EVEREST ADMINISTRATION

wallwobble

I gave Everest £7500 for a deposit on a conservatory. Now I have a debt collector employed by Anglian chasing me for money - no idea why they think I would owe them anything. I have had no contact from Anglian other than to say they are not dealing with the conservatories as that side of the business, while insolvent, had not gone bust. This in spite of me paying Everest 2020. 
Absolute scam merchants, obviously got our details and think they can shake us down, could I sue them for my £7500?
I am £7500 down and now have a debt collector with a bad reputation chasing me - how can that be allowed.

eskbanker

I'd suggest focusing on seeing off the debt collectors rather than contemplating suing, at this stage at least - if you have no idea why they think you owe them anything then ask them to prove it.

What does "This in spite of me paying Everest 2020" mean - you surely didn't pay a deposit four years ago?

HillStreetBlues

eskbanker said:

I'd suggest focusing on seeing off the debt collectors rather than contemplating suing, at this stage at least - if you have no idea why they think you owe them anything then ask them to prove it.

What does "This in spite of me paying Everest 2020" mean - you surely didn't pay a deposit four years ago?

Everest collapsed in 2020, A new company was formed called Everest 2020, now that has also collapsed.

mr_stripey

Did Everest supply the conservatory?
Are they chasing for the "balance"?

HillStreetBlues

wallwobble said:

I gave Everest £7500 for a deposit on a conservatory. Now I have a debt collector employed by Anglian chasing me for money - no idea why they think I would owe them anything. I have had no contact from Anglian other than to say they are not dealing with the conservatories as that side of the business, while insolvent, had not gone bust. This in spite of me paying Everest 2020. 
Absolute scam merchants, obviously got our details and think they can shake us down, could I sue them for my £7500?
I am £7500 down and now have a debt collector with a bad reputation chasing me - how can that be allowed.

What method of payment did you use?

born_again

wallwobble said:

I gave Everest £7500 for a deposit on a conservatory. Now I have a debt collector employed by Anglian chasing me for money - no idea why they think I would owe them anything. I have had no contact from Anglian other than to say they are not dealing with the conservatories as that side of the business, while insolvent, had not gone bust. This in spite of me paying Everest 2020. 
Absolute scam merchants, obviously got our details and think they can shake us down, could I sue them for my £7500?
I am £7500 down and now have a debt collector with a bad reputation chasing me - how can that be allowed.

So when did you pay for conservatory & how, is it by bank transfer as per previous thread & did this include windows?

Has conservatory been installed?
Did you fully pay for the windows that were installed & this is what they are chasing?

Send debt co a prove it letter.

Quote from previous post.

Having initially found out that Anglian were taking over outstanding orders, they say the conservatory business is still going. It is not, I have gone back to Resolve without success. 
Does anyone know anything about the conservatory business, seems they liquidated it a few days after the window business went bust. I can only presume they are using my £7500 deposit and others to pay off their debts.
I have no idea whether Anglian will take the conservatory business or whether I have definitely lost my £7500. I am only glad that I kicked off on Trustpilot and got my windows in, they had been stalling since January, yet when the windows arrived it showed they had been manufactured in December so no idea why they messed us around. They did apologise, but now I have windows with no warranty, not even the FENSA certificate was completed, which they had time to do - they were incompetent but obviously knew they were going bust.
It's incredibly distressing to lose this amount of money, we paid via bank transfer as it was so much, so I think we are stuffed.

fatbelly

In the unlikely event of a court claim, you can counterclaim

Aylesbury_Duck

Given the amount at stake, and that you paid by bank transfer, it might be a situation where you consult a solicitor.  Some local firms offer free, short consultations so you can establish if they can help and if the costs make it viable.

Edited to add:  Have you paid in full for the windows that were installed?  That's a separate matter from the conservatory deposit.  If you hadn't paid in full when Everest went bust, then presumably that's what the debt is.  If that's the case, you can't wriggle out of that on the basis that Everest went bust - you still owe the money.