Legal Issue With A Customers Twin Shock Trails Bike

ok collected a ty250 trail bike 3 months ago from dk in staffs for a German fella who I have been to before, all arranged I popped in and collected it en route from Spain brought it back home and was looking for additional jobs before lockdown to take to Germany it was while searching I discovered the German fella had put the bike on these sites to get it delivered by someone else but I already had collected it so I have seen red put it in storage and told him to move the bike as I won’t, it’s 3 months and tomorrow 12pm uk time I have told him the bike gets sold to pay my fee and storage, I have warned him numerous times I will not move it but I just get abusive emails as does my mate who has it in storage

He emailed me the other day been all nice offering more to take it but absolutely no chance I will take it i told him to organise alternative transport but despite getting offers online has not taken them so we have an issue it’s only 300€ for me and storage yet he won’t pay

Have I given him reasonable amount of time? I think I have been more than fair

As a side note there is possibly a cheap ty250 available tomorrow

 

How will the money be paid that is owed? I’m not going to take the bike he was dropping me like a hot potato I would have turned up to be told bikes gone...he is a shithouse

 

I actually reduced my fee from 190 to 150 for no good reason but still no effort to arrange payment

 

No paperwork at all with the bike I just collected it and drove off, the cheeky bastard even said I only collected it to stop someone else collecting it wtf I collected it because we had an arrangement for me to collect it I only saw he had advertised the collection as I went to search for jobs to take over but when I saw what he had done that was it I refuse to take it, thing is people were bidding on this job while it’s been in storage yet he has not accepted the bids so who’s fault is it? I’m not going to get turned into a frankfurter

 

he has been told that a few times, just send someone pay what’s owed and take the bike....3 months this cannot go on

 

I also dropped my charge and no reason on earth I should lower my charge and storage 150€ for 3 month I don’t think he has been robbed

 

I told him it’s going for 300€ tomorrow

 

I’m actually thinking it might fetch a tad more but honestly don’t want this shit I’ve given him 3 month I’m sure plenty of people would have sold it and got on with life

 

His last email said you want war you got war? Excuse me but I just want paying I am on the volunteer service but that is my free work in its entirety I pointed out I am self employed and do not work for nothing
The bloke is a twat, at no point did I mention to look in the history books after his war invitation

 

I have seen they are popular now, can’t imagine it been difficult to get running

 

After I told him it was going for 300€ I could make out a red glow on the easterly skyline

 

Cheers zhed I still have the bike, I reduced my charge to encourage closure and storage was a paltry bit over 10€ a week as not greedy just wanted him to arrange collecting by another transporter and pay the 300€ I’m baffled this did not happen so I’m now stuck with a very nice twin shock trail bike and I’m unsure hat to do as I have heard nothing for a week and deadline went by last Saturday

 

Thank you