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      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.

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    • 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.

       

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the DM reports that

'Juliane Kokott, advocate general to the European Court of Justice, warned that e-cigarettes may act as a ‘gateway’ for teenagers to go on to smoke tobacco. Dr Kokott, the EU’s most senior legal officer, said regulation is needed because of ‘possible risks to human health’......'

and that 1 in 4 ecigs wld be banned under the new EU regs as being too strong...ruling due in march

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3372351/One-four-e-cigs-banned-Britain-year-branded-strong-European-Court-ruling.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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the rags reporting on this article;

 

'Adding to growing evidence on the possible health risks of electronic cigarettes, a lab team at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System tested two products and found they damaged cells in ways that could lead to cancer. The damage occurred even with nicotine-free versions of the products. "Our study strongly suggests that electronic cigarettes are not as safe as their marketing makes them appear to the public," wrote the researchers, who published their findings in the journal Oral Oncology...."Based on the evidence to date," she says, "I believe they are no better than smoking regular cigarettes."'

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20151229/E-cigarettes-damage-cells-in-ways-that-could-lead-to-cancer.aspx

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"Based on the evidence to date," she says, "I believe they are no better than smoking regular cigarettes."'

 

Then why are they providing them on the NHS ??

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Then why are they providing them on the NHS ??

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i suppose its seen as being less harmful according to NHS etc research, and if it stops someone from smoking tobacco....

that med article says they are yet to study it comparatively ie their test result is re being equivalent to someone chain smoking.

it seems though that they are being seen as being of 'some' harm. q is what

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From the report itself

E-cigarette, cigarette, and nicotine treatments

E-cigarette vapor was pulled through media using negative pressure, and the resulting extract was filter-sterilized with a 0.2 μm pore-size filter before treating cell cultures. The cigarette-treated media was made similarly using Marlboro Red filter cigarettes, which were determined by the Federal Trade Commission in a 2000 report to contain 1.2 mg of nicotine per cigarette. […]

Treatment media was replaced every three days with 1% e-cigarette extract.
Because of the high toxicity of cigarette smoke extract, cigarette-treated samples of each cell line could only be treated for 24 h
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(emphasis added)

That should have rung an alarm bell as it is completely inconsistent with Wang-Rodriquez’ claim of equivalent risk and the Telegraph’s headline. The methodology section is very poorly written, but it appears to imply that they measured e-cigarette vapour over days and weeks, but cigarette extract over just 24 hours. The results use an unusual formulation in which the cigarette measures do not really appear as part of the results, but are just offered “for comparison”.

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'E-cigarettes have been granted a licence by Britain’s medicines regulator for the first time, opening the door for them to be prescribed on the NHS. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has awarded a licence to British American Tobacco for its e-Voke device that will allow it to be marketed as a smoking cessation aid.....' 'A spokeswoman for British American Tobacco said...“E-Voke uses cartridges containing pharmaceutical grade nicotine.“We are now reviewing the commercialisation of e-Voke."........'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/12079130/E-cigarettes-win-first-approval-as-a-medicine-opening-way-for-prescription-by-the-NHS.html

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'Researchers criticise study claiming e-cigarettes may lower chances of successfully quitting....'

 

........A new US study claims that smokers who don’t use e-cigarettes are more likely to quit smoking than those who use them. But experts have been quick to point out the numerous limitations of the study, with the conclusions being at best preliminary or at worst “grossly misleading” according to Professor Peter Hajek, Director of the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London.....'

http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/news-report/2016-01-15-researchers-criticise-study-claiming-e-cigarettes-may-lower-chances-of-successfully-quitting

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"Advertisements for … flavoured e-cigarettes could encourage children to try vaping," ITV News reports after a study found children shown these ads were more likely to express an interest in trying flavoured e-cigs...............They found adverts for flavoured e-cigarettes were more appealing compared with those for non-flavoured e-cigarettes – and children said they'd be more interested in going out and buying them. But whether they would actually do this is another matter. This research has only examined attitudes, not behaviour. The good news is the research found adverts for flavoured or non-flavoured e-cigarettes made no difference to the children's opinion of whether or not they'd be more likely to try smoking real cigarettes, regardless of whether or not the researchers showed them adverts......'

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2016/01January/Pages/Are-ads-for-candy-flavoured-ecigs-tempting-teens-to-vape.aspx

 

note that the nhs goes further and details the ins/outs of the reported research :)

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another mednews article report.

'Electronic cigarettes expose the lungs to toxicity, reduce the effectiveness of the immune system and encourage bacterial activity, potentially making superbugs more deadly, according to (mice) research published in the Journal of Molecular Medicine....'

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/305829.php

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ecigs as stop smoking aid...?

'Only one-in-six smokers has converted to the e-cigarette, new data reveals today...'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/e-cig-revolution-only-1-in-6-smokers-has-converted-a6881996.html

 

further reports; e cigs use in pregnancy 'as dangerous'; and e cigs 'shut down/compromise' the immune system..

lots of recent media reports on that.

 

the 'e cig war' seems to be continuing...which side are you on? :)

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the DM saying that the nhs might be paying over the odds for prescribing an ecig (nothing new there re paying over the odds :))

'Firms making e-cigarettes could be ripping off customers – with research showing refill cartridges are being sold for around £1.50, despite costing only about 4p to produce. This means customers are paying roughly 37 times the cost price, when typically consumers pay around eight times the cost of manufacturing a product. Now campaigners have raised concerns that the mark-up means taxpayers could lose out if the NHS finalises a deal thought to be under discussion for British American Tobacco to supply prescription e-cigarettes....Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘The NHS has a terrible record of negotiating a good price, despite its scale as a buyer...'

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3466652/E-cigarette-rip-cost-NHS-dear-Cartridges-costing-just-4p-make-sold-1-50-each.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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From 20 May 2016 advertisements with the aim or direct or indirect effect

of promoting unlicensed, nicotine-containing electronic cigarettes and e-liquids

will be prohibited on television and radio in the United Kingdom.

 

The BCAP Code is being amended to reflect this prohibition and the ASA

will enforce compliance with it from that date.

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