Ricey

Based on my investigations my letter went to a derelict warehouse where they purport to be based..........unfazed I sent an email to the inquiries address for the land owner Giles Insurance just to put the wind up em a bit! Dear Sirs/Madam, I am writing to you to keep you appraised of the current situation regarding the clamping of my vehicle at your premises at 19.45pm on the 28th of January. The attached letter details the full extent of my appeal to DCS (Direct Car Parking Solutions) who are contracted by yourselves to act as parking enforcement at the your Bath Road office. I have also attached the picture of the DCS signage covering your land which is situation approximately 13ft in the air, in an unlit area, in a font that is completely illegible to anyone without a step ladder. This letter was sent to DCS by recorded delivery on the 01/02/2011 and has not been signed for as of yet. It has come to my attention that the address for appeals stated on the DCS invoice is actually a derelict warehouse and therefore I have concerns that the mail will not be collected from the sorting office. As per my letter DCS have 21 days to provide me with a response and a full refund of £150 due to the issues detailed in my letter. Should a response and refund not be forthcoming by the 21st day I will at this point launch legal action to reclaim the monies via the Chester County Small Claims court. At this point I will be pursuing a full refund and recompense from the distress this has caused and any costs I may incur. It is important that you understand that as the land owner Giles Insurance would be a 'Co-Defendant' and therefore jointly and severally liable for any settlement amount. I would urge you to contact your DCS to encourage them to respond to avoid any unnecessary action. This situation has been caused by the poor signage and activities provided by DCS and they should take responsibility for it. You will receive a 'Letter Before Action ' in 21 days time should a satisfactory response and refund not be received. Finally I would like to note that I genuinely did not realise that your land was a private car park and the signage provided makes it impossible for anyone to enter into any kind of acceptance of the clamping contract.

FYI, I think Demon Tweaks in Wrexham stock the Scorpion. Surely they can drive there and pick one up? Pete 7 They're talking utter guff mate.........they can get one delivered off ebay in less than 24 hours! Someones going to be getting sent off with a flea in their ear.

Clamping company got this sent too them as well! DCS 158-164 Price Street Birkenhead, CH41 3PR Reference - Clamping : 28/01/2011 Vehicle Registration : M111 NXA Location : Bath Street, Chester Dear Sirs, This letter should be taken as a formal appeal in respect of the immobilization of the above named vehicle at 19.45pm on the 28th of January 2011 at the above location. The grounds for the appeal are as follows; There is no clear signage visible in the area where the vehicle was parked. 1 sign (photograph attached) is present in the area but is quite clearly insufficient due to the location, height, lack of lighting and size. It is unreasonable to expect anyone to be able to read and understand the contents of the sign due to its location. Regardless of this fact the sign is not in clear view due to its height. The authorised user (DCS clamping operative) stated to myself that the sign was placed in this location as previous signs had been removed by employees of local outlets. The sign was therefore placed in a position that was known not to be adequate (photographic evidence of previous sites where the signs were mounted is also available should you require it) to facilitate your needs rather those of the public. The authorised user (DCS clamping operative) did not display the DCS company logo on the vehicle used to enforce the clamping. You are therefore in breach of your code of practice. The DCS operative on the telephone insisted on a cash payment and no other alternative methods to make payment were offered – this widely regarded as unacceptable practice by courts. The charge of £150 was unlawful. The maximum you may charge for a cash release fee is £135. Should you be in any further doubt regarding the validity of the appeal I would refer you to case law in point; Vine vs Waltham Forest – Briefly the case law in point references the fact that an individual cannot enter into the contract to agree to a clamping unless they are able to clearly read the information on the signage and therefore make an informed decision to enter into the clamping contract. I would like to mention that regardless of the unpleasantness of the situation and the above disputed points the DCS operatives, both on the telephone and at the scene were polite and helpful in respect of the situation. I acknowledge that people are only doing their jobs and it is not their position to directly answer appeals on the spot. For the avoidance of doubt I am requesting at this time a refund of £150.00 – no further damages are being sought at the present juncture. I trust your decision will be favourable to the above appeal in light of the clear points I have raised. However should the appeal be declined I would be left with no other option other than to instigate legal action to seek full reimbursement and damages for the inconvenience and distress caused. I look forward to receiving your response within the next 21 days. Any further action will be placed on hold until this time. Yours Sincerely Paul Rice

Now they are very pretty rims!!

Only Liverpool have a long waiting list, like 10 years . Only 3 other premier league clubs have waiting lists, Arsenal (quite long), Chelsea and Tottenham. Man Utd have recently made more season tickets available and Man City sell games in blocks. My daughter has been on the waiting list at Liverpool for 3 years, the stadiums just too small Pete I've been on it 7 years............ that'll be all the Norwegians taking up your seats.......

for cocksakes!!!!!!!! So what can be fleeced out of a UK dealer other then standard?

