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[RayMK]

I went to the Skoda Owners' Club at Stanford Hall with my son.  It was well attended but the majority of cars were VW era Octavias with a scattering of Superbs and Fabias.  Five rear engined Skodas and a couple of very nice Favorits were my main interest.  I also gave away a rear engined Skoda alloy wheel, carburettor and starter motor which had been in my garage for 15+ years.  On the way back home, we were treated to several Atkinsons, more Fodens and ERFs than I had seen for years, a Thames Trader and an AEC, all on their way to or from what must have been a major gathering.

[Bren]

Been looking through this again. A joy to read -£300 fuego project, £2k XJ6 project, lots of articles - astra GTE, MG Maestro v pug 309, I could go on. And what's more you could fix them!

 

Not sure progress is a good thing.

[Jim Bell]

Are you sorted with the pay-pal thing yet, Jim?

Update.

 

Seems PP have decided in favour of the claimant.

The money has been taken back and Ive also been charged an extra £14 as a 'chargeback fee' on top of the original reclaim amount.

 

Hopefully something positive can come out of this mess and the dark wob frequenters can continue having a good laugh at the situation.

 

PP can of course fuck off and I'll be shutting my account.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

Who he?

[Pete-M]

This happened today

[stuboy]

Update.

 

Seems PP have decided in favour of the claimant.

The money has been taken back and Ive also been charged an extra £14 as a 'chargeback fee' on top of the original reclaim amount.

 

Hopefully something positive can come out of this mess and the dark wob frequenters can continue having a good laugh at the situation.

 

PP can of course fuck off and I'll be shutting my account.

 

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any idea who they are /?

[Jim Bell]

any idea who they are /?

Forum name is problemhamster .

 

This is another tale of PayPal woe. Everyone should be aware that any payment can be reversed at any time on grounds of it being an 'unauthorised payment' and you can also be charged £14 on top too, seemingly for accepting the 'unauthorised payment' (though you have no option not to accept a friend's/family payment.)

 

It's a shit show right enough.

[robinmasters]

For a brief period today I had NO CARS. Well, strictly soaking I own the wife's, and I've got a hire car, but it was still a testing and upsetting few hours.

[Split_Pin]

That's a shit outcome JB, sorry to hear that. At least the username is unfamiliar so no trusted shiter goodwill broken as far as I can see.

 

Paypal, shower of bastards.

[Kiltox]

So someone who has contributed absolutely zilch apart from entering a couple of roffles is now fucking people over

[loserone]

I love their detailed reasoning.

 

* Other

[dollywobbler]

What an utter case of arse. Does rather put anyone off the idea of ROFFLES. What a prick.

[Lord Sterling]

In the weekend i reconnected the now charged up battery and managed to open the BMW. It started like a good 'un and as this week is a shorter week I decided to use in place of the Vectra as it needs a run. It'll be going back to the garage remedial work this coming weekend. Also, got some proper Vauxhall rubber front mats for the Vectra.

[dollywobbler]

Off back home today, which will take the Rover over 1000 miles since purchase just over a week ago. Hopefully all will be well!

 

Currently thinking I might skip breakfast, as dinner with the BrownNovas last night was a calorie-laden affair! And very enjoyable too.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

So someone who has contributed absolutely zilch apart from entering a couple of roffles is now fucking people over

Will the Mods impose a Forum ban as a result?

[beko1987]

I think it's warranted in this case. If PayPal ever queried a roffle transaction on behalf of myself I'd be mortified and pony up with whoever via bank transfer, I imagine everyone else would too.

 

Vote here for a ban

[Mrcento]

Will the Mods impose a Forum ban as a result?

 

They should.

 

Moving on, perhaps some sort of rule needs to be imposed about folk needing x amount of posts/time on forum/reputation to enter a roffle?

 

Not a foolproof way of stopping it happen again, but should help limit the chance of non regular contributors fucking over those in the community?

[Jim Bell]

Can folk stop talking about bans and such? It's not worth turning into a witch-hunt and the member has offered to pay via bank trans this morning to be fair.

 

I'll be fucked if I'm giving bank details out to anyone though. I'll write it off to experience.

 

I posted the update because I was pissed off and to warn other folk what can happen, not to be a whiney martyr or to court sympathy. Cheers everyone for being nice, but best it stops here and everyone just be aware of the risks/dangers from here on in and have a good day.

[stuboy]

if i can get my hands to co.opererate i may attempt to change the alternator on the mondeo

[NorthernMonkey]

Can folk stop talking about bans and such? It's not worth turning into a witch-hunt and the member has offered to pay via bank trans this morning to be fair.

 

I'll be fucked if I'm giving bank details out to anyone though. I'll write it off to experience.

 

I posted the update because I was pissed off and to warn other folk what can happen, not to be a whiney martyr or to court sympathy. Cheers everyone for being nice, but best it stops here and everyone just be aware of the risks/dangers from here on in and have a good day.

I know how you feel but giving a sort code and account number is perfectly safe....every invoice I send out has my business bank details printed on the bottom.

 

There’s really no need for you to be out of pocket here.

[SiC]

I know how you feel but giving a sort code and account number is perfectly safe....every invoice I send out has my business bank details printed on the bottom.

 

There’s really no need for you to be out of pocket here.

Jeremy Clarkson thought that and printed his account details in his newspaper column. Someone signed him up to the British Diabetics Association using those details.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/jan/07/personalfinancenews.scamsandfraud

[Jim Bell]

I know how you feel but giving a sort code and account number is perfectly safe....every invoice I send out has my business bank details printed on the bottom.

 

There’s really no need for you to be out of pocket here.

With someone's bank details you can certainly sign them up to as many direct debits as you like. If you're that way inclined. The banks guidance is to not give your details out. They won't be overtly helpful if someone signs you up to 50 or 60 direct debits to various good causes or charities. Not sure if you get more protection with a business account.

 

 

I know it's unlikely, but I'm not much in the mood to tempt fate ATM.

[NorthernMonkey]

With someone's bank details you can certainly sign them up to as many direct debits as you like. If you're that way inclined. The banks guidance is to not give your details out. They won't be overtly helpful if someone signs you up to 50 or 60 direct debits to various good causes or charities. Not sure if you get more protection with a business account.

 

 

I know it's unlikely, but I'm not much in the mood to tempt fate ATM.

Ok, tell you what. If you want, I’ll PM you my bank details to give him and he can send you the money via me?

[brownnova]

Currently thinking I might skip breakfast, as dinner with the BrownNovas last night was a calorie-laden affair! And very enjoyable too.

Must make me a right fat bastard as I had no problem wolfing down my breakfast...

[Jim Bell]

Ok, tell you what. If you want, I’ll PM you my bank details to give him and he can send you the money via me?

Cheers for the offer man, that's very kind. Like I say, I'd rather just learn a lesson and move on.

[loserone]

Jim, use monzo.me - then they can pay using a credit or debit card straight into your monzo account.

[Kiltox]

Jim, use monzo.me - then they can pay using a credit or debit card straight into your monzo account.

Which they can dispute just like PayPal?

[Jim Bell]

Jim, use monzo.me - then they can pay using a credit or debit card straight into your monzo account.

If someone raises an unauthorized payment issue with their bank or credit card company following a payment via that method, would the same procedure not just play out?

 

I'm not too keen on finding out tbh.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Cheers for the offer man, that's very kind. Like I say, I'd rather just learn a lesson and move on.

 

Fair point on him offering to stump up - at least he did that and it was 'system error' type thing….. well played sirs.

Personally - I know your bank won't bloody take the money even if I throw it at them several times!

 

Have a better day chaps

[loserone]

Fair one!