My new place - The Zed Shed
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ben g said:Rocket said:
Send in the high Court bailiffs from dcbl, so we can watch his humiliation on channel 5 8)
We need Pinner on the case :rofl:
ronk said:
thats my point exactly....
never in a million years is it normal for a man to put this much effort in building up a business, thats clearly successful and ruin it basically treating people like this. Myself included!... but over a back box and jack pads, and silly minor stuff, its just non nonsensical.
It almost looks like he WANTS his business to go under.
These are very minor things, when you own a business its easy to fully reimburse these kind of amounts of money if your head isnt set to solving these niggles themselve (solving them would be better of course).
Point is that you do this before it goes out and shit hits the fan on the internet if your clientele comes from the internet.
I don't understand why someone would act like this when owning a business.
These are very minor things, when you own a business its easy to fully reimburse these kind of amounts of money if your head isnt set to solving these niggles themselve (solving them would be better of course).
Point is that you do this before it goes out and shit hits the fan on the internet if your clientele comes from the internet.
I don't understand why someone would act like this when owning a business.
road warrior
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Im pretty sure he wont pay, and then your next recourse to to sue or employ a bailiff to collect payment, who then takes a cut
I'm of the opinion he will push this to the limit, crazy as all the additional costs will be piled on top of the debt and original court fees. If high court sheriffs get involved they clear out zed shed if they have to and he could well end up on the Beeb! :rofl: All because Rocket had the gall to post on here and ask where his long over due backbox was. Crazy but its not a surprise, just look back to how me reacted when Beedub asked him for a few missing parts.road warrior said:
Yes I got my money with a small amount for court costs. Mike phoned on the last day possible to have the court judgement struck of the record. He said he was unaware of my numerous letters and emails and had no knowledge of the court case and the letters they sent. I was somewhat amazed at this version of events, but not altogether surprised.
oldgitdave
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Glad you finally got your money back. A load of hassle you could have done without though.
Yes, 7 months of hassle but for anyone interested it can all be done online. I think if the case is contested a visit to the court may be necessary. The final step which I did not get to was to ask the court to collect the money. I believe a fee is paid to the court and they add it to the amount to be collected, but as I said I did not get to that stage.
Glad its finally sorted, 7 months completely indefensible although no doubt some on here will. For absolute proof positive he knew all about it you only have to look back to a post on here by Jamiez4 where he says he told him to sort this mess back last year. Road Warrior also said he raised the issue with him when he saw him so his excuses although predictable, are quite pathetic and cringeworthy. It would seem it was clearly his intention from the outset to push it as far as he could without it damaging his credit rating and why? It seems it was all because you asked where your long over due back box was in public on here, clearly doesn't take much to provoke an extreme and self damaging reaction from him. Same can easily be said with Beebub mess and how he reacted to that.Rocket said:
No doubt these incidents are costing him plenty of business one way or the other and I'm willing to bet it still will going forward. Ill also bet a lot of the folks on here that still sing his praises wouldn't actually trust him with any money up front these days having seen this play out.
Once again glad you've finally got your money back. I know you probably just want to draw a line under it but I'd report this sorry mess to trading standards, at least that way if he's doing this sort of thing to others it will strengthen their case against him. I have to say despite my past issues with Mike, I would never have had him down for stooping to this and his treatment of Beebub.
I just hope this thread now serves as a warning to others.
step_change
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His Mike still about? He did a great job for me on my E85.
Does he do stuff on E89 as well? I'm struggling to understand if this is the same Mike on the way into Liverpool who dealt with me two years ago.... on my E85 he relocated my roof motor, did the back box modification, fixed a few other niggles and also recharged the AC system. He was friendly, helpful, gave me tons of advice about Z4 ownership and nothing was too much trouble.
Steve
His Mike still about? He did a great job for me on my E85.
