Bad business buy turns into collection

[CRing]

I own a small candle business on the internet. When I started my business I ordered ALL of my products from one company. First off, it took them about 6 weeks to even send out my $3,000 order. I had to repeatedly call and find out when their driver was bringing my order. Finally the driver came and only brought half of my order.
I called then to find out when I would get the rest of my order and they told me in 2 to 3 weeks.
I already waited for 6 weeks, then I had to wait more. I could not get my website done due to the fact that I didn't have my products to take pictures of. I finally told them to cancel my whole order because I couldn't wait that much longer after I already waited this long. They told me I had to ship back their product and pay the shipping or they would come back and pick it up and I would pay for that shipping. I told them to come pick up their products, but I was not going to pay for the shipping. They never came and picked up the products, nor did they ever call me. It has been over a year now, and they sent me a collection letter stating that I owe them $1400.
Since then my business has been shut down and I don't have any paperwork to prove any of this.
Is there anything I can do to solve this matter?

 

[David J. Miller]

Send back the product and pay for the mailing. It would be cheaper than paying the $1,400.00, right?

And people actually consider getting their mortgage off the internet. I think I am going to start a consumer web-site where people can go and tell all of their internet related horror stories so people will finally wise-up.

May I can get mortgage companies and other companies who compete with on-line services to advertise and that's how I;d make money.

Hey, nobody better steal this idea.