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Post by muttsnuts on Sept 19, 2013 20:56:24 GMT 1
Ok, this is an odd one, a customer of mine brought me his RD500 over a year ago now for a freshen up etc, anyway, he was in no rush so I've just been doing it on and off, however, I have tried many times, but unsuccessfully to contact him, he is not answering his emails and his mobile phone just goes dead, but I've never had his address as he has always dealt with me face to face and paid cash.
He is in the Army and I am beginning to wonder if something has happeneed to him, the problem I have is what the hell do I do with the bike, I don't have any money tied up in it as such, just labour, so not a question of monies owed as such, but if I can't find him, and he doesn't contact me, how does that leave me and the bike, at some point I will need to send it back or do something with it
Anyone got any views/thoughts/ideas on this, what's the legal standing on this ?
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Post by Ragger rd on Sept 19, 2013 21:03:22 GMT 1
You have to register with the police mate,they will try and trace the owner,if no response looks like you got a free 500 nice,hope he not dead by the way
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Post by muttsnuts on Sept 19, 2013 21:49:22 GMT 1
I am sure he's about, I'll have to dig out my old notes and see if I have any other info on him
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Post by steve h on Sept 19, 2013 22:03:15 GMT 1
If you've got his full name and the name of his Regiment, try contacting the army. He wont be answering his phone if he is deployed somewhere dodgy.
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Post by Pidz on Sept 20, 2013 3:46:08 GMT 1
That is an odd predicament. One is not liable to forget they have left something like this behind. If he was deployed somewhere, you'd have thought he would have contacted you to say he was to go way for a time. If something has happened to him during his tour, I think the onus is on you to perhaps wrap it up and keep it in it's best condition and store it for him until he returns. You would be entitled to charge a storage fee to his account or any costs endured by you while it was in your possession. Ultimately it is not yours and personally I would give it another 6 months and contact the police and advise them of the situation. They will contact his family or regiment and refer back to you. The only time you could ever lay a claim to keeping the bike, is for work carried out by you and has reached the value of the bike. Weird one though, hope it works out and he is okay..
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Post by copper99 on Sept 20, 2013 7:42:27 GMT 1
My bro is in the forces, he went back to collect a posh stereo system from a shop that was in for repair....2 years after taking it in! !
Not surprisingly, it wasnt there but the shop owner got him another as the legal situation (as it was then around 1996-7) meant the shop owner shouldnt have disposed/ "lost" it.
Some people have a casual outlook on these things, I know my bro was away all the time then so I guess a year or 2 away from normallity can go quickly to these boys.
I think the suggestion about contacting the police/Army is a good start.
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Post by dusty350 on Sept 20, 2013 7:52:15 GMT 1
Hi, He could be a special forces/sneaky beaky type of guy. I would look after it VERY carefully, otherwise you may wake up one morning with your testacles next to you on the pillow !!  Seriously though, get in touch with the Army, as they'll know what to do. Regards Dusty  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2013 8:37:26 GMT 1
His Address Can Be Found Easily By A PNC Check On The Number Plate, His Family May Be There Even If He Is Away, Could Be A Tough Guy So Dont Smile At His Wife!  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2013 9:37:36 GMT 1
Come on... who'd leave an RD500 unattended for a year? Poor bugger must be dead or daft, so the bike is yours!
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Post by Norbo on Sept 20, 2013 11:15:08 GMT 1
as its already been said . the Pigs can run a PNC and fined out his address they can send someone round to see what the deal is . Ether his family or parents will tell them what's going on . He may just be doing his tore but there is always the situation that he may have been killed ether way the bike will need to go back to his family unless they want nothing to do with it .
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Post by daftbil on Sept 20, 2013 14:32:03 GMT 1
Good luck with getting the cops running about after him for you.
PNC checks have to be done 'for a Policing purpose' I can't think they'll agree that trying to clear your workshop is a Policing Purpose.
I think for a fiver you can get a copy of the log book from DVLA with a good reason?
Of course you could always post his name and reg no on here, someone might know him?
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Post by chippy28 on Sept 20, 2013 15:23:40 GMT 1
Have you tried face book..
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Post by ianr4863 on Sept 20, 2013 17:55:37 GMT 1
Im fairly sure that its 11 years that you have to keep it for until it legally becomes yours .
Heard of the same thing happening with a Rolls Royce a while back .
Garage got to sell it on totally legally .
Can you not get his info off the DVLA website ?
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Post by Yogi on Sept 20, 2013 18:03:40 GMT 1
Possession is nine tenths of the law,or so they say.if there's no probs with space,leave it where it is.it won't go down in value
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Post by JOHN-DYNOSTAR on Sept 21, 2013 8:46:38 GMT 1
shove it under a sheet .report it stolen (you don't have the logbook anyway :-) )
the police will then contact the owner and he should contact you.
the ensuing dilemma will be easier to sort out than this one :-)
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Post by muttsnuts on Sept 21, 2013 19:37:40 GMT 1
thanks guys for all of the replies
The ironic thing is he called me today, so problem solved, he got deployed a few days after he dropped the bike off and didn't get chance to let me know, he was panicing that I might have sold it !! - anyway, all sorted now, so its back on the bench and being stripped for all of its jobs doing - anyone got a belly pan for one, his is fubar'd !!
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Post by chippy28 on Sept 21, 2013 19:50:08 GMT 1
Excellent a happy ending..
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