Dunno how a mechanics lean works your way, here once you let the car go you can not put a lean on the car. You can not legally put a lean on it if you decide to go recover the car for non payment,,, you can not recover the car even if they drive it back to your shop for warranty work on a non paid bill,,, even if you did hold the car and they stole it back you can not charge them with theft (you can not charge someone for stealing their own car),,, you can not charge them with any damage they did to your building are property while they recovered their car. In a nut shell he gave his mechanics lean up when he let it leave with out payment,,, the lean only applies if he never let the car go in the first place...
The good will of the 25% that paid will never make up for the 75% that did not... I sure hate to see someone that gave goodwill to all those folks get screwed over... It does happen and happens a lot,,, had a bud that ran a garage,,, he got killed in a MC accident,,, I think I quit counting when I hit the 20K mark and had not put a dent in the repair order stack. I did take note of those folks that had not paid and did turn them down when they came my way... I think his wife may have collected 5% of the non paid work orders....
I think the best you are going to do is get a judgment (for what thats worth) and hope they need a loan for something in the next few years.
I would talk with the magistrate about ways to take them to court,,, Its been so long since I have had to collect a bad dept I am not sure of what you would call the way I have done it...
I take papers out to were I do not have to appear,,, They do,,, they have to appear to pay are contest,,, they have to pay the court the court pays me,,, I can not take a payment they must pay the courthouse,,, Its never failed me yet, I think it skeers them into paying the court when i tell them I can not accept payment it has to be paid at the courthouse :wink:... Worst case let them waist their day their... If you want to go farther take a judgment out on their drivers license,,, even their body far as that goes...
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