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I stupidly let a customers car go with a huge bill, the guy has some money and big talk and seemed like a stand up guy, well 2 months later still no money he keeps giving me the runaround what can I do can I take the car back? mechanics lean? Need some help im in w.i. if that matters, I now some of you have been through this any help would be great. thanks telly

I'd be showing up on his doorstep. I'm pretty sure a mechanic's lein is out the window once you released the car. If you can somehow get it back in your possession voluntarily, you would have the upper hand legally.

That is the worst thing about this business that we deal with. You put all this hard work into something and all you get out of it is trouble. You can contact your local police station and they will point you in the right direction. I have a customer that only paid me for about a third of what he owed me and I haven't been able to get in touch with him, this was a car that went to sema. If the cops can't help there are other companies out there that can help, the only problem is that they take a percentage of what is owed. Good luck with the struggle.

You have to find out what your legal limits are, up here you only have 21 days once the car leaves.

If you have a signed work order, a bailiff might help you, or call a collection agency.

Find out what your suing options are as well, up here we have to take them to small claims court if it's under 25k

I have one issue, I got a bailiff involved and still lost my ass on it...............it's all a learning curve sometimes :)

just call your local chapter and fix the problem!!! dirt bag needs to pay up, i love these guys who think money isn't an issue................ till it's time to pay up SUCKER!!
we have learned our lesson the hard way and now i don't give a s^&T who you think you are if you want your car back PAY the Friggin Bill
if i wanted to work for free i would but i am not going to build your car with my money!!!! F that

He owes a ton of money, if theres no good legal way I'll personally break his legs and steal the car back, It would be worth going to jail for. As for restos and jobs like this I'm done!!! I'll do one a year and sell it for myself of coarse this will be after I get out of jail lol.

it's much much easier to hold the car until funds are paid. I had some football players try the same BS. Sorry, but until I am paid in full, I wouldn't release the car!

Your better off having all your paperwork in order about the car. Hope you had him sign off on the bills. They try small claims.

Good luck

Here is what a friend of mine did, while he is not in the car biz it still applies.

A customer owned him around $30k. He would not pay up. So my friend hired a debt collector. This collector like all only charged a percentage of the debt owed. He's like 6'9" 315, all business and is known to collect money without much of a fight. Anywho, the collector shows up to the guys house around dinner time and politely tells him that he will have the money by the end of the week or he'll be returning and he's not going to say a word. I am sure there were a few other choice words as well. Gives the guy a firm handshake and leaves.

The guy that owed the money called my friend and freaked out, asking why he had this dude show up at his house with his family there and all the other non sense. Longer story short, he paid 20k by the end of the week and did not have a problem after that.

Find a similiar debt collector in your area and have them take care of it.

I had this same issue. We even had a judgement against the person (and company) in court. Collection on the judgement is another issue. I have this Italian buddy who played college football and is enormous. As a joke, I told him I would gladly give him a third if he 'collected' from this guy. About 3 days later, I got a call from this deadbeat and he brought over CASH and told me to not send the MOB after him...He even coughed up a little more since I had to pay "collection fees" Best $1500 I ever spent!

You are not talkin about "blackened 72 cuda" are you??