Harriet Rickard

You sent the letter. Now what? Almost everyone asks the same question after a letter of demand goes out — is the next step actually worth it? Here's an overview of what typically happens.

You've sent the invoice. You've followed up. You've been polite, then less polite, then back to polite again. And still — nothing. At some point someone told you to send a letter of demand. But what actually is it? And more importantly — will it work? Here's the honest answer. What a letter of demand is A letter of demand is a formal written notice that tells the other party — in clear, unambiguous terms — that you are owed money, what you are owed, and what happens if they don't pay. It's a...