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I know a guy who sold a car and the check bounced. The next morning he was up and on the road. He walked in the guys business and beat the guy down. Then he told him if he didn't have his money he was going to kill him. The guy talked him out of killing him and called his wife. He had her bring the money. Somehow he never heard a word about it from the cops. I really think he had the guy convinced he was going to kill him. I don't think he would but I wouldn't call his bluff if he came at me. Kinda crazy eyes when he gets excited.
I did collections a couple of times for friends. My method was to walk right into their house at dinner time, sit down at their table and tell them that payment was due in 24 hours, or there would be consequences. I'd then give them instructions on how to make the drop. "Go to X place at Y time, await further instructions." Nothing complex.
You need to know your mark. There are people I knew who'd have shot me dead if I'd tried that on them. But the people I did this to were nice middle-class folks who were seeing what they could get away with. In both cases, they paid up. At that time, I wasn't much of a physical specimen, but had an intense, manic vibe and could deal with most forms of physical aggression. Due to the nature of the transaction, they wouldn't have thought of involving the police.
It was also a good education for me, since I learned about the kind of things you had to do for so-called easy money, and I realised that I really didn't want to do them.
One of the people I was collecting for didn't draw the same conclusion. About a year later he was pistol-whipped badly because he thought he could cheat his suppliers. He got some front teeth knocked out, a cracked eye socket and a broken cheekbone as a souvenir. I was slightly surprised they didn't just kill him, or at least curbstomp him. He left the state soon after getting out of the hospital.
Anyone nostalgic for late-1970s Los Angeles probably wasn't there.
You are talking about drug deals and I'm talking about one car dealer who tried to rip off another car dealer.