Jump to content


  • Tweets

  • Posts

    • Hi welcome to the Forum.  If a PCN is sent out late ie after the 12th day of the alleged offence, the charge cannot then be transferred from the driver to the keeper.T he PCN is deemed to have arrived two days after dispatch so in your case, unless you can prove that Nexus sent the PCN several days after they claim you have very little chance of winning that argument. All is not lost since the majority of PCNs sent out are very poorly worded so that yet again the keeper is not liable to pay the charge, only the driver is now liable. If you post up the PCN, front and back we will be able to confirm whether it is compliant or not. Even if it is ok, there are lots of other reasons why it is not necessary to pay those rogues. 
    • Hi 1 Date of the infringement  arr 28/03/24 21:00, dep 29/03/24 01.27 2 Date on the NTK  08/04/2024 (Date of Issue) 3 Date received Monday 15/04/24 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012?  Yes 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Yes 6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal] No  7 Who is the parking company? GroupNexus 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] Petrol Station Roadchef Tibshelf South DE55 5T 'operating in accordance with the BPA's Code of Practice' I received a Parking Charge letter to keeper on Monday 15/04/24, the 17th day after the alleged incident. My understanding is that this is outside the window for notifying. The issue date was 08/04/2024 which should have been in good time for it to have arrived within the notice period but in fact it actually arrived at lunchtime on the 15th. Do I have to prove when it arrived  (and if so how can I do that?) or is the onus on them to prove it was delivered in time? All I can find is that delivery is assumed to be on the second working day after issue which would have been Weds 10//04/24 but it was actually delivered 5 days later than that (thank you Royal Mail!). My husband was present when it arrived - is a family member witness considered sufficient proof?
    • lookinforinfo - many thanks for your reply. It would be very interesting to get the letter of discontinuance. The court receptionist said that the county court was in Gloucester 'today' so that makes me think that some days it is in Gloucester and some days its in Cheltenham, it was maybe changed by the courts and i was never informed, who knows if DCBL were or not. My costs were a gallon of petrol and £3.40 for parking. I certainly don't want to end up in court again that's for sure but never say never lol. Its utterly disgusting the way these crooks can legally treat motorists but that's the uk for you. I'm originally from Scotland so it's good that they are not enforceable there but they certainly still try to get money out of you. I have to admit i have lost count of the pcn's i have received in the last 2 yr and 4 months since coming to England for work, most of them stop bothering you on their own eventually, it was just this one that they took it all the way. Like i mentioned in my WS the the likes of Aldi and other companies can get them cancelled but Mcdonalds refused to help me despite me being a very good customer.   brassednecked - many thanks   honeybee - many thanks   nicky boy - many thanks    
    • Huh? This is nothing about paying just for what I use - I currently prefer the averaged monthly payment - else i wouldn't be in credit month after month - which I am comfortable with - else I wold simply request a part refund - which I  would have done if they hadn't reduced my monthly dd after the complaint I raised (handled slowly and rather badly) highlighted the errors in their systems (one of which they do seem to have fixed) Are you not aware DD is always potentially variable? ah well, look it up - but my deal is a supposed to average the payments over a year, and i dont expect them to change payments (up or down) without my informed agreement ESPECIALLY when I'm in credit over winter.   You are happy with your smart meter - jolly for you I dont want one, dont have to have one  - so wont   I have a box that tells me my electricity usage - was free donkeys years ago and shows me everything I need to know just like a smart meter but doesnt need a smart meter,  and i can manually set my charges - so as a side effect - would show me if the charges from the supplier were mismatched. Doesn't tell me if the meters actually calibrated correctly - but neither does your smart meter. That all relies on a label and the competence of the testers - and the competence of any remote fiddling with the settings. You seem happy with that - thats fine. I'm not.    
  • Recommended Topics

  • Our picks

    • If you are buying a used car – you need to read this survival guide.
      • 1 reply
    • 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 
      • 81 replies
    • Housing Association property flooding. https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/438641-housing-association-property-flooding/&do=findComment&comment=5124299
      • 161 replies
    • 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.

       

      OT APPROVED, 365MC637, FAROOQ, EVRi, 12.07.23 (BRENT) - J v4.pdf
        • Like
  • Recommended Topics

Fantasy/sci fi book recommendations please


style="text-align: center;">  

Thread Locked

because no one has posted on it for the last 4165 days.

If you need to add something to this thread then

 

Please click the "Report " link

 

at the bottom of one of the posts.

 

If you want to post a new story then

Please

Start your own new thread

That way you will attract more attention to your story and get more visitors and more help 

 

Thanks

Recommended Posts

Hi Everyone, I wonder if anyone can help. (plus hope it's ok to post this here)

 

I've got in a rut, rereading my favourite books and really need some new recommendations. I've read and liked:

 

Robin Hobb

Ian M banks

Guy G Kay

Peter V Brett

Raymond Feist

Tad Williams

Robert Jordan (though gave up when one book seemed to cover a few days)

George RR Martin

Peter F Hamilton

Trudi Canavan

Tolkien (of course)

Earlier David Eddings (later, for me = bad)

Didn't get on with Steven Erikson's stuff, or Joe Abercrombie

 

Probably others I've forgotten. I read other genres, but love series of books that I can get into. I'm laid up a lot of the time so my kindle has become my very good friend.

