What would you lot do ?

[stueey]

Dont remember if I asked you all this....but your gonna get asked again !!!!:bleh: I'll condense it, dont want to bore you with big details. My car threw a wobbler at the end of last year...took it to one place to be fettled and all they ended up doing was cause more damage......took it to another service place who finally got the other joints botch up fixed and found even more problems they had caused..finally got my motor back on june 16....so was without my wheels for almost 7 months. My total bill was over $2300 ( about 1300 quid ).The first place are avoiding us like the plague...I have all the papers from both places so...#1..should I sue? and #2 IYHO whats my chances of being refunded the $$$$$?

[Vix's Lady]

Dont remember if I asked you all this....but your gonna get asked again !!!!:bleh: I'll condense it, dont want to bore you with big details. My car threw a wobbler at the end of last year...took it to one place to be fettled and all they ended up doing was cause more damage......took it to another service place who finally got the other joints botch up fixed and found even more problems they had caused..finally got my motor back on june 16....so was without my wheels for almost 7 months. My total bill was over $2300 ( about 1300 quid ).The first place are avoiding us like the plague...I have all the papers from both places so...#1..should I sue? and #2 IYHO whats my chances of being refunded the $$$$$?


have you written to the first place and politely asked for a refund? :wave1:

[stueey]

Contacted them through letter and phone call in April...the smart a**e owner told me over phone that (quote )" If I had so much trouble with the da*n car I'd just buy a new one" I used the BBB here who act as mediators between company and customer...the first place refused to reply to those guys...TWICE!!

[Vix's Lady]

Contacted them through letter and phone call in April...the smart a**e owner told me over phone that (quote )" If I had so much trouble with the da*n car I'd just buy a new one" I used the BBB here who act as mediators between company and customer...the first place refused to reply to those guys...TWICE!!



sue the ass off em then :lmao::lmao:

[Vix's Lady]

seriously you entered into a contract with them to do a specific job which they didnt do so they are in breach of contract. I dont know how the law works over there, but you must have a good case for a refund and compensation :big_smile::wave1:

[stueey]

wish I could post the original filing letter....so you can judge if My case holds water.

[Vix's Lady]

can you scan it and email it to me? :wave1:

[Vix's Lady]

right Ive read it, have you got anything in writing from any of the dealerships??

[stueey]

oh yeeeeeeeeeeah....all me bills and mechanic comments.

[Vix's Lady]

you have a really good case, do you have the same over there as the small claims court here?

[stueey]

yes....in fact my better half went to the courthouse yesterday....we have been given a tentative date of the 31st....unless some other agreement is reached....dont know the procedure, but Im assuming the courthouse will contact the car dealer to inform them of our intentions (???)

[Vix's Lady]

they should give them a time limit to respond to your complaint its usually 14 days over here. Hopefully they will see sense and avoid a judgement against them :wave1:

[stueey]

Will be keeping my fingers crossed that all will go ok.

[Vix's Lady]

you should be fine :big_smile::big_smile::wave1:

[Optimus]

you should be fine :big_smile::big_smile::wave1:


Are you Judge Judy in disguise ? :conf (13): :lmao:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w49/dazzer_UK/judgejudy.jpg

[Vix's Lady]

LOL no just know a bit about legal stuff, studied it at college :big_smile::wink1:

[Optimus]

LOL no just know a bit about legal stuff, studied it at college :big_smile::wink1:


Why? and why didnt you continue with it? (I never went to college :cry: :celb (15):)

[Vix's Lady]

cos I went into Finance instead :big_smile::wave1:

[Optimus]

cos I went into Finance instead :big_smile::wave1:


Hmmm, both as bad as each other :wink1: (Cheque please ! :mf_sleep:)

[Vix's Lady]

tell me about it LOL I need a career change desperately :lmao::lmao::wink1:

[Optimus]

tell me about it LOL I need a career change desperately :lmao::lmao::wink1:


Do something like what I did 9 years ago, a drastic, totaly non-sensical change :big_smile:

16 Years Infantryman to IT Support team manager.....Refreshing change....Never looked back :celb (15):

[Vix's Lady]

I really cant decide what to do, all I know is I'm sick of numbers LOL :lmao::lmao:

[Optimus]

I really cant decide what to do, all I know is I'm sick of numbers LOL :lmao::lmao:


What about freelancing for a bit? Work up a bit of capital then go into landscaping?

