Argos trying to charge for cancelled order

Jumblebumble

I find some of the responses here hilarious and wonder if some of you live in the real world or if you have read too many legal books
My take on this is that Argos will simply write this off on the basis that to persue a lost rug that retails at £100 and probably cost them £50 will not warrant management time to engage a solicitor to a small claims court which will cost them many times this only perhaps to find the defendant simply claims that the rug was collected and the courier must have lost it or any number of other fairy stories never mind a counter claim of storage, never mind having to explain to the DJ why they thought it reasonable to behave as they did.

I would be absolutly furious if Argos delivered something to me having cancelled the order and then refused to collect it and then hassled me. I never asked them to deliver after the order was cancelled and I never agreed to store it
I personally would not pay and let them take me to court if they wanted
I am not a lawyer and these opinions are mine

Regards JumbleBumble

LABMAN

Jumblebumble wrote: »

I find some of the responses here hilarious and wonder if some of you live in the real world or if you have read too many legal books
My take on this is that Argos will simply write this off on the basis that to persue a lost rug that retails at £100 and probably cost them £50 will not warrant management time to engage a solicitor to a small claims court which will cost them many times this only perhaps to find the defendant simply claims that the rug was collected and the courier must have lost it or any number of other fairy stories never mind a counter claim of storage, never mind having to explain to the DJ why they thought it reasonable to behave as they did.

I would be absolutly furious if Argos delivered something to me having cancelled the order and then refused to collect it and then hassled me. I never asked them to deliver after the order was cancelled and I never agreed to store it
I personally would not pay and let them take me to court if they wanted
I am not a lawyer and these opinions are mine

Regards JumbleBumble

We already know what you think Marys, there's absolutely no need for an AE.

pulliptears

LABMAN wrote: »

We already know what you think Marys, there's absolutely no need for an AE.

Bit obvious that wasn't it? :rotfl:

gardner1

Jumblebumble wrote: »

I find some of the responses here hilarious and wonder if some of you live in the real world or if you have read too many legal books
My take on this is that Argos will simply write this off on the basis that to persue a lost rug that retails at £100 and probably cost them £50 will not warrant management time to engage a solicitor to a small claims court which will cost them many times this only perhaps to find the defendant simply claims that the rug was collected and the courier must have lost it or any number of other fairy stories never mind a counter claim of storage, never mind having to explain to the DJ why they thought it reasonable to behave as they did.

I would be absolutly furious if Argos delivered something to me having cancelled the order and then refused to collect it and then hassled me. I never asked them to deliver after the order was cancelled and I never agreed to store it
I personally would not pay and let them take me to court if they wanted
I am not a lawyer and these opinions are mine

Regards JumbleBumble

Hi Marys:wave:

Keep_pedalling

gardner1 wrote: »

Hi Marys:wave:

Or Mary’s friend with the carpet :rotfl:

You could actually be right, but what is more likely to happen if they do not pursue it directly, is that they hand it off to a debt collection firm.

Anyone with any sence of decency would pay for the gift they have just given away.

London50

Even if a solicitor was engaged the looser {you} would then not only need to pay the cost of the rug but also the court costs from the other side

waamo

London50 wrote: »

Even if a solicitor was engaged the looser {you} would then not only need to pay the cost of the rug but also the court costs from the other side

Costs are strictly limited in the county court. They can only claim £50 for a solicitors work no matter how much the solicitor does.

The only exception is if either party acts unreasonably in which case expenses may be granted. The bar for unreasonable behaviour in the county court is an extremely high one though.

Fosterdog

They wouldn't really need to hire a solicitor to take this to court though, they are a big company who will have a legal team to do this sort of thing, they are most likely on a salary and get paid the same whether they attend court for something like this or not. The only way I can see it being too costly for Argos Vs the low value is if they also cover travelling expenses and meal allowance, possibly a night in a hotel too, for a member of the legal team to attend court. They won't be paying a solicitor for hourly billed work in the same way any of us would.

pmduk

Jumblebumble wrote: »

I find some of the responses here hilarious and wonder if some of you live in the real world or if you have read too many legal books
My take on this is that Argos will simply write this off on the basis that to persue a lost rug that retails at £100 and probably cost them £50 will not warrant management time to engage a solicitor to a small claims court which will cost them many times this only perhaps to find the defendant simply claims that the rug was collected and the courier must have lost it or any number of other fairy stories never mind a counter claim of storage, never mind having to explain to the DJ why they thought it reasonable to behave as they did.

I would be absolutly furious if Argos delivered something to me having cancelled the order and then refused to collect it and then hassled me. I never asked them to deliver after the order was cancelled and I never agreed to store it
I personally would not pay and let them take me to court if they wanted
I am not a lawyer and these opinions are mine

Regards JumbleBumble

Quiet day in the high pressure job?

London50

waamo wrote: »

Costs are strictly limited in the county court. They can only claim £50 for a solicitors work no matter how much the solicitor does.

The only exception is if either party acts unreasonably in which case expenses may be granted. The bar for unreasonable behaviour in the county court is an extremely high one though.

Agreed but the OP thinks they will get away with theft and all I am saying is that in the end if it goes to court the costs will be even higher