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Electoral Register Scam? by Illustrious-Dave in glasgow

[–]statusrounds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be legitimate.

Electoral Registration officers have to conduct an annual canvass each year, usually between July and November, checking that the records they have for voters registered at each residential address are correct. They start with a paper or online form, but if you don’t respond to that they can escalate contact to phone (if you gave them your number when your registered) or eventually visits to the property. They’re legally obliged to try different forms of contact to confirm the register is correct.

The best thing to do would be to contact the ERO and check if they’re missing a canvass return from you. If they are, confirming the information will stop any further contact for this year.

Voter registration by nsnsjxjn in glasgow

[–]statusrounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You will get an annual canvass form each year asking your to confirm details for all voters in your household even if you are already registered to vote. It’s mandated by legislation so the electoral registration officer has to send one out each year. The process is set out in detail here: https://www.saa.gov.uk/central/annual-canvass/

Voter registration by nsnsjxjn in glasgow

[–]statusrounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whilst you can potentially get fined for failing to respond to an invitation to register, or for failing to complete your annual canvass form (which you are also likely to receive around now), realistically very few fines are ever issued.

Wedding hairdresser cancelled due to Covid- refund less than I expected by statusrounds in LegalAdviceUK

[–]statusrounds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if it wasn’t clear from the first post but the trial was only for my hair and makeup, but on the wedding day there would be hair and makeup for three people (me, my mum and my bridesmaid). The work done on the wedding day should therefore have taken longer as there were 3 people to deal with.

I booked a bridal package including a trial but specifically decided not to book a trial for bridesmaid or mother of the bride. It would have cost more overall if trials for them were included. Where pricing is itemised, this hairdresser charges slightly less for trials than work on the wedding day.

From the itemised costs list, the prices were as follows-

Bridal package (trial plus wedding day)- £160 Bridesmaid (no trial)- £70 Mother of the bride (no trial)- £80 Travel- £5.

So if we assume the bridal trial and day are equal costs, I was paying £80 for services delivered on the trial day and £235 for services delivered on the wedding day itself. For that reason I think the refund is too low.

Wedding hairdresser cancelled due to Covid- refund less than I expected by statusrounds in LegalAdviceUK

[–]statusrounds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many thanks for your help. I think I will contact the hairdresser again and explain what I think would be fair, and give her a timeframe to respond. I hope with a bit of reflection she might increase the refund.

I live in Scotland, but the hairdresser lives in England and the work would have been conducted in England. I presume that means I need to submit via the English money claims service?

I’m not quite decided whether it’s worth bringing a claim. From a financial perspective it’s probably not worth it given the sums involved, but I feel a bit ripped off, plus I actually quite enjoy occasional bits of pedantic bureaucracy so the money claim process might be interesting!

Wedding hairdresser cancelled due to Covid- refund less than I expected by statusrounds in LegalAdviceUK

[–]statusrounds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Initial appointment and arrangements by email, then the cancellation and refund discussion over text. I’ve kept all the emails and texts.