Debt collection tactics

[TriStarDispute]

What do people think of the idea of starting a public blog to chronicle your actions in a debt collection case? My particular example is at: Things you should know about Dave Wallace.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

what is the status of your efforts??

[TriStarDispute]

Dave Wallace phoned to express his anger. Some notable points from the conversation include:

He reemphasized that there was no money and seemed aghast that I still did not understand that after he already told me that in so many different ways.

I replied that he had never sent me anything conclusive in writing stating that he has no legal obligation to pay me.

He began to imply that he might do that, but then switched directions and talked about the web site Things you should know about Dave Wallace .

He was afraid that he might end up doing something to me that would put him in jail.

He was about to hit me with a huge lawsuit. It would cost him a lot of his own money to do it, but he was going to do it anyway because he was so mad.

Since he wanted to have the site taken down, he offerred to pay my outstanding expenses, but not my invoices. He emphasized that this would be a personal cheque involving his own personal money, the implication being that I should be extremely grateful for this gesture.

I reminded him that it was my own personal money that was used to pay these expenses in the first place. However, I did tell him that I would very much appreciate it if he did pay my expenses.

Unfortunately, my expenses represent only about 28.3% of what is owed to me in total.

The conditions of his offer were as follows:
-The web site would have to come down before he did anything.
-I would have to send along an e-mail saying that I would not participate in any public discussions about this matter again.
-I would cease to pursue the balance of the outstanding invoices.

As he rhymed off all these points, I began to think it would make more sense for him to send me something in writing that detailed all of these points so that I could sign it. He said that No, a simple e-mail from me would be fine.

I asked him about anyone else that might have posted a comment on the site. Would they be paid? He was unaware, but a this point, there were two comments posted on the site:
First comment
Second comment

At this point, he said he didn't really even care that much about the web site.

As per his request, I resent him my expense reports and included a statement covering his required points. However, I told him that I did not think that it was fair that I should have to give up my right to so much of the money that I had earned. I went on to request that he also pay me for my work, but at a rate that was 44% of our agreed upon rate. I said that I was willing to do this simply because I was getting impatient waiting for him to pay me anything at all.

The next day, he sent the following message through e-mail:

You have until the end of business day tomorrow to remove the site or we will not talk again regarding alleged expenses

Dave

I find it surprising that he would use the term "alleged" expenses. I have in the past sent him scanned copies of my actual receipts and could easily resend them.

That's where things stand. I have yet to receive anything in writing claiming that ADI or Dave Wallace has the legal right to walk away from this debt.