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Blocked me to clamp me

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  • wiltsguy_2
    wiltsguy_2 Posts: 536 Forumite
    thats very handy to know! if i knew that i would of stayed and sorted it out, gutted i left now.
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  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Oxfordshire ... so he was acting illegally. Definitely inform the police.

    (Is that post nice enough for you Freddy? Did you really need to hang on Quentin's coat tails in the Motoring thread?)
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
    edited 9 April 2015 at 2:58PM
    go back then , camera in hand




    Is that post nice enough for you Freddy? Did you really need to hang on Quentin's coat tails in the Motoring thread?)


    no I actually have a mind of my own , and thought YOU were wrong , in saying "duplicate post" , as it was not , it was a different question
  • wiltsguy_2
    wiltsguy_2 Posts: 536 Forumite
    enfield_freddy wrote: »
    well it worked , best bit of moving you , you were parked on private land after all

    Agreed, not that it makes it right but i have been parking there for years, i thought it was overflow/extra parking. Its always nearly empty and a the furthest car park from the shop and my car doesnt really fit into the normal bays as so wide & long.
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  • marleyboy
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    As far as I know (at least in the UK) it is illegal to clamp someone's car. Which makes me wonder if this is a true story, or some dodgy blackmailer with a clamp trying it on.
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  • lovinituk
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    bod1467 wrote: »
    Oxfordshire ... so he was acting illegally. Definitely inform the police.
    Actually he didn't do anything illegal as he had not attached a clamp yet.

    I'm not sure that the police will be interested in the threat of clamping when no clamp was actually even seen.

    My guess is it was scare tactics to try and get the OP to pay up.
  • wiltsguy_2
    wiltsguy_2 Posts: 536 Forumite
    marleyboy wrote: »
    As far as I know (at least in the UK) it is illegal to clamp someone's car. Which makes me wonder if this is a true story, or some dodgy blackmailer with a clamp trying it on.
    true story??? !!!!!!! of course it's true. He didn't sound/look like some scammer, van was pretty newish too
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  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
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    wiltsguy wrote: »
    He didn't sound/look like some scammer, van was pretty newish too
    :rotfl:

    What does a scammer look like then?! Maybe the newish van is because he is a very good scammer ;)
  • wiltsguy_2
    wiltsguy_2 Posts: 536 Forumite
    lovinituk wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    What does a scammer look like then?! Maybe the newish van is because he is a very good scammer ;)

    fair point, but you know what i mean. Apart from being a smug tw*t he seemed legit
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  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
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    wiltsguy wrote: »
    fair point, but you know what i mean. Apart from being a smug tw*t he seemed legit
    You sound like the kind of person that a clever scammer would love! How on earth can you confirm if someone is 'legit' or not just by the way they look, speak or the vehicle they drive?! The successful scammers rely on people believing they are 'legit'.
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