help RPL problem dont know where to go

[beastbrett0]

cheers man i will definitely learn from this experience as long as this is the end of it i shouldnt worry anymore i dont know where id be without this place though:)

[Alchemy6]

Hello guys, you've provided useful info in the past with regards to a case I had posted here awhile ago with regards to exorbitant bailiff fees,

 

so how about this for a story...

 

I popped into Tesco's store a couple of weeks ago and in my bag I had a blu-ray disc (which I was going to watch at my brothers)

and another blu-ray I was going to post.

 

After searching their shelves for a jiffy bag, I did the rest of my shopping and left.

 

As I was leaving the store I was accosted by 3 staff who immediately asked to see my bag!

When I showed them what I had they immediately seized the disc (even with the receipt that was inside) and asked that I go with them.

I told them to return my property, however the 3 of them surrounded me and proceeded to frogmarch me to a back room against my express wishes...

 

They continued to bully and accuse me and said the whole event was filmed on CCTV,

however they could not see when and how I had possibly removed the red security tags,

so if I did not want to pay for the items they would consider further legal action!?

 

I continued to protest my innocence and continually requested that the police attend

- during my two hour imprisonment I had to wait 45mins to use the toilet and I was not even allowed to smoke

or call for assistance on my phone (they made sure there was no reception in that area).

 

Once the police arrived,

I asked to speak to the officers alone and explained that I had entered the store with those discs

and that they belonged to me (I even had the receipts to prove this) and that there was no way for those red tags to have been removed

and the police search verified I carried nothing capable of doing this;

 

I even told the officers that as a security precaution most if not all of my discs have a security mark upon them, even if they're unopened..

 

. After the police spoke with Tesco's they declined to press any charges, and the police decided to not proceed any further as Tesco had now seized my discs!!!

 

I have now received a letter from RLP alleging that Tesco now seek compensation of between £500-800 for their loss,

but will consider a final payment of £183 to settle the matter without further civil litigation.

 

So what should I do now,

the police say its a civil matter and if I want my discs back I need to take Tesco to court,

however RLP now want to claim money from me for the inconvenience of my false imprisonment and the seizure of my own personal property???

[andydd]

Alchemy. It would prob be better if you started your own thread. Im sure you already know what advice we will give ! Dont pay ! If i was in your shoes i would write a single letter to them, outlining that nothing was stolen and that the police were satisfied with this and that you would be calling them as witnesses if rlp are dumb enough to initiate proceedings. Also point put that you are totally innocent and that any further letters from rlp will be deemed as harrasment.

 

Andy

[beastbrett0]

yeah man the general advice here is do not pay im yet to recieve any further letters from them but hey my event was like 4 days ago so im not counting myself out just yet. stay strong if you want your belongings back ask for them and say youll be pursuing your own case if they are not returned to you. dont be bullied by rlp

[renegadeimp]

If you get DCA@s hounding you, TELL the DCA there is no debt and to get lost. Then file a full complaint with the OFT, informing them that the DCA is harassing you for a non existent debt.

[renegadeimp]

FOr RLP letters, they usualy come after 2-3 weeks, and each one gets more and more desperate, and more importantly, each one contains more and more lies and misleading information.

[beastbrett0]

which should be ignored?

[renegadeimp]

What should be ignored? EVERY SINGLE THING YOU GET FROM RLP. Come on. Read what they sent to alchemy.

 

I have now received a letter from RLP alleging that Tesco now seek compensation of between £500-800 for their loss,

but will consider a final payment of £183 to settle the matter without further civil litigation.

 

jackie is getting more and more desperate every day.

 

Reading their website, you have to laugh at their "court claims" as well.

[Alchemy6]

Strewth, thanks for all the help.

 

The morning after the event, I even went to Tesco HQ in Cheshunt to complain about the 'naziesque' treatment I had the night before and requested a copy of the CCTV images, and strangely enough they didn't have it!? Even stranger was that their inventory didn't even have those 2 discs as being in stock, so they queried as to why it was the staff took them.

 

As far as the police are concerned its now a civil matter, and as RLP seem to have opened that door I've contemplated replying that I'm willing to attend court and will be seeking punitive damages from both parties (Tesco's and RLP) for seizure theft of personal property, contravening data protection by issuing my details to 3rd parties and for my unlawful detainment.

[beastbrett0]

sucks man, yeah i agree fight for your rights but make sure its worth fighting because theyl play sneaky. im still waiting on my next response from rpl but im not worrying too much. it might be best to ignore rpl but if you have a defendable case then go for it

[renegadeimp]

Strewth, thanks for all the help.

 

The morning after the event, I even went to Tesco HQ in Cheshunt to complain about the 'naziesque' treatment I had the night before and requested a copy of the CCTV images, and strangely enough they didn't have it!? Even stranger was that their inventory didn't even have those 2 discs as being in stock, so they queried as to why it was the staff took them.

 

As far as the police are concerned its now a civil matter, and as RLP seem to have opened that door I've contemplated replying that I'm willing to attend court and will be seeking punitive damages from both parties (Tesco's and RLP) for seizure theft of personal property, contravening data protection by issuing my details to 3rd parties and for my unlawful detainment.

 

Dont reply to them at all. Seriously, its not worth playing letter tennis with them.

[beastbrett0]

that would be my advice too