Hi

please can you help provide any update on Chris,

his whereabouts and what will happen to the vehicles if he does a flit back to Cornwall as suggested?

He has had our vehicle for about 3 years, paid in advance to restore.

Forget the money, we just want the vehicle back.

Any advice would be very helpful.

Much appreciated.

Hi I hope you can help with some advice.

Chris has had our mini for a good few years now - paid in istallments.

His last email (Jan 2016) showed the vehicle in primer (albeit it could be any mini) and request for final payment which was made.

Since then it's been radio silence.

We've tried emailing, calling, messaging but getting nothing back.

I've read other threads on here about the company;

the fact Chris is now only working 3 days a week, potentially flitting to Cornwall etc.

All very worrying.

I need to try and find out where our vehicle is (it was at Glossop but it appears he has a couple of garages now) and how best to recover it.

Many thanks for any advice.

oh we know them well here

https://cse.google.co.uk/cse?cx=partner-pub-0964707606882478:652l7hswbgv&ie=UTF-8&q=North+West+Mini+Centre+&sa=Search+CAG#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=North%20West%20Mini%20Centre&gsc.page=1

Thanks. Do you know contact details for his business partner?

poss in one of those threads?

though obv we don't post pers addresses here.

Hi - do you have the contact details of his business partner?

Thanks I've checked and can't find anything.

urm sure its there somewhere

i'll have a poke around later for you.

Thanks. As an update,

I've had a reply to my messenger message to Chris earlier today.

saying the workshop is closed to the public in any event,

plus not working there Friday afternoons and weekends.

So I can't 'drop in' as I was hoping to.

He has a massive backlog and will be in touch when he's back on it.

Still v concerned this is just a fob off.

Hi please can you provide an update on progress? I can't PM you as only just joined and hte system is preventing me from doing so. Any updates gratefully received! Thanks

Hi if anyone has their car with NWMC, or if you know of anyone who does, please can you inbox me as soon as possible.

Many thanks

nope you cant you've not enough posts to do that.

Thanks.

I've recovered our mini,

however to recover if you need to recover the money paid for work not completed

I've been told to do it as a group of consumers rather than individually.

Did you pay him and did he do the work?

Hi

Look at this CAG link: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?478778-North-West-car-sales-Heywood-Rogue-car-dealer/page2&highlight=north+west+mini

Specifically Post#28 you will see they were Dissolved 28th February 2017 (look at the info in that post)

We've had progress and recovered our mini. Despite having emails to the contrary, including photos, no work has been carried out and the car is a rust bucket. Devastating

Did they get any extra money from you based on the emails / photos?

If so would you consider reporting him to the police where they can consider if there has been a fraud by false representation?

in my case he took the car after verbal estimate and initial deposit.

Sent email updates confirming work had been done and requesting next instalments which were paid.

I've recovered vehicle, however none if the work has been done;

it's exactly how I handed it to him,

just 3 years more rusty and falling to bits.

He's clearly taken money with absolutely no intention to do any work and indeed, lied by email to extract more money from me.

Surely this is criminal and he needs to be locked up by the police.

The small claims court/litigation route,

will only prevent him from being a director of a limited company but not put him behind bars where he can't prey on people who love their cars.

How do we collect names of everyone who has been affected by this and get him done for fraud?

Why do you think I asked a specific question about any representation he may have made :

Did they get any extra money from you based on the emails / photos?

If so would you consider reporting him to the police where they can consider if there has been a fraud by false representation?

I asked this on the thread:

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?475058-Northwest-Mini-Centre-Glossop-delay&p=5060400#post5060400

I asked on the 11th, but got no reply.

Sorry I didn't see that post. There are a few on here re nwmc and it's all a bit confusing. How can we speak directly? Can I call you?

Sorry I didn't see that post. There are a few on here re nwmc and it's all a bit confusing. How can we speak directly? Can I call you?

Why would you want to speak directly?

I could tell you any old tall tale (I know I won't but how do you know that)

Put it all here (making sure you follow the site rules).

That way:

a) Others can contribute,

b) any advice I or others give is open to review, and

c) the information is there for others to use, too.

wish people would keep to their own threads

then it wouldn't get confusing

posts moved to your own thread from elsewhere.

Personally I don't want to post the full story or updates on here as Chris also reads this site.

I want to find a way of getting names/ numbers for all affected and then seeing what police will do - lot more chance of them taking it seriously if there is a group.

And yes, he did get next instalments based on the emails saying he had done work.

I know it's fraud, you know it's fraud but how to get him in custody is another matter.

Problem is admin tell you to start a new thread each time. Anyway.

He did export money based on the emails = fraud.

However getting him in custody is another matter.

Then report it to the police, and ask the site team if you can post the crime ref. no., so others can make linked reports .....

(& hope they don't just say "speak to ActionFraud"....)

Hi yes thanks trying every angle.

I'm keen to set up some kind of group just go try and group all his victims together so we can try and work out how to move forward and try and get him brought to book for what he's done.

I'm very certain if a group of us went to Derbyshire police and made formal complains about his dealings they would feel inclined to investigate as it's pretty clear Chris was running a ****.

I don't believe he had any intention of completing any of the restoration work he took on and I'm yet to hear of a satisfied customer.

How did it go recovering your mini??

Was chris there on the day and did he offer any kind of explanation??

better to each complain

no need for any kind of group