"advise is worth what you pay for it..."[not my spelling] i can't help seeing the irony there unclejeff so i figure it was intended. good one.
here's some more advice but mine is worth the paper it's printed on:
uncleJ, i would imagine the amount in question would put slappy in small claims court, not in front of a jury. check for denver slaphappy.
if slappappy wants justice slapdaddy should allow himself to be sued and try to figure out a way to have his roommate listed on the complaint. Slapme can even ask for this during the small claims case and it's likely you'll be granted the request and have to come back at a later date. the judge will almost certainly rule in your favor: Ryan is responsible for his share of the rent. the judge will not (and i believe can't) award judgment for one amount against two people (unless you're married to him, slap.) if ryan is there or on the complaint and not present then the only person to award against will be ryan. make sure you can prove what your share of the rent is and that you paid it with months of backup.
if the landlord 'ruins' you credit after that judgment you can sue the living dung heap out of him. in fact...you can probably sue him right now (or very soon) if he threatened to ruin your credit or sue and you can prove he isn't planning on following through within two months (dont know the specific time window but there's a law for this)...or if he doesn't ultimately follow through with the threat. creditors can't make these threats of ruining your credit or threats to file lawsuits if they don't intend (or ultimately don't) follow through. get a good book on the subject of creditors. there's a national law for collections with some very simple to understand rules that are constantly being broken by these guys...i don't know what it's called.
Keep all the letters they send you, smack. they sound like they're full of abuses of the creditor's code. in fact, if there are abuses you can file a counter suit and have your case tried immediately after the judge listens to their case. if nothing else your filing might make them rethink going to court.
the best advice (worth at least five times what you're paying for it) would be to just pay the bill like you're planning on doing, cut off contact with ryan, stick around audiogon reading crap like this because it's amusing not because you have a stereo with pressing questions and consider the whole incident a good lesson. i've paid for my share of those lsesons...we all have.
Kublakhan out yo
here's some more advice but mine is worth the paper it's printed on:
uncleJ, i would imagine the amount in question would put slappy in small claims court, not in front of a jury. check for denver slaphappy.
if slappappy wants justice slapdaddy should allow himself to be sued and try to figure out a way to have his roommate listed on the complaint. Slapme can even ask for this during the small claims case and it's likely you'll be granted the request and have to come back at a later date. the judge will almost certainly rule in your favor: Ryan is responsible for his share of the rent. the judge will not (and i believe can't) award judgment for one amount against two people (unless you're married to him, slap.) if ryan is there or on the complaint and not present then the only person to award against will be ryan. make sure you can prove what your share of the rent is and that you paid it with months of backup.
if the landlord 'ruins' you credit after that judgment you can sue the living dung heap out of him. in fact...you can probably sue him right now (or very soon) if he threatened to ruin your credit or sue and you can prove he isn't planning on following through within two months (dont know the specific time window but there's a law for this)...or if he doesn't ultimately follow through with the threat. creditors can't make these threats of ruining your credit or threats to file lawsuits if they don't intend (or ultimately don't) follow through. get a good book on the subject of creditors. there's a national law for collections with some very simple to understand rules that are constantly being broken by these guys...i don't know what it's called.
Keep all the letters they send you, smack. they sound like they're full of abuses of the creditor's code. in fact, if there are abuses you can file a counter suit and have your case tried immediately after the judge listens to their case. if nothing else your filing might make them rethink going to court.
the best advice (worth at least five times what you're paying for it) would be to just pay the bill like you're planning on doing, cut off contact with ryan, stick around audiogon reading crap like this because it's amusing not because you have a stereo with pressing questions and consider the whole incident a good lesson. i've paid for my share of those lsesons...we all have.
Kublakhan out yo