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    • Thank you. You contacted directly with the parcel broker so your best option is to proceed directly against them for breach of contract. I hope you have read enough to understand that you will not be able to rely on the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Do you understand why? Have Parcel to Go giving you a reason for declining reimbursement? Do you have anything in writing from your customer which shows that they did not refuse delivery and which identifies the actual circumstances of the situation?
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    • Perhaps you would care to read this and reflect on your continuing comparison of Israel to Nazi Germany Jugg    ALEX BRUMMER: How grotesque of pro-Palestine protesters to besmirch Auschwitz, the place where my grandparents died WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK As the son of a refugee from the horrors of the Holocaust, I can feel nothing but contempt for the ignorance, gross... My elderly aunt Sussie and cousin Sheindy had been teenagers at Auschwitz and Belsen but survived and are alive to this day. What they will make of the protesters who waved flags, heckled and chanted as Israelis took part in the March Of The Living – the annual walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau – I cannot imagine. The images now circulating of the protesters are indescribably disturbing. They can only bring back memories of those final moments Sheindy shared with my grandparents when my grandmother Fanya squeezed her hand and told her to lie about her age to avoid the gas chambers. Claiming she was older, and could work, meant that Sheindy lived, not died. The outrage perpetrated by Hamas on October 7 has brought back the most terrifying memories for these two women – memories of pillage, mutilation and starvation. The Holocaust, or Shoah to use the Hebrew word, was the deliberate, industrial-scale killing of Jews.  It is bad enough that pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas sympathisers have chosen to steal the language of the Holocaust.  Any comparison between Israel's retaliation and the monstrous genocide of the 1940s is odious and anti-Semitic
    • Thank you JK2054 and BankFodder for your replies. The information requested is as follows:   My wife and I are sole traders supplying bespoke, handmade wedding trays and other items through our website. We do not sell on ebay. We had an order for two trays (invoice value £370) that were shipped on Monday 25th March. We used P2G as the broker and Evri as the shipper. We declared the value but did not take out insurance. As the trays were a present for a wedding on Saturday 30th March we checked the progress of delivery on the Thursday to see that there had been an attempt to deliver on the 27th but the driver failed to deliver as the customer’s gate was shut (customer informs us that the gates are open between 7am-7pm. We contacted the customer who informed us she had been waiting in all week and there had been no attempt of a delivery. Evri allege they attempted to deliver on the 28th & 29th. On the P2G web site on the 4th April at 14.17 it stated that the customer refused delivery. At 14.28 it updated to say there was a problem with the address and at 14.32 updated to say the customer had refused delivery. At 14.35 updated again to say it was being returned. Last entry was on the 7th April that it was being processed at the depot. We never received it. I have had six web chats with P2G between the 4th-30th April. On the 26th April, I had an offer of £20 plus cost of delivery (£6.72) from P2G which I rejected. During this time, I also contacted Evri that resulted in an email from Evri Customer Services (20th April) stating that they had lost the parcel. I replied requesting details of the attempted delivery but received no reply. After emailing Evri again on the 23rd asking again for the information I received a phone call from someone called Haleemah on the 25th who apologised and promised to send an email with a link to submit a claim form. I subsequently received an email with the link which only took me to a page that stated “Page not found”. After informing Evri customer services of the problem (to which no reply was forthcoming) a couple of days later I retried the link but it only took me to the Evri website. I believe that I have a good case against both companies but would appreciate guidance on which path to go down. I have read most of the information on this site, which has been very helpful and much appreciated, particularly the various court transcripts. I appreciate that this process is a marathon and not a sprint and am fully aware that I need to get everything in the correct order before starting on the legal road. I am sure this covers the current position but if further info is needed please let me know.  
    • Everything at small claims revolves around informality and common sense, there are no "special" ways to have to do things. The site manager's WS will be like yours and the one I linked to - just much shorter.  There need to be the introductory hearings about the case, the parties, etc., and the concluding Statement of Truth. In the middle just a couple of paragraphs where they say who they are, how they know you, and about permission being given by the landowner to use the car park. Superb.  I've added another section about the signage to the suggested WS sections three posts above. Yes, it's perfectly possible.  It'd be a good idea to phone the court on the 18th to see if they have paid.
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HI Bubblzee,

I have been on tenterhooks all day:smile:

I'm so glad you have legal aid. At least with the adjournment, your brief will be able to go through the paperwork and hopefully sort something out from the mess that your council caused.

If the council want you to accept an admin penalty then i think their case may be a bit shaky and they don't really want it to proceed to trial. Good on you for telling them where to go.

It's only scary because it's a new thing but once you've "been there, done that" it's not so bad.

I'll wait for the next instalment with bated breath.

 

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I think they were hoping I would accept the penalty, and back out.

I am going to keep fighting. Will be glad once defence complete with solicitor.

I am still awaiting a response from the Chief Executive regarding my complaint that was forwarded from the ombudsman.

I will update as soon as any more news

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Hello. long time.

oh bum, i thought you'd have some news but as they say, no news is good news.

hope everything is otherwise good.

 

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This is so spooky - my daughter rang me at 7.15 and asked whether you had heard anything. I said I presume she hasn't been as there have been no new posts.

 

Its obviously not so cut and dried as they must have thought it was.

 

I am sure if they were in the right you would have heard by now.

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Just subscribing- I hope you get some good news soon. Having had many mucked up dealings with both Council and Housing Benefit departments, this is really interesting.

