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    • The Notice to Hirer does not comply with the protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule  4 . This is before I ask if Europarks have sent you a copy of the PCN they sent to Arval along with a copy of the hire agreement et. if they haven't done that either you are totally in the clear and have nothing to worry about and nothing to pay. The PCN they have sent you is supposed to be paid by you according to the Act within 21 days. The chucklebuts have stated 28 days which is the time that motorists have to pay. Such a basic and simple thing . The Act came out in 2012 and still they cannot get it right which is very good news for you. Sadly there is no point in telling them- they won't accept it because they lose their chance to make any money out of you. they are hoping that by writing to you demanding money plus sending in their  unregulated debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors that you might be so frightened as to pay them money so that you can sleep at night. Don't be surprised if some of their letters are done in coloured crayons-that's the sort of  level of people you will be dealing with. Makes great bedding for the rabbits though. Euro tend not to be that litigious but while you can safely ignore the debt collectors just keep an eye out for a possible Letter of Claim. They are pretty rare but musn't be ignored. Let us know so that you can send a suitably snotty letter to them showing that you are not afraid of them and are happy to go to Court as you like winning.  
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    • My defence was standard no paperwork:   1.The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are generic in nature. The Defendant accordingly sets out its case below and relies on CPR r 16.5 (3) in relation to any particular allegation to which a specific response has not been made. 2. Paragraph 1 is noted. The Defendant has had a contractual relationship with MBNA Limited in the past. The Defendant does not recognise the reference number provided by the claimant within its particulars and has sought verification from the claimant who is yet to comply with requests for further information. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. The Defendant maintains that a default notice was never received. The Claimant is put to strict proof to that a default notice was issued by MBNA Limited and received by the Defendant. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. The Defendant is unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment allegedly served from either the Claimant or MBNA Limited. 5. On the 02/01/2023 the Defendant requested information pertaining to this claim by way of a CCA 1974 Section 78 request. The claimant is yet to respond to this request. On the 19/05/2023 a CPR 31.14 request was sent to Kearns who is yet to respond. To date, 02/06/2023, no documentation has been received. The claimant remains in default of my section 78 request. 6. It is therefore denied with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant, the Claimant has failed to provide any evidence of proof of assignment being sent/ agreement/ balance/ breach or termination requested by CPR 31.14, therefore the Claimant is put to strict proof to: (a) show how the Defendant entered into an agreement; and (b) show and evidence the nature of breach and service of a default notice pursuant to Section 87(1) CCA1974 (c) show how the claimant has reached the amount claimed for; and (d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim; 7. As per Civil Procedure Rule 16.5(4), it is expected that the Claimant prove the allegation that the money is owed. 8. On the alternative, as the Claimant is an assignee of a debt, it is denied that the Claimant has the right to lay a claim due to contraventions of Section 136 of the Law of Property Act and Section 82A of the consumer credit Act 1974. 9. By reasons of the facts and matters set out above, it is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed or any relief.
    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
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Hi all,

 

I have recently caught out Carphone Warehouse on a deal that they were advertising on their website, which proved to be misleading. I found a deal on their website entitled 'save up to £100 on SIM FREE phones' upon clicking this deal a phone I have been looking for was posted on here, although with no discount at all on it, but instead offering a free gift instead (worth £69). I raised the issue that there was no discount on the phone SIM FREE and was told that what you get instead of discount off the phone itself. I have then reached out to both their Twitter and Facebook pages reagrding the issue providing screenshots of issues I had as proof. I subsequently did not get a response to it.

 

I then went on to call their customer service team as it was the most relevant phone number that I could find for the issue I had. Upon speaking to them, the guy I spoke to didn't give me any help, but just relayed exactly what the website said and stated there is nothing he can do. I said 'thanks for the help' when he sighed and hung up on me. I then emailed PR after searching through their website and finding two email address that were higher up and PR related. I recieved an email back the next day (6th December) asking if they could phone me and chat. I gave them a number and they rang me the next day (7th December).

 

I explained the issue and the person I was speaking too didn't mention the issue of the advert being misleading at all, but made it clear to me that the phone was already heavily discounted from £719.99 to £599.99 yet there was no evidence of this. The phone is made by Google and upon checking on their website the phones retail price is £599.99, yet I was told there was already a £120 saving on the phone from retail. He then went on to finally mention the issue of the misleading advert and said that they are willing to offer me £25.00 grattitude in exchange for pointing this error out.