[Vix's Lady]

maybe theres lots of ifs and buts tho at the moment :big_smile:

[Optimus]

maybe theres lots of ifs and buts tho at the moment :big_smile:



There always is, and always will be (just like giving up smoking). You just have to take the plunge. I had a brand new mortgage when I made the change, gave 12 months notice, had another tour of NI coming up, didnt have another job to go to, but hey, its life, you only get one go at it :big_smile:)

[Vix's Lady]

once my house is sold then I will be in a better position to think things through, until then numbers it is LOL :big_smile::big_smile::wave1:

[Optimus]

once my house is sold then I will be in a better position to think things through, until then numbers it is LOL :big_smile::big_smile::wave1:


I meant freelancing at numbers, what exactly is it you do?

[stueey]

good quote optimus.....its life, you only get one go at it.....never a truer word spoken.If I ummed and ahhed about my decisions...id prob still be on the dole...supping my life away back there....Not that theres anything wrong with Wigan by no means.

[Optimus]

good quote optimus.....its life, you only get one go at it.....never a truer word spoken.If I ummed and ahhed about my decisions...id prob still be on the dole...supping my life away back there....Not that theres anything wrong with Wigan by no means.



Agreed mate, no such thing as luck and fate....Go Out and DO IT ! :celb (15):

[Vix's Lady]

accountancy :wink1:

[stueey]

wot was it forrest gump sed in the movie " Life is like a box of chocolates....you never know wot u might get next "

[Vix's Lady]

6 numbers on tonight's lotto will do LOL :lmao::lmao::wink1:

[Optimus]

accountancy :wink1:



Is this a good guess at what you do or could do ?: -

"duties: ensuring compliance in financial and regulatory reporting. Analysing and proposing changes to reporting requirements. Embedding changes arising from the move to IFRS in divisional reporting. Reviewing regulatory and financial accounting returns. Preparing technical accounting and regulatory papers. Working with finance teams across the division"

[Vix's Lady]

yep :big_smile::wink1:

[Optimus]

yep :big_smile::wink1:



Thats from a job description (freelance)....Approx £56 PER HOUR !

[Vix's Lady]

ta hon, I'll look into it cos I dont get paid anywhere near that rate at the mo:shock1::lmao:

[Optimus]

ta hon, I'll look into it cos I dont get paid anywhere near that rate at the mo:shock1::lmao:


12 months of that should set you up nice, especialy if you structure yourself (finacilay) properly. I estimate, at £56 ph, over 48 weeks, after tax (and some legal tax avoidance :nono::big_smile:) your 'take home' would be £84,672

[Vix's Lady]

Beltin thanks for the advice :big_smile::wink1:

[Optimus]

Beltin thanks for the advice :big_smile::wink1:


Welcome :big_smile: (I've been doing it for some time now :celb (15)::celb (15)::celb (15):)

[Vix's Lady]

time for me to have a small drink I think :lmao::lmao:

[Optimus]

time for me to have a small drink I think :lmao::lmao:


Time for me to have a refill ? :conf (13)::conf (13): ..........YES :celb (15):

[imported_Bernard]

Dont remember if I asked you all this....but your gonna get asked again !!!!:bleh: I'll condense it, dont want to bore you with big details. My car threw a wobbler at the end of last year...took it to one place to be fettled and all they ended up doing was cause more damage......took it to another service place who finally got the other joints botch up fixed and found even more problems they had caused..finally got my motor back on june 16....so was without my wheels for almost 7 months. My total bill was over $2300 ( about 1300 quid ).The first place are avoiding us like the plague...I have all the papers from both places so...#1..should I sue? and #2 IYHO whats my chances of being refunded the $$$$$?


I have got a tale about me and a dispute I had with a garage over some work which was done on me car, what happened was that I took my car in to the garage to have a new oil pump fitted, whilst doing this work they said that there was a fault with the ignition system which needed an expensive replacement part, this I thought was strange because I have always been quite clued up on cars and such like and the car had been running fine when I took it to the garage, so when I got the car back from them I checked the ignition system and no new part had been fitted, I had been ripped off and ripped off fine style, theft would have been a better way to describe what that garage {TRIED} to do to me.

