On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:58:36 +0100, PajaP <pajap2@news-only.invalid> wrote:


>>Seriously, take it to court, and I think the Magistrate (or whoever gets
>>allocated to your hearing in the Small Claims court) would find in
>>favour of Vodafone as they have tried to be fair.
>>
>
>I have already informed Vodafone this is the action I am to take.
>
>Maybe the magistrate will see Vodafone expecting me to give them my
>property as a 'penalty' also.
>
>I am willing to take this risk.

FWIW, I think the handset is yours.

However the complexities of all this are probably a bit too much for all of
us barrack-room lawyers to comment on with any accuracy.

How about another stance? If you are as determined as you say you
are..calculate all of the time you have spent dealing with this, as well as
the incidental costs you have incurred and then send them a recorded letter
demanding compensation for that time and expense (converted to a monetary
value)..which I'm sure will come to significantly more than the cost of the
handset. The go on to state in a conciliatory tone that you would be
prepared to accept the handset in lieu of the claimed compensation.

If as I suspect, they refuse this offer, then issue a claim against them in
the small claims court (costs about £50 I believe) and then let them defend
it.

All of this is dependent on you having kept meticulous records of this
sorry affair, to produce as "evidence"
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Regards

John [Essex, UK]
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