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AIBU to refuse extra payment for neighbour's delayed car repair?

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BurnoutGP · 02/07/2026 14:48

DD2 scraped our neighbours car a year ago.
He got some quotes and then gave me an invoice which I paid a year ago. 3 months later he told me it actually still hasn't been done and would be done soon and did I want my money back in the meantime.
I said if it was likely to be soon to hold onto it. I assumed the original invoice was just that not a quote. I then heard nothing.
Until now when he says is being done next week but as so long there might be extra money needed.
I feel I paid in good faith a year ago and as far as I am concerned it was settled and the work had been done.
I believe I shouldn't have to pay any more now a year later.

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BurnoutGP · 02/07/2026 15:36

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BurnoutGP · 02/07/2026 15:32

GYtoday · 02/07/2026 15:13

and then gave me an invoice which I paid a year ago.

an invoice means the work has already been done.

do you mean a quote?

It looked like an invoice. He presented it as an invoice.

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purpleme12 · 02/07/2026 15:19

I wouldn't pay any more

tartyflette · 02/07/2026 15:17

He has already spent the money but thinks he can scam you out of more.
You paid the invoice he gave you — not a quote or an estimate but an invoice! A bill for work that has actually been done.
He’s a chancer and a crook.

GYtoday · 02/07/2026 15:13

and then gave me an invoice which I paid a year ago.

an invoice means the work has already been done.

do you mean a quote?

JohnnieFedora · 02/07/2026 15:12

Oh fuck him just block and move on.

GYtoday · 02/07/2026 15:12

BurnoutGP · 02/07/2026 15:07

For the repair to a side panel. It looked like an invoice not a quote and he presented it very much as an invoice

So he’s already had the work done or was this just a part of it and more to follow?

BurnoutGP · 02/07/2026 15:09

theemmadilemma · 02/07/2026 15:07

Nope, you paid the cost at the time. He had no reason not to get it done if he had the money. The delay is on him, and now so is any additional cost.

He did message me 3 months later to say it hadn't been done yet as the ?machine needed was unavailable. That was last Oct. I heard nothing after that until today. Assumed it was done and dusted.

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BurnoutGP · 02/07/2026 15:07

GYtoday · 02/07/2026 15:05

What was the invoice for?

For the repair to a side panel. It looked like an invoice not a quote and he presented it very much as an invoice

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theemmadilemma · 02/07/2026 15:07

Nope, you paid the cost at the time. He had no reason not to get it done if he had the money. The delay is on him, and now so is any additional cost.

GYtoday · 02/07/2026 15:05

What was the invoice for?

nomas · 02/07/2026 14:56

What a dumb head or a prick he is. Don’t give any more money.

BurnoutGP · 02/07/2026 14:54

Namechangetheyarewatching · 02/07/2026 14:50

100% agree

Do you have any of this in writing

Was all in WhatsApp so have all the messages luckily.
He has also now moved away so is no longer my neighbour.

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Whyherewego · 02/07/2026 14:50

Agree. If you paid the money at rhe time, he's benefited from the cash and so it's really on him if he didnt get it done
If it's cheaper I bet he'd not give a refund!

DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 02/07/2026 14:50

Personally I would tell him to fuck off. He gave you the invoice which you paid. Not your fault if he delayed the work and it will now cost more.

Namechangetheyarewatching · 02/07/2026 14:50

100% agree

Do you have any of this in writing

Chunkyblacklab · 02/07/2026 14:50

Absolute chancer - he's probably dinged it multiple times since then. Don't give them anything else!