Customer not paying, hanged up on me.

electricshock · Jan 29, 2014

Hi, everyone. If this is in wrong section, please move.

I need advice on what I should do.

Basically I installed a 4 core 25mm, 20 meters swa cable for a shop. The run was from a 3 phase supply to a single phase shop. The other 2 phases were being used for shops next door.

As this was a emergency job as the old cable was buried in Wall and had been damaged somewhere. I quickly installed the cable so the tenant can get electric in his shop.

Originally the landlord called and asked me to sort it out. We have been working for him a number of years now and everything was fine.

After doing the job, the landlord tells us to get money from tenant. So now tenant saying it's landlord responsibility and landlord saying it's tenant responsibility. I am now stuck in the middle. The landlord is now just boycotting me. Hanged up on me.

Getting straight to the point, I don't want to get into who's responsibility it is. All I want to know is what can I do. I had a verbal agreement with landlord, no signed document. I have sent invoice to landlord address.

Should I do small claims against landlord?

Can I take my cable off as it is wired on the outside and most of the cable is fixed onto next door shops back wall?

What would you advise?

Please let me know if you need more detail.

Thank you in advance

Tridentsystems · Jan 29, 2014

Why did you fix cable to someone else's property ? Watch they don't claim of you

telectrix · Jan 29, 2014

no need to remove SWA. just give it a few well placed whacks with one of these bad boys.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Customer not paying, hanged up on me.

Knobhead · Jan 29, 2014

electricshock said:
Hi, everyone. If this is in wrong section, please move.

I need advice on what I should do.

Originally the landlord called and asked me to sort it out. We have been working for him a number of years now and everything was fine.

The landlord is now just boycotting me. Hanged up on me.

Had.

Hung.

telectrix · Jan 29, 2014

so he should be. the landlord, i meaN.

Geordie Spark · Jan 29, 2014

electricshock said:
Hi, everyone. If this is in wrong section, please move.

I need advice on what I should do.

Basically I installed a 4 core 25mm, 20 meters swa cable for a shop. The run was from a 3 phase supply to a single phase shop. The other 2 phases were being used for shops next door.

As this was a emergency job as the old cable was buried in Wall and had been damaged somewhere. I quickly installed the cable so the tenant can get electric in his shop.

Originally the landlord called and asked me to sort it out. We have been working for him a number of years now and everything was fine.

After doing the job, the landlord tells us to get money from tenant. So now tenant saying it's landlord responsibility and landlord saying it's tenant responsibility. I am now stuck in the middle. The landlord is now just boycotting me. Hanged up on me.

Getting straight to the point, I don't want to get into who's responsibility it is. All I want to know is what can I do. I had a verbal agreement with landlord, no signed document. I have sent invoice to landlord address.

Should I do small claims against landlord?

Can I take my cable off as it is wired on the outside and most of the cable is fixed onto next door shops back wall?

What would you advise?

Please let me know if you need more detail.

Thank you in advance

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LOTS of them in fact!!

Geordie Spark · Jan 29, 2014

Tony said:
Had.

Hung.

This pedantry is quite infectious.

Geordie Spark · Jan 29, 2014

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Pete999 · Jan 29, 2014

Pedantry, now there is a word not widely used in today's world of innits and lol etc

Geordie Spark · Jan 29, 2014

Pete999 said:
Pedantry, now there is a word not widely used in today's world of innits and lol etc

Neither is pedanticity but I think it's a non-word for pedantry so I don't use it.

Silly Sausage · Jan 29, 2014

Geordie Spark said:
This pedantry is quite infectious.

Had or have, I think both are correct.
It depends on the context of the sentence.

Bring it on Voltz!

mobile · Jan 29, 2014

I had a pedantry once but cream from the doctors got rid of it

MDJ · Jan 29, 2014

electricshock said:
What's the worse that can happen if I take the cable out. Bearing in mind that I don't need to enter the shop and the back gate is always open. So I would be like in and out.

You will end up with a load of armoured unpaid for and a possible prosecution, stick with being professional and stop acting like a fool. You either want your money or you want to look cool here, make your mind up, if you want professional advice then great, if not please do not waste our time.

electricshock · Jan 29, 2014

I don't want too look cool. I just don't like the fact that the landlord is making money on his shop without paying for my work which I earnt

electricshock · Jan 29, 2014

Tridentsystems said:
Why did you fix cable to someone else's property ? Watch they don't claim of you

The old one was going through the same shops. There is no other way of getting the cable there.

MDJ · Jan 29, 2014

electricshock said:
I don't want too look cool. I just don't like the fact that the landlord is renting shop without paying for my service which he is not paying for. I send the letters out first.

Well were on your side, no one likes a fella to be ripped off, do the letter and send another invoice, then you will have grounds to move to the next step, even if that is ripping it out, don't leave yourself open to anything which may incriminate you.