Well the zed went off for repairs today.......with the ominous statement 'we can't always get hold of aftermarket parts mate'.........so i'll be presenting the engineer with the option of a new Scorpion or if they insist they can only source parts via the stealer - a new Nismo zorst! Picked up the hire car today too - BMW 520d.........not bad all things considered. I can see why people describe BM's as a proper drivers car - it handles itself very well for a big lug.

You asked how to get rid of the smoke smell.....that will get rid of the smoke smell. ......and when you post 'how do I get rid of the onion smell' I shall duly advise

Couple of raw onions cut in half in the footwells!

Rember + = .......so no partying on your ship! Have a good one

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Surely thats some kind of really intelligent dig at ricers........he cannot be for real

You'll notice that all of the pikeys on that show were living on sites owned by themselves.........don't s£*t on you own doorstep springs to mind. Travelling pikeys leave what they can't carry...........the wreckage they leave is stunning!!

No no no you misunderstand..........we're not going for his reputation we're going for- - Signing him up to a gay magazine. - Sending online enquiries stating his email address and telephone number to cosmetic surgery companies for anal bleaching. - Sending online enquiries to every fee free 'claims' company you can find to investigate a potential claim for a torn foreskin following an accident in an 'all male spa'. - Subscribing his email to every websites news letter that you visit. - Sending online enquiries stating his email and mobile number to health and safety executives about 'a local squirrel with a dangerous look in its eye' - Putting an advert in the paper for an executive flat in central London for £300 per calendar month stating his mobile number making clear that asylum seekers are welcome. - Posting a close up picture of your ass to him on a bi monthly basis.

I think the entire North West is driving a Zed these days!

mate

I think if your going to do it you probably need to do it pretty soon based on what you've said........take the opportunity while your not trapped by commitments or lifestyle choices.

Find another job.........write your resignation letter..........lay a cable on his desk..........leave letter on top of the brown trout. Alternatively adopt (with some subtle amendments) the approach used by Lester Burnham in American Beauty........ Lester Burnham: Then I guess I'll have to throw in a sexual harassment charge. Brad Dupree: Against who? Lester Burnham: Against YOU. Can you prove that you didn't offer to save my job if I let you blow me? Brad Dupree: Man, you are one twisted ****. Lester Burnham: Nope; I'm just an ordinary guy who has nothing left to lose. Sounds like a total douche and I would make it my life's mission to leave and covertly cause him utter chaos.

Bloody pikeys invading the leafy bugs of Chester!

Custard Creams and Degu's

Right mate - you may have noticed from a lot of my posts I'm in a potentially similar situation - 28, finance job since leaving school, did well, paid well (or at least I think I am) but losing my enthusiasm and find I enjoy working with my hands. You'll find a lot of people who you ask this question too will assume you simply want out and will back up any idea of leaving for another career.......so in this instance I'll be devils advocate and cover the pro's of staying put. - Are you paid well where you are? Regardless of however bored I am I simply cannot leave my job......I've been paid reasonably well and I've cut my cloth accordingly. Car loans, mortgages, aspirations of bigger houses and weddings mean I would need to either jump straight into another career at the top or dissolve my life and start from scratch. - Do you have a partner? If so this has a massive impact on them and will also restrict your decision unless they'll support you through and agree to giving up on a few luxuries. - Is there any prospects to move on in your job - could you get any qualifications out of where you work before leaving (Ce-MAP, Ce-FA ETC)? I've never wanted to get into management because you generally have to become more stupid and lose your common sense.......however I've been so bored of late and my CV is missing the next vital step - management experience......I've gone and applied for a managers job. - Is this just an itch.......the vast majority of my whining is due to an itch. I need to be kept occupied and the job has always required me to bounce to one department as another. Are you just bored in your current role. - Try and remember that many people who have 'hands on jobs' hate them too.....make sure you don't lose a good job in a nice warm safe office and get saddled with dodging hepatitis infested spittle being gobbed at you by some smackrat for your 23k a year (plus you'll probably have to be a gay, female, ethnic minority to be employed by the police these days). - Are you good at what you do....if you are and you work in a lucrative industry I'd be tempted to get your cv fully pimped out and make something of yourself in your industry. - Is 25 too old to change industry?!!? OF COURSE ITS NOT!......provided you don't mind being unemployed in the worst recession in the history of modern economics, battling to change your skill set with 2.5million other unemployed people. I would be VERY careful with this option if you've have any aspiration of doing anything that involves money for the next 3-5 years However........if you are single, commitment free, living with mum and dad, paid poorly/average and truly are disillusioned with the job then wholeheartedly go for it while you've got the chance. The grass isn't always Greener PS - also take into account that anyone who's anyone who's ever made anything of themselves has ignored literally everything I've written above and stuck their knackers on the chopping block before making squillions of pounds (Branson, Sugar, Gates, Zuckerweasle, Sarnie ETC).

Good shout! I think lassie is right you know.

Sell your story to Woman's Own to recoup some of your lost fortune! You will be the special feature next to 'my husband thinks he's a goat'

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand always look on the bright side if life....do do do do do......lifes a piece of @*!# when you look at it, lifes a joke and deaths the final word........