 

They have since subsequently removed the phone from that deals page and also three other phones so they clearly then realised that there are numerous phones that were misleadingly advertised. These deals had been on the website for at least a week or so, meaning that more people must have seen it. I was unable to speak last time I spoke to the advisor, so asked him to call me back today (9th December) and he hasn't, I phoned him and he was busy so waiting for a call back.

 

I have not actually purchased the phone as of yet, I am still looking to purchase it, I feel as if £25.00 grattitude is a way for them to hope for me to let this go. Am I right to feel as if I shouldn't accept this and pursue it further or just take the grattitude and leave it be as they have removed the advert? I feel that the cost of the free gift that they were advertising instead of the correct deal is a reasonable grattitude (£69).

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The pixel was never £719, The XL was and is £719. So if they said it was a higher price that's not true. Did you record it or get it in writing?

 

The advert does say up to £100, £0 does fall in that range so I suspect you won't really get anywhere. Would you still complain if it had £5 off on the website?

 

Regarding the £69, you have to remember it does not cost them £69 to give you this, in fact it could be the manufacturer who wants a few more in consumers hands that supplied them free of charge. Funnily the phone is still selling for £599 when you take it with a sim, with no free gift. I don't understand why anyone would choose thiat option.

 

So personally I would call back try to get a bit more than £25 but call it a day if they don't move it, take the £25 and be happy at that.

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If you type contact details for blue chip companies managing diRectors into google, you should find a website that lists all the contact details, email, telephone etc of MD's of most blue chip companies.

 

I had issue recently with CW and emailed the MD who immediately escalated my complaint and had a member of head office team deal with my complaint to my satisfaction.

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The pixel was never £719, The XL was and is £719. So if they said it was a higher price that's not true. Did you record it or get it in writing?

 

The advert does say up to £100, £0 does fall in that range so I suspect you won't really get anywhere. Would you still complain if it had £5 off on the website?

 

Regarding the £69, you have to remember it does not cost them £69 to give you this, in fact it could be the manufacturer who wants a few more in consumers hands that supplied them free of charge. Funnily the phone is still selling for £599 when you take it with a sim, with no free gift. I don't understand why anyone would choose thiat option.

 

So personally I would call back try to get a bit more than £25 but call it a day if they don't move it, take the £25 and be happy at that.

 

I spoke to them yesterday evening just before they finished for the day. The guy that has been dealing with the issue was not budging on the £25 value of gratitude. I do understand what you are saying regarding if it were £5 off the phone I wouldn't be complaining.

 

When I mentioned again about there being two seperate phones the Google Pixel and the Google Pixel XL, and that the Google Pixel phone that I was questioning about did not retail for the price he stated to me previously (£719) and actually retails for £599 as listed on their website. He brushed off the question and went back to talking about the VR not being part of the deal and ignored what I had said and that I called him about the prices.

 

When I spoke to him on then phone he was very keen to emphasize to me what they are insured for, including their terms and conditions and that all deals are subject to change. I unfortunately didn't record the conversation, but, I have made my own notes of phone conversations and we agreed yesterday that he will email me a letter, which explains the situation that was raised originally and all that had been discussed within our conversations and emails. I made it clear to ask him, that if I didn't agree to what he has written in the letter and feel that it is trying to take away from some points that I made etc, then I could ask him to rewrite the letter until I am happy with it. He said that this letter can be taken to any third party company if I wish to use for whatever I decide to do.

 

He was not budging from that £25 gratitude.

 

If you type contact details for blue chip companies managing diRectors into google, you should find a website that lists all the contact details, email, telephone etc of MD's of most blue chip companies.

 

I had issue recently with CW and emailed the MD who immediately escalated my complaint and had a member of head office team deal with my complaint to my satisfaction.

 

Would it be worth doing now. I originally emailed the Head of Customer PR and the Senior Customer PR Manager, my original email was passed on to the escalation team (CEO team). I feel that if I did end up emailing them again it might get straight passed onto the same department and get the same offer. I have found the information and contact email address for the MD, but skeptical as think it may end up with the same people. I do appreciate the help, what do you think, considering i'm already in contact with escelations team?

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