Almost Called Police On Detail Job UPDATE

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seanconway34

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This is an update on the thread I just posted yesterday. So the son called me back and told me that I have to go back to his fathers house and finish up the car with the compound and I told him I cannot do that as I feel unsafe at his fathers house. The son then told me to refund him the $60 and I will be hearing about this from the better business bureau. What should I do, change phone number, refund money, or don't answer his phone calls anymore?
 
I fear for my safety from these people, they only know my phone number and my first name. I feel unsafe and might call police as they are threatening me and calling me and being nasty and the father threatened me yesturday.
 
I just spent 10 minutes reading every post to your thread.

First off, I'm sorry you have to deal with these people.

Secondly, you have trapped yourself in a VERY gray area...you did not have your customer sign an authorization to begin work describing the steps of your process NOR can the customer produce PROOF that you were supposed to compound the vehicle. I hope you learned from this mistake and will come up with some sort of contract and key management system to prevent this problem in the future. Personally, I ALWAYS have control of my customer's key, both for my own personal security and because my insurance policy states that I must maintain key control at all times while detailing somebody's vehicle.

Thirdly, there is NOTHING ANYWHERE that says you MUST return to the client's home. I'm pretty sure he's messing with your head about the BBB thing and I wouldn't fall for it.

Lastly, (and I cannot emphasize this enough), IF YOU DO decide to return to this guy's house, you better show up with a police officer. People are freekin' crazy these days and sometimes you just can't tell if you're being set up. *No amount of money is worth getting hurt over.*

Good luck and please keep us updated.
 
you need to let it go to voice mail so when you call the cops you can let them here what they ae saying to you. ps never go back to these a--holes agian and dont give them anything back
 
seanconway34 said:
This is an update on the thread I just posted yesterday. So the son called me back and told me that I have to go back to his fathers house and finish up the car with the compound and I told him I cannot do that as I feel unsafe at his fathers house. The son then told me to refund him the $60 and I will be hearing about this from the better business bureau. What should I do, change phone number, refund money, or don't answer his phone calls anymore?
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seanconway34 said:
I fear for my safety from these people, they only know my phone number and my first name. I feel unsafe and might call police as they are threatening me and calling me and being nasty and the father threatened me yesturday.
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How old are you?
 
master detailer said:
you need to let it go to voice mail so when you call the cops you can let them here what they ae saying to you. ps never go back to these a--holes agian and dont give them anything back
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I couldn't agree more with this...let them leave a message (there is your PROOF; anybody can tell the cops anything but words are worthless without EVIDENCE). Do NOT refund the money; you are entitled to it.
 
I don't do to well with somebody telling me what I have to do. I would not talk to this guy anymore. Let your phone go to voice mail as already suggested and if he shows up at your place call 911 and have the police dispatched to a possible problem.
 
Neither of you have anything in writing to prove anything to the BBB.

I don't think the BBB would give you poor rating. There simply isn't enough for them to do so.

The customer was satisfied paying $60 for your services, you accepted, then they changed their mind.

Stick to the facts if they do go to the BBB. Keep the emotions out of your response.

The BBB will probably send them a letter stating that you have done all ou can do to satisfy them.

You will never make these people happy.

You might want to look into theft of service. However, it might be impossible to prove with nothing in writing.
 
Fill a tube sock full of d cell batterys and give him a beat down
 
6+ hours for 60 bucks, you better keep that 60! They seem like con men. Feels like they had all this planned out from the beginning. Like everyone says, let their calls go to voice mail.

As for BBB, you will get a chance to explain your part. Just explain flat out what happened. BBB might try to get you and the customer to "make things right". I would just simply say that you don't feel safe with either of them around. BBB doesn't just take what they say and automatically give you a negative rating.
 
Tell the cops your side of the story and see if they can do anything...or at least give you some advice. It would be awesome of they leave you a message as the others suggested.
 
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That's what I figured. He's taking advantage of your age and lack of business expierence

If it were me I would take him to small claims court and sue for my remaining $140. If you choose this route he will have your full name AND address

Probally the best thing to do at this point is to reject his calls and move on...
 
Put airplane stripper in a styrofoam cup then set it on his hood
 
I'm not sure if the BBB will have anything to do with this. Are you a licensed business? I can't even join the BBB until I have been in business for a full year and have the paper work to prove it.

If your doing this on the side than this is the type of stuff you will deal with from time to time. Your taking a chance on him and he's taking a chance on you. It sounds like a civil matter.
 
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