Does he do stuff on E89 as well? I'm struggling to understand if this is the same Mike on the way into Liverpool who dealt with me two years ago.... on my E85 he relocated my roof motor, did the back box modification, fixed a few other niggles and also recharged the AC system. He was friendly, helpful, gave me tons of advice about Z4 ownership and nothing was too much trouble.
Steve
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Wow, I read the thread fully. Yes, the same Mike I dealt with. I can't believe it, Mike was a top bloke. He must have some personal issues or financial problems going on.... No excuse though to ignore your biggest source of business... aka this forum! So out of character. He did some stuff for me for free and even advised me not to have something done that he could have charged me for.....
No idea, just very odd. Life is indeed strange sometimes.
No idea, just very odd. Life is indeed strange sometimes.
I am a newbie to the site. I didn't expect to see the issues in this thread. I saw him Before I read this thread.
I am not here to stir old wounds ? up so mods please delete my posting if you think appropriate.
The Zedshed is listed as forum services so I visited this thread to tell my recent personal experience.
I see no reason why I shouldn't carry on.
I contacted mike recently about get a key cut and for some advice , it was a short notice request .
He had some jobs booked in that day However if I was able to go over he would be able to fit me in if I was able to wait for a gap between jobs.
He sorted me a new key at forum price and ran a diagnostic with some of the faults I had with warning light airbag, headlight etc
I found him friendly , knowledgable and helpful with advice. offered me prices/ time frames for some jobs and tips / ideas how to fix some faults myself. I have also recently bought some parts for which I paid upfront and they were delivered promptly and were as described.
I am not here to stir old wounds ? up so mods please delete my posting if you think appropriate.
The Zedshed is listed as forum services so I visited this thread to tell my recent personal experience.
I see no reason why I shouldn't carry on.
I contacted mike recently about get a key cut and for some advice , it was a short notice request .
He had some jobs booked in that day However if I was able to go over he would be able to fit me in if I was able to wait for a gap between jobs.
He sorted me a new key at forum price and ran a diagnostic with some of the faults I had with warning light airbag, headlight etc
I found him friendly , knowledgable and helpful with advice. offered me prices/ time frames for some jobs and tips / ideas how to fix some faults myself. I have also recently bought some parts for which I paid upfront and they were delivered promptly and were as described.
I had my VANOS done by Mike at his house. He seemed a top bloke and he had at least 2 other customers turn up on the day too. Looking back I do think his prices may have been a little high but he did a great job albeit he did break my thermostat and he replaced it with one from his own car. I was overall satisfied with his service and expertise. He re-attached my air pipe which was apparently loose. Must have been from a previous garage who forgot to tighten it back up and he was surprised my engine wasn't overheating or throwing an error code. So I understand mistakes do happen and I usually give people the benefit of the doubt.
However to not respond to someone for months and then to be taken to court is unforgivable. I'm sorry for everything rocket had to go through and tbh rocket i'm glad you stuck with it until the end. A lot of people would have given up over £400 but the principle is what really mattered.
I hope Mike turns himself around, but with that kind of track record over something so trivial he must have had money issues. God knows how with the amount of cash in hand and business he was getting alongside having no overheads working at home. He never even responded to messages from people who stuck by him. You cannot regain the same level of trust after something like that.
I would have gladly went back to him again but not now. Luckily I have found someone who is the most honest mechanic I have ever met closeby in Glasgow. He's that good I think I'll stick with BMW's just so I can go to him in future.
However to not respond to someone for months and then to be taken to court is unforgivable. I'm sorry for everything rocket had to go through and tbh rocket i'm glad you stuck with it until the end. A lot of people would have given up over £400 but the principle is what really mattered.
I hope Mike turns himself around, but with that kind of track record over something so trivial he must have had money issues. God knows how with the amount of cash in hand and business he was getting alongside having no overheads working at home. He never even responded to messages from people who stuck by him. You cannot regain the same level of trust after something like that.
I would have gladly went back to him again but not now. Luckily I have found someone who is the most honest mechanic I have ever met closeby in Glasgow. He's that good I think I'll stick with BMW's just so I can go to him in future.