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subsea
subsea Posts: 4 Newbie
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edited 5 May 2020 at 6:33PM in Consumer rights
  • purchased a log cabin with £100 delivery charge after lockdown had initiated
  • when paid the sales team still assured it can arrive in 20 days from purchase.  
  • told delivery office calls you to negotiate a day and time of your choosing.  
  • product can be placed any part of the house (front or back).  I queried this as its a lot of materials for one courier to shift by themselves and explained the access limitations to the rear garden, but they said its fine
  • production wasn't completed till day 33
  • delivery office are not contactable or won't answer calls
  • day 35 I contact customer dept and came apparent that delivery office won't call but will email me with a delivery date.  delivery date with no designated timing.  sales team acknowledged mis-selling, that the service as told doesn't actually exist and apologised.  I requested either refund to cost of delivery or actually deliver under the circumstances promised initially.  their response was another apology and dodged my requests pretty much.
  • received and email today it will arrive by day 45
  • no confirmation on my drop off instructions, very unlikely at this point

QUESTION:  what should my next course of action be?  
NOTE:  I do not have any admission in writing, only verbal.  also acknowledged I am not the only person complaining about this when apologising and "looking into it"

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  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 15,724 Forumite
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    subsea said:
    • purchased a log cabin with £100 delivery charge after lockdown had initiated
    • when paid the sales team still assured it can arrive in 20 days from purchase.  
    • told delivery office calls you to negotiate a day and time of your choosing.  
    • product can be placed any part of the house (front or back).  I queried this as its a lot of materials for one courier to shift by themselves and explained the access limitations to the rear garden, but they said its fine
    • production wasn't completed till day 33
    • delivery office are not contactable or won't answer calls
    • day 35 I contact customer dept and came apparent that delivery office won't call but will email me with a delivery date.  delivery date with no designated timing.  sales team acknowledged mis-selling, that the service as told doesn't actually exist and apologised.  I requested either refund to cost of delivery or actually deliver under the circumstances promised initially.  their response was another apology and dodged my requests pretty much.
    • received and email today it will arrive by day 45
    • no confirmation on my drop off instructions, very unlikely at this point

    QUESTION:  what should my next course of action be?  
    NOTE:  I do not have any admission in writing, only verbal.  also acknowledged I am not the only person complaining about this when apologising and "looking into it"
    Two options. 

    1. Patience.
    2. Cancel the contract if you specified delivery in a certain timeframe was a condition of the sale. 
  • eddddy
    eddddy Posts: 18,040 Forumite
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    It sounds like there was some 'misrepresentation' - but it doesn't sound like you suffered any loss as a result, so you don't really have any basis for claiming damages.  (Although I guess you could ask them for a goodwill gesture.)

    You might be able to cancel the order, but it doesn't sound like that's what you want to do.
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