garage starting to charge for storage - is there a minimum notice period?

purrple-haze

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Facebook?. Try phoning them.

As lame as FaceBook is, at least it leaves a 'paper trace' of emails/messages unlike a phone call. And the garage owner never answers the phone!

Herzlos

I'm assuming the car is worth a lot more than the bill, so I'd be inclined to pay what they are asking, collect the car and move on having learned your lesson.

You may want to follow up with a legal claim, if you're happy burning any remaining bridges.

BeenThroughItAll

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Facebook?. Try phoning them.

Phone? PHONE?


This is 2016, when absolutely EVERYTHING has to be done via Facebook for a significant proportion of society. Didn't you get the memo?


Next you'll be suggesting an actual face-to-face meeting. Radical.


Ull also nd 2 brsh up on ur tx spk skillz innit.

Herzlos

purrple-haze wrote: »

As lame as FaceBook is, at least it leaves a 'paper trace' of emails/messages unlike a phone call. And the garage owner never answers the phone!

Have you tried in writing, or in person?

AdrianC

purrple-haze wrote: »

I want to pay for what's fair. Yes there's no contracts as we were a group of friends, more fool me. I don't have a problem paying for what's owed and have not said otherwise.

Well, OK. But he's told you how much that is, and you're arguing about it...

purrple-haze

AdrianC wrote: »

Well, OK. But he's told you how much that is, and you're arguing about it...

Only because it's turning nasty and getting complicated. As well as costs outstanding there's the issue of donated - or not donated parts and reclaiming parts that could be scattered about all over the garage.

I'll ask another question: Bearing in mind that transport is an issue, the car is in bits, and I'm away next week and the fact that the car isn't in my locality how would you proceed? not that my gender counts but I'm female and I can't go in and scoop up an engine and chuck it in the boot...

I thought I was doing the right thing by requesting a more thorough breakdown of costs. I've watched enough Judge Rinder to know that this sort of thing matters!

Thanks,

PH.

arcon5

If a court was asked to decide then I suspect in the absence of specific points of law they'd treat such a situation based on what is reasonable and balanced. So is it reasonable to give nearly a weeks notice before charging storage? In The absence of written terms are the fees reasonable? Is charging storage fees altogether reasonable bearing in mind they are holding the car in leu of payment when payment isn't strictly being refused but the customer wants an invoice?

Herzlos

Presumably you have about 4-5 days in which to arrange payment and collection, that should give them plenty of time to collect the parts and have the car ready to be winched onto a suitable loader.

You'd need to check with the garage as to how the engine is to be moved - is it on a pallet? Can it be hoisted onto a trailer? Do you need to borrow some friends for the afternoon to unload it?

What do you need in order to proceed?

AdrianC

purrple-haze wrote: »

Only because it's turning nasty and getting complicated.

"Getting nasty" is a two-way street. He's given you a price.

I'll ask another question: Bearing in mind that transport is an issue, the car is in bits, and I'm away next week and the fact that the car isn't in my locality how would you proceed? not that my gender counts but I'm female and I can't go in and scoop up an engine and chuck it in the boot...

That, right there, is the really big problem with taking anything away in the middle of a job...

I've watched enough Judge Rinder to know that this sort of thing matters!

<groan> Please tell me you aren't believing daytime TV...?!?

purrple-haze

AdrianC wrote: »

<groan> Please tell me you aren't believing daytime TV...?!?

I'm assuming having paper evidence of work carried out, costings etc, is preferable than not having it and relying on recollections of phone calls? Whether it was learned on Rinder or not (it was a jovial comment) is beside the point?