When people owe money!?

My Boyfriend sold a refrigerator too one of his friends son-in-law. My boyfriend allowed this man who is 26 years old and is a drug addict and alcohol abuser to take the refrigerator before paying for it. We told him that we wanted $200 for it and now he does not want to pay. We have tried calling and he won't answer the phone and I even did that *67 and I was able to get a hold of him the other day and he says that he doesn't have the money. I told him that if he can't afford the refrigerator then we want it back well he isn't bringing it back and he doesn't want to pay the $200 we asked for it. What should we do? I don't know if this is worth going to small claims court for. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Sounds like you are going to learn a $200 lesson. Your boyfriend wasn't too bright to let someone who abuses alcohol and drugs to take an item before paying for it.

Unless you go to small claims, you are going to be out $200.
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chalk it up as a lesson learned: drug addicts cannot be relied on to keep their promises.

In the future, don't' sell something to someone if they aren't going to pay you when they take it.

The only hope you have is perhaps to appeal to this guys father in law (your boyfriends friend)...but before you do this, think very carefully if your boyfriend wants to risk his friendship with the friend over it. To me, risking a friendship for $200, not worth it.

Just move on with your lives and chalk it up to experience.
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the small claims court u gotta pay like $40 bucks i think... just wasting money and its a longer process.... just have a cop escort u to this guy's house and you'll see he'll give it up in no time... happened with me before too... lady took my pup and didnt want to pay, so i called the police and told them i was outside the house of the person who took my pup...when the cop showed up and knocked on her door, she got scared and returned it quickly! =]
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leave a message and simply say... "sir, we have asked you many times before, and if you do not pay us the $200 you owe us, or give us the fridge back, we will be forced to take more drastic measures" then if he doesn't respond, take him to court. It wasn't smart of you to give him the fridge in the first place tho...
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It isn't worth it for $200. You should have made him pay for it first. I'm not sure there is much you can do except to go there and make him pay or take back the fridge.
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Your boyfriend screwed up. Unless you have some kind of signed agreement where he agrees to pay, you are out of luck.
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check with ur state laws to see if it is legal to record a conversation without the other persons approval. Try to get him on the phone again and record him saying that he owes u also an email or text message will work as well. If all esle fails go to the police department and have them to escort u to the house to retrieve the fridge. dont forget to get a police report if they're not able to make him return the fridge. Now if u have no other options take him to small claims court. U have all the evidence u need to get ur money plus court cost