Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Small Claims courts - experiences please

[ariel]

I just wrote it down to experience and learned that instead of writing a cheque out to pay for the holiday it would've been cheap insurance to pay the 4% extra handling fee and to have paid by credit card.[/quote]



Jools. Good point about using a Credit Card. Many people must regret not having done so when these sort of situations crop up.
Pehaps we ought to just consider the surcharge as an insurance premium payment rather than as an imposition. One of my cards pays 1% on all purchases anyway which would help out a bit.

[Fordie]

Having gone down the road of the small claims court I did find it hard work,four time I had to have time of work to go to court 25 miles away because the bloke failed to turn up each time,all though the bloke owned me about £400 it eventually cost him double that when I won the case,I felt that the courts come down on the side of the one being done,that said he was going to pay me back at a £5 a month taking 53 years to pay it I wonder if it would be worth arsing about, better get Mav on the job or even a nice letter saying you would be prepared to go to court over this issue. 4D