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Old 08-20-2008, 09:54 PM
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here's my scenerio...

i was working with a US based company, as an "independent contractor", from outside of the US. i am english and do NOT live in the US. i was selling product into europe for this company and was paid commission only. i had no employment contract. i never sold any product in the US.

i received a fixed amount per month as advances against commission to be earned into my bank account outside of the US. i also had a lump-sum advance of $10,000 which was also against commission to be earned.

earlier in the year i stopped working for the company, and we arranged that i would pay the lump-sum amount of $10,000 back over a period of time in installments of $2,000 per month. unfortunately, since then i have hit a bit of a stumbling block and havent been able to keep up with the payments after paying, with no problem, the first $4,000 over the first two months that i left.

let me state clearly, i have every intention to pay the money back. i am a God-fearing, honest person. i simply cant do it right now...

the owner of the company is a tough cookie at the best of times and has now threatened that he will find 'other ways' to get the money back. i know he LOVES his lawyers and wouldnt think twice about getting them involved if he thought it would help.

i guess what i am asking is - can he indeed take some kind of 'legal' action...?

can anybody shed some light?

thanks,
mike
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Old 08-20-2008, 10:11 PM
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hi

here's my scenerio...

i was working with a US based company, as an "independent contractor", from outside of the US. i am english and do NOT live in the US. i was selling product into europe for this company and was paid commission only. i had no employment contract. i never sold any product in the US.

i received a fixed amount per month as advances against commission to be earned into my bank account outside of the US. i also had a lump-sum advance of $10,000 which was also against commission to be earned.

earlier in the year i stopped working for the company, and we arranged that i would pay the lump-sum amount of $10,000 back over a period of time in installments of $2,000 per month. unfortunately, since then i have hit a bit of a stumbling block and havent been able to keep up with the payments after paying, with no problem, the first $4,000 over the first two months that i left.

let me state clearly, i have every intention to pay the money back. i am a God-fearing, honest person. i simply cant do it right now...

the owner of the company is a tough cookie at the best of times and has now threatened that he will find 'other ways' to get the money back. i know he LOVES his lawyers and wouldnt think twice about getting them involved if he thought it would help.

i guess what i am asking is - can he indeed take some kind of 'legal' action...?

can anybody shed some light?

thanks,
mike

Bottom line: if you owe money and you do not pay it in keeping with the terms of the agreement, then he can sue you.

Will he? No one here knows that.
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Old 08-20-2008, 10:19 PM
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he can sue me? even if i am not in the USA?
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he can sue me? even if i am not in the USA?
There is no law that says you must be on US soil to be sued. It makes it more expensive to bring suit against you, sure, but it can be done. Also, if he wins, he can ask the judge to have YOU pay the charges and the cost incurred in doing so. (doesn't mean he will get them, but he can ask). Imagine the nightmare if everyone businesses sued had to be on American soil----no one would start a business overseas or do any type of any business overseas if that were the case.
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