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She went to court but to no avail. A private tutor has resorted to engaging debt collectors to collect the $680 in tuition fees owed by a pupil's mother after filing a claim with the Small Claims Tribunal failed. Stomp contributor Joyce said she has been trTutor claims student's mum owes fees, hires debt collector
She went to court but to no avail. A private tutor has resorted to engaging debt collectors to collect the $680 in tuition fees owed by a pupil's mother after filing a claim with the Small Claims Tribunal failed. Stomp contributor Joyce said she has been trying to get payment from the woman, whose name is Eunice, since the beginning of 2024. The Stomp contributor had tutored her daughter in English, Chinese, science and mathematics for PSLE at Eunice's parents' home in Hougang. «I went three times a week from 7pm to 10pm,» said the tutor. «Her daughter initially promised to pay but ended up backing out.» After filing the claim, the Stomp contributor went to Hougang to serve the court notice to Eunice. «She received the court notice after being called out of her room — she didn't come out initially — and denied knowing about the whole tuition, even though I had sent her the payment details which she had acknowledged and repeatedly patronised me that 'she'd pay' but never did,» recounted the Stomp contributor. Read more