Excuses excuses, what non payment stories have you heard or told? Win $20, Sponsored!

[Fergal]

To enter please reply to this thread. A valid entry contains one or all of the following:

• The last excuse that you heard for non-payment of a debt.
• The best excuse you have ever heard for non-payment of a debt.
• Examples of excuses you (your company) have used for non payment.

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[madringo]

The best one I've had is someone refusing to pay for an App I made them because the were "too saddened by the death of Michael Jackson". They were in mourning for two weeks before I extracted my fee from them

[realitybites.in]

The last excuse that you heard for non-payment of a debt

Some one from is family is dead .....
but no one were dead

The best excuse you have ever heard for non-payment of a debt

I have still not received the payment to pay u

Examples of excuses you (your company) have used for non payment.

Till now .....i dint get chance to pay some one

[Jolie]

1) Last excuse I heard for non payment debt was unavailability of funds to be transferred in my account
2) Th best excuse I heard was the person wife withdrew all his money from his account which made him unable to refund my payment. lolzz
3) I used for non payment like please accept my apology for unable to refund your debt as the company is in its shutting down stage.

[dahlia84]

The best reason I ever heard for non-payment of debt

I worked for an online Article Writer and he has to pay me around $150 by end of last month but he did not. The reason he said was the most ridiculous reason I ever heard. It was - "I told you I will pay you through cheque but you wanted me to pay through Paypal. Now I am facing technical problems in creating an account with Paypal. You see... that site is not opening for me." I then asked him to send the cheque as an alternative. Now he says - "I already sent you the cheque to your address. I wonder why you did not receive it yet. Strange!" By now, I figured out that he is trying to scam me and hence asked him to directly deposit into my bank... Let me see what excuse he can come up with. Whatever it may be, I am not leaving. I am determined!

The last excuse I heard for non-payment of debt

One of my friends had to pay his debt back somewhere around last month and fortunately or unfortunately I was in his house that day. There was a call at his mobile from someone for which he asked his wife to pick up and say that he met up with a Car accident and he is hospitalized.

The excuses I (or my company) make actually varies based on the situation and the person I am excusing to. Some of the repetitive execuses I/My company make and that really works are:

• I am on Vacation and will be back after a week. Please expect a delay in my response.
• I have already sent you the cheque. Please check and confirm.
• Recession chucked me out of my Job and I can not afford to pay you now.
• I ran out of cheques. I have applied for it and will issue you once I get it from my bank.
• I am sorry but I lost the invoice. Can you please send me a copy once again?
• One of my close relatives passed away. (I don't use this very often as I am scared what if it really becomes true)
• There is no one to sign the cheque here - As far as I know, my company uses this often.
• Cash flow problems - That is the money allotted for every month (out of which bills are paid) is lesser than the total of the billed amount. Once again, this is one of those problems my company uses as an excuse. They say this and add to it - "Hence, we will pay you next month!"
• We can't really say when it will be paid as the person who can authorize and issue cheques has lately resigned.
• We have received your cheque but with no signature. Please wait till we get back to you
• So, do you want my business or what? I won't scam you. Be patient (Lol I know it's harsh but my company uses this kind of approach to some of it's vendors and sub-contractors who are new to the field)
• We are changing banks. Please bear with us
• Your invoice is in query. You may have to wait!
• At times I hear the people respond as - "We understand your problem. We'll look into it and ring you back". I bet they don't.
• You pay is on the way. Sorry! (I am pretty sure when they say this they would not have even sent the cheque at all)

[skyfire]

• The last excuse that you heard for non-payment of a debt.

"Work is not of good quality" was the excuse heard from last buyer who purchased article from me. Apart from day job, i'm also writer & programmer. I have seen many users from digital point forums outsource work to cheap writers and not pay them by making some excuses. Some of such middle agents write horrible english and are not good at english but instead they talk like donald trumph tone "i'm not happy wth ur wrk,need better qulty". etc. When asked for money for work done so far they come up with excuse of quality. When you take job from digital point forum users make sure that they pay at each step, else they'll simply suck your time and will use you for their work at low pay. Many buyer will deceive you by saying that do this small work as he want you to do long term work, even he'll ask for low charges. Force him to answer your questions about him like who is he, what he do etc. Many people from india, pakistan & Philippines are acting like middle agents and trapping new writers for low pay and when it comes to payment they give vague excuses like "work is not good and etc" and they themselves write this in very poor english. I'm from india and i know there are many such middle agents cheating people by becoming buyer but in fact they're middle agents. Such people are ruining way of new writers and buyers image from specific country.

[ownedbox]

he said i can't pay for strange reason. thats just it.

[sajjad.axe]

1. The last excuse i heard was i am on vacation , now on some island , will pay u when i am back ,

gosh which island on earth does not have internet !!!!!


2.The best reason i heard so far is my house is half merged in water , there was a typhoon , it will take 1-2 weeks to recover ,

i innocently believed that guy , but accidentally i saw on TV that typhoon was going to come in that country !!!

