I sued a former friend a couple of years ago over ignoring a $1000 loan. I won the case, but I have never collected. For me, it was worth it. I had made a couple of loans--much larger than $1000--and had not been repaid. This girl simply thought that since I didn't do anything about those unpaid loans that I would ignore hers, too. When I mentioned repaying me during a conversation in which she was telling me about their vacation plans, etc, she cussed me like you wouldn't believe. Those other "loans"--I waited too long after being strung along. I've made it clear that I'm no longer in the "lending" business.