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Driving lessons not received

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  • 02-02-2016 6:09pm
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    jokettle
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    Hi,

    I'm posting this on behalf of my OH. He paid for 12 lessons with a driving instructor (that I and several friends had previously used and found excellent). He took a few lessons, 3 or 4, and was told to get a car to practice on before booking any more lessons, because he needed more practice than the lessons alone. It took us a while to save for a car, but we finally sorted it. Last week we tried to contact the instructor to book the remaining lessons, but his website is down, his phone is out of service and his facebook page says he closed down.

    My OH is out the guts of €200 now. We've tried to email the instructor, but there's been no response (the email was a business account, so it's reasonable that it wouldn't be checked now that he's out of business). We don't know how else to contact him to try and get the money back. The instructor is a decent guy, and I think he'd be reasonable about refunding us if only we could get in touch. Having said that, I'm not opposed to following this up with the small claims court if necessary....I just really hope it's not necessary!

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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    L1011
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    Small Claims Court won't find the guy for you either. Your only option is to locate them.


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    jokettle
    Registered Users Posts: 11,419 ✭✭✭✭jokettle


    L1011 wrote: »
    Small Claims Court won't find the guy for you either. Your only option is to locate them.

    I suppose I assumed going the legal route would be a way to find his address.


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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 69,035 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    jokettle wrote: »
    I suppose I assumed going the legal route would be a way to find his address.

    Not in this case, no. You need to provide working details for the case to be served.


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    Sam Kade
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    jokettle wrote: »
    I suppose I assumed going the legal route would be a way to find his address.

    Lots of claims settled in the small claims court have never been paid so it wouldn't be guaranteed that you would get your payment if settled.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    check cro.ie you may be able to find the registered name and his address.


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    ColinJennings
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    Did you check out the whois information on his website?
    It sometimes has address information for the owner of the site.


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    jokettle
    Registered Users Posts: 11,419 ✭✭✭✭jokettle


    Carly Jolly Stockholder wrote: »
    check cro.ie you may be able to find the registered name and his address.

    Done, thank you! We'll send a letter and see how we get on.


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