What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
Facts:
= I run a computer repair business. A man brought a computer that had a bad virus on it, to my office to have the virus removed. He bought it over in March 2010.
= I asked him to write down his contact information and he just wrote down his name and phone number and no address. He did say he lived in a very small town which is apx. 10 miles away.
= While I was fixing his computer I called him several times at the phone number he gave me, to ask him some details about what software programs he used on the computer and I was able to contact him even though I had to call more then once sometimes to get hold of him.
= I did $130 worth of extensive labor and was able to keep all his installed programs and data, remove the viruses (more then one) and restore his computer to reasonably good working order. My work was part time and it was completed in early May. He had told me when he brought the computer to me that there was no hurry at all to fix it since he had another computer at home to use.
= After It was fixed I tried to call him, but now I got a message from the phone company when I called that that same phone number was no longer in service. Each time I tried to call him I got the same phone company message.
= As of now (March 2011) a year later, the customer has never contacted me to come and pay me and pick up his computer.
= During the year I have tried to locate the customer to no avail. He has no new phone number in the phone book under his name. I even looked in a 2 yr. old phone book and saw a person with a his name in another town nearby and called them, but the person wasn't him. I also tried calling the phone number he gave me a year ago and now a new person has been assigned that number.
What do I do now?
Thanks ...
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
Facts:
= I run a computer repair business. A man brought a computer that had a bad virus on it, to my office to have the virus removed. He bought it over in March 2010.
= I asked him to write down his contact information and he just wrote down his name and phone number and no address. He did say he lived in a very small town which is apx. 10 miles away.
= While I was fixing his computer I called him several times at the phone number he gave me, to ask him some details about what software programs he used on the computer and I was able to contact him even though I had to call more then once sometimes to get hold of him.
= I did $130 worth of extensive labor and was able to keep all his installed programs and data, remove the viruses (more then one) and restore his computer to reasonably good working order. My work was part time and it was completed in early May. He had told me when he brought the computer to me that there was no hurry at all to fix it since he had another computer at home to use.
= After It was fixed I tried to call him, but now I got a message from the phone company when I called that that same phone number was no longer in service. Each time I tried to call him I got the same phone company message.
= As of now (March 2011) a year later, the customer has never contacted me to come and pay me and pick up his computer.
= During the year I have tried to locate the customer to no avail. He has no new phone number in the phone book under his name. I even looked in a 2 yr. old phone book and saw a person with a his name in another town nearby and called them, but the person wasn't him. I also tried calling the phone number he gave me a year ago and now a new person has been assigned that number.
What do I do now?
Thanks ...