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    • Hello,

      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

      Car was dirty and test drive was two circuits of roundabout on entry to the showroom.  Was p/x my car and rushed by sales exec and a manager into buying the mini and a 3yr warranty that night, sale all wrapped up by 10pm.  They strongly advised me taking warranty out on car that age (2017) and confirmed it was honoured at over 500 UK registered garages.

      The next day, 18/1/24 noticed amber engine warning light on dashboard , immediately phoned BMW aftercare team to ask for it to be investigated asap at nearest garage to me. After 15 mins on hold was told only their 5 service centres across the UK can deal with car issues with earliest date for inspection in March ! Said I’m not happy with that given what sales team advised or driving car. Told an amber warning light only advisory so to drive with caution and call back when light goes red.

      I’m not happy to do this, drive the car or with the after care experience (a sign of further stresses to come) so want a refund and to return the car asap.

      Please can you advise what I need to do today to get this done. 
       

      Many thanks 
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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

      Please note that a recent case against UPS failed on exactly the same issue with the judge held that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 did not apply.

      We will be getting that transcript very soon. We will look at it and we will understand how the judge made such catastrophic mistakes. It was a very poor judgement.
      We will be recommending that people do include this adverse judgement in their bundle so that when they go to county court the judge will see both sides and see the arguments against this adverse judgement.
      Also, we will be to demonstrate to the judge that we are fair-minded and that we don't mind bringing everything to the attention of the judge even if it is against our own interests.
      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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I am annoyed that all EU countries with Identity Cards can use these as a passport for entry into the UK and yet UK citizens have to produce a Passport to leave and enter the UK.I am not suggesting we go to the expense of Identity Cards,but surely for any person from the EU to enter the UK they should have a passport

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I have to say as a UK National and resident, I do not possess a Passport, yet I regularly travel within EU as part of my work and I only ever have to produce my Full UK driving Licence to do this. Only once was I asked if I had a Passport by Ryanair and when I stated no, they made a quick telephone and then allowed me to check in.

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Perhaps I would get a kick in the rear from Alitalia, however, I NEVER stated that I travelled with all the airlines that fly to Europe, I have flown Ryanair, Air France and EasyJet without issue apart from the first time with Ryanair as stated above. As for the others, I have no idea. Though for anyone wishing to fly without a passport to Europe, I would recommend calling the relevant airline in advance to enquire if they would permit it, this way you do not encounter any problems.

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really is this possible fly to Europe only with driving licence ?

 

Perhaps I would get a kick in the rear from Alitalia, however, I NEVER stated that I travelled with all the airlines that fly to Europe, I have flown Ryanair, Air France and EasyJet without issue apart from the first time with Ryanair as stated above. As for the others, I have no idea. Though for anyone wishing to fly without a passport to Europe, I would recommend calling the relevant airline in advance to enquire if they would permit it, this way you do not encounter any problems.

 

It appears that you can, with some airlines, unless you are suggesting lightbulb117 is mistaken in their recollection of travelling on a driving licence.

I agree it would be wise to confirm it in advance with the airline.

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I suspect the issue will be proving you are a UK or EU national, which a driving licence does not do.

 

In the not too distant past you could easily travel back and forth to France on a ferry without once being asked for ID never mind an actual passport, which really bugged me after I'd paid out for emergency ones for my kids after booking a last minute holiday. We now have hours of queues at immigration (well, ten minutes at least!) whilst every passport is scanned and recorded, going both ways, and this is after providing ID info for both people and vehicles in advance.

 

If Ryanair or anyone else are really letting people travel on a driving licence, I for one find that quite worrying. I could have arrived in the UK yesterday (or any other EU country), swapped my licence for a UK/EU one next week and be freely travelling throughout the EU the week after if that were true.

 

How do you get around the advance passenger information thing? Doesn't that need a passport or identity card number?

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Perhaps I would get a kick in the rear from Alitalia, however, I NEVER stated that I travelled with all the airlines that fly to Europe, I have flown Ryanair, Air France and EasyJet without issue apart from the first time with Ryanair as stated above. As for the others, I have no idea. Though for anyone wishing to fly without a passport to Europe, I would recommend calling the relevant airline in advance to enquire if they would permit it, this way you do not encounter any problems.

 

Really???

 

International flights outside the EU - Valid passport only

International flights within the EU - Valid passport or national identity card *

Domestic flights (excluding UK) - Valid passport or national identity card *

Domestic flights UK - Valid passport or photographic I.D.

* not every country issues a national identity card

 

Please note: a driving licence does not represent a valid photographic ID, with the exception of UK domestic flights.

 

 

 

http://support.easyjet.com/case-4077

 

 

Im sorry lightbulb 117, but a uk driving licence is not suitable for travel within the EU, only on domestic flights staying within the uk. The uk NO longer has a national id card and a uk natioanl can NOT own a valid one as we do not make or issue them and any old ones are no longer valid, all we have is the passport.

 

 

 

As you can see below, we are opt outs and therefore, we require passports to travel. I would be VERY wary of travelling under the advice given by Lightbulb117. Im not saying he didnt, but it looks like that if stopped, you may have to produce or have a problem.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area

 

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Ireland and the United Kingdom were the only EU members which, prior to the 2004 enlargement, had not signed the Schengen Agreement. Both countries maintain a Common Travel Area with passport-free travel for their citizens between them and the three British Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, which are outside the European Union.

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