I was sued in SCC one time, it was in the 70's in Pensacola. We had been invited to dinner by the parents of one my son's playmates. After dinner the guy brings out a chalk board and begins to give me a course of selling Amway. I didn't want to be rude, so I let it go on for about 30 minutes with him showing me all the products.
It seemed like we weren't going to be able to get out of there without buying something. Finally I said, that's nice, what do you want me to do. He wanted me to sell his products, he said you have many people where you work and this stuff sells itself. He said here is the starter box, it's $77. Take it home, don't pay me now, and use the products yourself and and show all your friends and start writing orders. It's guaranteed or your money back.
I took it home just to get out of there. I tried the best cleaner he had, their #1 product. It wouldn't clean stuff that 409 cleaned. I called him to say I want to bring it back. There was no answer, so I left a message, drove over to his house and put the box of products on his front porch. Only the one item had been used and very little and he said it was a money back guarantee.
About a month later I got a letter that I was being sued in small claims court for $77. I showed up and told the judge just what I wrote here. The guy brought in a box of products that were old and rusty and used up and said, this is what he left on my porch. I said judge, that is not what I left on his porch, the judge said do you have any photos or witnesses, I said no, he said pay the $77.
The end result was 2 years later when I went to sell my house, there was a cloud on my title for this suit. I had to get a letter of satisfaction signed by the plaintiff, this guy, and file it with the court. It's a reall hassle to get sued no matter what size court.
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