to a CCJ filed against you as well as you having to pay more than the original amount.
Bank Account: xxxxxxxx
Sort Code: xx-xx-xx
I hope that we can bring this matter to a close, and I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours sincerely
Ralph Heijmer Disco Magic