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unholyangel

arcon5 wrote: »

tbf the police can be pretty useless in many genuine fraudulent cases fobbing it off as a civil matter, so I wouldn't expect them to ever take interest in a case like ops one way or the other.

As an example, a relative of mine a couple of years ago paid for some work to be undertaken, paid about £600 upfront and no work was ever done. After some research it was discovered there was many more victims and pretty transparent there was no intention of doing the work. When he went to the police they told him it's a civil to be dealt with via the courts and advised he should report it to TS.

I thought that was shocking :eek:.
He got a police reference number eventually -- but didn't yield any results & never got his money back (although I do feel he was very stupid to give the chap money in the first place).

Oh i've had experience in how the police can give wrong information - including me reporting my house being broken into and them reporting that it wasnt a break in as a key was used.........even though my door and frame was broken and you could see the crowbar marks.

I eventually got an apology from their superior but it shouldnt have happened in the first place.

To be fair though, this is a civil matter.

Unfortunately I am a very moral person (or at least try to be). I was once undercharged for a carpet I bought......I pointed out the mistake and paid the price I had originally agreed. If i wasnt happy with that price, i wouldnt have agreed to buy. I believe in karma and I wouldnt want a employee losing their job for a little mistake. We all make them. There is a implied duty of care in every contract/relationship. For the OP not to make them aware of the error breaches that duty of care.

As someone always says on threads like this.......would you be so hesitant to inform them of their error if they had charged you twice? No. So you should extend that same behaviour for errors in your favour too. Morally its the right thing to do and as said, they have 6 years to chase you for the payment.