To invoice a repairman?

[Shazzabaz]

Hi.

My DH took our car to a local handyman/mechanic who is a friend for some work needed. Basically tyre changes, oil changes, handbrake tightening etc

He kept the car for three days, and then when we returned it he gave us an invoice of £30 to cover "costs".

What "costs"? We supplied the tyres to him!

My husband paid him, but I'm fuming. He originally said he wouldn't charge for his labour, as we have known him for so long.

I have decided I am going to send him an invoice for keeping our car longer than he said he would, to reimburse us for having to get the bus into town when we should have been able to drive.

I know this is petty, but a point needs proving. You can't keep a car longer than you promise, and then invoice for a favour!!!!

I'm wondering if it's petty to invoice for more than £30, just to make a point?

My DH says no, and this will only cause trouble, but I'm not being a doormat for his dishonest mate.

What do you all think?

Seriously yabu and what a horrible person you are. Must be a made up as no one be this nasty in real life..summer holidays...

I keep checking!

This has got to be a joke!

But I see OP admitted she's in the wrong,so well done to her.

Are you serious? I didn't know people like you actually existed! The guy did you a favour, he only charged you £30, you should be thanking him!

So if a bank note is a promissory to exchange the paper note for that value in gold, is OPs promissory note to be exchanged for a promissory note (cash money) to gold?

I feel like in I'm a Droster effect of promissory notes 😂

When does the OP get their crumb of gold dust?

The strength of response is often directly correlated to the stupidity of the original post.

Is this a serious thread?

Are you from the 1800's....???

just pay the man.

This one: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/amibeingunreasonable/5382825-do-you-want-a-receipt

Has a similar obviously unreasonable and flimsy complaint to start with, OP then quickly pivoted to something equally odd and weirdly unrelated (in this case it was books and schools wasting paper), and then ended up with accusations from OP of bullying/being mean and mumsnet being the only online forum where that would happen.

And yet you posted 9 more times after this. 🙄

It's all very simple and explained well on this website.

https://cirnow.com.au/how-to-create-a-bill-of-exchange/

I met Richard Vobes a number of times in the 2010s and he did not seem like a complete hairbrained lunatic then.

Try taking your promissory note to pay for you groceries at Tesco. They won't take it. Do you pay your self assessment/corp tax by promissory note!? I don't think HMRC will let that happen for one second

Anyone, whether that's Dickie Vobes, a Freeman of the Land proponent, Sovereign Citizen etc who try to tell you that there are special magic legal words you can say that mean you can force people to accept your bullshit "bill of exchange" or "promissory note" are grifters, tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists and/or nut-jobs. That goes double if they've got their own floundering YouTube channel.

@knuckly77trills welcome to Mumsnet! Out of interest how did you find your way here to this specific thread?

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OP, get yourself up to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Lunatic fringe more like.

It really isn’t, it is just a way to avoid paying any bill from the Government!

Promissory notes had/have their place mainly a form of debt contract - now it is really is either a loan or people use credit cards and make minimum payments!

Omg is this still up? 🤣

I'm genuinely annoyed I bothered to read OPs post.

Can some sort of warning go up on their future posts to avoid such timewasting?

He changed his mind, 30 quid is a bargain, maybe don't be so tight the next time, leave it in another garage.

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The same people who watch the nut job, probably