Steps to take if you have been ripped-off by a copy-cat government website

wealdroam

hpuse wrote: »

Poll for the day ( as suggested by fantastically fervent moneysaver wealdroam )

Who is misleading OR What is more misleading

a) hpuse's OP
b) Government Copycat websites

Since you ask... your original post is most misleading.

Are the Government doing copycat websites now?
Shame on them.

(hope you don't mind me cutting your post down to size).

peachyprice

Jesus, will this thread never be left to die a natural death?

powerful_Rogue

peachyprice wrote: »

Jesus, will this thread never be left to die a natural death?

keyser666

hpuse wrote: »

Am I uninvited in my own thread ???? :rotfl:

I am not sure why Keith' handles and posts were removed without any explanation. It does not seem to be a fair policy and appears to be based on biased opinions in my view..

I also see that one of my post from last night was also removed.

Because the Keith account was yours, strange the account gets canned and you post within hours? Also the last few days I have been checking your profile and you havent been on and also MSE would not have deleted the account unless the IP matched with yours.

All we need now is this to be locked and I am sure that wont be too long as well

Morglin

It appears they are taking long overdue action to stop these rip off sites:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/experts/article-2592281/TONY-HETHERINGTON-Slam-brakes-rip-driving-test-site.html

Lin

Pollycat

Morglin wrote: »

It appears they are taking long overdue action to stop these rip off sites:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/experts/article-2592281/TONY-HETHERINGTON-Slam-brakes-rip-driving-test-site.html

Lin

Who are 'they'?

I can't see anything in that article that says anyone with any power is taking action.

In fact Hetherington ends by writing this:

I cannot help wondering why the authorities we all pay to protect us against rip-offs like this seem helpless in the face of the glut of dodgy websites that pay to ensure they are high on the list of search engines like Google. I can think of no good reason why the websites and the companies behind them should not be shut down overnight. Or would that be too simple?

The reality is that the websites which were found not to be legal have just been altered to make sure they state that they are not the official website.
Now they are operating legally - and still people don't read what's in front of them and pay more than they should do.

I understand that action has been taken so that these various companies offering a 'service' for a variety of things don't appear at the top of Google searches (which is a welcome move) but that action is not mentioned anywhere in the link you gave.
In fact, the article author doesn't even seem to realise that has happened.

hpuse

Pollycat wrote: »

Who are 'they'?

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/columnist-1066279/Tony-Hetherington.html

In this forum, driven largely by AE perceptions - even this person would possibly be deemed as hpuse ??!! :rotfl:

Valli

hpuse wrote: »

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/columnist-1066279/Tony-Hetherington.html

In this forum, driven largely by AE perceptions - even this person would possibly be deemed as hpuse ??!! :rotfl:

Highly unlikely given it's logically-written:cool:

And don't flatter yourself - it's ONE thread!

Pollycat

hpuse wrote: »

In this forum, driven largely by AE perceptions - even this person would possibly be deemed as hpuse ??!! :rotfl:

Once again, your post is a jumble of words that mean nothing.

Morglin said 'they' are taking action.

From the link provided, nobody is taking action.

Hetherington appears to be calling for action to be taken.

That's not the same as any person or organisation 'taking action'.

Morglin wrote: »

It appears they are taking long overdue action to stop these rip off sites:

I asked who 'they' were.

Simply posting the same link doesn't answer the question I posed to Morglin.

shaun_from_Africa

hpuse wrote: »

Poll for the day ( as suggested by fantastically fervent moneysaver wealdroam )

Who is misleading OR What is more misleading

a) hpuse's OP
b) Government Copycat websites

Seeing as you seem to want a poll.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4934790