Legal options for an annoying situation?

[goofyballer]

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Worst way to buy a t-shirt ever.

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? This is fairly standard when making large orders of t-shirts in a group, although apparently it tends to work better when the people handling the orders aren't douchebags.

[DrewDevil]

don't wait till it goes to collections or gets on your credit. if they won't release the charges you need to get either the courts, the Better Business Bureau, or perhaps the media involved.

[RollTideTyler]

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don't wait till it goes to collections or gets on your credit. if they won't release the charges you need to get either the courts, the Better Business Bureau, or perhaps the media involved.

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this is what im trying to figure out. who do i contact? where do i go? to get this process going.

this is going to annoy the hell out of me, but id rather put the wasted time into dealing with this then just paying them off. if i pay these morons for this insanity ill never forgive myself.

[[Phill]]

Btw, dont ignore this.

My credit rating is probably shot for life because i ignored debts when i was younger and they went up to court level before i scrounged up the cash to pay them off.

[RollTideTyler]

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just dont pay

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i havent been paying and dont plan to just out of principle. my problem is what to do when they send it to a collection agency so it doesnt hurt my credit.

[djoyce003]

You probably also want to go to the school authorities on this....if it's in any way on the school campus you can probably bring them in on it....they are quite likely to tell these people to go away and never come back, which costs them a lot in the long run....fight them AND kick them in the nuts.

[The Man Mulcahey]

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So i move into a fraternity house after i transfer schools (the semester has already started). I notice a sign up sheet on the door to the dining hall for tee-shirts. After asking someone about it, i am told that if you like the design of a teeshirt that is posted, sign your name on the sheet and you will get billed later on, and the shirt is delivered to the house.

Over the course of a year i sign up for about $50 worth of teeshirts. Note that i never signed a contract, or signed up for an account, or put my signiture on any piece of paper besides a single piece of paper with a blank grid on it to put your name in.

Upon returning home to my permanent address in New Jersey (i go to school in Alabama), i notice a bill from "greek resources" the company or organization that handles financing for greek life. They claim i owe them $350.

Naturally i am confused and after further research, i find out that the charges include the $50 worth of stuff i signed up for and received, about $75 worth of tshirts i either did not sign up for, or that i signed up for and never got.

The remainder of the balance is from "finance charges" which i was explained are monthly charges i received because of not paying my bill.

Now my problem with this is, and correct me if i am out of line on this one, is that i never gave them my address in newjersey to send a bill to. i never signed anything agreeing to those finance charges if i didnt pay. i would have gladly paid the the tshirts upfront with cash if thats how the system worked, but all i was told is put my name on this basically blank sheet of paper under the design of the shirt, i get the shirt in a few weeks, i get a bill later.

I call up greek resources and they explain that i owe them the money, and that if i pay them $300 or so they will take off $50 of finance charges (that still leaves me paying $300 for $50 worth of items).

They said if i dont pay they will send it to a collection agency and it hits my credit. What steps can i take to making them convince a district or small claims judge that i owe them money for items i did not sign up for, and items that i did sign up for that i never received. I just have a hard time believing that any court would make me pay for something i never got.

Rant over

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i liked the Rant Over part the best. cliff notes please?