window cleaner threatened me with court action!

absidoodledandy

I asked a window cleaner to clean my windows 3 months ago, he came and did it (not very well!), i paid him and i thought that was that. But today he came knocking asking for payment for the 2 subsequent times he had been, i never asked him to come again after the first time, and i wasnt even aware he had been, so i refused to pay him. He told me that i never said it was a one off and he will have mentioned to me that he came monthly and if i refused to pay then it would get sent to a debt management company and i could argue with them in court! I'm 100% certain he never told me that he would be coming monthly as there is no way i would have agreed to that as my house is on the market.
Its only £12 he think i owe him but i dont want to pay him on principle. I'm going to wait and see if he follows through with his threat but i just wanted to see if anyone had any advice/experience with anything like this?

POPPYOSCAR

I understand how you must feel but I personally would not want the trouble over £12.00. I would pay him and ask for a receipt and on the receipt I would write that you no longer require his services and that this is payment in full and final settlement.I dont think he would take you to court over this amount but you dont know what other trouble not paying might bring as he sounds a bit of a chancer to me.


(Most window cleaners do come monthly it isnt usually a one off thing)

southernscouser

Tell him to go stick his squeegee up his !!!!.

isplumm

southernscouser wrote: »

Tell him to go stick his squeegee up his !!!!.

Exactly my thoughts ... is he really going to take you to court for £12??? As to sending in the debt collectors - well you can ignore them - they have no power - if he decides to tak you to court - well submit a defence about not asking him to do the windows monthly.

Mark

maninthestreet

No debt collector is going to interested in chasing a £12 debt. There is no written contract in place and you are unaware of any verbal contract you made with the window cleaner to clean the windows on a monthly basis. Tell him to take a hike.

nomoneytoday

I would offer him £6 to go away :0

DebtHater

maninthestreet wrote: »

No debt collector is going to interested in chasing a £12 debt.

Wrong. I have once been sent a letter by a debt management company acting on behalf of eBay for 69p. They even offered me a weekly payment plan, LOL

If the client is willing to pay the fees associated with a debt management firm, they will chase anything. The fees will only end up being passed onto the debtor anyways, should it be passed onto court etc

bingo_bango

Tell him to take a jump.

How is he:

1. Going to prove that you agreed to a monthly clean, and
2. That he actually came on those subsequent months and cleaned the windows?

I'd like to see what a court would make of that scenario as 'reasonable action' on behalf of the cleaner. Instructing a DCA and considering court action???