Trading standards, at least where i live are a total waste of time. They WILL creep around car boot sales, but if they think you have more money than them and can afford to sue them, then they will leave you well alone..
Many years ago i got car insurance in instalments. In the insurance place they assured me that there was no extra charge for this, and even pointed to a sign on the wall that confirmed all this.
I thought "might as well then"...
Some time later i get a letter through the post. They had signed me up to some sort of credit agreement that charged 13% interest over the three months. I went back and went potty, they did not care..
I jumped over their counter and confiscated the sign off the wall as evidence. They did not like that very much.
Anyway, so then i go to trading standards with the sign off the wall in one hand and the letter from the finance people in the other.
Trading standards had a bit of an investigate but then gave up even though i had all the evidence in writing. Obvious reason is the insurance firm had enough money to bite back...
Further, around here, you go to trading standards [if you can get hold of them] and they will simply send you off to the citizens advice people who are totally clueless..
Never pay a deposit for anything, go somewhere else..
john..
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Many years ago i got car insurance in instalments. In the insurance place they assured me that there was no extra charge for this, and even pointed to a sign on the wall that confirmed all this.
I thought "might as well then"...
Some time later i get a letter through the post. They had signed me up to some sort of credit agreement that charged 13% interest over the three months. I went back and went potty, they did not care..
I jumped over their counter and confiscated the sign off the wall as evidence. They did not like that very much.
Anyway, so then i go to trading standards with the sign off the wall in one hand and the letter from the finance people in the other.
Trading standards had a bit of an investigate but then gave up even though i had all the evidence in writing. Obvious reason is the insurance firm had enough money to bite back...
Further, around here, you go to trading standards [if you can get hold of them] and they will simply send you off to the citizens advice people who are totally clueless..
Never pay a deposit for anything, go somewhere else..
john..
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