Regrettably, I too have fallen into this trap. Andy Preston’s shop sold a guitar for me more than nine months ago and I still haven’t received payment, in spite of phone calls, emails, Recorded Delivery letters etc. (and promises from him that he’d mail the payment ‘immediately’). Trading Standards have phoned him, written to him (letter ignored) and sent a Trading Standards Officer round to see him in his shop (he again promised to send a cheque ‘immediately’), but with no result.

The Registry Trust says he currently has more than £11,000 of unpaid CCJs outstanding against his name. Looks like I’ll only get my money back by sending in the bailiffs.

Not happy about this situation at all.

Like Lee says, BEWARE of Andy’s.