a whinge about 01792 306900 cold calls

Paul_Varjak

The directors of this company have been in the Claims Management business before...

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2010/08/another-write-off-your-debts-f.html

Paul_Varjak

http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/908785076

http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/908452347

http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/05655010/total-legal-and-finance

http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/04665930/bizness-dynamix

http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/05254040/cellcare-uk

http://bizzy.co.uk/uk/05635963/claim-management-uk

tomstickland

01792 720270 is "We claim U gain"

http://www.wcuguk.com/privacy-policy.aspx

Our privacy policy covers We Claim U Gain Ltd, its web sites, https://www.wcuguk.com and https://www.wcuguk.com. If you have any comments about this Privacy Policy, our Data Controller is Phil Wilshire. You may email him at enquiries@weclaimugain.co.uk or write to him at:
We Claim U Gain Ltd,
Matrix Alpha,
Northern Boulevard,
Matrix Park,
Swansea Enterprise Park,
Swansea,
SA6 8RE.

Paul_Varjak

tomstickland wrote: »

01792 720270 is "We claim U gain"

http://www.wcuguk.com/privacy-policy.aspx

Interesting, there may be a connection or there may be not. But both companies have historic links to the mobile telecommunications industry.

bangersnmash

Here’s some good news about the ongoing scourge of phone harassment. Maybe consider doing this.

If lots of people do this then perhaps some or even all of the massive problem can be solved :

Victory over cold callers: Homeowner wins damages for time wasted answering phone

• Richard Herman billed firm promising PPI compensation £10 for every minute they wasted of his time
• The Surrey businessman recorded the calls to ensure he had enough proof
• AAC, which sells referrals to management companies, agree to pay £195 plus a £25 court fee
• Victory for the 'little man' gives hope to millions of other pestered homeowners
• Herman owns call recording company Retell Recorders - and this experience aided the prosecution

Mr Herman has now set up a website – www.saynotocoldcalls.com – to help other victims, and is appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box programme at midday today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223794/Cold-callers-left-feeling-blue-Homeowner-wins-damages-time-wasted-answering-phone.html#ixzz2ARlem1Cc

Paul_Varjak

I nearly posted the same story as I thought it represented a victory for the small man against cold callers. That was until I actually read the story and realised it was rather 'twisting the truth'.

There was no 'prosecution', it did not go to court and no damages or compensation were awarded. There was no admission by the PPI claims company that they did anything wrong.

It may make a good story but the guy has managed to promote his own company in the newspaper and on the TV for nothing and promote his 'No cold Calling' website where he invites people to e-mail in for more information. Perhaps he just wants to sell them telephone recording equipment?

missile

greedymoo wrote: »

I'm not very happy about it as we got the sim to put in a phone for the carers of our disabled daughter to use when she moves into independent living in the next few weeks. Does anyone have any ideas what, if anything, I can do about this? I'm going to start by calling Orange to complain about passing the number on.

Have you read Orange "free" SIM T&Cs :rotfl:?

jasonwatkins

Paul_Varjak wrote: »

There was no 'prosecution', it did not go to court and no damages or compensation were awarded

The fact that the company settled out of court and paid the invoice doesn't detract from this being a "victory". The evidence Mr Herman gathered would have been more than enough to win a small claims case so the PPI company really had no choice but to pay up.

And having looked at his website, you really can't call it a "company". It's simply a detailed set of instructions on how to do the same thing he did.

You don't by any chance work for the company he invoiced do you ?

Paul_Varjak

Jason...

If you read the newspaper article a little more carefully you will see that this guy is recommending that you should record cold callers. Fair enough (I do the same) but then you will see that this guy actually owns a company that sells call recording equipment!

The name of his company, of which he is the only director, appears in the newspaper article three times plus the shirt he wears bears the company's logo. All free advertising of course!

Mr. Herman has clearly done the rounds to promote his 'win' and promote his company at the same time, going to several newspapers as well as the BBC.

Paul_Varjak

Seems that Mr. Herman is using the publicity from the newspaper article to promote his business. He is sending out emails on the back of the free advertising he got from the newspaper article!

Yes he did invite people to ask for more information on how to beat cold callers but these people are now on Mr Herman's mailing list and he is inviting them to visit his website where he sells call recording equipment!

Mr. Herman clearly believes that if you can't beat'em then join'em! Well done Mr. Herman but do people really want to know about your overpriced equipment?

Maybe I should now direct those same people to my my website where I can sell some equally-overpriced e-mail-blocking software?