 

I'm grateful for any fantasy/sci fi reccomendations. If you have anything else you want to recommend, that's great too - as an example of what else I liked, I loved Time Travellers Wife, and hated anything by Kate Mosse. My guilty pleasure reading is Jodi Piccoult.

 

Thanks

 

Lyn

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

Try Ann McCaffrey Dragon series, the are so well written that you think they are real and if you bumped into one you wouldnt be surprised, fantasy/bit sexy at time any of the Jon Norman books about Gor, heavier reading and not sci fi but similar are the Jean m Auel books, they are set in prehistoric times and are brill I think the first one is Clan of the cave Bear.

Dont think you can bet a good jilly cooper though !!

If I have been of any help, please click on my star and let me know, thank you.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Try Ann McCaffrey Dragon series, the are so well written that you think they are real and if you bumped into one you wouldnt be surprised, fantasy/bit sexy at time any of the Jon Norman books about Gor, heavier reading and not sci fi but similar are the Jean m Auel books, they are set in prehistoric times and are brill I think the first one is Clan of the cave Bear.

Dont think you can bet a good jilly cooper though !!

 

Thanks :-). I've read Anne MacCaffrey when I was much younger, and did enjoy the dragon books. I'll have a look at the other suggestions. I've not read any Jilly Cooper, I'll give her books a look too.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

would recommend most the anne mcaffery series

 

infact i have most of them hanging around in epub format now somewhere

 

i would recommend steering clear of the acorna series tho, it had a very dark theme and was not one i enjoyed

Please note:

 

  • I am employed in the IT sector of a high street retail chain but am not posting in any official capacity,so therefore any comments,suggestions or opinions are expressly personal ones and should not be viewed as an endorsement or with agreement of any company.
  • i am not legal trained in any form.
  • I have many experiences in life and do often use these in my posts

if ive been helpful kick my scales, if ive been unhelpful kick the scales of the person more helpful :eek:

Link to post
Share on other sites

My favorite books are the "Dune" series by Frank Herbert. I also love the Diskworld series from Terry Pratchett, even though it's not true fantasy, I find them very funny :)

If in doubt, contact a qualified insured legal professional (or my wife... she knows EVERYTHING)

 

Or send a cheque or postal order payable to Reclaim the Right Ltd.

to

923 Finchley Road London NW11 7PE

 

 

Click here if you fancy an email address that shows you mean business! (only £6 and that will really help CAG)

 

If you can't donate, please use the Internet Search boxes on the CAG pages - these will generate a small but regular income for the site

 

Please also consider using the

C.A.G. Toolbar

Link to post
Share on other sites

would recommend most the anne mcaffery series

 

infact i have most of them hanging around in epub format now somewhere

 

i would recommend steering clear of the acorna series tho, it had a very dark theme and was not one i enjoyed

 

Thanks, I did look at the acorna series a few months ago on amazon (I didn't read it when I was younger), but it seemed to have very mixed reviews, so I gave it a miss glad I did if you think it's not worth the effort.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

My favorite books are the "Dune" series by Frank Herbert. I also love the Diskworld series from Terry Pratchett, even though it's not true fantasy, I find them very funny :)

 

Hi locutus, yes I've read the dune series and the discworld series - which had me giggling out loud on trains and buses in my teen years and early 20's, just like the Douglas Adams hitchhiker series did (well that had me laughing so much I'd be struggling to breathe, with other passengers wondering if they should get me medical assistance :-) ).

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

hmm try Lois McMaster Bujold

 

ive only read the one (diplomatic imunity) picked it up in america as it had a recommendation from anne mccaffery on the cover... cant really remember it now its been at least 6 years since i read it, its either somewhere in the 300 odd books upstairs, somewhere in the 150 or so books i put for car boot or randomly dotted around the house ill have to dig it out again

 

anne mccaffery wise try one called nimishas ship, its a standalone book and as such feels like its been a little shortened in places to fit in one book but is excellent, shame annes died now and theres never likely to be a sequal

 

 

 

oh and...

 

can anyone recommend a good medieval murder author thats actually avaliable in ebook?

