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fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Spent the morning asking for the second half of my son's unpaid wages from the car garage owner. What a nasty bit of work he is. Said I'd have to take this to small claims and he turned very nasty. Explained I knew of his business failures and it was he who employed my son without any right to work checks, which is illegal. Tone changed but he's now wanting the video shots my son made of the garage. We've uploaded them to google drive for him. Still not been paid. I'd asked some advice on another forum, and someone went and posted a bad review of them on facebook with a link to the forum article. Fortunately I contacted the mods and they've hidden the article and the person has hopefully taken the review off. Doesn't take much to damage an on-line reputation.

If he doesn't pay up, it's small claims monday and no more correspondance on text with him.
 
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fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
As soon as I mentioned small claims, he said he's counter sue for damages - I can only assume if my son made a mistake and it cost a couple more nuts and bolts (which do break on cars). We're not aware of any 'damage' that was done. Lets say I responded about him being "his employee".

What he hasn't realised is an employer can't deduct wages for any accidental damage unless it's specifically mentioned in an employment contract, which my son did not have. And if anything was damaged, surely that's down to lack of training or instruction - he took my son on as an apprentice.
 
fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Phaeton said:
Wow @fossyant i must have missed something I'll read back last I read soon was very happy there. Before you make any claims I'd try leagalbeagles forum for advise they know their stuff
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Yeh, not said too much. He'd been there two weeks, then offered the job. But a week later the guy decided he actually wanted a fully qualified mechanic, but my son would be welcome back once he has more experience. Fair enough, small business. Sent details to guy for payment, and he waited from early December until the 31st (which is when he should be paid). Anyway nothing came forward so I phoned him. We got £425 last week with a promise for the rest this week - it didn't come despite my reminder on Thurday. As soon as I mentioned small claims he went nasty.

To cut to the chase, the comment/review has been removed by this 'internet randomer' and I had the forum article removed. The guy's just texted to say my lad will have the remainder today. All this over £850. The business is busy, but he's obviously wasting it all on flash cars (he has 4 tuned cars). Shouldn't have to do this. He hasn't a leg to stand on, and I'll take him on. I react very badly to bullies - like most folk I got bullied as a kid. I now just get even but use the correct processes. I am a right 'barsteward' for ensuring people are treated fairly. That's all I ask. :boxing:
 
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Reynard

Reynard

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Location
Cambridgeshire, UK
Gravity Aided said:
Have you tried Pinterest?
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I've struck it lucky on Retrostox. :becool: Which includes a photo of a Higman flying through the air. Which means I can see what's going on (mostly) underneath.

Will still involve a bit of botchery, as each car was unique. But I now have nearly all of the major dimensions of the one I'm trying to model, so I can work backwards from those.
 
Illaveago

Illaveago

Guru
Location
Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Reynard said:
I've struck it lucky on Retrostox. :becool: Which includes a photo of a Higman flying through the air. Which means I can see what's going on (mostly) underneath.

Will still involve a bit of botchery, as each car was unique. But I now have nearly all of the major dimensions of the one I'm trying to model, so I can work backwards from those.
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Oh dear! That usually means removing bits ! :whistle:
 
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fossyant said:
Yeh, not said too much. He'd been there two weeks, then offered the job. But a week later the guy decided he actually wanted a fully qualified mechanic, but my son would be welcome back once he has more experience. Fair enough, small business. Sent details to guy for payment, and he waited from early December until the 31st (which is when he should be paid). Anyway nothing came forward so I phoned him. We got £425 last week with a promise for the rest this week - it didn't come despite my reminder on Thurday. As soon as I mentioned small claims he went nasty.

To cut to the chase, the comment/review has been removed by this 'internet randomer' and I had the forum article removed. The guy's just texted to say my lad will have the remainder today. All this over £850. The business is busy, but he's obviously wasting it all on flash cars (he has 4 tuned cars). Shouldn't have to do this. He hasn't a leg to stand on, and I'll take him on. I react very badly to bullies - like most folk I got bullied as a kid. I now just get even but use the correct processes. I am a right 'barsteward' for ensuring people are treated fairly. That's all I ask. :boxing:
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Not good, hope he finds somewhere else if that's what he's wanting to do, must admit I was getting the flatbed MOT'd the other week & they had an apprentice just doing a service on a van, he was being left to his own devices & was out of his depth, he was putting big mucky paw prints all over the fuel filter.
 
Ming the Merciless

Ming the Merciless

There is no mercy
Photo Winner
Location
Inside my skull
Ordered a German tyre from Germany. Let’s see how that works as in theory there should be no more charges.
 
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