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    • Thank you. You contacted directly with the parcel broker so your best option is to proceed directly against them for breach of contract. I hope you have read enough to understand that you will not be able to rely on the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Do you understand why? Have Parcel to Go giving you a reason for declining reimbursement? Do you have anything in writing from your customer which shows that they did not refuse delivery and which identifies the actual circumstances of the situation?
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    • Perhaps you would care to read this and reflect on your continuing comparison of Israel to Nazi Germany Jugg    ALEX BRUMMER: How grotesque of pro-Palestine protesters to besmirch Auschwitz, the place where my grandparents died WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK As the son of a refugee from the horrors of the Holocaust, I can feel nothing but contempt for the ignorance, gross... My elderly aunt Sussie and cousin Sheindy had been teenagers at Auschwitz and Belsen but survived and are alive to this day. What they will make of the protesters who waved flags, heckled and chanted as Israelis took part in the March Of The Living – the annual walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau – I cannot imagine. The images now circulating of the protesters are indescribably disturbing. They can only bring back memories of those final moments Sheindy shared with my grandparents when my grandmother Fanya squeezed her hand and told her to lie about her age to avoid the gas chambers. Claiming she was older, and could work, meant that Sheindy lived, not died. The outrage perpetrated by Hamas on October 7 has brought back the most terrifying memories for these two women – memories of pillage, mutilation and starvation. The Holocaust, or Shoah to use the Hebrew word, was the deliberate, industrial-scale killing of Jews.  It is bad enough that pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas sympathisers have chosen to steal the language of the Holocaust.  Any comparison between Israel's retaliation and the monstrous genocide of the 1940s is odious and anti-Semitic
    • Thank you JK2054 and BankFodder for your replies. The information requested is as follows:   My wife and I are sole traders supplying bespoke, handmade wedding trays and other items through our website. We do not sell on ebay. We had an order for two trays (invoice value £370) that were shipped on Monday 25th March. We used P2G as the broker and Evri as the shipper. We declared the value but did not take out insurance. As the trays were a present for a wedding on Saturday 30th March we checked the progress of delivery on the Thursday to see that there had been an attempt to deliver on the 27th but the driver failed to deliver as the customer’s gate was shut (customer informs us that the gates are open between 7am-7pm. We contacted the customer who informed us she had been waiting in all week and there had been no attempt of a delivery. Evri allege they attempted to deliver on the 28th & 29th. On the P2G web site on the 4th April at 14.17 it stated that the customer refused delivery. At 14.28 it updated to say there was a problem with the address and at 14.32 updated to say the customer had refused delivery. At 14.35 updated again to say it was being returned. Last entry was on the 7th April that it was being processed at the depot. We never received it. I have had six web chats with P2G between the 4th-30th April. On the 26th April, I had an offer of £20 plus cost of delivery (£6.72) from P2G which I rejected. During this time, I also contacted Evri that resulted in an email from Evri Customer Services (20th April) stating that they had lost the parcel. I replied requesting details of the attempted delivery but received no reply. After emailing Evri again on the 23rd asking again for the information I received a phone call from someone called Haleemah on the 25th who apologised and promised to send an email with a link to submit a claim form. I subsequently received an email with the link which only took me to a page that stated “Page not found”. After informing Evri customer services of the problem (to which no reply was forthcoming) a couple of days later I retried the link but it only took me to the Evri website. I believe that I have a good case against both companies but would appreciate guidance on which path to go down. I have read most of the information on this site, which has been very helpful and much appreciated, particularly the various court transcripts. I appreciate that this process is a marathon and not a sprint and am fully aware that I need to get everything in the correct order before starting on the legal road. I am sure this covers the current position but if further info is needed please let me know.  
    • Everything at small claims revolves around informality and common sense, there are no "special" ways to have to do things. The site manager's WS will be like yours and the one I linked to - just much shorter.  There need to be the introductory hearings about the case, the parties, etc., and the concluding Statement of Truth. In the middle just a couple of paragraphs where they say who they are, how they know you, and about permission being given by the landowner to use the car park. Superb.  I've added another section about the signage to the suggested WS sections three posts above. Yes, it's perfectly possible.  It'd be a good idea to phone the court on the 18th to see if they have paid.
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Hi,

I started at exercise for less in July of last year. (2014)

They took a payment from me on July 1st of this year. Meaning my year long contract was now complete.

I moved out of Nottingham and foolishly, I cancelled my direct debit thinking they would just cancel my membership and allow me to carry on with my life.

 

Today, I received their CRS letter claiming I owe them £207.47.

I've read a few other posts, but can't seem to find anything relating to this specific situation.

My mind started running at a million miles per hour, like I'm sure most people's do, but a few of the posts mentioned that these guys mostly bullies trying to squeeze money out of people.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

- Victor

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Slick will be along - but yes, it was foolish not to give written notice of cancellation. All of these people operate on the basis of rolling contracts - which is really just inertia selling - and I am sure that they make a huge amount of money from people who forget or who are foolish.

 

I think that you need to write to them and confirm the4 cancellation and say that you will cover their administrative expenses if they will tell you what they are.

