For example, I got a default judgment for over 100k. I was able to retrieve 50K because that is all the guy physically had available at the time. I had to get it garnished and it was a process but I got it. Now he has no car, no house, no job so I can’t get more. Once he has those things I can and I hire an investigator every couple of years to keep track but the courts can’t take blood from a stone.
Glad to see you got something back.
Many years ago, I sued someone in small claims court (mainly for spite) as I knew I was likely to recover less than one penny (which still existed back then)
I won in court, but never got a cent. The guy wasn't really a scammer or crook, just a cokehead and my money as well as others went up his nose.
A couple of years later, I ran into him unexpectedly pitching a deal to the owner of a small store I was shopping in. I interrupted their conversation with something like "Do not do any business with this guy, he will never pay you. I will show you all the court papers from when he cheated me...[that was the gist of it]"
Needless to say, he got very angry at me, but that didn't bother me as I knew he would never have hit me or anything. Outside of the store, he told me to "quit f***king with his business". I laughed it off, and went on my way. Have never seen him again