What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Pennsylvania
Well, a loooong time ago, I took my car in for restoration at a local body shop. I told the guy I was not in a hurry (big mistake...), and got an estimate based on him doing the work in his 'spare time'.
Over the years, I called him every 3-4 months to inquire on progress. He usually told me he got a couple of hours in on it, and if he put a full-time guy on it I could have it in 3-4 weeks. This never happened.
My wife even stopped in the shop once, hoping to get the work done to surprise me for my birthday. He agreed, but never acted on it.
Around June '04, I called him to tell him to stop the project. he said fine, and that he would put together an invoice for the parts and labor put into it so far. I told him I thought it was inappropriate to charge me for work that was done, since the job was never finished, and the car was unusable in the partially-repaired state. He said he would work something out, but I never heard back.
Storage fees were never mentioned or discussed.
So...
Now I'm moving out of state and want to wrap this up once and for all. Do I have any grounds to refuse to pay him? I can just abandon the car with him, but do not want anything to cause a credit rating hit, or whatever.
As an aside, I pulled the interior of the car out before taking it to the shop (to save more labor time), and still have it in my garage. It's probably not worth much, but I thought it could be a small bargaining chip..it can be tough to find parts for a 27-year-old car.
Any ideas?
thanksWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Well, a loooong time ago, I took my car in for restoration at a local body shop. I told the guy I was not in a hurry (big mistake...), and got an estimate based on him doing the work in his 'spare time'.
Over the years, I called him every 3-4 months to inquire on progress. He usually told me he got a couple of hours in on it, and if he put a full-time guy on it I could have it in 3-4 weeks. This never happened.
My wife even stopped in the shop once, hoping to get the work done to surprise me for my birthday. He agreed, but never acted on it.
Around June '04, I called him to tell him to stop the project. he said fine, and that he would put together an invoice for the parts and labor put into it so far. I told him I thought it was inappropriate to charge me for work that was done, since the job was never finished, and the car was unusable in the partially-repaired state. He said he would work something out, but I never heard back.
Storage fees were never mentioned or discussed.
So...
Now I'm moving out of state and want to wrap this up once and for all. Do I have any grounds to refuse to pay him? I can just abandon the car with him, but do not want anything to cause a credit rating hit, or whatever.
As an aside, I pulled the interior of the car out before taking it to the shop (to save more labor time), and still have it in my garage. It's probably not worth much, but I thought it could be a small bargaining chip..it can be tough to find parts for a 27-year-old car.
Any ideas?
thanksWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
