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    • The reason for the photos is to show you weren't displaying a permit.  They are supposed to check that the permit hadn't fallen off the dashboard. There is no point in appealing to PPM.  The very people who deliberately set up the site with rubbish signage to catch motorists out are highly unlikely to find against themselves. You've said several times that you think the company who you met with called PPM in so these are the people you need to contact in writing to request they call PPM off.  Until you do so we're going round in circles. If you don't want them to have your e-mail address simply set up a secondary e-address.  
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    • Make sure the WS is sent 14 days before the hearing. You can e-mail the court theirs.  In the subject line put the case number, the names of the parties and "Witness Statement".  Obviously click on "Return Receipt". Send Simple Simon his by 2nd class post - all VCS are worth - and get a free Certificate of Posting from the post office.
    • The outlet is in Camden Town and was set up in 2006, a year after my husband established the business, in addition to selling at exhibitions, online, shows, events, and having licensing agreements in some places overseas.  The only thing I have stopped doing since I got ill is the physical stuff, which I’m working on. The business has not changed name or anything like that either. I’m not sure where the original contract with Camden is but the management must still have it. My husband died in Jan 2017, and until Sept 2018, I would take the stock in every week; after that I was sending it in by post. I went in now and then when possible to re-do the display but that was about it. No one had access to any files until 2020. Moved house in 2020 thought would have to pull it all, Covid had just hit as well. The person in question said he would be interested in taking over and paying the rent etc. so I said I would let him sell the pictures for nothing as long as he would ‘keep it warm’ for me.  Obviously, everywhere was closed for lockdown. During this time I was working out how to go forward.  In May 2022 I told him I couldn’t  give anything away for free anymore, and put in place the wholesale agreement.  I’ve disregarded any discrepancies from before this date. I sent over the jpgs electronically, so I’ve still got them too. He hasn’t got any original files like .psds negatives or memory cards etc, I’ve got proof of all ownership/copyright. A co-op is whereby a small number of neighbours work on a rotational basis so they each of them can have time off, that way everyone doesn’t need to be there at the same time, he had never been an employee of mine.  The only reason I allowed him to have the files in the first place as I didn’t want to lose that side of the business.  It’s a good, constant source of income. However, the rent was becoming crippling as I believed there was something fishy going on well before this as there’s so much cash dealt with there, and I couldn’t go in regularly in person, and I’m sure sales weren’t being recorded properly and cash was being pocketed. My husband was too busy to be doing any stock control properly, he wasn't really into paperwork, and the guy who was ‘helping’ me after my husband's death, was making things very difficult for me to implement a solid stock control system by refusing to co-operate on simple things like using email etc. which I thought was a smokescreen, so I severed ties with him just before I made the agreement in question. I sent about 100 images, jpg files, sent via We Transfer. I’ve got the confirmation of which files were sent with dates. I will have to go through closed bank accounts and previous tax returns to get a proper estimate.   Before I made this agreement, I was selling retail there, this is a wholesale agreement so I’ll have to do some calculations but it is definitely in the thousands.  I haven’t got his his home address, and I don't think he's got any sizeable assets. I’m also worried that he might send the files overseas and start selling them there. I know he’s not stupid enough to sell them online. He knows for sure how serious this is, but he’s been chancing it and thinks I’m stupid, if not soft and stupid. I don’t know if this would work but I am thinking that when he does contact me, I tell him we need to talk, tell him I know what he’s been up to, and strongly urge him not to order any more prints from wherever he is having them printed because it will make things much worse for him if he does. Then when I do tell him about the gravity of the situation, maybe a few days later, I think it will scare him into complying because the consequences definitely trump the few quid he thinks he is saving by getting his own printing done. Tell him an amount that I want back for lost revenue, and make it clear that if he doesn’t destroy the files and if I find out he is still doing it at any point down the line, I will seek prosecution for copyright infringement and fraud, which I will. I don’t know how I can enforce any of this without involving the courts though. I will be able to tell, though, and he will know this. And the only reason I am doing this now rather than before, is that I couldn’t prove anything until now.  It was screamingly obvious from the beginning though, as he wasn’t ordering enough from me to pay the rent, let alone make a profit. If I decided to come down like him lie a ton of bricks straight away, how would I go about a cease and desist, would I have to get one from the court? And what do I do about the stock he currently holds? It has also occurred to me that he might file for bankruptcy or similar if things get heavy, where would that leave me? I could put the feelers out for a brand-new person to take it on, obviously without giving them access to files, that is an option. But that comes with its own set of issues. Also, would there be any implications for me, if I kept quiet for now? Let him order again from me as if nothing has happened, as it will be any day and I want to get all my ducks in a row first ideally….   Thanks again
    • I’ve also just realised their online website they’ve got 12 photographs of my vehicle, including close ups of the inside?? Not sure why that’s relevant.  The time stamp on the first photo is 13:57, the PCN incident time is 14:12. 
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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.

