I know that we can always rely on you John to be the voice of reason, common sense and right..................
Your posts are always, without fail, reasoned, factual and informative........
However........... if it were my £45k I'd be there, with a couple of large mates, (just to focus the minds of the Thornes) and I not leave without my property......🤷🏻♂️
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I think your comments were a very understandable position to take, my immediate reaction was very similar, as I knew where the guy lived, especially when the Police failed to act,
Plus I also felt a bit of an idiot and really annoyed with myself for allowing myself to be had, whilst I'd taken as many precautions as I could, with the best of intentions, with signed contracts, inserted a Romalpa Clause etc. I still got taken to the cleaners. Whilst it did represent a significant sum of money, my loss was initially felt more because it was a very rare low mileage Mercedes, which I knew I couldn't easily replace,, as it had taken years to find this example and that really stung more than the money at the time.Had I not got a specific insurance storage policy, I would have felt the loss financially as well. It took months of uncertainty before I knew I was going to be paid out by the insurance, not a good time.
It can be a very bitter lesson to learn, when it comes to money and assets, trust no-one, and most importantly, if you put a car in storage or SOR make a point of regularly going and seeing it. Which also gives you the opportunity to see if the business circumstances have changed (especially in a recession when most of these type of things happen) and talk to the proprietor and judge his reactions/drift or changes in outlook as you engage them in their state of business discussions.
