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by HumanOstrich 1119 days ago
> You'd then have to dispute a court order to recover it from your employer

That's not how any of this works. A company doesn't just send someone over to the courthouse to speak to the manager and get a court order to garnish some random person's wages over $20 in declined subscription charges. Lol.

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I actually experienced this first hand on a random invoice that got lost after moving to another town.

As a company you file an official claim that goes through a court, usually the other party won't show up, and you're awarded a judgement in your favor. That judgment allows you to request recovery of the funds in many ways, including asking the person employer to pay you first before paying them, repossessing their godds, houses whatever the court allows you to do of there's no other option.

E.g. in NZ: https://communitylaw.org.nz/community-law-manual/chapter-26-...

> lol

For people baffled by all of this, many countries will have stronger laws to protect lenders and service providers than just telling them "tough luck" when you refuse to pay for received goods/services.