How can I hunt down this woman and get my money back?

[Zoetstofzoetje]

you should have taken that offer. it's 100 dollars along the way. the risk for bodily injury is negligible.

[Aeson]

Go on Judge Judy.

Tape it for me!

[C0ckney]

A Ferengi would not have made this deal.

seriously al, you are rubbish at this life business.

[Cort Haus]

Al, sorry to hear that someone did this to you. Good luck in getting it back.

[Barnabas]

You would be losing money if she gives you 300 dollars, you have to adjust that to the inflation rate.

[Uncle Sparky]

For $800 I will e-mail you a sure fire way to get your all money back and if you call within the next 10 minutes, I'll throw in a commemerative 'good luck, louie' coin. (non-circulating)
Offer void where prohibited. Success of product not guaranteed. No refunds.

[Ben Kenobi]

A Ferengi would not have made this deal.

What do you mean?

"Once you have their money, you never give it back."

[giblets]

You would be losing money if she gives you 300 dollars, you have to adjust that to the inflation rate.

Looks like the CPI is up 3.6% since a year ago, so Al lost nearly $11, plus the time he spent trying to get it back.

[Darius871]

forget about it. you can't prove it in court.

Alby, don't listen to this clown. Oral contracts for repayment of a loan are routinely enforced, and unjust enrichment would suffice in any event. Particularly in the likely event that she doesn't reply to summons and all allegations are deemed admitted, but even if she does reply and denies it, your word could well be believed over her perjury.

The problem is that even $300 may be too low to bother with a small-claims filing fee unless you know where she works, in which case she'll pay your principal, statutory interest, and filing fee for however long it takes. Finding her is the hard part, not the process.

That being said, although I don't know anything about Pennsylvania small claims, in many states it's possible to serve by first-class mail to a last-known address and get a judgment whether she got actual notice or not. It may be worth looking up those statutes and seeing if you could at least get the judgment first and ask questions later.

[Darius871]

What a deal.

He is good. He found my brother in minutes for free.

[SlowwHand]

He is good. He found my brother in minutes for free.

Not the same deal, is it?

She offered to come by and give me $100 right now but considering her emotional distress... ah... I told her to wait til she got it all together. I can't risk her trying to kill me or something. Rather have her give it to me whole and after she has cooled down.

Take what's offered, when it's offered. It's all evidence, if nothing else. An acknowledgement of an oral contract. It can't be a gift and a loan at the same time. Take the 100 and then sue her. Maybe you can get more than the original amount for compensatory damages, or whatever the term is.

[Felch]

I've made loans to people who never paid me back, but I don't let it bother me. Money is just stuff that lets us acquire guns and drugs. Once you're well armed and stoned, what else do you need money for?

[giblets]

Does Al even make enough money to be well armed and stoned?

[Felch]

He's straight edge I think. Which is just one more sign of failing at life.

[Egbert]

How can I hunt down this woman and get my money back?.

I suggest hunting dogs, an AK47 assault rifle, an RPG launcher and a bag of weed.