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Or in the Range Rover fred wif a screwdriver shoved up it's whatjumacalit.Maybe in a container or already abroad.
Or in the Range Rover fred wif a screwdriver shoved up it's whatjumacalit.Maybe in a container or already abroad.
You need to avoid dealing with any outfit that haven't been used by satisfied friends and or family... understand that and you won't go far wrong.I have just had a quote for an engine replacement from a company called AKV Engineering at
AKV Engineering Ltd 12-13 Kendal Business Park Stafford Park 6 Telford TF3 3AT so I thought I should check them out and came across this thread. Are they the same people and therefore do I need to avoid them?
You have had a lucky escape. AKV Engineering is similar to a name they used on ebay previously, AKV Automotive. The Kendal Business Park TF3 3AT address is the same as the scammers address this fred is about. Previously of Wolverhampton Sunbeam Street. It's one of a number of locations they use to mistreat and rob people of their vehicle and/or money. If you do get yer vehicle back then the work will not have been done as promised, done to a poor standard or broken as they don't know how to fix it correctly or have given up because they're scum. Unfortunately this seems to be the only outcome which many hundreds of people have found out.I have just had a quote for an engine replacement from a company called AKV Engineering at
AKV Engineering Ltd 12-13 Kendal Business Park Stafford Park 6 Telford TF3 3AT so I thought I should check them out and came across this thread. Are they the same people and therefore do I need to avoid them?
Cameras innit... and Balaclavas aren't as fireproof as you'd wish.l still can't believe it's been going on for so long
And.....nothing really happens
They only accept payment without protection. No credit card means no protection. Simular for debit card but that has less comeback. Cash or bank transfer only. Hmrc is the tax man. Trading standards were taking them to court. I din't see the court case in the news. Has it completed?l still can't believe it's been going on for so long and still no signs of it stopping. When you look at the man hours put into prosecuting people for minor offences, and this industrial scale garage outfit just keep going for decades.
lf they don't return your vehicle, or render it unserviceable, you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. The rozzers won't do anything as they see it as a civil matter. And HMRC don't seem to be able to
act because the companies keep getting dissolved, which (if they are LTD) absolves the Directors from liability.
And Ombudsman etc seem to be chasing their tail, after dozens of complaints a court case is scheduled, put off, re scheduled, postponed and finally it happens but there's a slap on the wrist and non-custodial outcome and it just carries on.
The main issue is, they are just seen as a crap garage so it's difficult to pin a crime on it.
Being a crap garage isn't a crime, you can't be prosecuted for it. They deny not releasing vehicles, claiming disagreement with the owner and refusal to pay the invoice meaning the vehicle is withheld.
However they are not alone. Look at the litany of bad builders, roofers, etc and how hard it is to do anything about it, often reliant upon TV programmes to expose them. And then they confront the owner who covers his face and speeds off in a Range Rover or other large SUV.
And.....nothing really happens
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