We are a small charity and when we started all of our fundraising was organised by an advertising agency. They produced our magazine and our appeals, they dealt with the printers, list brokers, copywriters etc. and they invoiced me for the appeal so that I only had to pay them, not the printers etc.
I only ever dealt with the advertising agency, I never had any dealing with the various suppliers.
About a year ago I moved to another agency because of high costs.
I recently received a demand from one of the suppliers who I had never heard of or dealt with for a large outstanding bill going back 2 years.
I told them that I only ever dealt with the agency but they said the agency ignored their request for payment, so I had to pay.
They are now threatening me with debt collectors and legal action, but my point is that if someone turned up on your doorstep that you had never heard of before, had never dealt with, and knew nothing about, demanding money, would you pay them?
Any advice on what I should do would be welcome, and also any advice on how to deal with threats coming from these debt collectors.
Thank you
Chloe.
