I didn't pay that bill because...

Excuses 21-40

21) I have better things to do than pay my debts.

22) I'm Pregnant and Out of a job because My Employer decided for me to not work anymore.

23) I Forgot!

24) I'm a LITIGATION Partner at a 10 plus attorney firm and before I'D be done counter suing you and tying up you and your business up with expensive and time consuming litigation, alleging violations on your part of the FDCPA, FCRA, TIL, ADA, TITLE VII VIOLATIONS, UCC ARTICLES TWO, THREE AND NINE CAUSES OF ACTION ETC, I WOULDN'T LET YOU OFF THE HOOK FOR LESS THAN A GOOD 25,000 - 50,000 settlement which you'd pay me!! And THAT'S ASSUMING I REALLY OWED YOU EVERY PENNY YOU CLAIMED TO BE DUE and had no meritorious defenses whatsoever.

25) Child support has put a lien on my pending personal injury case settlement. (debtor wasn't sure if the child is his).

26) You continued to sell me merchandise even after some invoices were past due. Therefore, since you sold us goods while we were already past our terms, we don't owe you for anything we bought after the original invoice was past due!

27) I had someone tell me they lost their job AND their husband lost HIS job and that both their kids had to have braces and that they were divorcing just to get insurance through Medicaid.

28) I would love to pay the bill, but I don't want to!

29) You want money? Yeah and the people in hell want ice water too.

30) I don't have any money!

31) My kid used it for toilet paper because we were out, and he flushed it. Now I have to use the money to buy a plunger.

32) My mother's check bounced how can I pay you I have no money!!!!

33) Your looking for my father he died a year ago.

34) Patient stated that they had a case of "Hardship" and could not pay their medical bill. The bill was for $136.00, the patient was properly diagnosed and treated. The reason for hardship was because this individual had an income of 600.00 per month. Expenses came to 500.00 per month. The individual had an outstanding lawyer fee of $1,500.00 therefore, did not have the "recourses" to pay the medical fee that saved her life.

35) That's my wife's bill, and she no longer lives here.

36) Didn't I already send that in?

37) I just sent that bill out with the morning mail.. Isn't your address 1313 Mockingbird Lane, New York, New Jersey, France? Sorry I'll get you a new check as soon as the other one is returned.

38) I'm positive I signed it!

39) My brother-in-law was supposed to loan me the money but didn't. He didn't tell me he didn't have it until the day the check was cashed. My half of the money was in the bank. His half bounced.

40) The man that came to my door wrote me a receipt for it and now he doesn't work for you any more.

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