Wheel cleaned without permission

Gordon_Hose

No one cares about deception!!

As far as I can tell it was a tongue in cheek comment on a forum.

Wow.

Equaliser123

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

You started it by suggesting there would be arrests!

"Sheesh".

And, as has been pointed out, there is an offence. What's your point?

In any event, I said "RISK" arrest. I think you missed that bit.

Equaliser123

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

No one cares about deception!!

As far as I can tell it was a tongue in cheek comment on a forum.

Wow.

So stop being so serious then and jog on.

Wow.

artbaron

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/31

Repealed years ago. The only current offence is one of dishonesty but that would not be brought in the case of reasonable payment being proffered (it wouldn't be brought anyway in practice but still).

sharnad

I'd have told him where to stick it

Hern

There's a well established test for determining the efficacy of tyre / wheel cleaning undertaken by an unsolicited independent contractor.

Essentially, it requires the contrator to lie on the ground in the supermarket car park and be driven over several times -- forwards and backwards -- to see if the tread pattern of the cleaned wheel is imprinted with a clarity greater than the non-cleaned wheels and if the wheels are still in full balance.

If after flattening the wheel cleaning person several times, the prospective customer is sufficiently persuaded of the value of the service, then stumping up £20 for the cleaning of the other three wheels is not excessive.

If however the prospective customer is not satisfied that the work is of sufficient quality to be worth paying £20 for, then the wheel cleaner -- if still alive -- must return the cleaned wheel to the state it was in before it was treated.

There's something on the Wheelcleaners' & Punters' Club website about all this. Generally speaking though, homicide is probably the best way of sorting these things out -- every little murder helps, as Tesco is wont to say.

CKhalvashi

fluffnutter wrote: »

Why does he? If, like you say, he doesn't care what his car looks like, why give some shyster £60? He's not in the least obliged to pay for anything.

This is it.I had one clear the back screen of my car last week when I was sat in the car on the phone, then offered to do the rest of it when I got out for a tenner.

I didn't let him, but I was a little annoyed, as I wanted the car filthy to hide the (soon to come off) signwriting. I got fleet to do it with the company pressure washer when I got back into the office, and they even did the inside.

Total cost was heating the water, and Viktorija waxed for me. It still looks immaculate just under a week later.

CK

mttylad

Heck, if it mattered that much to me about having 1 clean I'd just get a bucket of hot soapy water out when I got home and do the rest of the car - would take 10 minutes.

mrbrightside842

Something similar happened to a friend ofmine with a carpet cleaner. Salesman called at the door and asked to demonstrate it. He proceeded to clean a square patch in the middle of theliving room. Carpet wasn't filthy but it did she where it had been cleaned. She then hadto buy the cleaner to do the rest of the carpet.

arcon5

artbaron wrote: »

Repealed years ago. The only current offence is one of dishonesty but that would not be brought in the case of reasonable payment being proffered (it wouldn't be brought anyway in practice but still).

You care to test that theory by walking in to a Newsagent and leaving 50p on the side for a bottle of milk on the grounds '50p is a fair price'. This scenario would constitute theft.