Diesel emissions claim - lawyers chasing

badmemory

Surely the point was that they were claiming it didn't damage the atmosphere as much as it actually did.  In fact any compo should really go to the NHS as they will be the ones picking up the health bill from the toxic fumes.

diystarter7

badmemory said:

Surely the point was that they were claiming it didn't damage the atmosphere as much as it actually did.  In fact any compo should really go to the NHS as they will be the ones picking up the health bill from the toxic fumes.

Excellent comments!

diystarter7

Ebe_Scrooge said:

diystarter7 said:

Yep mate,

Please, this is a pet hate of mine.  I am not your "mate", I don't even know you.

diystarter7 said:

Btw, are you saying VW is silly by paying out possibly tens of millions? 

Not silly - it's a commercial decision.  Yes, they were wrong to try and cheat the tests in the first place, I'm not arguing with that.  But a few tens of millions is actually small potatoes for the likes of VW, and if it "closes the case", so to speak, it's a cheap resolution.

What irks me is the number of people who jump on the bandwagon in cases such as this, just for the promise of some free money to which they have no legitimate claim - fed largely, I'll admit, by bottom-feeding law firms who likewise see the chance to make a quick buck.  I actually feel for people like the OP's father who get suckered into such things - I'm having to keep a close eye on my father-in-law to stop him falling victim to such scams.

(Oh, and the latest one I've seen advertised - time-shares.  Now that PPI has dried up, and they're running out of steam on diesel, lets' see if we can make an easy killing on mis-sold timeshares).

Hi fellow MSE member

Regarding calling you mate, purely a term of endearment but now you have said you do not like it, I won't on this thread or another but there are so many posters I could forget.

You have a point re ppi/etc/etc. However, the vW, no matter what they say the we all know the real reason.

If I had a car and then it was adjusted and it felt different, I'd feel miffed.

Re "bottom feeding law firms," ROFL, no win, no fee, lol.

Thanks

Grey_Critic

***If I had a car and then it was adjusted and it felt different, I'd feel miffed.***

With the change to E10 we basically have no choice - many filling stations do not seem to have more than a couple of pumps with E5 and the price is not highlighted - we do know however it is more expensive on tiop of the reduced MPG in some cars.

Car_54

Ebe_Scrooge said:

diystarter7 said:

Yep mate,

Please, this is a pet hate of mine.  I am not your "mate", I don't even know you

It could have been worse. He might have called you “Dude”.

baser999

Ebe_Scrooge said:

diystarter7 said:

Yep mate,

Please, this is a pet hate of mine.  I am not your "mate", I don't even know you.

diystarter7 said:

Btw, are you saying VW is silly by paying out possibly tens of millions? 

Not silly - it's a commercial decision.  Yes, they were wrong to try and cheat the tests in the first place, I'm not arguing with that.  But a few tens of millions is actually small potatoes for the likes of VW, and if it "closes the case", so to speak, it's a cheap resolution.

What irks me is the number of people who jump on the bandwagon in cases such as this, just for the promise of some free money to which they have no legitimate claim - fed largely, I'll admit, by bottom-feeding law firms who likewise see the chance to make a quick buck.  I actually feel for people like the OP's father who get suckered into such things - I'm having to keep a close eye on my father-in-law to stop him falling victim to such scams.

(Oh, and the latest one I've seen advertised - time-shares.  Now that PPI has dried up, and they're running out of steam on diesel, let’s'gree whole-heartedly with your final  see if we can make an easy killing on mis-sold timeshares).

I agree totally with your sentiments about people jumping on the bandwagon. Worked with a girl who went and bought a VW Tiguan, her husband also bought one for work. This particular vehicle suited their respective needs, just had a baby so a suitable size for her everyday use, he had stuff to carry around for his job. Bottom line, they also got really good PCP deals which was the main selling point. They weren’t concerned in the slightest about emissions, mpg and such and yet when the VW issue came to the fore they filled in the forms claiming they had been mis-sold by the dealer.

Ectophile

KenDFish said:

I'm fairly certain that he hasn't physically signed anything; I can't be 100% on this because he isn't 100% either. I know that sending any documents etc would usually involve me being asked to make copies, which I haven't done - so I'm hoping it went no further than just a phone call and/or email exchange.

There's no requirement to sign a contract.  If he has agreed over the phone that the lawyers can act on his behalf, then that's what they will be doing.

If, having signed up with them, he changed his mind and decides not to help with the case, then they can persue him for the time they have spent so far.

Given that these are no-win no-fee lawyers working on a case that's highly speculative, I don't think they are going to be the sort of people to be nice to anyone they think they can claim money from.  That includes former customers.

user1977

Goudy said:

Well I think your next step would be to phone them and find out.

Or rather, for dad to phone them, or to authorise them to speak to the OP - the lawyers aren't going to speak to someone claiming to be related to a client.

On-the-coast

To the OP - i hope you are able to resolve this successfully - although I suspect that the lowest cost option will be to simply provide the details the law firm is asking for, and how knows, there might be a windfall at the end.

As an aside - I've seen so many adverts recently for this "no-win no-fee" service that i followed the link that was posted in the first page of this thread. Interesting reading. I was suprised that Martin & Co were advising that signing up was on balance likely to be low risk, and the only likely route to a payout.  I did lease an audi during that period.  Honestly i don't feel that i lost out in any way, and i'd feel a fraud signing up to say that i had in fact lost out.
I'm also surprised that a couple of negatives were not highlighted (my thoughts) - it seems that most manufacturers are claiming that they didn't employ the techniques that VW-Audi group employed.  Also VW-Audi seemed to have preemptively settled the major claims without admitting liablity.  Consequently i wonder if it is more likely that most claims will fail... or that most claims will hinge on ever more unlikely assertions of personal loss.
More worryingly, I could enivisage a scenario where law firms drag out the process of asking for more and more onerous information from their clients - until the client becomes tired of providing or is unable to provide the necessary information - and ends up being sued for work performed by the law firm.  A true "bottom feeder" (or someone who'd bought up the failed book of claims) might even come back years later and say that you'd failed to provide some necessary item and slap you with a debt letter to defend...
If this was simple "sign up to the action, provide detail of purchase/lease" - and leave it there, then so be it... but i fear this will not be the case because the one thing I'm sure of is that these firms are not motivated to act in our interest.
Anyway, my readings this evening now allow me to peacefully ignore this process, and i think my life will be better for that!