Aldi Facebook Page Kicking Off after Parking Eye LBAs

newholme30

There seem to be so many complaints now, could a group action become a possibility......

Stroma

No group action as I don't think it's really possible under British law, certainly not in the small claims.

Hovite_2

Bounce ........

trubster

why isn't this sticky?

Coupon-mad

I suppose because it is specific to one company, not general information...

MothballsWallet

If Aldi get rid of PE when the contract expires, anyone else here hopes they dump that PR firm that runs their social media presences because they seem to be less useful than a chocolate wall against an energy weapon?

trisontana

MothballsWallet wrote: »

If Aldi get rid of PE when the contract expires, anyone else here hopes they dump that PR firm that runs their social media presences because they seem to be less useful than a chocolate wall against an energy weapon?

I strongly suspect that the so-called PR firm is nothing more than a rather clever computer program that responds to "trigger" words such as "Parking Eye", "mouldy bread" or "rude staff" and posts up a generic reply.

Guys_Dad

trisontana wrote: »

I strongly suspect that the so-called PR firm is nothing more than a rather clever computer program that responds to "trigger" words such as "Parking Eye", "mouldy bread" or "rude staff" and posts up a generic reply.

I disagree totally.


If it was clever, it would have a better choice of replies.

Half_way

trisontana wrote: »

I strongly suspect that the so-called PR firm is nothing more than a rather clever computer program that responds to "trigger" words such as "Parking Eye", "mouldy bread" or "rude staff" and posts up a generic reply.

Were sorry to hear that you are having problems with our mouldy staff and rude parking eye, please use the drop down menu to contact customer services.

zzzLazyDaisy

Stroma wrote: »

No group action as I don't think it's really possible under British law, certainly not in the small claims.

There is no such thing as a 'class action' or 'group action' in English law.

The term is bandied around sometimes, but what it means here is that a group of people who all have claims against the same defendant based on a similar set of facts group together and use the same solicitor. The claimants get together and choose a small selection of representative cases and run those to court, on the basis that if they win, the defendant will pay out on the people waiting on the sidelines, and if they lose they will appeal those representative cases until a final decision is reached. This tactic is often with the defendant's agreement, as where large numbers of claimants are involved it is often in everyone's interests to 'test the water' in court with a small number of cases.

Usually these cases are funded by trade unions, insurers, or some other interested body. It used to be the case that some 'class actions' were funded by legal aid, or by the Equal Opportunities commission (as was) but those sources of funding have disappeared.

But we are talking about high profile cases - such as pneumoconiosis (sp) and asbestosis contracted by public sector workers; large claims against the drug companies such as the thalidomide claims, and so on.

Unless some altruistic lawyer :eek: is willing to step up to the plate and run a few pro-bono cases to the House of Lords, I can't see anything like that happening with parking cases any time soon