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    • Is the letter headed Letter of Claim/before Claim or similar? If not, it sounds like more of the threatogram chain. If you're not sure, post up an anonymised copy of the letter and we'll check. HB
    • So guess what, we have received a final demand letter for £100. It states if payment is not made by 11/06 they will have no option but to forward the case to their litigation dept with a view to commence County Court Proceedings. So just wondering if anyone has any advice. Do we ignore this? or do we need to take action? Thanks 
    • hi dx, thanks for helping just re-reading everything this morning and I must have missed this one from uncle in his thread "What you should not do, is not contact the Banks and simply default on payments. "  are you in disagreement with this based on your last sentence?
    • Thanks for the reply and clarification, that might just explain why in my case contact has pretty much ceased. Though with such companies it doesn't mean they won't ever threaten to return to court as a tool to force one's hand if they feel they are not self informed on their chances etc.  But concerning how last year they tried to use the CCJ to get a charging order and the court granted an intirum order on our mortgage using the CCJ that would have been a good 2-3 months beyond the 6 years, should the court not have checked the age of the CCJ in the first case or would they always grant an interim order simply off the back of a CCJ being produced without even checking the age of it?.  Had I not defended that action at the time they may well have got a default using a CCJ older than 6 years which could be a concern going forwards. At the time when I contacted the court to question the paperwork for a final order application the clerk suggested people don't get informed when companies apply for interim charging orders, they are automatic if a claimant has a CCJ and people only get contacted once a date for a final order application goes through. kind of begs the question if such companies can continue a seemingly backdoor method to attempt default action if un-defended if the initial application doesn't need to check the age of a CCJ?.
    • Hello!  Wondering if someone can help with this.  I suspect not but worth a go.  I appreciate the "contract is with the seller" line, which is what Evri has fed me but wanted to see if someone with experience in these things could suggest anything else I could do here.  I appreciate there are many topics about lost parcels - My parcels weren't lost, until the driver walked up to my door with them and then decided to make them lost/stolen... I'll summarise what has happened.  Wednesday of last week - Evri delivery driver stole / walked off with 3 of my parcels.  -  Arrived outside my properly, took photos (3 separate photos as its 3 separate deliveries) of the tops of the parcels (pointlessly zoomed in on just the labels, couldn't see anything else, other than a small piece of the pavement and a little weed, which doubly confirms it was outside my door as I can see the same plant), marked the order as delivered and walked off with them.  He's marked on the Evri GPS marked that he was outside.   -  3 different deliveries, from the same company (same boxes etc.), but 3 separate tracking numbers. -  Went through the Evri bot which opened a case on each tracking number.  I then phoned them and left a voicemail explaining what had happened. -  24 hours later had a canned response asking me if the packages had turned up and to check around etc..  I responded explaining again what happened and that they've definitely been taken. -  4 days later,  this morning, I get a response telling me to ask the merchant to refund me. I've responded to this message with a long email, repeating what I said, that I believe the driver has stolen these packages and that he took those suspicious top down shots of the packages, marked them as delivered without ringing or knocking etc.  I've said that I expect them to investigate further, but I gather they won't. In my several messages to them initially and later, I told them I don't care about a refund and wanted the parcels.  They contain some sentimental stuff, nothing of high monetary value, hence me going to this trouble.  I only paid £25 for the contents. I did contact the merchant when this first happened and they asked me to wait a few days.  They ended up refunding me despite me asking them not to and that I wanted them to escalate it with Evri because this appears to be a case of theft.  They didn't seem bothered - Refunded me and told me to go back to Evri and escalate it with them? So - Is there any way to compel Evri to conduct a proper investigation with this driver?  Search for my parcels? I have quite a lot of deliveries handled by Evri (not out of choice) - They used to have a fantastic chap and I rarely had any issues.  He has been replaced by a new guy and I believe the route is handled by this same guy who I believe has taken my packages.  Naturally, I fear this is going to happen again in the future if no investigation occurs. Appreciate any assistance - Thanks for reading. Al.  
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Had this email sent to me, thought i would share it with you lot .. :D

 

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Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to

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To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the

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If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop

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If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that's tough!. Please

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Wrap celery in aluminium foil when putting in the refrigerator and it

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It could keep forever. Who eats it?

 

 

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Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your

forehead. The throbbing will go away.

 

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Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and drop it in 8

ounces of vodka Drink the vodka. You might still have the headache, but you won't care!

 

 

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If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing

gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

 

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Why do I have a man?

 

 

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Freeze leftover wine into ice cubes for future use in casseroles.

 

 

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Left over wine???? . . . Hellllooooooooo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Are you seriously trying to suggest that Nigella isnt a real woman hallllooooooooooooo LOL:D

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She is quite sexy, but bugger having to meet the father-in-law - surely that would put anyone off their food!

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To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the

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PS.Does that actually work?

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That woman would put people off for food for life, licking her fingers and then dipping them in again, long black hair trailing everywhere, urggghhhh. :-|

 

I have noticed this a lot with Chefs on these programes. They break all of the Hygiene regulations, wearing Jewellery, watches, no hair nets etc..

 

Aparantly the Apple thing works Dave, there are a few more hints and tips here:

 

Hints and tips for food preparation and baking

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dunno but I know that potato slices in over salty food works

 

 

Why doesn't it work on a hot pot, which is covered by sliced potatoes?:confused:

Personally, I don't use salt in my cooking because of the children (even though it does make a difference).

 

 

I have noticed this a lot with Chefs on these programes. They break all of the Hygiene regulations, wearing Jewellery, watches, no hair nets etc..

 

.....hand washing, chopping boards, the same knife for everything.....

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Did our parents and grand parents get ill when they used the same knife for everything, or only wiped down the chopping board during the same meal, in fact I dont think an old fasioned wooden chopping board would survive long under modern health and safety regulations :rolleyes:

 

Undoubtably there is cause for concern when dealing with cooked and raw meats and care should be taken but I do think it can be taken too far

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Did our parents and grand parents get ill when they used the same knife for everything,
Seeing the amount of gastro-intestinal diseases than ran rife throughout the centuries, I'd say yes, beyond a doubt, actually.
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plus we do live longer now, surely food hygene has a part to play in that.

 

I do concede, however, that a too sterile environment is NOT good for our immune system in the long run. That said, I doubt if anyoe lives in a 'germ' free environment.

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How many times on "How Clean is your house" have you seen really filthy disgusting houses and the people are never sick. well apart from astmatics who tend to suffer :-)

 

I agree, it is good to be clean, but too sterile is not good at all

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Delia Smith is doing rather well with her "How to Cheat at Cooking" seies, isn't she?

 

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Campaigners have attacked TV chef Delia Smith over high levels of salt in some recipes in her new book and series "How to Cheat at Cooking".

Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) identifies recipes including "carbonara real quick", containing more than 7g of salt per person. The recommended daily limit for an adult is 6g.

 

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Ha ha ha - that's funny.

 

The food Nazis can't make their minds up - one minute it's no eggs, no salt, I expect bread will be bad for us soon.

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Bread is bad for you, Dave. I'm not going to bore you with the details, but if people gave up bread and bread-derived products, I think you'd find that an awful lot of them would find a lot of their gut problems disappear. As a species, we haven't evolved sufficiently to cope with grain, we are still meat and berries eaters, I'm afraid.

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Well to be honest, I read a thread that included the words "Nigella", "throbbing" and "latex" and I thought I was in the wrong place. Really! Nigella, what a woman!

 

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