leestudd32
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I currently pay £31 a month for Plusnet Fibre broadband, their cheapest 40MB 40GB package. Been a customer for 2 years along with my Mum and no complaints. Been looking at other deals on the internet and I've noticed that EE do a similar deal but unlimited at the same price, Talk Talk do the same for £31.45. Virgin internet only deals are cheaper too and they're basic starter package is only £33. I'm tempted to go to Plusnet and squeeze them for something extra due to these other packages I've found, has anyone tried this with their provider and succeeded? Know it sometimes works with mob
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Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
No offence but I post on here for help, not for cocky replies like that. And who's to say the dealer I bought it from wouldn't put it through an MOT and falsify it to pass, as someone has already stated. -
Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
Well, Amington Motors conveniently ignored my letters as well. My recorded one wasn't signed for and was returned to me a few days ago, sent the same letter 1st class as well on the same day (12/4/13) and that appears to have been ignored as well. Looked on Birmingham Trading standards website, advises you to go though to a link to CAB so I've filled in all the info on another form and hopefully they will contact me. -
Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
Thank you, will do! -
Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
Had other things going lately so I haven't been able to write but I have composed a letter, does the following sound ok? Dear Sirs, I recently bought a car from yourselves, a Citroen Xsara Picasso Desire Hdi, registration number edited on the 9th February 2013. At the time of the sale, it was due an MOT in a little under 2 months. You did offer to put it through another test for me but due to the distance I had travelled and that I'd scrapped my old car in the morning before I came over, I had no choice but to decline and take the car anyway as I needed it, another £50 w -
Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
Well, the dealer has ignored my last 2 emails and I've been very polite in both. I will write to them too but is there anything I can do? I don't want an argument with them if I'm unlikely to get any money back. -
This is the problem, I've contacted my letting agency who them contact the management company, and they are not particularly speedy at resolving issues. Though I understand its on private property its still untaxed, we pay DLVA for road tax not the local council, I can't understand the red tape around the problem. I did get a long, unhelpful response from DVLA when I contacted them last week: Dear Mr Studd Thank you for your email received on 26/3/13. Your email reference number is 1235013. The removal of an abandoned vehicle is a matter for either the local autho
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Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
Had £50 knocked off for the MOT only, not the service which is due anyway. Maybe my local is a bit pricey but as I'd already said, I had no time and I needed the car back! Cambelt and pump both done last December! -
Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
I drove it straight to garage in the morning, about 10 min drive in traffic. I myself trust the garage that I go to and have been going to them to several years now. I've no idea what make of parts they fitted, I didn't have the time to question things like that, I needed the car back ASAP. -
Apologies if this is the wrong section, no idea where else to put it! I've reported an abandoned car to DVLA 3 times since December 2012. The car in question hasn't turned a wheel since it was left there, the tax on it ran out at the end of December 2012 and its not sorn. I've reported it to my local council and they won't do sod all unless I report it to the management company ( I live in a newish build block of flats), they then have to contact the council in writing and also pay a £40 charge to get a notice attached to the vehicle and it then removed. Council say this due to it being pr
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Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
Driving it back included, I've probably done a few hundred miles tops. It was on a forecourt but I've no idea how long it had been there. My garage used an injector cleaner to get it through the test, mentions it on the invoice. -
Was over a year ago when it happened, but at least I know now if it happens again. I had to pay again for another 6 months tax.
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Had this from dealership before too. Car was advertised with tax and I checked the disc when I viewed it. Collected the car a week later and when I got back I noticed the dealer had changed the disc back to the out of date previous one, cheeky sod. When contacted he tried to make out he never sells them with tax and it had some kind of disabled disc on it. I got a form from DVLA to obtain a duplicate disc which arrived a few days later, obviously the car was just normal taxed. Was driving for about 2 months when I received another letter from the DVLA telling me that my duplicate disc was
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Been hoodwinked by KwikFit - A cautionary tale - RESOLVED
leestudd32 replied to 42man's topic in Kwik Fit
I always use a local branch of ETB and they are always pretty good, if it wasn't urgently needed I'll be trying an online place next time, like black circles which always seem pretty cheap. -
Car failed first MOT under my ownership, only had it a month!
leestudd32 replied to leestudd32's topic in Garage services
Well I did email them on Saturday and they haven't replied, will give it a few days and I'll try again. The £270 did include clearing the smoke!
