The Compers Inn Part 40

walwin

Katie - so sorry about all the hassle with the Tassimo. Glad it helped a bit posting on here :A

fire**fly - Well done on winning the Ghost :j:j:j
Loved the conundrum about the Shitzu and the bulldog :T :rotfl:

All the best at the dentist wingo. Brilliant pic :T

Euronorris - Just saw your post. Brilliant news. Congratulations :j:j:j

bishopsgirl

Katie please try and not let the breaking of your Tassimo Machine upset you. I know it is awful for this to keep happening but your health is far more important and you must not stress yourself and become poorly again.

You should get a refund so hope you have good news on Monday.

Enjoy your time with your friend tonight.

bishopsgirl

Well done on your wonderful win fire**fly.

Great news on getting the job euronorris.

fire**fly

walwin wrote: »

:j:j:j Just received this email and I'm sure it was in here that I read about it but I can't remember who had asked us to sign the petition

We won. We did it - #NicsFight has become #NicsWin! Last night we heard the fantastic news that Friends Life would be paying Nic's family what they're owed.
When my great friend Nic died of cancer in late October, leaving a wife and two young children, he didn't know whether his insurance company Friends Life would ever pay out on the critical illness policy he had arranged with them.
In late December, we handed our petition of more than 60,000 names -- including yours -- to the offices of Friends Life, asking them to meet with the Hughes family and sit down to resolve this case. But they refused, demanding instead that a submission be made to the Financial Ombudsman.
This was a huge task - assembling paperwork, retrieving documents, getting files from doctors - all while Nic's widow should have been free to grieve and spend time with their children. But in their resolute and dignified way, and bolstered by the huge waves of support from signers of our petition on Change.org, the family put their case forward.
It is with enormous joy and relief that they heard yesterday that the Financial Ombudsman had found entirely in their favour, writing:

"I explained to the firm that in my view it should not have cancelled the policy and declined the claim for the reasons it did. [Friends Life] accepts that any non-disclosure was not deliberate or relevant to the claim he later made – so the firm accepts it was not entitled to rely on that and it should have paid the critical illness claim when it was submitted."

This is a fantastic victory! It is also a huge vindication of the campaign and of the family's fight against a massive corporation who felt they could simply be cast aside. The Ombudsman have found entirely in the family's favour, and Friends Life will now be paying out on the policy in full.
The family want to express their enormous thanks to everyone who signed the petition and acted to publicise the campaign. This is a victory for all of us - for the common people who stood up and refused to be trampled on by big corporations. You made sure that Friends Life could not quietly get away with this terrible injustice.
We took on Goliath and won.
Please share this image with your friends on Twitter using #NicsWin. Thank you so much for your incredible support, this couldn't have happened without you.
Kester
PS. You can read more about the victory in The Guardian and Daily Mail.


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fantastic & thanks for letting us know & link walwin :A:A

fire**fly

big ((((hugs)))) katie xx
hopefully they'll refund you on the machine & as bishopsgirl says your health is more important, please try not to get upset (((hugs)))

:T:T:T well done euro, congrats on the job :T:T:T

wingobins

Katie, I agree with bishopsgirl ....I know it must be so frustrating about the tassimo machine and I really hope you get a refund on it but you're still fragile after being ill so you must try not to let it upset you too much hun xx ((hugs))

Well done euro! :T :j fantastic news on the job! :T hope all goes well for you

Congrats fire**fly on your perfume win! :T :j my niece always says that one is nice I've heard that joke on the bulldog/shihtzu before but it still makes me laugh!

Walwin, I got that email too! :j that's brilliant news for the family

Sheils, has your hubby arranged our night away yet with BSue? :whistle: :rotfl: that really tickled me! I didn't know what BSue meant at first on fb until I saw your post! :rotfl:

Well the dentist has cost me an arm and a leg and a tooth! had a filling but I may as well have got it took out, it's the second filling I've had on the same tooth! (I must stop eating chocolate, I must stop eating chocolate, I must....I must cut down on chocolate!)

Tulip

:hello: Everyone,

Thanks for your kind words,yes I am still fragile after being ill and my health is so important right now I agree with what you are all saying I can relax now anyway,Going to friends for 5.30pm now but shes still having me over as promised.

Congratulations Euro on getting the job,brilliant news! glad the petition won Walwin

love and light,

Katie xxx

EMMAP

euronorris wrote: »

Katie - sorry about your machine

I'm bursting with excitement here.....I GOT THE JOB! Start on Tuesday 7th May YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

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Wahey!! Great news euro! Massive congratulations :beer:

The dim sum was lovely (steamed parcels of veg and meat for those who don't know ). We went to Chinatown and they serve you straight from the trolleys they wheel around. Very authentic.

Westfield was busy so we didnt stay long. I got my very favourite moisturiser as a treat and a few free samples thrown in

Now I need to catch up on all the new comps!

sheils6

wingobins wrote: »

Sheils, has your hubby arranged our night away yet with BSue? :whistle: :rotfl: that really tickled me! I didn't know what BSue meant at first on fb until I saw your post! :rotfl:

Wasn't sure what she meant either at first wingo. Poor DH would run a mile. :rotfl:Blame BSue and you for having dirty minds!

Shame about your Tassimo Katie.

Glad your meal was good emmap.

Well done on the job Euro.

fire**fly

evening all :wave:

:eek: not sure what's worse wingo :eek:
having to go to dentist or the price,
think both are as bad :eek:

sounds like you've had a good day emmap :j

beautiful evening here :j