Palmer Biggs Legal Solicitors & ebay

[Dempsey40]

I have been selling items on ebay relating to BMW and MINI and recently received no end of papers form Palmer Biggs Legal stating that they demand I sign some forms, send them any items i have relating to BMW and Mini, Agree to pay them £1000 towards legals costs and a share of the profits.

 

Of course I first panicked. I removed any items i had on ebay and sent them some of the items i had. I did not sign the forms.

 

The sent another letter demanding i sign but i did not. I emailed them to say that they are being heavy handed and simply had to ask ebay to remove the items, which they did not. I said that I would pay them £250 and thats it.

 

The sent another letter agreeing to this and that i needed to sign the agreement.

 

Since then I have searched them and have found out abit more. I am reluctant to send them any money at all.

 

Does anyone have any advice.

[filrobbo]

Yes don't pay way did they say you had to pay them

[renegadeimp]

just ignore them. Completely.

[citizenB]

Apparently there are a few solicitors such as these who scour the internet for situations such as this and Ebay appears to have made it very easy for them.

 

googling brings up quite a few comments regarding this particular company.

[Dempsey40]

Thanks for your replays. Even though I had sent some stuff to them and agreed to give them £250?

Still ignore them.

[citizenB]

This company has featured on CAG before.. see link below.

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?278294-Please-Help!!-(-Company-threaten-legal-action-for-me-selling-their-brand-on-eBay/page4

[Dempsey40]

I have received a couple of letters from them now but I am stalling by saying that I am seeking legal advice and have let them know that I have researched their company and they are known on consumer action group.

 

No letters show anyones name. They say that if I dont hurry up with my legal advide, their client, BMW, will not hold on to the agreed offer.

[Dempsey40]

filrobbo, it definately looks that way. Has anyone else held out and not handed over anything? What was the result? Did they go away?

[filrobbo]

It's the same has getting your computer locked

[filrobbo]

If it was real it would come from the company that is suing you first then there solicitors do not pay them any money

[ericsbrother]

Any company that offers to reduce the amount claimed in this manner has no real claim in the first place.

It is a good bet that they dont have the authority to do what they claim.

[mt123]

dempsey40, any update to situation yet?

[Dempsey40]

No, nothing as yet. Will keep you posted

[mt123]

many thanks

[Dempsey40]

Received a letter today which is just a copy of the email thery sent. The envelope had my name and address cut out from another piece of paper and cellotaped on as was the postmark. Very not solicitor like.

[mt123]

no not very professional at all...

[mt123]

dempsey40, any update?

[muchalls]

muchalls, what have you already received and ignored?

 

Just the usual letter that everyone else has had and the 2 follow up letters...1st letter being the one with 7 points...i.e. pay them £1000, pay them profits, send them what's left over, release details of people who have purchased etc etc... I was a bit suspicious when they asked for details of customers....especially since that's illegal I think, and here's a solicitor asking you to do it.....

 

Anyways, 2nd letter said i do need to sign the document and third letter the same and also asking if there's anything unreasonable in their requests?!?!?!

[Dempsey40]

No news from me yet, still waiting for them to get in touch

[mt123]

i have heard nothing either

 

[mt123]

muchalls, i have yet to receive any post so suppose it will arrive at some point

[filrobbo]

I still say its a con

Edited August 23, 2013 by filrobbo

[series31]

Recently joined the club, got my second letter on saturday giving me another 7 days to comply. Don't know if I should continue to ignore or reply, as they're saying my current ebay listings still infringe on the BMW trademark. They either haven't read them or don't know what they're on a out because although a lot of the listings are for tshirts featuring images (created by me) of Bmw cars, none of them contain the words BMW in any of the listings or on any of the items. The only items with BMW in the listing are in fact used genuine parts. They're also demanding that I cancel my Web domains because they contain BM.

 

All seems very fishy, surely if they really wanted to play ball they'd just jump straight in and serve the papers not keep offering a solution that involves giving them a grand.

 

They've thrown a load of red tape at compo claims, PPI is running out, chasing debts isn't paying off, so this is the new gig for them I guess!

 

I'll keep you posted, if anyone hears anything else let us know.

[Dempsey40]

I still havent heard anything, hopefully they have gone away

[tomak09]

HI Everyone,

I am new to this forum but I have followed this board for some time.

I have been dealing with PB Legal since July this year.

I had my first letter to which I panicked. In this panic I did sign and send the first letter but did nothing else.

They replied 3 weeks later saying that they still need the items and all the other paperwork from me. I ignored that letter.

Two weeks later I had another letter stating that this is my only chance or they will be forced to file for legal action.

I replied to that explaining that I am not able to pay this sum as this was my only source of income. I also explained that I contacted BMW and that they never heard of this company, and that if they do in fact work on behalf of BMW UK I would like a confirmation of that.

Today I received another letter saying that BMW UK "does not consider it necessary to get involved" and that they contacted them and have agreed on a full and final settlement of this matter for a lower amount.

Should I still ignore that? Will I be in trouble for signing the first papers? Are they really working for BMW? Isn't it a legal requirement to provide me with a confirmation that they work for BMW?

 

Your help would really be appreciated.

Kind Regards

Tom