I guess there was a verbal contract, so yes it would be Contract Law.

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Oct 2, 2013
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TheHop

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What do you do with a deadbeat neighbor?

kccougar

10/2/13 9:38am

Isn't that a song? "What do you do with a deadbeat neighbor?"

Choke

10/2/13 9:40am

Don't do anything for her

cornkd

10/2/13 9:40am

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Buffalo

10/2/13 9:41am

Stop mowing. Keep bringing invoices.

HansMoleman

10/2/13 9:41am

Stop all work there. Simple enough. She can mow her own freaking lawn.

PhilPete

10/2/13 9:41am

Past experience tells me she won't. She and her husband are renting the house.

kccougar

10/2/13 9:42am

Use your local code enforcer if your city has codes that address cleanliness

PhilPete

10/2/13 9:44am

I think landlords are crazy for letting their tenants

oohYeah

10/2/13 9:48am

I think I would tell the lady that the boys are no longer willing to give her an

cougarfan2207

10/2/13 9:42am

First - stop doing the work. Second - Small claims court.

jefurse

10/2/13 9:42am

If you wanted be a big jerk about it, you could serve her the day before she

scall

10/2/13 10:11am

RE: What do you do with a deadbeat neighbor?

kat

10/2/13 9:43am

The neighbor is not indigent.

kccougar

10/2/13 9:49am

right, she's going on a month long vacation

oohYeah

10/2/13 9:51am

Why do the checks keep bouncing?

Dread Pirate Westley

10/2/13 10:05am

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Mall Santa

10/2/13 9:43am

and stab her.

riboflavin

10/2/13 9:45am

RE: and stab her.

flavordave

10/2/13 9:49am

or dump gasoline on it while she is gone.

The Cabman

10/2/13 9:45am

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Mall Santa

10/2/13 9:46am

Time the kids learned a lesson in Tort law.

TheHop

10/2/13 9:44am

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Mall Santa

10/2/13 9:45am

#creepysanta

sethfan

10/2/13 10:36am

Uh, you mean contract based law?

scall

10/2/13 10:09am

I guess there was a verbal contract, so yes it would be Contract Law.

TheHop

10/2/13 10:23am

No offense, but you need to teach your boys to be better businessmen...

cougar247

10/2/13 9:44am

I don't have anything to do with it.

kccougar

10/2/13 9:50am

You mentioned your wife talked to her...

cougar247

10/2/13 10:13am

No. We try to leave it completely between our boys and our neighbor

kccougar

10/2/13 10:23am

This is the answer...use this as an opportunity to teach your kids a bit.

jholling

10/2/13 10:55am

Honestly if your boys are cool with continuing to mow and continuing to present

squirrelyearl

10/2/13 9:45am

just stop mowing, I am sure she is trying to get as many free mows as possible

mike2744

10/2/13 9:45am

Tell her she doesn't want a visit from the Salamanca twins

BigYfan

10/2/13 9:46am

Is there a specific brand of sweetener she uses?

CougarHut

10/2/13 9:48am

Take them a nice tray of Ex-lax brownies before they leave on vacation.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/2/13 9:49am

Who does that to a couple neighbor boys? A scumbag, that's who.

Texas Hammer

10/2/13 9:48am

consider it service she is obviously in a bad spot

guymandude

10/2/13 9:50am

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Mall Santa

10/2/13 9:51am

Maybe its not a real vacation ... "rehab"?

guymandude

10/2/13 9:52am

The bad spot right between monthly weekends at The Homestead, 2x weekly golf,

kccougar

10/2/13 9:55am

Get an iphone credit card reader and ask her for payment that way

guymandude

10/2/13 9:59am

Uhhhh no.

Jeff Spicoli

10/2/13 10:44am

I didnt read the message entirely ... I thought it was some poor old widow

guymandude

10/2/13 10:50am

I think the answer is to pay your kids from your money, and then pay

QBarrister

10/2/13 9:52am

47%

QBarrister

10/2/13 9:53am

RE: What do you do with a deadbeat neighbor?

Davidk

10/2/13 10:00am

Burglarize her house while she is on vacation. Pawn her valuables to pay the

BE-WHY-YOU

10/2/13 10:03am

Have them mow the lawn until she returns from vacation

JOPE

10/2/13 10:16am

and change the color of the invoice to pink that says (Last Notice)

jholling

10/2/13 10:58am

Side note: if you're the meat in a crazy sandwich, doesn't that make you the

Illegal Jimmergrant

10/2/13 10:38am

This story really ticks me off. Here's what I'd do.

blackandblue

10/2/13 10:56am

I think she's either in cc debt and doesn't have enough in her checking and/or

YnotU

10/2/13 12:29pm

Debit Bad Debt Expense, Credit Allowace for Doubtful Accounts

Y Mountain

10/2/13 12:56pm

So you think these boys use accrual basis accounting?

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