Car garage harassing for payment.

[weezypoos]

Just after a little advice. I've got myself into a financial mess and am currently trying to keep my home by paying off arrears. My car went in for an MOT at the end of June and I was later sent a £400 bill. I wrote to the garage owner and told him of the hardship I was experiencing and enclosed £50 as a starter payment. He will not accept this and for the last three nights running he has turned up on my doorstep at 10pm shouting to all who can hear that he is here for the outstanding payment. I then hear him talking to a neighbour about slashing my tyres!

 

I am terrified, I live alone with my daughter who now refuses to be in the house without me in case he turns up. I wouldn't answer the door to anyone at 10pm. Is there anything I can do? :/

[Conniff]

Call the police, this is threatening behaviour.

 

Whose got the car, you or him ?

[weezypoos]

Call the police, this is threatening behaviour.

 

Whose got the car, you or him ?

 

 

Thanks, I have the car with me. I heard him last night telling my neighbour that he was going to come back and slash a tyre a night until I paid in full!

[blackknight]

I can understand him being a bit upset as the VAT man wouldn't accept a starter payment either.

[Lucifa42]

Doesn't justify his actions though.

[DES_1001]

Well i may get moaned at but! if you couldn't pay for the mot and repairs then you shouldn't have taken the car for the mot etc.

You can't blame the garage owner for wanting his money. You're lucky he let you have the car before payment was made, a lot of garages don't release the car until payment is made.

[raydetinu]

Suggest you write to him with a payment plan of so much a month and see if he accepts, but stick to it if he does.

Or you could find yourself being taken to court.

[Hammy1962]

Well i may get moaned at but! if you couldn't pay for the mot and repairs then you shouldn't have taken the car for the mot etc.

You can't blame the garage owner for wanting his money. You're lucky he let you have the car before payment was made, a lot of garages don't release the car until payment is made.

 

Blimey. a sensible, rational post on CAG. Just you wait until the mods find out!

 

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[raydetinu]

:-)Oh! we are not that bad, are we!

[DES_1001]

just saying it, how it is, lol

[Bobton]

did you agree for him to do £400's worth of repair? if so, i dont blame him for being a little unhappy that you havent paid. Although hes acting about it the wrong way. If you feel threatened and he is becoming abusive at your house you should call the police