Luckily I had paid by cheque, so I stopped the cheque and went to see my solicitor to find out were I stood legally because the garage had replaced the oil pump to my satisfaction, it was the ignition system part which I disputed.

My solicitor said that what the garage had done wrong came under the “misrepresentation” laws because when you take your car to a garage to have it repaired the garage is acting on your behalf to repair the car, they are "representing" you by being your “agent” and if they do this wrong they have "misrepresented" you, in my case the solicitor said that I definitely owed them for the price of the oil pump part, but it was open to interpretation whether I owed them for fitting it to the car, otherwise known as the labour charge, in my case my solicitor wrote to the garage saying that I was only prepared to pay for the oil pump part and I never heard anything from them, so I ended up getting a free and fitted oil pump

[Vix's Lady]

they are all rip off merchants :ranting: I went to have a puncture mended last year cos there was a nail in the tyre then they told me the rim was torn and I needed a new tyre it wasnt torn when I went in there but I couldnt prove it:sad1:

[imported_Bernard]

Well there are a lot of cowboys out there and a few Clowns and on about a Clown, Bongo cannot change a wheel on his car in cold weather because he has a circulation problem in his fingers and if the wheel brace and jack are “cold” he cannot touch them because his fingers go cold and painful and last time this happened he drove a mile and a half on a flat tyre to a friends house who changed the wheel for him and when he took the tyre to be repaired the chap at the tyre place looked at him in disbelief and said “how do you expect me to repair THAT” and Bongo thinks he was ripped off because he had to have a new tyre fitted to the rim, I bet there was hardly anything left of that tyre after running on it flat for so long :big_smile:

[Optimus]

Well there are a lot of cowboys out there and a few Clowns and on about a Clown, Bongo cannot change a wheel on his car in cold weather because he has a circulation problem in his fingers and if the wheel brace and jack are “cold” he cannot touch them because his fingers go cold and painful and last time this happened he drove a mile and a half on a flat tyre to a friends house who changed the wheel for him and when he took the tyre to be repaired the chap at the tyre place looked at him in disbelief and said “how do you expect me to repair THAT” and Bongo thinks he was ripped off because he had to have a new tyre fitted to the rim, I bet there was hardly anything left of that tyre after running on it flat for so long :big_smile:


Punctuation Bernard, punctuation !!! :nono:

(I'm standing in for TheSturgeon :big_smile::big_smile::big_smile:)

[Vix's Lady]

I changed mine before I took it in and I know it wasnt torn on the rim :sad1::wave1:

[imported_Bernard]

(I'm standing in for TheSturgeon :big_smile::big_smile::big_smile:)


You mean the "Miserable Git" :big_smile:

[Optimus]

(I'm standing in for TheSturgeon :big_smile::big_smile::big_smile:)


You mean the "Miserable Git" :big_smile:


I was being polite, but :conf (13)::conf (13)::conf (13): Yes :lmao:

[stueey]

But if I would have seen the flat tyre id have told you it were only flat ont bottom( me coats on and traineys tied)

[Vix's Lady]

But if I would have seen the flat tyre id have told you it were only flat ont bottom( me coats on and traineys tied)

pmsl cheeky beggar :lmao::lmao::lmao:

[stueey]

But thats wat one mon towd seth armstrong in one episode of Emmerdale farm donkees ago

[Optimus]

But thats wat one mon towd seth armstrong in one episode of Emmerdale farm donkees ago



LMAO, bringing back good memories there stueey....Ma mashing tay, Grandfather by the fire, Amos and Mr. Wilkes in't Woolpack, Matt and Daisy getting it on :celb (15):

[stueey]

oh aye.........used to look forward to 7 o clock me......seth and that other kid were better than any comedy act on the telly back then.

[Vix's Lady]

its just Emmerdale now LOL the farm bit went years ago :lmao::lmao:

[stueey]

typical....farm gets sold and here comes Wimpey and chucks up fancy condominiums at 120,000 quid a pop.

[Optimus]

typical....farm gets sold and here comes Wimpey and chucks up fancy condominiums at 120,000 quid a pop.



Two please :celb (15):