Take this job & shove it!

[copperjosh]

I thought i'd chime in with a story of mine that is becoming a similiar issue atm.

Few weeks back i was going to buy another import from a dealer in sydney.
Long story short, he said he required $700 to register the car first off as it was a fresh import...so this would cover compliance, blue slip & green slip.

I agreed to this as i wanted the car ready to go when i got there.

Anyway, circumstances prevented me from going through with the sale, and soon after i contacted the man & informed him of this & advised him to transfer the money back.

He agreed advising me that he had not yet registered the car and would put the money back through.

Each time i have called him, he has had an excuse "i'm playing golf atm"
"don't have access to a computer" "i'm in the snow"

Its something that would take 5 minutes to do and he still has not bothered to transfer the money back. Contact with him is becoming more and more difficult and i'm growing more and more frustrated.

Anyone on here have any advice as to what i should do? He has no right to hold onto the money & i've left a message with him tonight that should he not get back to me promptly, i'll contact fair trading and the police in the morning.

I'm quite serious about this as well, i'll have plenty of time to ring up fair trading tomorrow morning and report his business & i also have his full name etc.

Anyone have any advice as to the best course of action. It seems no amount of talking or phone messages are going to make him understand.

I also wanted to point out, while i have no involvement with the jindabyne, whether it is a simple misunderstanding or whatever, that i can certainly attest that being uncontactable and avoiding people will only greatly damage your cause. Don't agree to something unless your not going to follow through.

I thought first point tomorrow morning, ring fair trading, then if they have no suggestions, contact the police.

Any advice?

Thanks guys