How do I get my money back?!

whitesettler

I agreed to sell 2 concert tickets for £100 to a girl on the Isle of Lewis (off Scottish mainland) and sent the tickets 1st class on 20th for a concert on 26th June. The cheque she sent bounced and when I spoke to her she said TWICE that she'd send another cheque. Then she said she didn't get the tickets til 27th June so was sending them back to me!

I checked with my post office and her nearest delivery office operates a mail collection service (remote island) which means there's no direct delivery to customer - it's up to them to collect their mail.

As far as I'm concerned we had agreed the sale, I'd sent the tickets in good faith and in good time and it wasn't my fault she didn't collect them in time! Any advice on what I should do next?!!! :(

whitesettler

Yeah I know - I usually send stuff special delivery but it was actually my daughter who was dealing with the girl to begin with. She feels pretty bad. My only consolation at the moment is that the girl didn't actually go see the concert!!

MamaMoo_2

Can you re-present the cheque?
There may be funds in there the second time, and if not, at least she'll be getting charged.

pcombo

MamaMoo wrote: »

Can you re-present the cheque?
There may be funds in there the second time, and if not, at least she'll be getting charged.

You normaly cant do that, As it comes back with a big red stamp normaly.

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bap98189

whitesettler wrote: »

I checked with my post office and her nearest delivery office operates a mail collection service (remote island) which means there's no direct delivery to customer - it's up to them to collect their mail.

Are you sure about that? My Aunt lives there and everyone has post delivered to the door. Lewis is a big island with a population of about 20,000 people.

TonyMMM

whitesettler wrote: »

My only consolation at the moment is that the girl didn't actually go see the concert!!

Are you sure ?

bris

You can sue in a small claims court or money claim online, a bounced cheque has no defence unless it was issued fraudulently, which it wasn't, so you can't lose.

cardinalbiggles

However if you sold the tickets at above face value I would be careful before you start trying to sue anyone....

whitesettler

bap98189 wrote: »

Are you sure about that? My Aunt lives there and everyone has post delivered to the door. Lewis is a big island with a population of about 20,000 people.

I was told by my post office that she has what's called a 'mail collection' service which means she has to collect her post from Stornoway at least once a week. She knew when tickets were sent 1st class, so it was up to her to collect them in good time. As it was, she waited 5-6 days to pick them up. That says it all I think.

Face value was £49.50 each so I had no intention of making a heap of money on them, just wanted my money back because wasn't able to go to concert ourselves!

visidigi

where was the concert? Surely if she had to get the tickets she would have also had to travel to the venue?

pmduk

I'd consider suing, although be prepared to throw good money after bad. If her finances are so bad the first cheque bounced, who's to say there's any cash for you to claim?