Skip Hire

mandm65

We recently hired a skip from a internet skip company and today got a call from another skip company telling us that the hiring company we used to hire the skip has gone busted and owe them thousands of pounds as they hiring company we used were just middleman and they were using them to supply the skips.
Anyway they asked us that if we want the skip to be removed we have to pay them 200+VAT for removal and only then they will remove the skip. We paid the same amount to have the skip delivered but made the payment using our credit card.
Obviously we were quite shocked by the call and did not know what to do, tried to be reasonable with this chap but he insisted that skips belongs to his company and as they have not got paid, they have the right to come and collect the skip anytime, and if we don't pay them then they will tip the rubbish in the front garden and will take their skip?
In the desperation we called our bank to see if we could stop the payment, they told us that we need to fill out a declaration form and provide them with a letter from the receivers? I am unsure how this will be done! I also checked the companies house website to see and the status of the company and no sign of receivership there!
I have tried to call them all day but all the attempts were gone straight to answer machine so there is some truth in the call we received, we though that might just be a scam!
At this stage we are unsure what we should or should not do, so any help in guiding us would be appreciated most.
cheers

ic

Have you tried contacting the company you originally dealt with?

mandm65

Portly_Pig wrote: »

Thousands of pound's for what?

they have hired skips from them and did not pay them, it sounded like bull.

mandm65

ic wrote: »

Have you tried contacting the company you originally dealt with?

yes we did and all the calls were diverted to answer machine.

mandm65

Portly_Pig wrote: »

How many have you had?

Fortunately only one.

mandm65

Appreciate your input

macman

Your contract is with the internet company, any arrangement they make with the sub-contractors is between them. You don't owe the sub-contractor anything.
However, if you want the skip removed then you may have little alternative but to pay the actual hirer again and try and do a chargeback to your credit card issuer.

mandm65

thanks macman, how can we charge the removal costs against the credit card issuer and on what grounds/T&C?

Hintza

Portly_Pig wrote: »

How many have you had?

The company refusing to remove the will be owed thousands for sales via the internet company. Only one skip has to do with the OP.

kwmlondon

Tell the company that called you that you have a credit card receipt for hire of the skip. If they retrieve the skip and dump the contents you will inform the council and report them for fly-tipping. Explain that you are going to retrieve the payment from your credit card company and will be happy to then pay that over to him/them but threats will not work. It may even be worth putting this in a letter and copying in your local council's refuse department.

Just an idea.

mandm65

kwmlondon wrote: »

Tell the company that called you that you have a credit card receipt for hire of the skip. If they retrieve the skip and dump the contents you will inform the council and report them for fly-tipping. Explain that you are going to retrieve the payment from your credit card company and will be happy to then pay that over to him/them but threats will not work. It may even be worth putting this in a letter and copying in your local council's refuse department.

Just an idea.

That sounds like a step in the right direction, will do that.
Now how/where do i get the receiver's letter, demanded by the bank? We are assuming that the company has gone bust.