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    • Morning dx and thank you for your message.   With regards to your comment about them not needing to produce the deed, the additional directions ordered by the judge included 'a copy of any assignment o the debt or agreement relied upon'  so that is why I thought that point was relevant?
    • Sorry for the long post but I don't want to miss out any relevant information: My wife bought a car from Trade Centre UK and have been having nothing but trouble with it. Unfortunately we paid of the finance used to buy the car as we weren't expecting this much trouble with the car as we we though we would have protection as buying from a dealer. We are wondering if we can still reject the vehicle since the finance plan has been paid off. Timeline is as follows: 13/12/2023 -15/12/2023 Bought car from Trade Centre UK for £10548 £2000 deposit paid on credit card on 13/12/2023 £8548 on finance from Moneybarn (arranged through Trade Centre UK). picked up car on 15/12/2023 Also bought lifetime warranty for £50/month 25/12/2023 Engine Management Light comes on. The AA called out and diagnosed the following error codes: P0133 - Lambda sensor (bank 1, sensor 1) Oxygen Sensor. Error Message : Slow reaction. Error sporadic P0135 - Lambda sensor heat. circ.(bank1,sensor1) Oxygen Sensor. Error Message : Component defective Due to it being Christmas took a few days to get through to them but they booked me in for 28/12/2023 to run their own diagnostics. 28/12/2023 Took car in to Trade Centre so could check the car – They agreed it was the Oxygen Sensor and Booked me in for repair on 30/01/2024. I was told they had no earlier slots, and I would be fine to carry on driving car when I said I was afraid of problem worse. During diagnosing the problem, they reset the Engine Management Light. During drive home light comes back on. 29/12/2023 - 29/01/2024 I carry on driving the car but closer to the date, engine goes to reduced power every now and again – not being a mechanic I presumed that this was due to above fault. 20/01/2024 Not expecting any more problems paid off the finance on the car using personal loan from bank with lower interest rate. 30/01/2024 Trade Centre replace to O2 sensor (They also take it on a roughly 60mile road trip which seems a bit excessive to me – I can’t prove this as something prompted me take a picture of milage when I handed car in but I forgot take one on collection – only remembered next day.) 06/02/2024 Engine goes in reduced power mode again and engine management light comes on – Thinking the Trade centre’s 28 day warranty period was over I booked the car the into local garage for the next day to get problem fixed under the lifetime warranty package. Fault seems to clear after engine was switched off. 07/02/2024 In the Morning, I take it to local garage who say as the light gone off – the warranty company is unlikely to cover the cost of the repair or diagnostics and recommend I contact them when the light comes back on. In the evening the light comes back on and luckily I manage to get it back to the garage just before it shuts for the day. 08/02/2024 The Garage sends me a diagnostics video showing a lot error codes been picked up by their diagnostics machine including codes for Oxygen sensor and Nox Sensors, Accelerator pedal and several more. Video also shows EGR Hose not connected to the intake manifold properly, they believed this was confusing the onboard system as it is unlikely this many sensors would trigger at same the time but they couldn’t be certain until they repaired the hose. 13/02/2024 Finally get the car back as it took a while to get approval and payment for the repairs from the Warranty company. Garage told me to keep an eye the car as errors had cleared with the hose but couldn’t 100% certain that’s what caused the problem. 06/03/2024 Engine management light comes on again. Fed up I go into Trade Centre as I was just around the corner when it happened and asked them how to reject the car or have the problem fixed. They insist that as it’s over 28 days I need to get the car fixed under the warranty package I purchased and they could no longer fix the car as it was over 28 days. When I tried telling them it appeared to be the same or related problem they said they couldn’t help as I hadn’t contacted them earlier. I asked them if they were willing to connect the car to the diagnostics machine and tell me what the problem was, as a goodwill gesture, which he agreed to do and took the car to the back He came back around 30 minutes later and said they took a look at the sensor they replaced previously and there was nothing wrong with it and engine management light went off when they removed the sensor to check it. When I asked what the error code he couldn’t give me an exact fault but the said it one of the problems I told him earlier (Accelerator pedal). I have this visit audio recorded on my phone – I informed the reps I was recording several times. As the light wasn’t on, local garage couldn’t book me for a repair under warranty. 07/03/2024 Light came on so managed to book back into local garage for the 12/03/2024 Whilst waiting to take car into garage, I borrowed a OBD sensor and scanned for errors on the car. This showed the following errors: P11BE – Manufacturer specific code (Google showed this to be NOX sensor) P0133 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor B1 S1: Response too Slow 12/03/2024 Took car to local garage and the confirmed the above errors. This leads me to believe that either Trade Centre UK reps lied and just reset the light or just didn’t check properly (Obviously I am unable to prove this) 22/03/2024 Finally got the car back as according to garage, the warranty company took a long to time to pay for the repairs 28/04/2024 Engine management Light has come back on. Using the borrowed OBD scanner I am getting the following codes: P0133 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor B1 S1: Response too Slow P2138 - Accelerator Position Sensors (G79) / (G185): Implausible Correlation I have not yet booked into a garage as I wanted to see what my rights are in terms of rejecting the car as to me the faults seem related. I can’t keep using taxi or train to get to work every time the car goes into the garage as it is getting very expensive. Am I right in thinking that they have used up their chance to repair when they conducted the repair end of January or when they refused to repair it in February ? If I am still able to reject the vehicle could you point to any sample letters or emails I can use. Thankyou for your advice on my next steps.
    • Ok noted about the screenshot uploads. In terms of screwing up I had one previous ticket that defaulted and ended up in a CCJ from Southend airport because for some reason during COVID I didn't receive their claim form just a notice of default. This hospital ticket was the 2nd ticket that went to CCJ due to a lack of knowledge of the process. Maybe it's easier just to pay them in future I'm thinking though, I don't get them very often anyway
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I think it would be reasonable to expect the original packaging to be returned, by that I mean blister pack or box it is sold in. not the postal packaging.