 

I suggest that you don't disclose your new address. There is no reason for you to share your personal data with them any more - or have you already done that?

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Hi Victor and welcome to CAG

 

I know it's too late for you now but our advice about cancelling properly is here - http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?452671-Cancelling-your-Gym-Agreement-Get-it-right-!

 

It would have been better if you cancelled in writing but you can deal with this by using the letter here, adapted to suit your own case :-

 

Dear sir or madam,

 

I refer to my membership at Xercise4Less gym in [Town].

 

I cancelled my direct debit mandate on 25th August 2015 and this was adequate notice of my intention to cancel.

 

I now realise I should have paid a final month's fee to you for the notice period in the sum of £9.99 to you now. I will not pay you any administration or cancellation fees - these are penalties that are unlawful and unenforceable.

 

If you confirm in writing that you'll accept the amount of £9.99 in settlement of all that I owe, I will pay you promptly. If you fail to accept my offer within 14 days or you demand any other payment, I will pay you nothing and my offer will be withdrawn.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Send this off to Harlands at Haywards Heath and get a free Certificate Of Posting at the PO when you send it.

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

On Saturday the 7th of November I posted this letter to Harlands.

 

To whom it may concern.

Dear sir or madam,

I refer to my membership at Xercise4Less gym in Nottingham.

Following the advice of a member of staff at Xercise4Less regarding stopping my membership, I cancelled my direct debit mandate on 1st July 2015 and this was adequate notice of my intention to cancel.

I now realise I should have paid a final month's fee to you for the notice period in the sum of £9.99 to you now. I will not pay you any administration or cancellation fees - these are penalties that are unlawful and unenforceable.

If you confirm in writing that you'll accept the amount of £9.99 in settlement of all that I owe, I will pay you promptly. If you fail to accept my offer within 14 days or you demand any other payment, I will pay you nothing and my offer will be withdrawn.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

Today I received this lovely contribution to the saga.

Attached

 

If you can't see it, let me know.

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Hi Vic,

 

Just a normal letter from CRS and I'd simply ignore it until they reply properly to your letter.

 

If they don't reply to it, that's THEIR problem !

 

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Hi All,

 

In July of last year I moved house and on my last day at Xercise Nottingham I asked a member of staff about cancelling my membership. I was with xercise4less for 13months at this point.

The staff member I asked told me that I should cancel my direct debit, so I did.

 

I've had letters from Harlands, which I've replied to stating that they should contact me by letter only, mentioning that their persistent calls/texts were bordering on harassment.

I've also given them 14 days to contact me which they did not so I thought that meant, my terms were accepted.

 

Only to now receive a letter from Spratt Edicott Solicitors.

These people are ridiculous.

See Letter below.

Any assistance you can lend will be greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

Vic

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You can ignore that, but you NEED to pull it off as it shows your identity.

 

Pull the attachment, and then tell us the story,

 

When did you join, when did you leave, how did you inform them that you were cancelling the agreement?

Did you pay them one final months membership fee?

 

Stay OFF the phone, keep a diary of events regarding their continued criminal offence of harassment against you, with a view of reporting them to the police for said criminal offence.

 

Get onto social media, FB and Twitter, and embarrass them on there, warn off potential customers that they will be harassed should they dare to ever leave the gym.

Who ever heard of someone getting a job at the Jobcentre? The unemployed are sent there as penance for their sins, not to help them find work!

 

 

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Ignore it. They wont do anything. Its a standard automated template letter. Not the use if if/may etc.

 

Sit tight and one of the regulars will be around to give specific info on what to do next. Its an issue you dont need to worry about and is very easily solved.

Any advice i give is my own and is based solely on personal experience. If in any doubt about a situation , please contact a certified legal representative or debt counsellor..

 

 

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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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Hi Victor,

 

Thread merged with the one from last November.

 

We don't need to see the letter from Spratts. We've seen enough of them to know that it's just more of their threats, designed to make folk panic.

 

Since Harlands changed to using Spratts last year, we've not seen Spratts take a single CAG case to court.

 

Don't waste a stamp replying to them but keep us updated of further communication.

 

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Hi All,

 

This came in a few days ago.

 

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I was planning to e-mail their contact and requesting they contact me solely by post.

 

Bit of Background again.

I asked an employee of Xercise4Less how do I go about cancelling my membership

 

. I was told to cancel my direct debit.

I did this and did not hear anything from them for almost a year.

Then the Harlands/CRS and Now SprattEdicott letters.

 

In my e-mail to them I was also going to request a copy of the Terms and Conditions of my membership.

 

Let me know what you guys think of this

or if you have any points you think I should add in my correspondence to them.

I am willing to pay up to £50 realistically, should I mention this?

 

Regards,

Vic

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PDF please

 

As you were told last year......

Unless the letter says we WILL do COURT

You ignore

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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Hi Vic,

 

Having seen the latest Spratt Endicott letter from your JPG, you need not respond at all for now.

 

It's their usual waffle and, in 99.99% of cases, none of the threatened action will be taken.

 

No need to contact Spratts by letter. email or carrier pigeon but keep us posted.

 

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