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    • Hello,

      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.

      Please can you advise what I need to do today to get this done. 
       

      Many thanks 
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    • Housing Association property flooding. https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/438641-housing-association-property-flooding/&do=findComment&comment=5124299
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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.

       

      OT APPROVED, 365MC637, FAROOQ, EVRi, 12.07.23 (BRENT) - J v4.pdf
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I received an email from Next Directory and it states

 

 

"We will charge you a late payment fee of £5.00 if your account is two months in arrears" which is reasonable

 

The fees used to be in region of about £15.00 - £20.00 for every missed payment

 

 

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It is more reasonable but if it exceeds the actual cost then it is disproportionate and is invalid.

 

Still a substantial improvement.

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The email was sent dated 20/03/06 but will effective from the 14/04/06

 

 

 

 

FULL TEXT AS RECEIVED

 

New changes to the terms and condition of your next account.

Advance payment

 

 

We will charge an advance payment of £3.50 on first order.

 

 

We will charge an advance payment of £3.00 on first order.

 

 

We may ask you to pay £3.00 in advance when you place your first order.

 

Key Information

 

 

Default Charges

 

 

Will remain unchanged

 

 

The following will be added:

 

We will charge you a late payment fee of £5.00 if your account is two months in arrears.

 

 

You will be charged £5.00 if you have not paid the amount required on your account for two months.

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This is still invalid as a late payment penalty, as it costs them nothing (certainly not a fixed fee) to administer a late payment they haven't received.

 

They should, surely, be saying that 8% will be charged once you are two months overdue.

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But if I buy a pair of socks and put it on the card, and then don't pay on time, what have they lost, apart from the interest? What is the fixed fee for? :?

 

I agree that it would be uneconomical to sue for each breach, but these principles are always tested at the lower limits. :wink:

 

Mind you - we should not get sucked into a game where the banks insist that we come up with a solution. That's their responsibility, as long as its legal and fair.

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If anyone from Next is reading.

 

Tomorrow I will be cancelling that nice glass table and chairs I ordered.

 

You just an lost an order for over 1.2K, suggest you change your view of a customer.

 

My conservatory will just have to have plants.

 

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If anyone from Next is reading.

 

Tomorrow I will be cancelling that nice glass table and chairs I ordered.

 

You just an lost an order for over 1.2K, suggest you change your view of a customer.

 

My conservatory will just have to have plants.

 

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More space for Strelitizia?

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