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A lawyer starts a letter writing process which stretches for months. You will win in the end but it will cost you a lot. With Apples ToS you can't really do muc
by invalidname 4y ago
A lawyer starts a letter writing process which stretches for months. You will win in the end but it will cost you a lot. With Apples ToS you can't really do much, they are very well protected and the costs would be prohibitive.
From my experience, there are many cases where involving a lawyer makes a hard problem much harder.
- otterley 4y agoCan you provide examples of such cases from your experience?
- invalidname 4y agoA customer wouldn't pay for our outsourcing work so we left where there was still a significant debt. Contacted a lawyer who took a fee up front. Multiple letters, meetings, etc. Went to initial hearing where the judge was very much on our side and derided their people. Then the lawyer explained that we would win but with appeal this will take 3 years. Or we can settle for 1/3rd of what was owed to me. The stress in the court room isn't for me. I settled and took the loss. Add the lawyer fees, time wasted and stress. Not worth the effort in that case.
- otterley 4y agoAre you saying you lost money by contacting a lawyer? The settlement didn't cover your legal expenses?
- invalidname 4y agoIt did. I got a 3rd of what I was owed overall. It included a bit for lawyer expenses but the lawyer took extra from my share for "success" and obviously there's the advance I paid him in the first place. So I did get a bit of money but if you take my time into consideration... Not worth the expense. I had another problematic customer a few years later and I just stopped it after the letter writing process. Not worth the aggravation. Luckily these are two very rare occasions. I pick and choose my customers since then.