privacy violation/slander?

[superdan615]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
I own a sole proprietorship (using my social to file taxes). I was buying a special order product strait from a manufacturer in Utah. At some point they made some kind of change to which they no longer deal with the public so they gave me the number to a supply house out of Knoxville. From day one the orders were not correct. When we would call they were quick to send out more invoices for items we did not order, but when we were shorted items we never got credits. I didn't pay for anything for a while and eventually they stopped sending items all together. In the course of this they sent us an email to collect the debt and copied it to the manufacturer. After repeated requests for credits and months of harassment I finally subtracted the items I deserved credit for, wrote them a letter explaining and sent them a check for the balance with a notation on the memo line paid in full. When they processed the check they scribbled out where I wrote paid in full. Months later I got an invoice for the amount I did not pay them. I was going to leave this alone but now they have erched me. They are protected from the fair debt collection act because they are not a third party collector but do I have any grounds based on privacy law and how much can I get. I was also hoping they would counter sue and I could take care of that at the same time, also could I sue them in Nashville, all transactions were through the mail.

[Hot Topic]

How does this constitute slander or violation of your privacy? The manufacturer obviously had a link to the supply house, and you obviously used the latter's services.

The supply house must not have been all that bad or you wouldn't have continued to use them.

You must pay what they can prove you owe them, or they'll take you to court. Putting "paid in full" on a check or money order doesn't make it so.

[superdan615]

1. I don't owe them anything, that is the point.

2. I was not paying them because they were not sending me proof that I had returned faulty items or charged me for things that I had not gotten.

3. They copied an email to a manufacturer to embarrass me, are they allowed to do that just because they have a relationship with the manufacturer as well? I thought a company could not disclose financial information about another company.

4. How does this constitute slander or violation of your privacy? This is what I am asking you? I did not owe them any money so would sending an email to another company saying I did be slander?

5. Can they legally alter a comment on my check?

6. The supply house is "all bad", I just didn't have another choice at the time, I had jobs to finish; but I didn't post this to find out what you think of the supply house. They are a dishonest company, they probably are planning to sue me and I would like to beat them to the punch.

[Hot Topic]

You must pay what they can prove you owe them, or they'll take you to court.

[superdan615]

hot topic, you have done nothing to answer any of my questions, i think you just enjoy giving people a hard time, please do not waste either of our time by responding to my posts. thanks


superdan