no-withdrawal clause in contract

christiane

geo555 wrote: »

Was you cold called and offered the advertising in a police/hospital magazine?

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/03/26/liverpool-publishing-firm-at-centre-of-scam-advertising-probe-100252-26113037/

If so contact trading standards to investigate.

Thank you - I will!!

christiane

geo555 wrote: »

Was you cold called and offered the advertising in a police/hospital magazine?

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/03/26/liverpool-publishing-firm-at-centre-of-scam-advertising-probe-100252-26113037/


They call themselves WINDOWS MEDIA and are selling advertising for a magazine called CRIME SAFETY.

Their methods are luring you into a contract and then dividing art work/design and advertising contract - so you continuously deal with 2 different sections.

However, payment methods or restrictions are not discussed during the contract on the phone but only send to you by e-mail. Thus, I had no prior notice/knowlege of the restrictions of payment.

I will write to the address given.

Thank you all for your wonderful efforts!!

Kind regards
Christiane :j

MeanParent

bod1467 wrote: »

If they won't take CC payments (even via Paypal or similar) then this would raise my SCAM-ALERT flag.

Many businesses including major ones do not take credit cards as they deal with business to business only and the main way of getting payment is by cheque or BACs.

Credit cards cost businesses much more money than the other payment types and I am not surprised that they don't accept them.

undaunted

arcon5 wrote: »

Although it's highly unlikely op is acting in a personal capacity, if the service was to start in less than 7 days you forfeit your rights to cancel from that point -- it's likely the service also included design or similar which waivers ops rights to cancel.

I'm not sure that's entirely correct as the supplying business still needs to provide a consumer with their cancellation rights not just claim that there are none

The OFT say "

if the consumer agrees that the service can start before the usual
cancellation period ends, but you do not provide the required
written information until after the service has started but

provide it in time for it still to be useful, cancellation rights will last
for seven working days after the day the consumer receives the
information. But if you finish providing the service within seven
working days after the day the consumer receives the required
durable information, cancellation rights will end on the day of
completion, or if you do not provide the required durable information at all, your consumer’s right to cancel ends after three months and seven working days counting from the day after the day on which the contract was concluded. This applies whether or not the consumer agrees that you can start the service before the cancellation period ends."

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/business_leaflets/general/oft698.pdf

wealdroam

undaunted wrote: »

I'm not sure that's entirely correct as the supplying business still needs to provide a consumer with their cancellation rights not just claim that there are none

Undaunted, you are quoting from the OFT's guide to the Distance Selling Regulations.

That document also says...

2.11 The DSRs do not apply to the following contracts:

• Products and services you sell to other businesses (these are
  business-to-business contracts).

undaunted

wealdroam wrote: »

Undaunted, you are quoting from the OFT's guide to the Distance Selling Regulations.

That document also says...

Indeed but see post 10 - whilst I agree it's more common that someone placing advertising does so for business purposes it isn't always the case & the poster hasn't actually said that they are (or aren't) a business.