Lapland New Forest Scam. How to get money back...

lpeg

Yes, as posted above, we are also going tomorrow, simply to take photos as evidence to help with refund, and will post an update.

Please post any updates anyone who has been today ???????

Thanks..

GomerPyle

It is really stupid for Trading Standards to recommend that you go to a site that has no planning permission or been checked by the Health and Safety Executive.

What are Trading Standards going to do if your children are electrocuted due to unsafe electrical installations or attacked by the on site wolves.

Trading Standards are as much the problem if they are giving reckless advice like that. It is really heartwarming to see the people we pay to do a job find all manner of reasons why they can't do it.

Paying to go to a an event which has no planning or H & SE certification is a 'no brainer'. You don't have to sacrifice one or more of your children to gain a refund. Excuse my anger, but it is the muddle brained idiocy ofmoronic bureaucrats that allows jokers like these to run rings around the suthorities and the general public.

I imagine the scammers took the website down knowing its existence would prove what a scam they were running. Unfortunately there are enough photographs of the dump they advertise as some Christmas fantasy experience that they are a little late, and do they expect people to pay to bathe in mud before Christmas.

Do me a favour ?

mann01

I've been doing a bit of thinking and some simple mathematics. If the organisers were aiming to sell 3,000 tickets per day that would equate to about 1,000 children. And if the park were open for 6 hours that would mean Father Christmas would have to see a child every 22 seconds (non stop)?! To ease the pressure you would need a team of at least 6 Santas (plus 3 in reserve to cover breaks, lunch, etc.) Then you have the problem of a child seeing one Santa but not the others. Would this ever work?

verlander

hi fellow fed up laplanders ,thought i would try a different approach and email chief executive of dorset county council ,pointing out that is his patch and asking why his toothless trading standards ar not acting ,his name is david jenkins email [EMAIL="chiefexecutive@dorsetcc.gov.uk"]chiefexecutive@dorsetcc.gov.uk[/EMAIL] [sorry dont know how to do it as a link] adviced him to look at this site to see how many unhappy people out there

spark0101

Ive been doing my maths as well

3000people x £25 x 5days (running to date) £375000.00 not bad for 3 B&Q sheds piece of ply and a car boot sale. Think you could supply 10 santa's for that????



Sparky

MammaBling

Nice work Verlander. I'll ping him an email tomorrow too. Hopefully along with many, many others...

annas_4

bishop_stoke wrote: »

Posted by Mears publicity dept obviously. You might have thought with all that hard earned dosh they have fleeced, they might at least have employed someone with a comprehension of the english language and the ability to spell...:rotfl:

I may not have spelt some words correctly earlier, but I was multi-tasking. People are intitled to there own opinions thats the point of a forum or do you just want everyone to agree with you. I have no relation or ties to anybody involved with this event, I only pointed out that my children had a good time and because it's not negative you all don't want to hear it. :mad:

John-Boy_9

I have just remembered a shortish old guy in a security jacket last Saturday. He had a red and white neckerchief, very gypo looking. He was the only one dressed as "security" that I recollect and he also said that it was worth the money:money: ,not!
Was it Henry or a relative?

Edinburghlass_2

Its on News at Ten on ITV shortly.

twiglet98

I have read on one of the many posts on a 'mums' forum that the official website is still accessible on Firefox, though not Internet Explorer - I don't have it so can't confirm.