Car dealer storing cars in our car park
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rockin said:
Clamping etc is now illegal (on private property) so that's not a possibility.
^^^^- Get your residents association to formally agree a parking charge of £100 a night for non-residents (and non-guests) who park overnight.
- Put up clear signs setting out the new parking charges.
- Use CCTV and/or DVLA enquiries to identify who is doing the parking.
- Send the parker appropriate bills.
- Sue the parker in court for any unpaid bills. This is not expensive.
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Being slightly mischievous here.... can you sell them? 
On re - reading) I sort of mean those places that turn up and scrap cars for cash. So its crushed and gone by the time he goes back
As in when one turns up. 99p starting bid, collection only. 24h eBay auction. There will be loads of people like him that will think they have a bargain and turn up with a tow truck.
Get cash, they go off with it and then deny all knowledge. Donate cash in his name to charity of your choice. After 2 or 3 "disappear" he might stop doing it.
Not in his name... can't report it can he?
Otherwise phone the police and say you have an abandoned car with what looks like needles and knives in it.
On re - reading) I sort of mean those places that turn up and scrap cars for cash. So its crushed and gone by the time he goes back
As in when one turns up. 99p starting bid, collection only. 24h eBay auction. There will be loads of people like him that will think they have a bargain and turn up with a tow truck.
Get cash, they go off with it and then deny all knowledge. Donate cash in his name to charity of your choice. After 2 or 3 "disappear" he might stop doing it.
Not in his name... can't report it can he?
Otherwise phone the police and say you have an abandoned car with what looks like needles and knives in it.
BluePurpleRed said:
Being slightly mischievous here.... can you sell them?
On re - reading) I sort of mean those places that turn up and scrap cars for cash. So its crushed and gone by the time he goes back
As in when one turns up. 99p starting bid, collection only. 24h eBay auction. There will be loads of people like him that will think they have a bargain and turn up with a tow truck.
Get cash, they go off with it and then deny all knowledge. Donate cash in his name to charity of your choice. After 2 or 3 "disappear" he might stop doing it.
I always buy cars off someone who has no proof of ownership. All the time. On re - reading) I sort of mean those places that turn up and scrap cars for cash. So its crushed and gone by the time he goes back
As in when one turns up. 99p starting bid, collection only. 24h eBay auction. There will be loads of people like him that will think they have a bargain and turn up with a tow truck.
Get cash, they go off with it and then deny all knowledge. Donate cash in his name to charity of your choice. After 2 or 3 "disappear" he might stop doing it.
freenote said:
All,
We have a car dealer (part-time trader) who lives somewhere down the road using the car park for our block of flats to store his cars for sale, untaxed.
I have confronted him before and he is quite aggressive.
Is there anything we can do to stop this?
Any help much appreciated. I would consider any lawful option.
what sort of aggression do you mean - arguing that he can park there? arguing that you can't tell him what to do? - this bit seems to have gone unquestioned?We have a car dealer (part-time trader) who lives somewhere down the road using the car park for our block of flats to store his cars for sale, untaxed.
I have confronted him before and he is quite aggressive.
Is there anything we can do to stop this?
Any help much appreciated. I would consider any lawful option.
freenote said:
looking into it but little desire from most people to pay as most of the flats are tenanted so landlords not bothered.
Ah, difficult then. I was also going to suggest collapsible bollards as another option, but again they are not cheap.Do the tenants not get frustrated when their spaces are taken?
limpsfield said:
BluePurpleRed said:
Being slightly mischievous here.... can you sell them?
On re - reading) I sort of mean those places that turn up and scrap cars for cash. So its crushed and gone by the time he goes back
As in when one turns up. 99p starting bid, collection only. 24h eBay auction. There will be loads of people like him that will think they have a bargain and turn up with a tow truck.
Get cash, they go off with it and then deny all knowledge. Donate cash in his name to charity of your choice. After 2 or 3 "disappear" he might stop doing it.
I always buy cars off someone who has no proof of ownership. All the time. On re - reading) I sort of mean those places that turn up and scrap cars for cash. So its crushed and gone by the time he goes back
As in when one turns up. 99p starting bid, collection only. 24h eBay auction. There will be loads of people like him that will think they have a bargain and turn up with a tow truck.