 

ive looked for

 

paul doherty

peter tremayne

 

which dont seem to have much

 

sorry been inspired that ive now put all the ebooks on download for, pratchett, herbert, caffery, rr martin, tolkien, eddings, McMaster Bujold

 

now i just need to fix my tablet (again) so i can read them all

Edited by labrat

Please note:

 

  • I am employed in the IT sector of a high street retail chain but am not posting in any official capacity,so therefore any comments,suggestions or opinions are expressly personal ones and should not be viewed as an endorsement or with agreement of any company.
  • i am not legal trained in any form.
  • I have many experiences in life and do often use these in my posts

if ive been helpful kick my scales, if ive been unhelpful kick the scales of the person more helpful :eek:

Link to post
Share on other sites

hmm try Lois McMaster Bujold

 

ive only read the one (diplomatic imunity) picked it up in america as it had a recommendation from anne mccaffery on the cover... cant really remember it now its been at least 6 years since i read it, its either somewhere in the 300 odd books upstairs, somewhere in the 150 or so books i put for car boot or randomly dotted around the house ill have to dig it out again

 

anne mccaffery wise try one called nimishas ship, its a standalone book and as such feels like its been a little shortened in places to fit in one book but is excellent, shame annes died now and theres never likely to be a sequal

 

 

 

oh and...

 

can anyone recommend a good medieval murder author thats actually avaliable in ebook?

 

ive looked for

 

paul doherty

peter tremayne

 

which dont seem to have much

 

sorry been inspired that ive now put all the ebooks on download for, pratchett, herbert, caffery, rr martin, tolkien, eddings, McMaster Bujold

 

now i just need to fix my tablet (again) so i can read them all

 

Thanks, I decided to try a book of early short stories 'Proto Zoa' by Bujold, so I'll get round to that soon.

 

I don't have any mdieval murder recommendations, but if you like stuff set in a medieval type time frame, have you read 'Tigana' by Guy Gavriel Kay - I can't recommend it highly enough.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

thanks ive been looking for the name of that one for a while

 

had it on loan from the libary enjoyed it then forgot the name of it

Please note:

 

  • I am employed in the IT sector of a high street retail chain but am not posting in any official capacity,so therefore any comments,suggestions or opinions are expressly personal ones and should not be viewed as an endorsement or with agreement of any company.
  • i am not legal trained in any form.
  • I have many experiences in life and do often use these in my posts

if ive been helpful kick my scales, if ive been unhelpful kick the scales of the person more helpful :eek:

Link to post
Share on other sites

Try some of Bill Napier's books :)

Help us to keep on helping

Please consider making a donation, however small, if you have benefited from advice on the forums

 

 

This site is run solely on donations

 

My advice is based on my opinion and experience only. It is not to be taken as legal advice - if you are unsure you should seek professional help.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Try some stuff by Issac Asimov. Very ahead for his time in fact Star trek used his idea for the Positronic brain for Commander Data.

 

In his book Foundation he writes about the characters using a device which is clearly an ipad or similar, all this written in the 50's.

Link to post
Share on other sites

thanks ive been looking for the name of that one for a while

 

had it on loan from the libary enjoyed it then forgot the name of it

 

If you liked that, you might also like 'The Lions of Alrassan' and 'Sailing to sarantium/lord of emperors(duology)' by the same author. He also did a high fantasy tolkienesque series - the first book is called 'the summer tree'

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

Try some stuff by Issac Asimov. Very ahead for his time in fact Star trek used his idea for the Positronic brain for Commander Data.

 

In his book Foundation he writes about the characters using a device which is clearly an ipad or similar, all this written in the 50's.

 

I've read a couple of asimov books, but look at the others and see what's on kindle - thanks.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks, I've put Nemesis on my wish list - just waiting for it to be on kindle.

 

thank you - Bill's my brother in law :)

Help us to keep on helping

Please consider making a donation, however small, if you have benefited from advice on the forums

 

 

This site is run solely on donations

 

My advice is based on my opinion and experience only. It is not to be taken as legal advice - if you are unsure you should seek professional help.

Link to post
Share on other sites

hmm if you like assimov then try simak

 

historical murder wise im just re-working through my van guliks

Please note:

 

  • I am employed in the IT sector of a high street retail chain but am not posting in any official capacity,so therefore any comments,suggestions or opinions are expressly personal ones and should not be viewed as an endorsement or with agreement of any company.
  • i am not legal trained in any form.
  • I have many experiences in life and do often use these in my posts

if ive been helpful kick my scales, if ive been unhelpful kick the scales of the person more helpful :eek:

Link to post
Share on other sites

hmm if you like assimov then try simak

 

historical murder wise im just re-working through my van guliks

 

thanks, I just went and looked at simak on amazon, didn't really appeal, but down the page there was recommeded some books by Johnathan davision (who I've never heard of), so at less than £2 for the frst book, thought I'd give it a try.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office ~ Aesop

Link to post
Share on other sites

Do you get commission :-)

 

 

Unfortunately not :lol:

Help us to keep on helping

Please consider making a donation, however small, if you have benefited from advice on the forums

 

 

This site is run solely on donations

 

My advice is based on my opinion and experience only. It is not to be taken as legal advice - if you are unsure you should seek professional help.

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • Recently Browsing   0 Caggers

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Have we helped you ...?


×
×
  • Create New...