I made an £890 purchase using Google checkout yesterday, which appeared to go fine, until I tried to use my card at Asda today. The card was declined, so I phoned the bank who told me that TWO £890 charges had been made, one of which was pending. What the hell are they playing at??? I have sent the following to Google: I realise there is an authorisation before the main charge to my credit...

The following is an excerpt from the T&C of an internet retailer. This section deals with the cooling off period of 7 working days iro internet sales. *What isn't covered by this Cooling Off period? *When you order your sofa from us, we instruct our factory in Italy to produce that specific *model in the leather colour and combination that you have chosen.

I raised this on the other legal site and got some useful comments based on practical experience. http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.legal.moderated/browse_thread/thread/76d3b1d601a91f22?hl=en I was hoping for more legally based comment and hope that someone out there can help. The original was a bit long and involved and is copied below for more information if needed, but here is a condensed...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1100123/BBC-receives-1-400-complaints-Strictly-Come-Dancing-voting-fiasco.html Make me laugh - these idiots spending money on this crap.

Why dont they want to go home to Africa, think of the great contributions Obama could make to say Kenya...or some of the really good black altheles would make to any black african counrty, why do blacks want to come to the West and bitch that they dont get afair go until we give then a roller or a presidency Has life in the west reached the position where there are more of them than us now and...

I live on a private estate where the managing agents where the parking is comtrolled by the clampers. My car is authorised to park there and I own the proerty I live in. On Saturday morning, I found my car clamped with a notice to say that I ahve paarked illegally. I called to cotrol Room to tell them that they have made a mistake, but rather than checking their records, they said that because...

What is with this government? They seem hell bent on ****ing off society and the police as well. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/johann-hari-tasers-are-an-outrage-we-must-resist-1207401.html Daniel Sylvester can't forget the night the police fired 50,000 volts of electricity into his skull. The 46-year-old grandfather owns his own security business, and he was recently walking...

If I have arranged for some social services workers from my local council to regularly visit my home to provide support services because I have depression and PTSD. Would it be reasonable to specify that I wished to have support workers of the same ethnic group as myself? I find I don't relate to people from other cultures and ethnic groups and vice versa. It is probably a PC thing to call...

http://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/confessions-of-a-whistle-blower-lessons-learned/ Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned by Anna C. Salter Published in: Ethics & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2 June 1998, pages 115- 124 Abstract : In 1988 I began a report on the accuracy of expert testimony in child sexual abuse cases utilizing Ralph Underwager and Hollida Wakefield as a case...

I lost my appeal against conviction and I regret that as I know I can win but I just cannot justify the time it will take out of my life. Unfortunately being disabled I cannot work long enough at a time to handle an appeal to the Appeal Court and I believe that is an injustice. I had to fire my legal team as they were stumped when an expert witness quoted the Natural Environment and Rural...

Animal rights activists face 14 years jail for blackmail Paul Cheston, Courts Correspondent 23.12.08 Four animal rights activists were convicted today of blackmailing companies who supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences. They threatened to accuse managers of being paedophiles to force them

about 2 weeks age I recieved a letter for ma debt collection agency, claiming I owe 60 pounds, from a debt to Orange . As I had never owned an Orange phone , I rang them up and asked when the debt was from. The woman on the phone quoted a date from 2006 , and a shop the phone was from. I asked them to forward the original documents. The rather unhelpful woman told me that they didnt have the...

Parents' cash win over 'sex abuse' lie Reunited ... Williams family Poignant ... picture never seen before of Peak family at Christmas a year ago Enjoy great wines from under £3 a bottles By JOHN COLES

Control Freq posted Do I have any legal courses of action in this circumstance? No - under the old principle "De minibus lex non curat." -- Les The Perfect Law is one which everyone has broken.

Like it says in the comments: "This should remove any last doubts you had about whos best interest are represented by the state." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5375668.ece The government has been accused of trampling on individual liberties by proposing wide-ranging new powers for bailiffs to break into homes and to

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:53:23 +0000, onlyme wrote: (Note to slimey sheldon....I'm only online on xmas day as I cannot get near the telly to check the news) 'tis true...bought the kids a Wii....normally you could not get them out of bed...today, springing around the room playing 'tennis' at 8 in the morning! Have a good day all.

http://ritualabuse.us Texas report: Abuse widespread in polygamist sect By Michelle Roberts – 12/23/08 San Antonio (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of the families living at a polygamist group's ranch — targeted in a high-profile raid last spring — had children who were abused or neglected, Texas child welfare officials said in a report released Tuesday. The Department of Family and Protective Services...

http://newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.289143 Not for the first time this pillock makes a prat of himself. Racism is not a criminal offence, and merely an aggravating factor, reading what he says, what is he trying to over compensate for? ----------- Judge Paul Batty QC, told the defendant: "Had I thought that you had committed this offence because you perceived these women to be of an ethnic...

Hi, we are looking to buy a flat and would like to get one that has a 'share of freehold'. Since one hears of stories of the owner freeholder charging excessively for repairs and services, etc. when we went to see a flat recently, we were told that although we would have a share of freehold we still have to have a lease. ( which can simply be renewed they said). Is there normally large...

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