What to do if I sent my car in for repair 10 months ago and I just got a call saying that it is ready but they want me to pay $2700 in storage fees?
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What to do if I sent my car in for repair 10 months ago and I just got a call saying that it is ready but they want me to pay $2700 in storage fees?
I never signed any contract with anything that had storage fees on it. I was no contact signed just my cash and the receipt from them. I have paid for everything they asked me to just to able to get my car way from them. Now do I have a legal right to sue them?
Asked on August 29, 2015 under Accident Law, Alabama
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
If there was no contract or agreement to pay storage fees, you should not have had to pay them while there is nothing illegal about storage charges, the customer has to have notice of them in advance and must agree either explicitly, such as in writing or implicitly, such as by going ahead and using the service despite knowing of the storage fee. If they charged you a fee to which you did not agree and of which you did not have advance notice, you may have grounds to sue them for breach of contract even if there was no written contract, the oral or verbal agreement or terms under which they did the work is considered a contract and/or for consumer fraud, in order to recover your money.
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