A man was today encouraged to claim compensation for having once been lured into making a spurious compensation claim.
Colin Sawdust of Oswestry bought his Toyota Yaris using a finance provider suggested by the car dealer.
'To be honest, I was perfectly happy with the service. The interest rate was reasonable, and didn’t suddenly go up after a year like they sometimes do.
'Then one day I saw an online ad mentioning the name of the finance company, saying I was in some way a victim and deserved compensation which could run into thousands. Enough to buy the latest model Yaris, in fact.'
Thus began a frustrating process of filling in forms and digging out old paperwork and bank statements, lasting several months, until it turned out the company hadn’t done anything wrong so he didn’t get a penny.
'It left me feeling annoyed at the pointless waste of my time,' said Sawdust. 'So naturally I was intrigued by this ad suggesting I deserve compensation for this. Now I just have to track down the original agreement I signed, and… bloody hell, I’ve done it again, haven’t I?'
Meanwhile a number of finance companies complained about the amount of their time wasted by greedy lawyers preying on the gullible, prompting one of the lawyers to offer to get them compensation on a no-win, no-fee basis.
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With Storm Eowyn battering the UK, it’s never too early to think about how you can get compensation out of it. Eowyn can be your friend and you can get free money and that’s the best sort of money.
First, Power, are there power lines down in your area, has your electricity shut off?
Don’t worry about those guys outside your window dangling from cherry pickers or ladders’ risking their lives to restore the power, time is money - and it's not time's money, it's yours.
Get your clock out, your stopwatch, a sun dial, even an egg timer, log exactly to the second how long you were without electricity. The longer the time, the bigger the claim. You could be sunning yourself in Corfu on the proceeds and most important of all, remember, you are entitled.
Putting in your claim is often the best part. Call handlers may try to ask you to e mail them your compensation claim, don’t fall for it. Shout, scream down the telephone, abuse them and threaten them. Tell them you want your money and you want it now, a cheeky little death threat can work wonders.
Travel can also be a lucrative source of Compo. You wanted to take a train to work but the Train operators decided being snowflakes that it was too dangerous to run the service. Make them pay.
The fact that you were under your table crying and begging for help when the storm raged is irrelevant. You had a ticket but instead of driving the train ,risking derailment ,drivers thinking only of themselves were warm and snug at home, just lazy and you can claim more lovely compo.
Author: tonymc
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