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  • nadnad
    nadnad Posts: 1,593 Forumite
    by the way whoever said this was illiegal - I don;t believe so - lots of people have doen this recently - it started in Australia if I remember rightly. A couple couldn't sell their house and hit upon this, and is rightly stated previously this has happened before over here - in Bangor and a couple of other places - it has been in the papers and on the news.
    DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY ;)

    norn iron club member no.1
  • Notice from the gentleman's website that he is negotiating the sale of the house to an individual and if sold all monies will be automaticall refunded - at least he has had the interest put into his account if he was going to sell it privately in the first place!
  • Muppet
    Muppet Posts: 19 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread but it's still relevant. Has anyone actually had a refund from this guy, Barry Paul? I'm owed some money and my emails are being ignored. His website http://www.ni-ts.co.uk/ hasn't been updated since September and even then he only changed a small part of it after I questioned him on not updating it. Since then, however, there's been nothing.

    A quick google search throws this up about him - http://www.nics.gov.uk/press/eti/051108e-eti.htm. I somehow don't think we'll ever see a penny :(
  • Muppet

    Great User Name.

    :)

    GG
    There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.
  • No refund received despite numerous mails
  • BigAl94
    BigAl94 Posts: 1,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I got a refund cheque months ago - no problem
  • Muppet
    Muppet Posts: 19 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    BigAl94 wrote:
    I got a refund cheque months ago - no problem

    Congratulations - what was your secret and do you have a new address for him so I can sue him?
  • I am still waiting for my refund - note date is now December 2006 - how much money has this man made from everyone who bought tickets and how much interest has he made over the period he has been holding the money - wonder if the Inland Revenue have been paid their share out of it all????
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