That is what I have done, so at least they can repackage.

You can throw the pack in the bin, of course if you intend to keep the item!! If you don't want the item, why would you throw the pack or box away?

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The packaging was damaged on arrival and disintergrated on opening. It was disposed of before it was apparent that the contents were unsuitable.

 

 

At the time it was disposed of, I was yet to cancel and it was therefore mine to do with as I wished.

 

 

The packaging thing is a red herring. It was not stated in the terms. Section 10 states the contract is cancelled when the consumer notifies the seller and the contract is treated as if it had never happened.

 

 

Just to confuse things, the ebay page relating to this transaction is no longer available and no copy was made either by myself or the seller!

 

 

In the time between starting the small claim (last June) and the time of the first hearing, the page was deleted by Ebay.

 

 

I can prove it was bought and paid for and cancelled with the Paypal transaction page and the copy of my cancellation email, but the seller doesn't have any evidence of the terms it was sold under.

 

 

Meeting with solicitor tomorrow to discuss the appeal. I guess it would be sensible to accept his advice.

 

 

With the help of Caggers, I've convinced Sharkley's that they owe me thousands instead of the other way round, I've had DCAs paying me good money for the privilege of annoying me, I've banks searching in dusty archives for 25 year old statements for me so I can sue them and I've had the Student Loans Co paying me back money they knew they weren't entitled to in the first place.

 

 

I'm not going to let some bloke in a corner shop in the arris end of nowhere evade DSR just because he didn't get a scabby cardboard box back.

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Thanks. I saw solicitor yesterday and he cant see why an appeal shouldn't work, but you cant tell with judges!

 

 

Told me what to write in the points of law and reasons for appeal boxes.

 

 

Just waiting for confirmation in writing from the court that my case has been dismissed and my appeals good to go.

 

 

Case was heard on Thursday but haven't heard from the court yet. I would have expected to get a letter from them on Saturday. I wonder if the judge is looking to reconsider after I mentioned that I would be appealing?

 

 

Solicitor says mine would be the first appeal against a small claims judgement at this court, ever!

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Solicitor says mine would be the first appeal against a small claims judgement at this court, ever!

 

You'd think there would be loads of appeals based on the treatment you rec'd at the hands of that Judge !

 

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Time for an update.

 

 

A month ago I received notice from the court that the case had been listed for hearing before the County Court judge on 2 May.

 

 

My appeal was successful and is very bad news for Knights Electrocom Ltd of 11 King Edward Street, Kirton in Lindsey in Lincolnshire who now have a CCJ against them.

 

 

http://www.kcb.co.uk/shop2/

 

 

Full details later if anyone is interested.

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Hi Noomill,

 

I'm delighted that you won your appeal. :whoo:

 

Please let us know if you get back what you are due.

 

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I would be very interested in the details as the original judge was incorrect in rejecting the case altogether. I am surprised at the postage refund on a "Change of mind" as I recently had to do battle to get a refund on postage for goods that were damaged. The company stated that their T &C did nto allow for postage to be paid whether or not the goods were damaged and thought their T & Cs over rode DSR. They lost!

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I'm going to scan all the appeal forms and responses and give an account of my day in court, well, my 20 minutes in court!

 

 

The crux is that the seller is bound by EBay's listing policy, which trumps the seller's right to hide behind their own T&Cs.

 

 

(It'll have to wait till I've a few more buckets of Blend 37 though.)

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More details please, Great result on appeal, Good for you.

What about the first judge ignoring the law and DSR, Can't something be done about him,her, Suppose to be a judge but knows nothing.

 

George

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Well done, but a few points.

Is there a rule that a judge must be expert in the area of law for the case he/she is hearing? You should have had a copy of the statutes or decisions which you intended to refer available for the judge to see. If you want the court to help, you must make an effort to present your case properly. Is it enough to be willing to recite the section of the law to the judge?

As for her taking your notes for herself, you should have provided the court with a copy of all your notes which you intended to use. She left you to rely on memory so it seems she wanted to demean you and interfere with your ability to present your case. Having said that, her decision was overturned at the appeal which leaves an official record of her being wrong.

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bit late...thread is +18mts old

 

 

dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Well only those that still use cag at the bottom of this thread will see your post

And as it was resolved I doubt anyone will read it

 

Better to join active threads if you want to help

And please do

Unless we can help you?????

 

Regards dx

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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