Well i wrote a check to a person witha small business that fixes cars. And the check was for 2,500 . Well after the day i got my car my car broke down again and i brung my car to a different shop and they said the other shop charged me for things he didnt fix or change. So i immediatly tranfered my funds from my bank to my other bank account. So then i also tried to cancell the check but it was too late he called and said it bounced and he wants my money but i refuse to pay for something that wasnt done. Now the police call my phone asking whats going on. Am i going to go to Jail for this? My mom says its a civil thing now and he has to take me to small claims court. ( she says she went through the same thing when she had a day care )... anyone know?
2007-02-16 10:42:43 · 4 answers · asked by yayareaplayah 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You will NOT go to jail but you will most certainly have to go to court so be PREPARED~
go back to the second mechanic and have him put in writing all of the things that were NOT done.
You will need this when you go to the court to explain why you did what you did.
I would send the guy a registered letter telling him why you did what you did (dont put the other mechanic in it at this point). Maybe the guy will realize that you were smarter that he though you were and he will drop it.
If you can in the future pay with your credit card.
you can have your credit card company reverse the charges
2007-02-16 10:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by kissmymiddlefinger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is unlikely that the police will get involved, but I can see why they called. A person who writes a check, knowing that there are no funds to cover it, with the intent of defrauding the person to whom the check is written, is committing a crime. Until they hear your side of it, the police have no idea whether that is what happened. When you tell them that you are engaged in a dispute with the businessman over whether he performed the work for which you paid, it is probable (though not guaranteed) that they will accept that.
It was, however, a mistake to move the funds. What the police see is a check written against an account with no money. It is far better to stop payment on the check, so that it is obvious that the funds were available to pay it when it was written.
2007-02-16 19:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
usually an auto repair shop can place a lien on your car for the amount owed.
Try getting a statement from the 2nd repair shop stating what they had to do to correct the 1st repair shops errors - it will come in handy when you go to court.
You do owe the 1st repair shop for whatever work they did do correctly and for parts/labor on that work.
2007-02-16 18:52:27 · answer #3 · answered by Axel M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't go to jail for that. Otherwise there'd be a lot of people in jail for that (they used to be able to send you do jail-debtors prison for that in the 50's).
2007-02-16 18:51:02 · answer #4 · answered by ANSWER MY QUESTION!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