Get cash, they go off with it and then deny all knowledge. Donate cash in his name to charity of your choice. After 2 or 3 "disappear" he might stop doing it.
TIGA84 said:
freenote said:
All,
We have a car dealer (part-time trader) who lives somewhere down the road using the car park for our block of flats to store his cars for sale, untaxed.
I have confronted him before and he is quite aggressive.
Is there anything we can do to stop this?
Any help much appreciated. I would consider any lawful option.
what sort of aggression do you mean - arguing that he can park there? arguing that you can't tell him what to do? - this bit seems to have gone unquestioned?We have a car dealer (part-time trader) who lives somewhere down the road using the car park for our block of flats to store his cars for sale, untaxed.
I have confronted him before and he is quite aggressive.
Is there anything we can do to stop this?
Any help much appreciated. I would consider any lawful option.
freenote said:
lufbramatt said:
Set of wheel dollies and drag them out into the street?
would love to but apparently not legalA few tickets for being left on double yellows tends to have the desired effect. And if there is no tax, then the PCN for double yellows could be the least of the problems.
rockin said:
Clamping etc is now illegal (on private property) so that's not a possibility.
Needs to be part of a trade association and all the nonsense that goes with it to obtain keeper details from the DVLA. far more trouble than it's worth. - Get your residents association to formally agree a parking charge of £100 a night for non-residents (and non-guests) who park overnight.
- Put up clear signs setting out the new parking charges.
- Use CCTV and/or DVLA enquiries to identify who is doing the parking.
- Send the parker appropriate bills.
- Sue the parker in court for any unpaid bills. This is not expensive.
Personally though, I'm a fan of these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/PARKING-WARNING-NOTICE-PR...
A few hours scraping them off may make the guy think twice about using your space.
Let's face it the guys a prick so be a prick back
- smash frozen sausages into the windscreen
Failing that just keep calling him every 15 minutes asking about the shed for sale, put his number online in a buy/sell/swap group with a 'free car' advert
Just do a few things to wind the prick up then tell him it will all stop when he moves them (over the phone if your not a company director right?)
- smash frozen sausages into the windscreen
Failing that just keep calling him every 15 minutes asking about the shed for sale, put his number online in a buy/sell/swap group with a 'free car' advert
Just do a few things to wind the prick up then tell him it will all stop when he moves them (over the phone if your not a company director right?)
the gates are a good idea - but possibly quite expensive.
the other idea (if you want to stay legal) is the telescopic metal posts - you can get them installed for quite cheaply, for a basic one (couple of hundred pounds).
Do this when his cars are still in situ - and make it a total PITA for him to remove them.
Double whammy of hassle for him - and he'll stop doing it.
Then just give the keys to the shareholders.
Personally I'd drag them down the road (without dollies) using my Landy............but you seem you want to be completely on the rights side of the law.
the other idea (if you want to stay legal) is the telescopic metal posts - you can get them installed for quite cheaply, for a basic one (couple of hundred pounds).
Do this when his cars are still in situ - and make it a total PITA for him to remove them.
Double whammy of hassle for him - and he'll stop doing it.
Then just give the keys to the shareholders.
Personally I'd drag them down the road (without dollies) using my Landy............but you seem you want to be completely on the rights side of the law.
I'd never advocate criminal damage. However the trader being aggressive towards you does seem like odd behaviour. There are a number of people living there who could be aggrieved at cars being parked there. If the cars started to get vandalised, it would be very difficult to prove who did it. An aggrieved person would have a lot more inventory of vehicles to vent their angst on than the trader would the other way around.
Generally being aggressive when you are in a position where others can take a vindictive recourse without being caught means the agreesor is, well, thick as f
k. Is this the case?
Generally being aggressive when you are in a position where others can take a vindictive recourse without being caught means the agreesor is, well, thick as f
k. Is this the case?take pictures and advertise them for sale with the blokes own number, but put them at a lower price where they are almost to good to be true but not quite. This should mean the bloke gets calls from lots of different people (and numbers, so cannot block them) and has to deal with upping the price on the car "he has advertised"
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