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    • I do disagree with you regarding one thing - we are not very good with letters or these situations and are slow on the uptake. So far you have stood up to Excel and their threats, immediately given us the information in the sticky, done loads of reading up to educate yourselves, learnt from the mistake of outing the driver so you'll know not to do so in the future, got on to the organ grinder to try to get them to call off their dogs, etc., etc.  Good grief - we wish everyone who came here would do this!!! Most people who get these invoices sadly think they have been fined and if they don't pay a drone from Ukraine will be diverted and will fall on their home (or some such vague grand apocalyptic threat) and they fold and give in.  You haven't.  Well done. Don't worry - you won't be paying a penny.  Although it will take some time to see off this vile company.
    • Spot on!  You learn quickly. Who cares if the case gets sent to debt collectors?  They have no powers.  All the effort you will have to put in will be to open envelopes - and then spend time laughing at their daft "threats".  No stress at all!
    • I did ask them why, but seems they have more spare cash than we do .. ;-( .. I doubt their bank would even support a chargeback after a year has passed. Anyway I've constructed my first DRAFT Snotty Letter .. so here goes ..   RE: PCN 4xxxxx Dear ALLIANCE PARKING Litigation Dept, Thank you for your dubious Letter Of Claim (dated 29th April 2024) of £100 for just 2 minutes of overstay. The family rolled around on the floor in amazement of the idea you actually think they’d accept this nonsense, let alone being confused over the extra unlawful £70 you had added. Shall we raise that related VAT issue with HMRC, or perhaps the custodians of the unicorn grain silos? Apart from the serious GDPR breach you’ve made with the DVLA and your complete failure in identifying the driver, we’re dumbfounded that the PCN is still not compliant with the PoFA (2012 Schedule 4 Under Section 9.2.f) even after 12 years of pathetic trial and error. We also doubt a judge would be very impressed at your bone idleness and lack of due diligence regarding the ANPR entry / exit periods compared with actual valid parking periods. Especially with no consideration of the legally allowed grace periods and the topological nature of the Cornish landscape versus a traditional multi-storey. And don’t even get us started on the invisible signage during the ultra busy bank holiday carnage, that is otherwise known as the random parking chaos in the several unmarked over-spill fields, or indeed the tedious “frustration of contract” attempting to get a data connection to Justpark.  We suggest your clients drop this extreme foolishness or get an absolute hammering in court. We are more than ready to raise the issues with a fair minded judge, who will most likely laugh your clients out in less time than it takes to capture more useless ANPR photos. We will of course be requesting “an unreasonable costs order” under CPR 27.14.2.g and put it toward future taxis to Harlyn Bay instead.  We all look forward to your clients' deafening silence. Legal Counsel on behalf of the Vehicle Keeper.  
    • Hi,t I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right subsection but General Retail appears to be the closest to it I think... About a year and a half ago I got a new phone so I listed my iPhone 10 on eBay.  The listed stated 'UK only' and 'no returns accepted'. Considering I had had the phone for about 4 years, I myself was amazed that I had kept it in such good condition all that time - apart from being slightly scuffed around the charging port there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. It had the original box, its unopened original Apple cable, plug, and earbuds, and I threw in a case for it and It had always had a screen protector on it. Someone wanted it from Armenia, and I stupidly agreed to it.  She paid and I sent it off, fully insured. Not long after she received it, she sent a message saying it 'was not as described', so I asked to see photos of whatever was the problem.  She sent two photographs of the box.  Just the box.  I said I wasn't even going to consider refunding her unless she told me what she meant by 'not as described'.  I thought, if it's been damaged in transit, then it would be covered by the insurance. Anyway, she didn't respond at all, even though I had messaged her several times, so she opened a case with eBay. I have sold a fair few things of mine on eBay in the past buy had never had had anyone come back to me asking for a refund.  I got in touch with eBay several times by phone and by email, and found out they always side with the buyer, no matter what with their 'eBay Seller Guarantee'.  She had been told she could keep the phone and told me they would recover the money from me from my account blah blah.  So I unlinked all of my cards etc and changed my bank account to one that I never use with no money in it. My account got suspended.  I continued to try to explain to eBay that I had been scammed but I got nowhere. My account was permanently inaccessible by this point. I reported the phone stolen and the IMEI blacklisted but I'm not sure if that would make any difference being in Armenia, but it was all I could think of to piss the buyer off. A couple of months later I was contacted by email by a debt recovery company (I can' remember who now), to whom I explained I will not discuss the matter with them until I had received an SAR I had requested from eBay. As I could no longer access my account, I couldn't review the communication I needed to show I was not in the wrong. The SAR was produced but I was advised that the information I was looking for would not be included but I said I wanted it anyway.  There were so many codes etc. and hoops to jump through to access it, that even after trying whilst on the phone to them, I still couldn't get into it, so I never got to see it in the end.  I think they said they would send the code by post but they never did and I forgot about it after a while. I've just come across a couple of emails from Moorgroup, asking me to phone them to discuss a private matter regarding eBay.  I haven't replied or done anything at all yet.  The amount they are trying to recover from me is £200ish from what I remember. I know it's not that much but I don't want to pay the b*astards on general principle. I've had a lot of useful advice from CAG in the past about debt collectors but it has always been about being chased by creditors, I've never been in this situation before. I don't know what power they legally have to recover the 'debt', and most importantly, I am two years into a DRO, and the last thing I want is another CCJ to shake off if I'm cutting my nose off to spite my face.   Any advice gratefully received!!
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I think it fair to say that there is 'no smoke without fire', if Karn did not genuinely feel that her character has been besmirched then why commence proceedings.

