What do you do if you can't pay your bookie?

JASON MAYBE I OUGHT TO GET YOU SOME CREDIT.YOU STIFF  AND LETS SEE WHOS THEORY WORKS.

BTW JASON ITS ALL GOOD

I think the people who think the bookie is some tough guy are the ones watching too much tv.

SETTLE DOWN JASON I WAS JUST TEASING YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY

but do wats rite, pay wat u owe, last thing anybody want is to have someone knoccin on their doors cuz u are about to be made an exsample

never said a word about violence. and i am 12 and i dress up like shaggy from scooby doo so get it straight.

its been years since i closed up shop, but there were plenty of times i had clients that couldnt pay.  you better believe i gave them all kinds of suggestions to settle up with me.  ive had dozens of guys get title loans on their vehicles to settle up.  id tell them to go into their 401 k's, id run their credit and find out if they were candidates for personal loans, find out who in their family they could borrow the money from..all kinds of things.  the bottome line is that you can probably come up with the money to settle up if you really want to.  i would have guys call me on tuesday telling me that they are short and by friday, they would suddenly have what they need.  utilize your resources and youd be amazed what you can come up with. 

if a client told me to lick their nuts after suggesting that take a certain course of action to settle up, then i wouldnt think twice about taking a little action.  im not talking physical violence, because there are other, much more effective ways that can persuade someone to take care of their business.  bottom line is when you win, you expect to get paid, so put yourself in your bookie's shoes.  it is all about respect. 

 what if the guy runs out of town and u know where he lives ? [/Quote]

99% of books wont do shit if you dont pay them, tell them to lick your nuts, or anything else..people talk about taking a course of action, etc..but i've never seen it done, and ive seen people who owed a lot of money to supposedly "the wrong people", nothing ever happened..people should pay what they owe because thats the right thing to do and thats how the business works..you win and you get paid, you lose and you pay, it's quite simple. In my teens and early 20's i got in the hole a bunch of times and would have to borrow money from my family or max out credit cards, i never paid out of fear of what might happen if i didnt, i paid them because they always paid me when i won. It's been said a bunch of times in this thread already but i'll say it again one more time..if you dont have the money you should come up with as much as you possibly can and then work out a payment plan to settle the rest.

Let us know what happened man.

Ive owed books money before , Its probably been ten years since then, i was 18 and betting like a wildman,best thing is to do exactly what your doing, don't avoid him. Today is a day to accept what you have done, and figure out the quickest way to pay it off that doesnt hurt you that bad

CWjr   Good advise

Most of he time  if you get to far over your head a local mite just juice ur  debt to its paid.Ive known more than a few in the NYcity area that got way over his head  they give you a few weeks ,after that its normally 10% a week on the principle/

If its only a dime and u give up half with a excuse your good.If your not than your not dealing with a legit book,More like a runner whos tring to get his own thing statrted.

The real? is why are you betting dimes if you have a bankroll of 500 u should be betting  10 or20X instead.  (srry 50 or100 per game)

Jason tc not for nothing  u dont knowwhat your talking about.Maybe in Maryland you can walkallover your localbut trust me around here your local is hooked up with  people whos lively hood thrives on this. Dont come correct and start talking all that crap ur spewing and  your the one who the example will be made out of.True it takes alot for that to happen 1st they threaten to goto your house ,to the wife ,that usally stops the nonense right there

anyone I ever hooked up they want there address work placeect..or they  wont take him on.

I dont believe you, thats all im saying..i dont know why some people are so bothered that i have an opinion based on my experiences that differs from yours. If you guys believe that most locals are connected to the mafia and they have a guy named Vinnie that will collect thats cool with me, i personally think you are full of shit. If a book wants to come to someones house or threaten someones wife and kids then he better be prepared to worry about his wife and kids. As i have said on several occasions, i do not think it's ok to stiff your book, i have always paid what i owed to any book and sometimes it came with great embarrasment as i had to go to family and borrow it, but i paid what i owed based on my principles. I do in fact believe you could tell your local to lick your nuts and nothing would happen to you, the overwhelming majority are not tough guys that need to be feared. I hope i make myself clear, for some reason people keep addressing my comments and feeling the need to tell me im wrong, then i come back and tell you that im right..we are going in circles.

Because your experiences are so insignificant compared to the experiences of this forum as a whole.  To suggest because you know a few guys that managed the problem that it must be the case all over the country is just dead wrong.  Remember, all it takes is ONE wrong bookie....they don't all need to be like that.

Alot of the stuff described is not violent nor is it against the law.  You are putting pressure on the client in a number of different ways without hurting them physically.  And quite often, these tactics are harder to deal with then a good whooping.

I said the overwhelming majority of books wont do anything..of course there are exceptions.

The last paragraph is the sharpest post of them all.

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