 

I really think you must have them all of a tizz now- they must be terrified after such a catalogue of errors. And then to have the gaul to take you to court- I hope your solicitor annihilates them as well as the ombudsman!

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Emma,

Thanks for subscribing to this thread. The more people who have had bad experiences with councils, the better for bubblzbee. The amount of stress she has had to go through is dispicable. I'm hoping that when the court case is over, the council see sense and sort out the mess of their own making.

My own case was sorted only a few months ago. I wish I'd found the CAG before I did as it wouldn't have gone on for 4 years.

 

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sorry for jumping in hear. But only found this web site a week ago and when i found this well an over whelming sense of relief and joy swept over me its just what Ive been looking for help with housing benefit overpayment. bubblzbee i feel for you my daughter had one of those taped interviews. been to court e.c.t She got charged with benefit fraud because .she didn't declare an overpayment of working tax credit I may open my own i have a lot of questions to ask, as i said bubblzee i fell for you have subscribed

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Have You Had No News Yet? My Case Has Been In Dispute Since 2001 When I Went To Court For Arrears Due To Incompetence. I Have Been Reading Cases From The Ombudsman Housing Site And People Don't Get Much For What They Endure. These Housing Benefit People, Housing Etc Etc Seem To Be A Law Unto Themselves. When Will It All Stop?

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Silverfox, I Am Glad To Hear Someone Got Somewhere, Were You Satisfied, Was Justice Done?

 

Sort of. My "debt" was around £900 but after making lots of complaints and eventually going to the chief exec i managed to get £400 knocked off due to a cock up. I still had to pay the rest but after my complaint to the ombudsman who found in my favour, I was awarded £200 compensation so although i still paid £300, it's a third of what it could have been but i also had another £212 written off due to statute barring which my council tried to use against me when I tried to get rehoused as the ombudsman told them off for that.

A long process but i had the time and the patience to take on the "big boys"

 

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So Basically You Won Nothing For Your Time, Effort And The Effect It Had On You Mentally. That Is Shameful. As I Said B4 When Will It All End And When Will Justice Be Done?

 

I Have 7000 In Dispute Over 10 Years And I Am Giving Up On Ever Getting It Sorted To Be Honest With You.

 

All I Want Now Is A Move.

 

I Am Not A Prejudice Person But I Am Feeling That Way Right Now.

 

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Hi all. Sorry been a while, had a letter from the council last week saying that despite being given extra 12 weeks to look into my complaint they are not going to look into it until after the trial . I have sent another letter to the ombudsman outlining again my concerns, and updating on info. I am still going to fight this matter in court and will update as soon as I know more. I do not expect the ombudsman to beable to do much prior to the trial, so am preparing everything with my solicitor.

 

I have also written a letter to my MP too, and am waiting to hear.

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Hi Bubblzee,

I was thinking about you the other day and wondering what is happening.

The council really are dragging this out aren't they.

As the council aren't looking at your complaint till after the trial, the ombudsman won't be able to help anyway as the council have to reply first. Just seems a story too long. This could have been sorted so long ago had the council been reasonable.

My son-in-law has varying wages too so i'm dealing with my council on his behalf as they keep getting his housing/council tax benefit wrong.

Please make sure you keep us informed and if anything comes up that you're not sure about, give a shout and we'll come-a-running :-D

take care

 

 

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Hi all. Sorry been a while, had a letter from the council last week saying that despite being given extra 12 weeks to look into my complaint they are not going to look into it until after the trial . I have sent another letter to the ombudsman outlining again my concerns, and updating on info. I am still going to fight this matter in court and will update as soon as I know more. I do not expect the ombudsman to beable to do much prior to the trial, so am preparing everything with my solicitor.

 

I have also written a letter to my MP too, and am waiting to hear.

 

 

Just to say good luck to you . Seems a bit illogical for the council to use tax payers money and proceed to trial - when the investgation may reveal the trial is in-appropriate?

 

Or am I missing the point?

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I would like to see the thread please can you send the link in here?

 

Did you read the thread that re-appeared the other day following benefit overpayment. Worth a read. His dragged on aswell.

 

I cannot believe that the council want it to go to court first before they can look into everything, that seems totally absurd. A waste of money and frustrating for you again to build up your hopes in thinking this is all going to be resolved soon. It is a bloody joke. Why didn't they just postpone until a later date?

 

I am getting so angry with all this and what people have to go through and even at the end of the day do these authorities really care?

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Hi all. My court date has been postponed, in a few months. Council still not responded to complaint. Have sent another letter to Ombudsman and Mp asking for something to be done.

The councils deadline given by the ombudsman has now ceased ,so fingers crossed will start investigating into the matter.

Will update as know more.......

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This seems very odd the way the Council are behaving. If they are sure of the facts then it would be full steam ahead, so obviously someone has dropped a clanger. It seems as if they don't know how to get out of this one. I would certainly pressure the Ombudsman by saying that this is making you ill and it needs to be resolved sooner rather than later.

 

Good luck.

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Morning BubblZee and Surprise, Hope you're doing ok.

 

Lets hope the Ombudsman acts now the time limit has expired. They are able to visit the council offices and see your file if they choose to do so and expect phone calls as they try to get a proper picture.

 

still wishing you good luck.

 

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I was informed by my solicitor that the court date had been postponed due to a witness recovering after an operation. The witness is a countil housing officer.

I am not sure what to make of it, but least the ombudsman has a few months to look into the matter now before the new court date.

fingers crossed

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