marine ply?

[chrishelen]

Hi Pete,
I suppose I could sue, but it would be a costly affair for the sake of a couple of sheets of ply. I spoke to my carpenter this morning about recovering the labour costs, but without success. He did offer to fit the new ply at a reduced rate. Nothing in writing unfortunately.

 

[TonyBuckley]

Hi Pete,
I suppose I could sue, but it would be a costly affair for the sake of a couple of sheets of ply. I spoke to my carpenter this morning about recovering the labour costs, but without success. He did offer to fit the new ply at a reduced rate. Nothing in writing unfortunately.

Small claims covers upto a few grand from memory. Easy and quick. Worth a punt surely, but I have forgotten what your outlay was if you said.

 

[chrishelen]

Hi Tony,
Initial outlay is less than a grand for the jobs, so I guess I could try the small claims court.But the carpenter did other jobs which were good,so I don't know who or what to sue for. I guess the marine ply jobs took no more than 3 days in total.

 

[sailorman]

Update...
Jewsons has passed this on to their suppliers, an outfit in Bristol,a very nice man rang me today to say its not their problem as it was the fault of the manufacturer in the far east and I should take it up with them, but as an act of good will the Bristol outfit will supply me with two sheets of marine ply 'proper stuff' he said.
Take it or !eave it it seems.

Your contract was with Jewson NOT their supplier

 

[chrishelen]

Your contract was with Jewson NOT their supplier

Jewsons say the contract was with the carpenter.

 

[sarabande]

don't let the supplier and chippy play verbal tennis with you. Trading Standards for a definitive answer, and a result to get you back safely on the ater..

 

[prv]

I suppose I could sue, but it would be a costly affair for the sake of a couple of sheets of ply.

Right, I wasn't suggesting you should, just clarifying that you are being fobbed off when they say you need to talk to some overseas supplier.

Pete

 

[prv]

Your contract was with Jewson NOT their supplier

His contract wasn't with Jewson either - he contracted the carpenter to do the work, and the carpenter bought the ply from Jewsons. The carpenter hasn't done the job as specified; whoever he may have been let down by in his turn, from the customer's point of view the buck stops with him.

Pete

 

[sailorman]

His contract wasn't with Jewson either - he contracted the carpenter to do the work, and the carpenter bought the ply from Jewsons. The carpenter hasn't done the job as specified; whoever he may have been let down by in his turn, from the customer's point of view the buck stops with him.

Pete

The OP paid the chippy cash for the ply

 

[prv]

The OP paid the chippy cash for the ply

Whether he paid him by cash, cheque, or a part-exchange on a periwinkle-blue caravan is neither here nor there.

Reading back through the thread, I see that the carpenter apparently chose the ply, then the OP "gave him the cash to go and get it". That certainly muddies up the waters a bit compared to a straightforward arrangement of either supply-and-fit or customer-supplies-material. On the basis that the carpenter chose it, though, I think it's closest to the former.

Pete