How does a $20 pizza end up costing $743.85 ??

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RedRooster

RedRooster

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Is this common for people to have so little money that they bounce cheques for 20 dollar items? I can't imagine that level of poverty.
 
waggy

waggy

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hey nothing against writing a check
i still do for: mortgage, car loan (ack first car loan in 5 years..i hate it!), ok thats it.

heh
 
xanis

xanis

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waggy said:
hey nothing against writing a check
i still do for: mortgage, car loan (ack first car loan in 5 years..i hate it!), ok thats it.

heh
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Nothing at all wrong with writing checks for either of those... they're the legitimate kinds of things normal people write check for.
 
Regs

Regs

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xanis said:
Nothing at all wrong with writing checks for either of those... they're the legitimate kinds of things normal people write check for.
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Yes. People forgot that a check is not cash, but a promissory note which is held in a accounts receivable account. A mortgage needs a line of credit, a 20 dollar pizza does not. A pizza should not take 30 years to pay off either.

If you ran a ice cream business with even 200 billion in accounts receivable but no cash, you would be out of business in a flash when your creditors come calling for their money. So you want that accounts receivable turnover to be very quick.

Was suing him the right course of action? I would of just black listed him and never serve him again. Accepting checks for perishable goods is also not a smart idea either. A business who accepts checks for pizza is really opening themselves up to a lot of risk, and they know it because they're trying to increase their sales as much as possible. At least a credit card will ding the owner of the card and not the business, though the business owner has to pay transaction fees for credit cards.
 
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waggy

waggy

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where i live we have ONE place that delivers (pizza! and it sucks ass). they ONLY take checks.

no cash and no CC (though you can't do that on a delivery anyway)
 
gorcorps

gorcorps

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waggy said:
where i live we have ONE place that delivers (pizza! and it sucks ass). they ONLY take checks.

no cash and no CC (though you can't do that on a delivery anyway)
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I use my CC on delivery all the time.
 
xanis

xanis

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waggy said:
where i live we have ONE place that delivers (pizza! and it sucks ass). they ONLY take checks.

no cash and no CC (though you can't do that on a delivery anyway)
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What kind of ghetto pizza place doesn't take cash for deliveries?
 
gorcorps

gorcorps

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waggy said:
its a tiny place in a small town near me. I live in the rural part of IL.




ohh didn't know they could do that now. but then i don't get delivery often heh
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Yeah I just order online and you can use your CC at the major places.
 
nick1985

nick1985

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waggy said:
some little place i davis junction i think. the pizza fucking sucks though


i really really wish more places would deliver. Tom and jerry's would be good. hmm yumm
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Pizza Villa, Dough Brothers, Italian Dreams.

In that order.
 
Locut0s

Locut0s

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nick1985 said:
Pizza Villa, Dough Brothers, Italian Dreams.

In that order.
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None of those exist up here. We have the pig names of course, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Little Caesars, etc.. I think the best stuff comes from small places though.
 
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cheesypizza

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I live in CO and I know Russell. I am telling you this is not uncommon for him or out of character for him. I have seen him talk his way out of shit nobody else would be able to. He has posted a response to try to redeem himself. Turns out he called the news station himself to try to prove a point against Dominos, but it flipped on him and made him look like an idiot who has a flawed story and is irresponsible. Here is the link of his responses and others comments. I have no sympathy with him as I have seen his actions firsthand. Not a smart move to draw this kind of national attention to himself. Not a smart guy at all.

http://www.krdo.com/news/28314939/detail.html
 
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Eos

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In my area, Papa John's only takes check or CC. My wallet sits in the car in the garage, and sometimes I don't feel like going out to get it, so check it is.
 
KK

KK

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cheesypizza said:
I live in CO and I know Russell. I am telling you this is not uncommon for him or out of character for him. I have seen him talk his way out of shit nobody else would be able to. He has posted a response to try to redeem himself. Turns out he called the news station himself to try to prove a point against Dominos, but it flipped on him and made him look like an idiot who has a flawed story and is irresponsible. Here is the link of his responses and others comments. I have no sympathy with him as I have seen his actions firsthand. Not a smart move to draw this kind of national attention to himself. Not a smart guy at all.

http://www.krdo.com/news/28314939/detail.html
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Will that be take out or delivery?
 
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