Sorry to have to do this but don't want anyone else getting screwed by him. Mikey advertised a saph 17th May and I put down a deposit of £500 on the same day.

Now to be kinda fair Mikey told me three days later that the car had been in for an mot and it needed a lot more welding done than he thought and a noise coming from head now and said he would refund the money. I thanked him for being honest but now I'm not sure if it had anything wrong at all and maybe it got sold to someone else! This was 20th may.

On the 24th may I asked if the money would be refunded through the bank that I had used or did he need the details again as I had noticed nothing had come back yet, he said he did and I have them to him again. Now basically since then I have been chasing him for the money back, doesn't answer his phone, neither does his wife! And ignores messages, I have requested that he doesn't use Facebook messenger and actually picks up the phone but he doesn't. I have been perfectly pleasant but keep getting treated like a mug.

I have now been to see the cops and told Mikey I was doing so. Luckily I got a decent one. He did mention the usual "civil matter" but actually said he can't stand people doing this sort of thing as it was actually fraud! Asked me to try contact him one more time and mention that I had talked to police, if no luck then come in and make a report so they could proceed with fraud charges.

If anyone has any information please let me know so I can either use it myself or pass it on to cops.