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  • 26-06-2018 9:39pm
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    Mzo1978
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭


    So I dropped in a very large bouncy castle to a repair company for repair. They contacted my husband twice regarding pick up and he told them his van wouldn't be big enough to fit it at the time and he didn't have a trailer. We dont have a bouncy castle business it was something I bought for my children once off. My husband told him if there was a rent charge to hold it he would be happy to pay obviously, we contacted the company today now we have a trailer and were told sorry we sold it to cover the 180euro repair. The castle cost 2,500 and was sold for 180 and it wasn't their property to sell

    Can a company do that .... surely not


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    #2
    swampy353
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭swampy353


    How long was it with the company?


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    Hitman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    Mzo1978 wrote:
    Can a company do that .... surely not


    You didn't pay for the repair or storage. The company could only assume you had abandoned the item.


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    Mzo1978
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭Mzo1978


    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    You didn't pay for the repair or storage. The company could only assume you had abandoned the item.

    It was with the company for 1 year with conversations agreeing that it would be ok there. Never were we told remove it now or il sell it. We had used the services before for repairs he knew us where we lived etc


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    Hitman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    Mzo1978 wrote:
    It was with the company for 1 year with conversations agreeing that it would be ok there. Never were we told remove it now or il sell it. We had used the services before for repairs he knew us where we lived etc


    Again no payment made for a year? What did you think the company was going to do. It's not credible to believe you couldn't organise transport form the repair company to your home.


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    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    A year? Ah come on


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,339 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    If you’ve left it there for a year, you’ve abondonned it.


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    Snotty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭Snotty


    1 year! Are you trying to tell us you couldn't organise delivery if you really wanted. What do you think this company were going to do, store it for ever without being paid?


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    NinjaTruncs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭NinjaTruncs


    But why didn't you pay for the repair? Regardless of whether you could collect it or not, once the repair was completed it should have been paid for.

    Clearly there was some miscommunication if you thought you were keeping in contact with them but then they went and sold it.

    Did they ever ask for payment during the year while you were communicating with them? And how long since you were last in touch? If you hadn't been in touch in a number of months it's not unreasonable to believe you had abandoned the item.

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    Owryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,024 ✭✭✭Owryan


    How come you could drop it to them yet couldn't collect it?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    You can rent a good size van for a lot less the €50 for a day. I'm getting the biggest box van you can drive on a B license for 6 days for €160 with a tail lift.

    That's crazy expecting them to just hold it for a year.


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    Mzo1978
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭Mzo1978


    NinjaTruncs wrote: »
    But why didn't you pay for the repair? Regardless of whether you could collect it or not, once the repair was completed it should have been paid for.

    Clearly there was some miscommunication if you thought you were keeping in contact with them but then they went and sold it.

    Did they ever ask for payment during the year while you were communicating with them? And how long since you were last in touch? If you hadn't been in touch in a number of months it's not unreasonable to believe you had abandoned the item.

    They never requested payment and we never even thought to offer payment our mistake I suppose... we spoke in January and all was fine we spoke yesterday and he said ah there was trouble in his marriage he went one way wife went the other so I sold it. My husband said but I spoke to u in January all was good he said they split in Feb he needed the money 180e we asked why didn't I ring and say I need this moved now


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Mzo1978 wrote: »
    They never requested payment and we never even thought to offer payment our mistake I suppose... we spoke in January and all was fine we spoke yesterday and he said ah there was trouble in his marriage he went one way wife went the other so I sold it. My husband said but I spoke to u in January all was good he said they split in Feb he needed the money 180e we asked why didn't I ring and say I need this moved now

    Have you a receipt, invoice, any written articles that back up your story????

    He can't sell what he doesn't own but if he can prove it's abandoned then it's a tuff one.


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    Mzo1978
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭Mzo1978


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Have you a receipt, invoice, any written articles that back up your story????

    He can't sell what he doesn't own but if he can prove it's abandoned then it's a tuff one.

    The docket when it was dropped off and three texts from him saying it's grand here no hurry.

    It's the size of our house it was a massive titanic slide/castle it would just fit into any size van it needed a trailer a big one


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Start a small claims against the company for loss. If you can prove with a valid receipt.

    How did it get to him??

    Surely you could have got a delivery company or as mentioned a big van even and car transport thpe


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    liam7831
    Registered Users Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭liam7831


    This guy sounds as cold as ice


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    Super-Rush
    Registered Users Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    You can rent a good size van for a lot less the €50 for a day. I'm getting the biggest box van you can drive on a B license for 6 days for €160 with a tail lift.

    That's crazy expecting them to just hold it for a year.

    Where are you getting that deal? Genuine question.


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    Super-Rush
    Registered Users Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Mzo1978 wrote: »
    The docket when it was dropped off and three texts from him saying it's grand here no hurry.

