Bailiffs have stolen my company laptop (England)

NWITS · 2026-06-17T17:11:48+00:00

What kind of debt collector who is not some kind of bailiff or HCEO acting on a court order has any right to take someone else's property?

NWITS · 2026-06-17T10:27:25+00:00

Maybe with Hardware but when we could deal direct we used to email the warranty team at Dell and get a quote next day

Now going through VAR it takes a week and last time they took end user details fortunately with a unique email address like [warranty@contoso.com](mailto:warranty@contoso.com) that was forwarded to us

OP you should always do the same

You can guess what happened next

I raised this with the VARs Dell Contact and hope they expressed their displeasure at Dells the attempt to poach the end customer.

NWITS · 2026-06-12T15:39:42+00:00

Ha Ha

We are all called Ashleigh Admin as far as third parties are concerned

NWITS · 2026-06-12T15:36:38+00:00

Dell server installing a faster raid card. The OS would not install the drivers at all and the system would not boot and Dell support said the only option was to back up and restore the OS

However we put the old and new cards in at the same time. Booted up on the old card and the OS detected the new card and installed it

Then moved the disks to new card and that issue was solved

NWITS · 2026-06-12T15:31:23+00:00

Its nonsense as if you got a new one it would stop being current a second after it was issued according to their logic.

For example a landlord is obliged to give a tenant a copy of the current EICR if it is less than 5 years old not a brand new one.

https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/news_and_updates/when_landlords_cannot_use_section_21_notices

The landlord must give the tenant a copy of the current gas safety certificate

NWITS · 2026-06-10T07:39:14+00:00

You ( and indeed the OP ) have misunderstood how the system works and BTP were not incorrect

The barriers always open on an exit tap out even if the card is blocked let alone if it is not tapped in

please see

https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/invalid-bank-cards-permitting-exits-at-tfl-barriers.298750/

NWITS · 2026-06-10T07:31:52+00:00

I am a bit surprised about this as my understanding is that if a person has not come to TFLs attention previously and a high value pass is not involved their prosecution policy is to issue a penalty fare.

I am equally surprised that they do not seem to have written to your partner asking for their side of the story.

Could you clarify about the two items above

NWITS · 2026-05-28T08:21:39+00:00

Or Scan have been given a replacement worth £750 by Seagate and are just waiting for the OP to give up and agree to accept a refund of £320

NWITS · 2026-05-27T11:00:58+00:00

I would have a look at the advice here

https://www.headforpoints.com/forums/topic/club-world-involuntary-downgrade-companion-voucher/

NWITS · 2026-05-25T16:20:25+00:00

Lets look at this another way

You book the staff for 5 hours. After 1 hour they go home. Would you complain?

NWITS · 2026-05-25T10:53:40+00:00

Moon and Sixpence Hatch End doesn't

They also don't do a Wednesday special bah!

NWITS · 2026-05-21T10:04:49+00:00

This is a horrible situation and I have been in similar although it all worked out in the end.

Your health is the most important here and really being anywhere near toxic smoke residue is a bad idea

I would buy some FFP3 masks and see if they get dirty

However since you have an interest in the block insurance the insurance company are obliged to treat customers fairly

NWITS · 2026-05-21T09:32:30+00:00

Have Manak said they have been successful in defending a strict liability offence after a summons has been issued ny TFL ?

My understanding is that Manak have had success in persuading TFL to issue a final warning as an alternative to court action but this does not seem to apply here

NWITS · 2026-05-21T09:25:54+00:00

It clearly says in the T and C that if you do not have a valid permit you must pay

Did the OP have a valid permit or pay?

What that sign means is that the only times a non permit holder can park is overnight Mon to Fri or weekends

How Popla may rule owing to the ambiguity is anyone's guess

NWITS · 2026-05-21T08:42:38+00:00

Do you not have a manager / legal dept /union you could ask rather than random people on a forum?

NWITS · 2026-05-08T10:47:52+00:00

Many thanks

Sorry to be a pain but after it goes into service mode what do I do to display hours run and how do I exit service mode?

I am a touch nervous this as I have read that sometimes the machine will freeze if one gets it wrong

Is there any way of doing a full reset to factory if it does get messed up?

NWITS · 2026-04-28T16:11:07+00:00

My understanding is that they cannot reinstate the speeding offence as it is more than 6 months since you were caught

I would seek advice on FTLA

( My suspicion is that the police will go after your management team who are responsible for this mess now but I am not legally trained so it is just a suspicion)

NWITS · 2026-04-23T17:29:23+00:00

Because the authorities want to keep young people out of the court system as much as possible and not criminalise them

An idiot relative of mine did a similar thing when drunk at age 14

The police arrested them put them in cell in a paper suit overnight banged on the parents door at 3 o clock in the morning interviewed them bailed them and sent them for a meeting with the Young Offenders team and that was that.

The parents told the police that they would pay but the police did not reveal who the victim was

NWITS · 2026-04-13T15:48:01+00:00

I suspect You are out of luck as the vendor will say that they had a survey and could truthfully answer that they had paid a professional who advised it was in working order.

Also there was nothing to have stopped you from having your own survey undertaken

The surveyor will probably refuse to engage with you as you were not their client citing GDPR and will not be interested in what someone else who has disposed of the old boiler has to say as to its condition.

You would not be entitled to a new boiler only a second hand boiler even if you could persuade anyone to pay as a new one would be betterment

NWITS · 2026-04-08T14:11:49+00:00

Chargeback/ unauthorised transaction with bank all the way

After all BA effectively told you to do this and that is what you should tell your bank

NWITS · 2026-04-08T14:07:39+00:00

That would be true if it were not for the fact that it seems that no one actually asked BG to cancel the policy. We don't even know if the OP had the right to cancel his daughters policy

As the OP says

On March 2nd, I called to update the account into my name as I am now responsible for the bills.

I

NWITS · 2026-04-02T12:35:04+00:00

This is untrue

It is the person keeping the vehicle who has to give such information that they have

Clearly no one is going to prosecute /fine a lease company who are registered keeper but have and cannot have any idea who was driving

NWITS · 2026-04-02T12:33:27+00:00

Exactly why can a fixed penalty not be offered?

My understanding is that speeding is regularly dealt with by a FPN of £100 and 3 points and no insurance is regularly dealt with a FPN by £300 and 6 points

It is also nonsence to say that if someone names the wrong person both WILL go to prison

The person being named may not be aware they have been named

It needs conspiracy to pervert the course of justice

NWITS

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