Carbon credits scam

mroller

I keep geeting calls from eco global markets, it doesn't matter how many times I tell them I am not interested, but they still call me back.

ChiefGrasscutter

I'm only familar with large engineering business to business contracts not retail selling, much less distance selling........

However in general for a contract to exist there must be
an offer
an acceptance
and (the bit that most miss) confirmation of your acceptance by the offerer.

It is the final part which is sometimes the crucial aspect and is how suppliers etc get away with refusing to sell some goods which have been mis-priced (most typically on the web).
Most people think that because they have seen the price(the offer) they have handed over the cash to pay for it (acceptance) at that price then the shop is legally bound to honour that price. Not so. Many shops do however from a customer/public relations point of view honour such mispricings.

I did once see something similar in business where a quote was asked for some ultra high tech specialist equipment hire on a date. This was provided. The firm then decided to proceed by a different route so had no further interest in the quote - it was filed for future reference. The quotee then subsequently came back sometime later claiming that as they had blocked off some time in the calendar to ensure they could if required provide the equipment on that day as per the quote - we had to pay the "lost opportunity cost" that having provided the quote they could not provide another quote for someone else on the same day. We just gave it to the corporate lawyers to sort.......

Noble_Savage

As a general rule of thumb, if you're called at random by someone you've never dealt with before, run a mile.

samizdat

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

However in general for a contract to exist there must be
an offer
an acceptance
and (the bit that most miss) confirmation of your acceptance by the offerer.

It is the final part which is sometimes the crucial aspect and is how suppliers etc get away with refusing to sell some goods which have been mis-priced (most typically on the web).
Most people think that because they have seen the price(the offer) they have handed over the cash to pay for it (acceptance) at that price then the shop is legally bound to honour that price. Not so. Many shops do however from a customer/public relations point of view honour such mispricings.

Actually, this is not the case. There is a legal distinction between offers capable of acceptance by the offeree and what appear to be offers but are in fact so-called "invitations to treat". On-line shops always try to include get-out clauses in their terms and conditions, so that they can claim that they have only invited you as the buyer to make an offer to them, which is the offer that they may or may not accept, depending on whether they have stock, have mispriced the item on the website etc.

This is very annoying, and in my opinion there need to be higher standards imposed on "e-tailers" to prevent them from mucking people around with goods that are out-of-stock at the advertised price.

timmcfarlane123

Buying Carbon Credits

As with any investment these days most are offered by perfectly legitimate firms with credible backgrounds but some undoubtedly are run by conmen (or women for that matter)

If your looking to purchase credits my advice would be to carry out full research on the company that are offering you the carbon credits and ensure they are FSA regulated/registered. They should be able to provide you a 6 digit number that you can then verify easily the credibility of the company.

There is a large about of money to be made buying/selling carbon credits but there is even more to be lost! Do your research.

copy and paste the below link to find out more investing in green energy.
unbouncepages.com/carboncredits/


TimMcfarlane

BALLBREAKER

There are some really sad anally !!!!!! muppets in here and it seems the REAPER is one that stirs up the pot in quite a few of these forums....I can only assume that the REAPER doesn't have anything actually constructive in his life other than posting general slander and crap??...Anyway I am not going to get into any pointless !!!!! slapping contest here. Just want to say that if anyone is looking in here for advice you may as well just go and ask some stranger in your local pub...I only came in here to see what crap was being said as I was a little bored...some things just do not change....You are more likely to get some real facts on; ftadviser :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::beer: and as for FSA...well need I say anymore...

Reaper

BALLBREAKER wrote: »

There are some really sad anally !!!!!! muppets in here and it seems the REAPER is one that stirs up the pot in quite a few of these forums....I can only assume that the REAPER doesn't have anything actually constructive in his life other than posting general slander and crap??.

Huh? Looking back at my posts in this thread I provided useful links to other threads saying the Carbon Advisory Council was a scam. Here's another - a direct alert about them from the FSA:
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/static/pages/doing/regulated/law/pdf/carbon-advisory-council.pdf

You are more likely to get some real facts on; ftadviser

How many "real facts" were in your post? Have a count up, it doesn't take long.

As a member with a single post I assume you are some sad bloke with an axe to grind using a newly set up "sock puppet" account to hide behind. I'm guessing some scammer whose business I have damaged. If so it's encouraging to know I have saved enough investors from your clutches to irritate you. Do they keep quoting MSE posts to you on the phone?

freshfor88

Hi, I'm a journalist investigating dodgy carbon credit sellers. If you've been scammed and want to tell me about it, email me at carbon@thomsonreuters.com.

Thanks

Chorlie

I was getting bombarded with phone calls & emails last year. In the end I very unpolitely told him where to go, but they have started again....they maybe 100% genuine I don't know, my own research on them via the FSA Web Site and Companies House Web Site just raised a few more more questions which I didn't have the time or interest in investigating further for my own piece of mind.

Also, i found the callers style of selling was very similar to those used by Boiler Room Scammer I've had calls from in the past and this was what put me off him the most from his very first call.

Vectamart

I was contacted on Monday 21st May 2012 by a man who identified himself as Max Caldwell, purporting to be a "Senior Trader" with Vero Energy, promising to generate profits of upwards of 20% several times over in a year. He was a fast, smooth talker who was most evasive when I asked him how he came by my contact details.

I duly noted all the pertinent facts and he said he would contact me again in 7 days. In actual fact, he spoke to me again at 16.00 on Thursday 24th May and tried to rush me into entering into a contract. He seemed most put out when I told him that I had not yet carried out my due diligence enquiries and said he thought that I should have been so excited that I would have done them immediately and that they should only take 45 minutes. I told him that the way I carried out due diligence would take several days at the very least. He then tried that well documented high-pressure sales tactic "the fear of loss" - i.e. act now or you will miss the boat.

When I insisted that I would not be rushed, he made his excuses and hung up. I am concerned that this firm is endeavouring to exploit vulnerable, gullible and/or greedy individuals and they should be exposed for what they are.