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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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So I currently have a mid 2014 macbook pro with 128GB . Does me fine but there are a couple of niggles 1) When I shut the lid, sometimes the battery life drains away overnight 2) Sometimes the screen just goes blank, usually fixed if I plug it in or wait a while

 

Anyway I can get a really good price on a new Macbook Air about £450 for the 128 and £550 for the 256Gb . Or for another 150 ish I think a macbook pro 128

 

Clearly I like Macs but will admit I do not use them to their potential but I am used to how they work and the keyboard layout and can just about manage to type my essays at a reasonable speed

 

Looking at the various Macbooks, I don't like the basic mac as it only has the one port so when charging you can not add anything else in, also no space for SD cards. Similar worries about the pro except it does have more ports - but I would have to spend more money to use USB connections.

 

The air however, although it has what I need, expansion capability and USB ports , feels a little old hat so really looking for impartial advice.

 

Weight is important but so is size, the mac is only 12 inches whereas the air is 13.3

 

Any thoughts

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I've had an Air 128 GB for nearly two years now, never had any problems, like you I never use it to it's potential.

Just got one for my son through my work but will be paying a lot more than £450, paying in instalments. My son carries his around in a backpack weighs 2.96 pounds (1.35 kg).

I'd think £450 for one was a bargain.

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Just to be open and honest about it, the reason I can get one for so little is that I have been given a grant via DSA for a Windows laptop because my current machine has become slightly unreliable and this cost would be an upgrade to a Mac.

 

There is another option in that I buy one using my student discount from Apple and get some of the cost back but no one seems to understand if the amount quoted for the windows laptop is ex VAT

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fletch,

 

I wondered why you could get one so cheap, thought it must have fallen off the back of a lorry without getting damaged.

I'm having to pay a bit more than I wanted for my son's one but it was for his 21st and I was sick of him borrowing mine :)

 

Let us know what you decide to do.

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Well things get complicated. DSA changed supplier because of an extra microphone order)and their upgrade price was crazy, it would have cost almost as much as I can buy a new air for with my student discount. Clear profiteering in my book, especially when you consider there is no VAT to pay on DSA hardware.

 

So I had two options, go back to the old supplier and hope they would honour the deal (and then probably have to buy the mic at about £40) or buy from apple direct and get £375 back.

 

So I have decided to go for the buy from Apple direct myself so the only decision is 128Gb or 256 Gb . As there is an expansion slot for an SD card I wonder if 128 is enough

 

I also get a set of beats headphones FOC

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Finally got it sorted and back to microlink . Their upgrade is cheaper than I could but even with student discount although I will miss out on the Beats headphones but i will survive.

 

Just holding fire now as there are rumours of a new Mac Air in Sept but I might just go for it anyway

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Thanks for letting us know, I'm sitting here thinking I've had this one over a year and don't even know how to turn the brightness down !!!

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Lump hammer does the trick!

 

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