Ask HN: Service to Collect Money You're Owed
Just enter the balance owed and contact information. Maybe keeps track of partial payments.
It can use constantly changing numbers and emails, so it can never be blocked.
You can select how aggressive or sweet the messages can be, like choosing the voice of a navigational system. Maybe have it play good cop / bad cop.
And in time you could use machine learning to perfectly time the messages and create the content.
I need this.
And I need to be paid back by many of my friends, who all promised to repay swiftly and most of whom have not paid a dime in a year.
Not to mention my hoodies, coats, boxers, psycho bunny, and socks hahaha.
PS: I refuse to lend money ever again to anyone for any reason. Because too many bad actors. I am highly jaded. Of course, I have never lent money that I couldn't live without. But it stings a lot and I need a solution to this problem. Might build it myself unless someone has one already.
PSS: I was very tempted to tag those that owe me on my Facebook post about this. But alas, I am not savage enough. I am looking for something that doesn't mess with the public reputations of the promise-breakers and maintains a high ground.
PSSS: Maybe my buddies at Pardot / Salesloft could build a side tool for this lol. Or launch a business around it with me.
*Originally posted at: http://notonlyluck.com/2019/02/23/startup-idea-service-to-collect-money-youre-owed "