To cut a very long and frustrating story short, I've had engines problems with my van since the beginning of the year mainly because I haven't been able to service it properly thanks to the fact that the previous company I worked with paid next to nothing for the jobs that I did because they wanted to keep all of the money for themselves.
After being told continuously that things would improve, I decided to stop allowing them to use my van and told them to take a hike.
Irritatingly, I now find myself in a position where I have two companies that I can earn a decent amount of money with and no van as the engine has since packed up and I've been told that I need to replace it.
So I found a company that reconditions engines in Slough and sent my van there. I've since discovered that this company has been shut down before, as recently as December last year, and has just been shut down again by Trading Standards and the Police as they have been charged with conspiracy to defraud and launder money!! (and guess who they bank with! Begins with H and ends with C!)
So my van is now tied up in a police investigation along with at least 100 other vehicles! I am a one man band, that van is my business and only source of income. The engine breaking down was a major problem but this is something else altogether. I can't get my van back to fix elsewhere and have been told that this could take a weeks or even months to sort out..
Is there anything I can do legally about this.? Or where do I even stand legally in this ridiculous situation?
I seem to go from one complicated situation to another at the moment!
Cheers,
Dan
After being told continuously that things would improve, I decided to stop allowing them to use my van and told them to take a hike.
Irritatingly, I now find myself in a position where I have two companies that I can earn a decent amount of money with and no van as the engine has since packed up and I've been told that I need to replace it.
So I found a company that reconditions engines in Slough and sent my van there. I've since discovered that this company has been shut down before, as recently as December last year, and has just been shut down again by Trading Standards and the Police as they have been charged with conspiracy to defraud and launder money!! (and guess who they bank with! Begins with H and ends with C!)
So my van is now tied up in a police investigation along with at least 100 other vehicles! I am a one man band, that van is my business and only source of income. The engine breaking down was a major problem but this is something else altogether. I can't get my van back to fix elsewhere and have been told that this could take a weeks or even months to sort out..
Is there anything I can do legally about this.? Or where do I even stand legally in this ridiculous situation?
I seem to go from one complicated situation to another at the moment!
Cheers,
Dan
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