    It's the size of our house it was a massive titanic slide/castle it would just fit into any size van it needed a trailer a big one

    I know the size of the castle in question and it would fit in any long or extra long wheelbase van.

    He sold it for more than €180 as well.


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    wally79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭wally79


    Mzo1978 wrote: »
    The docket when it was dropped off and three texts from him saying it's grand here no hurry.

    It's the size of our house it was a massive titanic slide/castle it would just fit into any size van it needed a trailer a big one

    You haven’t answered the question on how you got it to him. You said you dropped it off


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Where are you getting that deal? Genuine question.

    Easirent.

    They are based near airport, at airport business Park, cloghran


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    Mzo1978
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭Mzo1978


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Start a small claims against the company for loss. If you can prove with a valid receipt.

    How did it get to him??

    Surely you could have got a delivery company or as mentioned a big van even and car transport thpe

    It was rented to a farmer near tayto park and they ripped it and he dropped it to him in his trailer as a sorry for ripping it, no joke it's the size of our house then my husband sold his van and trailer and his now can just wouldnt have had the capacity he bought a trailer last month, a big one.

    There was never any anger or feeling he was annoyed it was there, as I said we had used him before for repairs my brother uses him regularly for his company we had what we thought a decent working relationship


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Mzo1978 wrote: »
    It was rented to a farmer near tayto park and they ripped it and he dropped it to him in his trailer as a sorry for ripping it, no joke it's the size of our house then my husband sold his van and trailer and his now can just wouldnt have had the capacity he bought a trailer last month, a big one.

    There was never any anger or feeling he was annoyed it was there, as I said we had used him before for repairs my brother uses him regularly for his company we had what we thought a decent working relationship

    Rented? So you rent it out. Not a Consumer Issue so, but a business issue.


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    #23
    CeilingFly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,378 ✭✭✭CeilingFly


    doesn't matter whether it was left for a month or a year, there was a verbal agreement and the person who had it had up to date contact details and therefore it would be a very easy case for the small claims court.


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    ELM327
    Registered Users Posts: 21,991 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    If it's left there that long it could easily be classed as abandoned. Especially if no contact made in the year.
    No sympathy with the OP at all. Storage ain't free.


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    #25
    Pelvis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Pelvis


    You spent 2.5k on a bouncy castle for your kids?


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    HelgaWard
    Registered Users Posts: 568 ✭✭✭HelgaWard


    Pelvis wrote: »
    You spent 2.5k on a bouncy castle for your kids?

    Which they then rented out!


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    Hitman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    HelgaWard wrote:
    Which they then rented out!


    But then left in for repair for over 6 months.


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    SteM
    Registered Users Posts: 6,735 ✭✭✭SteM


    Mzo1978 wrote: »
    It was rented to a farmer near tayto park and they ripped it and he dropped it to him in his trailer as a sorry for ripping it, no joke it's the size of our house then my husband sold his van and trailer and his now can just wouldnt have had the capacity he bought a trailer last month, a big one.

    There was never any anger or feeling he was annoyed it was there, as I said we had used him before for repairs my brother uses him regularly for his company we had what we thought a decent working relationship

    Your decent working relationship is waiting a year to pay for repairs while letting him store this huge castle in his place of work. You were renting the thing out, your husband should have made sure he had a way of transporting it.

    Would you have waited a year for the farmer to pay you for the rental? Would you have let the farmer keep it for a year without paying you?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    But then left in for repair for over 6 months.

    Over 1 year.


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    Hitman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    punisher5112 wrote:
    Over 1 year.


    My bad I must have misread a post of the OP's.


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    CeilingFly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,378 ✭✭✭CeilingFly


    Pelvis wrote: »
    You spent 2.5k on a bouncy castle for your kids?
    What's the point? So what. Some people pay €5,000 for a summer holiday that lasts 2 weeks, so €2500 for a bouncy castle that can be used regularly is quite a wise investment if you have the space to use it.
    SteM wrote: »
    Your decent working relationship is waiting a year to pay for repairs while letting him store this huge castle in his place of work. You were renting the thing out, your husband should have made sure he had a way of transporting it.

    Would you have waited a year for the farmer to pay you for the rental? Would you have let the farmer keep it for a year without paying you?
    Read the OP's additional post - they were in contact in january and there was no issue. The person with it had their contact details, there was an implied agreement for storage.

    As for renting it - where's the issue in the odd one off rental? I've a holiday home, I rent it to friends and family for a nominal cleaning / electricity charge.

    If the OP did have a business they would have been renting it out since Easter, and especially around Communion time when every bouncy castle in the courty was rented
    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Over 1 year.
    5 months since last contact where there was no issue.




    Its a very simple conclusion. It was your property, they had your contact details, you had an implied agreement, they did not give you any opportunity to retrieve it and sold it.

    Small claims court and you will almost certainly win.


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