Originally Posted by
Chuck Stone
I had a non payment issue with someone and was getting nowhere with them, and BBB was useless.
I finally posted something on Facebook, making sure they got tagged. Lots of friends piled on (they
knew the situation) and started really doing it up. Very shortly, the owner made an appearance in the
thread asking me to email him. (He still didn't do anything, but it got his attention) So after another
week of non-response and no payment, I filed a complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General's office.
That got someone's attention. Within an hour the old Paypal invoices started getting paid.
The AG's office wasn't going to take any legal action on my behalf, I'm not even sure if they could. But
if they call you, it must be like looking down the barrel of a pretty large gun. Especially if you're doing this
to many of your other vendors. In this case, they had stopped paying everyone, holding out for a sale of
the business. Not sure if it had anything to do with complaints, but that sale fell through.
I wonder if a rapid string of complaints filed against the same company in a short time would get
someone's attention at the AG's office..