Dear Mr. Glenn,
We have reviewed your claim and are issuing this response.
You are asking us to refund you $3,000 for losses incurred. This is completely unacceptable, as we are not responsible for such losses. You are also asking for a service refund of $5,500. Again, this is unacceptable, as you were never charged such an exorbitant amount during your business with us. The total amount of the fees we charged you was $444.95.
Second, when you opened your case with us, you signed an acknowledgement letter approving the fees we charged and stating that you read, understood, and accepted our refund policy. Please review the acknowledgment letter sent to your online messaging center as a .pdf attachment on July 7, specifically the provision that states that SmallClaim.com is NOT responsible for the outcome of any case.
Third, you claim that you received no value or services for your money. That statement is blatantly false. We performed all the services that you asked of us in a professional manner. You first asked us to fill out the paperwork you needed to file your case. This was done properly. We then filed the case for you, and the court accepted the filing. You also asked us to serve the defendant. We hired a private process server who made three attempts to serve the defendant before the court informed us that they had to serve the defendant by certified mail. We still had to pay the private process server for the work he had already done in attempting to locate and serve the defendant.
If you review your invoice on your online account, you will see a list of all three of these services that you requested: document preparation, court filing, and process serving. Every one of those services was carried out by our company.
In addition, we called the court to follow up on the certified mail serving, and the clerk informed us that your case had been transferred to a different courthouse. This information, including the address for the new courthouse was relayed to you by one of our associates on August 14, one week before your court date.
If there was any misinformation, then it was by the court, as we accurately relayed to you the information that the court clerk gave to us.
If a case is sent to the incorrect court for filing, the clerk will reject the case. The fact that the clerk in this case accepted your paperwork is an indication that your case was filed correctly. Courts are at liberty to change the hearing venue to a different courthouse, as happened in your case. As previously stated, that new courthouse address was relayed to you in a timely manner one week before your scheduled hearing date. It is possible that you went to the wrong courthouse by mistake, or that there was a miscommunication on the court's part, but we relayed to you the exact same information that the court clerk gave us.
We sincerely regret that you encountered difficulties in your case, but none of them were caused by our company's actions. However, your claim against us is not only unsubstantiated by facts, but also utterly defamatory. As such, we reject it completely. Since you received all the services you paid for, it is not possible to issue a refund.
If you have any questions, please contact us. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Sincerely,
SmallClaim.com