right here we go ,about 4 weeks ago did some work on a clients car for him, he came in and says he aint got all the money to pay at the time as he is a window cleaner and needs his car to earn the money to pay me

stupidly i let him take it and all has been well for 3 weeks giving me part payments untill now , he wont answer his phone , hes never in when we can get him on the phone he promises to come and pay then dosnt show,

question is, im a registered locksmith and can easily pick his car lock, can i immobalise his car legally to prevent him using it till hes payed, my invoices all state parts are ours untill payed for.

really pissed off now as he owes me 400 quid

 

If he owes you money you can create what is known in law as a 'lien' which is a charge over an asset. There are stipulations and it's notr as eaqsy as it sounds but you can do it. Problem is you gave the car back, sop taking it now may well be tantamount to stealing ? On that point, I'm not sure mate.

 

take your parts back and tell him to fook off.

 

dont want to steal it ,i was thinking of a wheel lock on the steering wheel

that way i have taken nothing just preventing him using my parts

 

Can you not block his car in and refuse to move it until he pays up?

Hire a skip and drop it off directly behind if he's down a drive, or two: one each end if he's on the road. ..then add the price of them on his bill for taking the piss.

 

thats hard to its 4 tyres lower arms exhaust ect rest was welding labour and mot

 

hi chris, sorry to here about it mate, legally speaking i would just go to the police as you have allowed him to take the car, hope it all goes well mate

andy

 

Civil matter mate - they're not interested.

Richie - if it were me I'd immobilise the car, when he pays he can have the car mobile again. You haven't stolen the car, Old Bill will say it's a civil matter and won't be interested I'd suspect.

 

Ours say the same but it means NOTHING.... Not worth the paper it's printed on.. Possesion is 9 tenths of the law, and even tho we state on our invoices that we own the screen we have fitted untill paid for in full, if a customer refuses to pay, fuck all we can do about it. If we take the glass out again, WE would get done for theft and vandalism

 

its a huge piss take ,you try and help some people out and the fuck u over ,tossers

 

unlock his car leave him a bill and lock it again, keep doing it until he gets the idea

 

slash one of his tyres so he'd have to get a new one again

 

what the fck are you guys talking about, hiring a skip and stealing his car, come on

Call the cops and tell them to sort it, dont do childish things and get yourself into trouble

 

It's a civil matter and Thrush is correct with what he's written. Just issue a claim through the county court.

HMCS

 

I had the same thing a few years ago

I got into his car ( without any damage ) poped the bonnet and took the plug leads and a few other parts of the car from his works car park so he couldnt get home

He had 3 mates who went to and from work with him I waited until his finish time and sat and watched him wanging it over and pissed myself
As i sat with the plug leads hanging out my van window as i drove passed blowing my horn

My mobile phone rang about 2 seconds later with a very polite man asking me to please put the parts back on his car and him and his mates would club together and pay me there and then

I went back and collected my Ł80 and threw the plug leads on the floor and told him never to come near me again

childish i know ,,but very very satisfying

 

NORTH YORKS RS SPARES


you must have be laughing for days after that


your right it's childish, but it fooking worked

 

As stated CIVIL MATTER, unless you can show he had no "intention" of paying when he asked for the repairs, then this would be "obtaining goods or services by deceit", which is a criminal matter.
You are 100% legally within your rights to take the car so long as you cause no damage, I have done it many times,(repo work) police have been involved many times, but so long as you can SHOW a debt is owed by cars owner, you can keep it for 14 days subject to his paying upon which time if he has not you can sell the car to recover your debt, you have to give him a letter to this effect though just to cover yourself.
Most of the cars I repoed had no court order.
tabetha

 

why dont you wheel clamp it? you dont even have to gain access for that.........