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lol! I use the iron... :D

 

They say that this is caused 'partly' by celebrities and the amount of money they have, but I think it's TOTALLY caused by that.

 

All you ever see is skinny, airbrushed models/singers/actresses that look totally flawless because they have the money to do it, and of course their managers want their stuff to sell.

 

So whether you're a young kid, a tenager or even an adult, you are constantly reminded on tv and in magazines, that perfection is what is wanted and that's what's selling.

 

Look at mariah carey - she has at least 40 people in her entourage, if not more. She actually pays people to keep lights on her so she can look her best at all times. I dread to think what she looks like in a morning because its just not natural how we see her most of the time.

 

We have already seen the effects of plastic surgery combined with age, which none of these so called stars can escape. Just look at cher, michael jackson, stallones mum - they all look horrendous.

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We all want to look our best...theres nothing wrong in that. But i do think people take it to the exreme.

 

Us ladies have our hair coloured, false nails done etc etc....

 

I for one am very happy with the way i look, i just wish more people would be. Self confident is a great tool we have and need to use it more.

 

oh now who said about leathers.....

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Totally agree with everyone wanting to look their best, but that's what surgery is not. Its looking the surgeons best. Or worst as the case may be.

 

Also, when did women start with the hair and nails etc? When they saw someone famous do it probably, but that's not an extreme like surgery.

These things aren't permanent and there are few risks.

 

Celebrities feel pressure to look perfect and in turn, pressure everyone to look perfect. Its just that us lowly mortals don't have the means to do it, and the obsession with image being so great, causes some to take drastic measures in an attempt to live up to this fake perfection.

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I know what is wrong with these people...they DO need to see a consultant...but not of the plastic variety...I blame the media 99%, peoples' weaknesses 0.5% and peoples' vanity the other 0.5%...it really is pathetic.

 

There is a just and fair time and place for cosmetic surgery, but pure vanity is neither of those times or places...

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Just back from KFC... I'm gonna eat this family bucket and then stick one of the left over bones up my nose.

 

I'll post pictures and a "HOW-2" on another thread..

 

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Barra is a Daily Mail reader, now that's funny!!!!:D

 

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Personally if i could afford it I would have the works, Boobs, Lipo, tummy tuck everything although i dont think i would have my face done, quite like the face lol!

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???...Which one is your fav??...lol...:D

 

Lol!!!!! Do i sense a hint of sarcasm there!!:lol:

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Well all the 'perfect' people go to the toilet like the rest of us...
Do U??...:o ...lol...:D

 

 

 

 

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Lol!!!!! Do i sense a hint of sarcasm there!!:lol:
Nah...am toooo polite for that! (...sometimes...OK, once!...lol...:D )

 

 

 

 

Personally if i could afford it I would have the works, Boobs, Lipo, tummy tuck everything...
btw...Before my time, but hasn't 'The Lady' sang yet??...:p

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Before all the old Bear Garden threads were banished I started one "Real or Fake" explaining why I opted for fake.

I won't go right in to it again, but it was not a choice of that for me.

I did not have boobs, so paid for them.

No low self esteem.

No looking at models.

No trying to please a man.

Just simply that boobs are great and I wanted a pair!

Nothing too big - 34B.

 

Real maybe better, but to me fake are better than none.

I love them, they feel great, look great and have no regrets.

 

Sally x

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Good on you sall'

 

I have no doubts you feel better about your self, and I feel good for you :D

 

I just feel sorry for the people who think they have to compete with the so called 'Supper Models' and conform to a 'look' that fashion has decided that we should all look alike

 

Sally, your great, you do what you want Hun .........

 

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I think the Media are largely to blame for causing 'normal' looking people to feel discontented with their bodies.

 

How often do you see 'normal' everyday folks in films, tv, mags, billboards etc. You rarely do, just a perfect size 10, over and over again. It's nauseating.

 

We are what we are, period!

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