This is a long story. I used a website for a man and van service. Basically man and van picked up a fridge freezer which I purchased on eBay and brought it to my house. In the process the man and van managed to damage the item and damage our flooring. The case went to small claims and a CCJ for £300 was awarded in my favour.
I phoned man and van to ask when he was paying the cash and he hung up the phone.
The next thing I did was go round to his address which the website claim was verified by them. This was to make a quick assessment of whether or not he has assets which I can instruct a bailiff to seize. Turns out he gave his parents address and parents are not for telling me where he lives. I asked the website owners how they had verified the address and it turns out they had not done this.
The website also left defamatory comments calling me a liar and a con artist on there for a year and have only pulled them down now as I have the CCJ in my favour. Before that they claimed it was "my word against his".
The website owners state their T&Cs are they are not responsible for the actions of their self-employed drivers. However they have not refunded the deposit I paid them and so far I have had to spend an additional £35 getting background reports from 192.com to try and trace this guy.
I know I cannot sue them for the damage as their T&Cs are clear on this issue. However I am tempted to take them to small claims over the extra costs I am now incurring to trace this guy.
I should add that he became very threatening when I refused to pay him his fee for destroying the item and instead told him I would deduct it from the costs of the damage. In fact he was so scary we had to pay an additional £550 out on getting a burglar alarm as there were 2 attempted break ins at our house in the 48 hours after I told him to clear off.