3. Busy !!!! call u back !!1

[joshuachu14]

I can't pay because I have no money, why??Because my wife dead in a car accident and my son was in the hospital because of the accident.After 5 min. there was a kid who saidaddy who is this guy??"...

[junglekid]

The best excuse

This guy owed me (and several other people) affiliate commissions so he came up with a story that he and the whole family were at shock because his younger brother committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. To add more credibility to his story he even gave the bridge's location.

Apparently he never recovered from the shock because I'm still waiting for my money...

The last excuse

This guy scammed hundreds of people with the excuse that his domain registrar's website was hacked and he had his domain name, his website and his Paypal account stolen therefore he couldn't pay anyone.

[muqtada123]

(1). The last excuse that you heard for non-payment of a debt.

Not Last, every time i have been told the same excuse that is "you will receive your money tomorrow" but guess what its been 2 and a half years that tomorrow did not come yet.

(2). The best excuse you have ever heard for non-payment of a debt.

Cust answering phone: Hello, Jason Smith talking...

Mama: Oh, Jason, Hi, it's Joan Smith from Company calling, I was just chasing up some mail we've had returned from yourself, saying your not at the address no longer. Would I be able to have a current address to post the overdue account to?

Jason: Uhh.. sorry... did you say Jason? My names... Jeffrey.... Jeffrey Smith - you must have the wrong number....
then he hung up and switched his phone off!!!!!

(3). Examples of excuses you (your company) have used for non payment.

The best example of an excuse I have ever heard from a customer was a woman explaining why her son shouldn't have to pay his mobile phone bill:

Her: Well, you know... he is eighteen... he didn't really know what he was signing... he didn't know it was a contract... he didn't read it

Me: With all respect, I'm only eighteen myself, and I know to read anything I sign.

Her : Oh, but he's a BOY!

[magician661]

• The last excuse that you heard for non-payment of a debt.

The last excuse that i have heard is there is i problem in my ATM card and i dont have cash at home and tomorrow i am leaving the city for 3 days so sorry bro..!!!!I will give your money after coming back...

• The best excuse you have ever heard for non-payment of a debt.

The best excuse i ever heard is that"bro you know me you also know how boring is my life i dont have any girl friends but yesterday i met a girl online we chatted for 2-3 hours she had given me her cell number so i have to recharge my cell...and i need to buy some cloths,perfumes,and i also should have some money to plan a date with her...so bro can you help me in shopping i will give your money after the date please bro understand this is my first time..and you know this pretty much.

Some other best excuses that i have heard is that....

*My mother is not giving me the money if you want your money than go and have a talk with my mother.

*Oh sorry yesterday by mistake i have broken my neighbour's glass so i have to pay them the cost of the glass so i should pay you next week.

*Look at my pocket i dont know that it is torned i lost my wallet please dont disturb me now i am very upset call you later..

*Hey you dont know last evening when we are coming from a party we have hitted a man on the road police arrested us and taken all the money from us i got badly injured talk to you later...


• Examples of excuses you (your company) have used for non payment.

Actually i am very honest with my work and there is very less chance of me to need a excuse but when i need i generally say that i am not well,there was lot of work at home,festivals are coming and i am busy in that ..

I know these are not professional excuses but as i am a student these are my excuses and sometimes i enjoy them each day comes with more interesting and new excuse..

[noserver]

• The last excuse that you heard for non-payment of a debt.
failure receive income stream to paid!

• The best excuse you have ever heard for non-payment of a debt.
sure , we dont have money yet!

• Examples of excuses you (your company) have used for non payment.
our company is broke !

[chrisdina]

The last excuse that I heard :

She said that she was selling her land to pay her debts, but permission from the government has not come down. and then she promised a new date to be able to pay her debts....

The best excuse :

My grandmother's illness gets worse, so she had to check his health to the doctor. so the money to pay the debt, I use to charge a doctor ... so I apologize for not able to pay my debt today (with a few shed tears).

how I can get angry, if she uses this excuse.

[GekiDan]

The Last Excuse that I have Heard:
"I can't pay you this time since our family have a superstition that it's bad to give or release money by night time. Please come back to me tomorrow morning or afternoon."
(Chinese people have a superstition that when one gives money at night, they will lose lots of money. Or something like that.)

Best excuse that I have heard:
This happens when I have already finished the web design work that I have done to this construction company, which the employer rushes me to do. "Can you go to our branch to get the payment?" But I replied telling him that I can't go to their office since I'm disabled and it's far from our place. I told him that payment can be made via Paypal or bank deposit. He even got my Paypal ID and bank account details. I waited for days.

I'm a beginner back then so I just say yes and patiently waits. I PMed him and he replied, "Don't worry, I'll pay you. But you should wait." I asked why since I have already finished my work. He said, "We are checking your work. Don't worry. I'll pay you in no time." Until we got no communication...

I PM him almost everyday but no reply...

Examples of excuses you (your company) have used for non payment.
1. I just came back from sickness, flu to be exact. And I have spent almost all my money on medication.
2. We just celebrated Holloween.
3. Our internet got off so I can't pay you now. I'll get back to you later.