 

What a twazzle. For some reason he returns just to cause an argument.

 

I think it unfair of BW for blowing this off as 'much ado about nothing' and from what I can see any aggression is sadly mostly one way and from this site.
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IMHO BF and Dave should apologise and bring the matter to a close.
They have NEVER asked for an opinion, so why do you think anybody cares about yours.

 

Asking for funding in what is purely a personal matter is not something I can support. If the attack were from an organisation seeking to close CAG down then I'd be swift in writing a chq.
Need a pen ?

 

Set up a meeting buy Sharon lunch and then apologise. Job done everyone move on.
Let ME cook it.

 

Oh dear here we go again :rolleyes: If I was Bank Fodder I would be starting to get a bit ****ed off with this trial by forum.

 

The people involved know whats happening and thats enough.

 

I second that emotion.........Now Put up people, or SHUT UP.

 

It's very easy to criticise others when you don't know what you are talking about.

 

Unfortunately, some always will.

 

I find it sad how easily some people forget what they have gained from this site.

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We have nearly 200,000 registered users, who all seem to have an opinion, but the truth is that no more than a couple of dozen users know the whole story.

When it occurred, I was a mere Site Helper so was not a party to the whole facts. Since then, as a moderator I have learned a bit more about it, but by no means all of it.

As Bookie said, earlier in the thread, the action was NOT brought by the LB site, it was brought by one person who happens to be associated with that site....... There is a difference.

When I see some of the comments in this thread, I begin to wonder where the loyalties of the posters lie.

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Some of the posts are very reminiscent of "Lord Haw-Haw" during WW2.

(Google if you don't know). I will not name names, but but we all know which side we are really on.

 

 

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My point is made just with this one post, unnecessary name calling and banal rhetoric.:rolleyes:

 

I said on another thread I'm not having a pop, I did not return for an argument as this implies I have been away, which I haven't and I'm not:p

 

I am entitled to an opinion until the time my membership of this forum is removed.

 

When it comes to the running of this site, I will support CAG, Dave, Marc and the site helpers I think worthy. I see no merit in getting involved in something that should be a private affair

 

I do not like the way that posters are vilified by those that think themselves clever just because they disagree with their point of view.:cool:

 

I think I'll choose neither options of 'put up or shut up' thanks.:wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a twazzle. For some reason he returns just to cause an argument.

 

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They have NEVER asked for an opinion, so why do you think anybody cares about yours.

 

Need a pen ?

 

Let ME cook it.

 

 

 

I second that emotion.........Now Put up people, or SHUT UP.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, some always will.

 

I find it sad how easily some people forget what they have gained from this site.

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It's already happening. members being moderated when they haven't broken site rules. A crap moderation policy, unfair application of the policy, no way of appeal.

No members are moderated unless they have broken site rules.

The moderation policy is just fine thanks.

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It's already happening. members being moderated when they haven't broken site rules. A crap moderation policy, unfair application of the policy, no way of appeal.

 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

 

If all else fails, kick them where it hurts and SOD'EM;)

 

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No members are moderated unless they have broken site rules.

The moderation policy is just fine thanks.

Never is moderation unfairly applied intentionally.

We have a very good appeal system in place.

 

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Moderation policy may be as you say, from painful experience I can't agree with your comment on rights of appeal.:p

I'm not an expert so check everything I tell you, however click me scales if I've been useful.

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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

IMO all this post is intended to do is inflame and should be removed.

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Conar i think sod'em posted that because he's bored now with people joining the site just to inflame and cause trouble

Just my reading on it ;)

 

If that is indeed the case, I apologise to the worthy site member :lol:

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now, now dear children - i turn my back for a second and you all start scrapping again......

i thought this old chestnut was worn out last month...........

it's none of my business (and most everything else is!)

so i will not be stirring - i will just get on with the business at hand and also add my bits of other stuff to the bear garden -

anyone else want to play?

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now, now dear children - i turn my back for a second and you all start scrapping again......

i thought this old chestnut was worn out last month...........

it's none of my business (and most everything else is!)

so i will not be stirring - i will just get on with the business at hand and also add my bits of other stuff to the bear garden -

anyone else want to play?

hello Latty.

 

good to see you... hows things :D

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hiya crushy (my secret lover!), things are good - just applied for my 58 pence back from icesave (plus interest!),

haven't been keeping up much - so it's just the cheerleading section for me -

hope you are too crunched by this credit crunchy thingy going on!

i just hope people are ok - cuz the same people who benefit from this site are probably the same ones who are looking down the barrel of the repossesion gun. wish i could wave a magic wand and help people out.

don't want to sound like x factor hopefuls but i have two friends who are battling breast cancer at the moment - and one has missed 3 mortgage payments and is in grave danger of loosing her home.

sort of puts a lot of this crap (sorry!!!!) into perspective.

 

you take care, big guy - you know i love ya!

mama lattie

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Hi Lateralus, is your friend getting help with the repossession problem?

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don't know - i will find out tomorrow

i know she only worked less than 16 hrs before her surgery and has now been off for 16 weeks and isn't getting anything.

i hadn't been in touch lately and only found out when putting other friend in touch with her to answer some questions about second friend's surgery coming up on the 27th about her missing payments. was going to ring tomorrow and try to get a fuller picture -

i will post again when i know more - thanks for caring

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