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Hi, i was hoping someone would be able to advise me please. i started to do some work for a man in november last year, the job was to help develop and paint a new replica supercar, it was a new business and a rate of £10 per or hour was agreed,on a self employed basis. The first 4 weeks i was paid at the end of each week, then the man came to me and said he had ran out of money to pay me and asked if i would continue to work along side him to finish the car and he would pay me whatever was outstanding to me once the car was sold.
I disscussed this with my wife and because this man was a jahovah's witness(i am not) and seemed to be an honest and genuine man ,plus he had been promised front cover on a kitcar magazine we agreed. Over the next 24 weeks we worked side by side building and painting this car, average 30 hours per week, the car was finished in june ,he was more than happy,showing friends,pics on facebook etc and telling me what a great job i had done. The guy from the kit car magazine came, took photos and test drove the car and loved it. We agreed i was owed £6000 but i said i would take £5000 with it being a new company and with this he promised me a full time job.
The car had the front cover of the kitcar magazine and then put straight up for sale, weeks passed and contact got less with him , spoke to him in august and he said how sorry he was that i hadn't got my money, but was thinking about repainting in a different colour so people thought it was another car he'd built and not the same one no body had bought with the addition of a plate he had on retention.i disagreed with him and asked him to drop the price witch he said he was going to do. by the end of september , i went to see him, only to find the car being prepped for paint , he said it hadn't sold because the work i had done was rubbish and he was not going to pay me.At this point i left without saying anything. I have pics of the build from start to finish , all texts from him saying how much was owed £5000 and how sorry he was i had not been paid , the magazine it was in, it still has pics on his facebook page and has pics and video on his web site in the colour i had painted it in before he had it repainted.
What would be the best thing for me to do, some people say i should go to the police and try to have him arrested for fraud as he had no intention to pay me after i had agreed to work with him, Others say small claims court only. Any advise would be welcomed as my family and i have struggled since this nightmare began living only on my working tax credits as my wife does not work and looks after our daughter , we could not pay our morgage and only just avoided repossession after my mother bailed us out. THANKYOU
I disscussed this with my wife and because this man was a jahovah's witness(i am not) and seemed to be an honest and genuine man ,plus he had been promised front cover on a kitcar magazine we agreed. Over the next 24 weeks we worked side by side building and painting this car, average 30 hours per week, the car was finished in june ,he was more than happy,showing friends,pics on facebook etc and telling me what a great job i had done. The guy from the kit car magazine came, took photos and test drove the car and loved it. We agreed i was owed £6000 but i said i would take £5000 with it being a new company and with this he promised me a full time job.
The car had the front cover of the kitcar magazine and then put straight up for sale, weeks passed and contact got less with him , spoke to him in august and he said how sorry he was that i hadn't got my money, but was thinking about repainting in a different colour so people thought it was another car he'd built and not the same one no body had bought with the addition of a plate he had on retention.i disagreed with him and asked him to drop the price witch he said he was going to do. by the end of september , i went to see him, only to find the car being prepped for paint , he said it hadn't sold because the work i had done was rubbish and he was not going to pay me.At this point i left without saying anything. I have pics of the build from start to finish , all texts from him saying how much was owed £5000 and how sorry he was i had not been paid , the magazine it was in, it still has pics on his facebook page and has pics and video on his web site in the colour i had painted it in before he had it repainted.
What would be the best thing for me to do, some people say i should go to the police and try to have him arrested for fraud as he had no intention to pay me after i had agreed to work with him, Others say small claims court only. Any advise would be welcomed as my family and i have struggled since this nightmare began living only on my working tax credits as my wife does not work and looks after our daughter , we could not pay our morgage and only just avoided repossession after my mother bailed us out. THANKYOU
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