Jump to content


  • Tweets

  • Posts

    • The move marks the first time the country's central bank has raised interest rates for 17 years.View the full article
    • The move marks the first time the country's central bank has raised interest rates for 17 years.View the full article
    • The firm has benefited from the AI boom, making it the third-most valuable company in the US.View the full article
    • Former billionaire Hui Ka Yan has been fined and banned from the financial market for life.View the full article
    • In terms of "why didn't I make a claim" - well, that has to be understood in the context of the long-standing legal battle and all its permuations with the shark. In essence there was a repo and probable fire sale of the leasehold property - which would have led to me initiating the complaint/ claim v SPF in summer 19. But there was no quick sale. And battle commenced and it ain't done yet 5y later. A potential sale morphed into trying to do a debt deal and then into a full blown battle heading to trial - based on the shark deliberately racking up costs just so the ceo can keep the property for himself.  Along the way they have launched claims in 4 different counties -v- me - trying to get a backdoor B. (Haven't yet succeeded) Simultaneously I got dragged into a contentious forfeiture claim and then into a lease extension debacle - both of which lasted 3y. (I have an association with the freeholders and handled all that legal stuff too) I had some (friend paid for) legal support to begin with.  But mostly I have handled every thing alone.  The sheer weight of all the different cases has been pretty overwhelming. And tedious.  I'm battling an aggressive financial shark that has investors giving them 00s of millions. They've employed teams of expensive lawyers and barristers. And also got juniors doing the boring menial tasks. And, of course, in text book style they've delayed issues on purpose and then sent 000's of docs to read at the 11th hour. Which I not only boringly did read,  but also simultaneously filed for ease of reference later - which has come in very handy in speeding up collating legal bundles and being able to find evidence quickly.  It's also how I found out the damning stuff I could use -v- them.  Bottom line - I haven't really had a moment to breath for 5y. I've had to write a statement recently. And asked a clinic for advice. One of the volunteers asked how I got into this situation.  Which prompted me to say it all started when I got bad advice from a broker. Which kick-started me in to thinking I really should look into making some kind of formal complaint -v- the broker.  Which is where I am now.  Extenuating circumstances as to why I'm complaining so late.  But hopefully still in time ??  
  • Recommended Topics

  • Our picks

    • If you are buying a used car – you need to read this survival guide.
      • 1 reply
    • 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 
      • 81 replies
    • Housing Association property flooding. https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/438641-housing-association-property-flooding/&do=findComment&comment=5124299
      • 160 replies
    • 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.

       

      OT APPROVED, 365MC637, FAROOQ, EVRi, 12.07.23 (BRENT) - J v4.pdf
        • Like
  • Recommended Topics

Virgin media installation


style="text-align: center;">  

Thread Locked

because no one has posted on it for the last 2043 days.

If you need to add something to this thread then

 

Please click the "Report " link

 

at the bottom of one of the posts.

 

If you want to post a new story then

Please

Start your own new thread

That way you will attract more attention to your story and get more visitors and more help 

 

Thanks

Recommended Posts

As I was replying I noticed that the guy was taking photos of my front garden but couldnt tell whether he had stepped onto my lawn to take them. I have turned my cctv onto the area on the lawn so when I am away it will detect and record anybody in the area.

Good you've got CCTV. There's every chance they've misread an address and it's very likely they'd just rip it out and leave a mess if you hadn't been around to do something.

Link to post
Share on other sites

I've used the resolver website to issue a formal complaint as I have no way of typing up and printing out a formal letter.

 

Sorry decided to go down the fix everything route

Link to post
Share on other sites

Please let us know how you get on. Frankly I think you've taken the slow route – but whatever suits you.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thank you for your assistance on this and I'll keep you up to date with what happens. Noticed my resolver letter contains a few spelling mistakes. I'm new to this.

 

Also can I push the cable under the grass just so I can hope the grass continues to grow or do I have to leave as is.

Link to post
Share on other sites

You can do what you want with it but I suggest that you photograph and document it

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

Hi,

 

Thought I'd update you on what's happened so far.

 

After emailing their ceo and emailing there complaint department I got contacted by the area manager for VM who organised a company they have to sort out these type of bad installs. They came and sorted out the garden and lucky having taken off the install on the wall found it was through the plaster not through the stone of the wall, so they patched that up and now it's looking close to what it was before not 100% but close.

 

I asked for compensation regarding this matter and have been told by them that it would be a civil courts matter. That they have done nothing wrong because they have had instruction to install at this property and now that everything is fixed I would have to go down the civil court route. The call centre guy even said that it should be the person who ordered the services I should go after not VM.

 

Virgin Media will be one company I will never order from in my life.

 

Regards

 

Richard

Link to post
Share on other sites

They are talking rubbish in terms of whose liability it is. It is clearly their liability. They are the trespassers. You even warned them – or attempted to warn them that they were dealing with the wrong property.

 

Although they have put things right it seems to me that you still have the basis for some compensation if you want to take the trouble to get it. I'm pretty certain that if you issue the papers for a reasonable amount – say, £300 or £400 – then although they would bluster a bit and try to take you to the wire, they would eventually put their hands up. They really wouldn't want to go to the expense of defending an action like this

Link to post
Share on other sites

Hi,

 

My asked for compensation wasn't even that high and from the conversations I had with the area manager, who was very good, their internal investigation show that they have record of me telling them they have the wrong house.

 

I'll have to have a look at the costs and process involved to see whether I want to proceed.

Link to post
Share on other sites

It's very straightforward. Cheap. Uncomplicated and pretty well risk-free.

 

Send them an SAR. That's the place to start

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

Checked and this time it's on the right thread

 

Oddly enough your tweet just made it on BBC news

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45194337

 

Look for the link in bold

Please note:

 

  • I am employed in the IT sector of a high street retail chain but am not posting in any official capacity,so therefore any comments,suggestions or opinions are expressly personal ones and should not be viewed as an endorsement or with agreement of any company.
  • i am not legal trained in any form.
  • I have many experiences in life and do often use these in my posts

if ive been helpful kick my scales, if ive been unhelpful kick the scales of the person more helpful :eek:

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • Recently Browsing   0 Caggers

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Have we helped you ...?


×
×
  • Create New...