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Tenant lied - has a crime been committed?

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  • pinkteapot
    pinkteapot Posts: 8,044 Forumite
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    Gwhiz wrote: »
    He sounds mental. I'd get rid ASAP :)

    Or just incredibly stupid. Not sure how he thought he'd get away with this one.
  • IronWolf
    IronWolf Posts: 6,445 Forumite
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    Id look to evict them asap.
    Faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
  • Brighton_Bob
    Brighton_Bob Posts: 4 Newbie
    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    The OP hasn't said that they've entered the property without the tenant's permission. If they have, I'd be keeping very quiet about it, too.

    It's OK, I went around with his permission. When he told me about the cooker I said that I would like to see it and he said "fine, come around", so I did (when he was there).

    I said that I wanted to make sure that everything was installed directly so that I could get a good look at the serial number.

    He really is quite blatant!
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    For that reason alone I'd string him along mercilessly, giving every impression that you'll go along with it. You'll give him enough rope in about five minutes flat.

    Meanwhile I'd be doing some deep research into this shyster's past to find out as much as I could, even if it cost me money. Just because
  • paul1964_2
    paul1964_2 Posts: 280 Forumite
    Obviously you shouldn't cough up for the cooker, but your problem comes when he leaves and tries to take "his" cooker with him. Make sure you have the evidence that it belongs to you.

    Have you asked him where the old cooker is? After all you could still get it repaired under warranty. Wherever he tells you it has gone, follow it up.
  • losgiganteskid
    losgiganteskid Posts: 965 Forumite
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    Is this thread for real, always suspect when its an iffy original and first post - get my drift ? :naughty:
  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    a 2 month old cooker would be covered by a warranty.
    So if he claims to have replaced it then it's his loss.

    Put a request for his claim in writing to him and also include very clearly your emergency contact details in case he has mislaid them.
  • losgiganteskid
    losgiganteskid Posts: 965 Forumite
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    Just noticed its a 5th post - apologies Brighton
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    losgiganteskid wrote: »
    Just noticed its a 5th post - apologies Brighton
    Yeah but all 5 posts are in this thread!
  • dacouch
    dacouch Posts: 21,636 Forumite
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    He'll probably use a site like this to make a moody receipt http://www.spyrkes.info/generators/
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