ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

[charitynjw]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

IMHO, has he not suffered enough?

After all, it wasn't just a sarnie, it was a Tesco sarnie!

[ploddertom]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

In effect this is no different to the Private Parking Issue where they ask you to pay a sum of money for an unenforceable invoice With RLP there is a one word answer - IGNORE. They will however receive further letters of increasing desperation and length, some may even have nasty looking red writing on them.

Please remember only a Court may fine you.

[labman]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

I agree PT that RLP issues are best ignored. That is no longer the case with PPC's though, where the success rate of appeals is very high and cost the PPC's money. RLP seems much more static in terms of approach than PPC's.

[GOONERLAND]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

thank's the letter is rather generic and even the sum requested has been typed in over a the standard template however i think he will ignore this one.he is concerned that they may have photographic evidence/cctv of him eating the sandwich and then not paying for it so i think thats where he
is cocerned because he can't actually say they have not lost??ALSO what is ppc (PRVATE PARKING CO)?
THANKS ALL

[labman]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

Spot on - PPC's are issuing speculative invoices called Parking Charge Notices which have many similarities to RLP in terms of the 'seller' having to prove a consequential loss, and prove any pre-estimate of loss, if taken to court, can be broken down and accounted for. They are not allowed to profit from the situation and are not allowed to impose a fine or penalty.

The way they are handled has changed slightly, but until very recently was identical - ignore!

Best of luck, and keep posting up for help.

[CleverClogs]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

he is concerned that they may have photographic evidence/cctv of him eating the sandwich and then not paying for it

Irrelevant.

All that might proves would be that an alleged sandwich was consumed. It would be unlikely to contain enough detail to identify the pack, the contents or the price, and it certainly would not even begin to justify the egregiously inflated claim made by RLP.

[charitynjw]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

Irrelevant.

All that might proves would be that an alleged sandwich was consumed. It would be unlikely to contain enough detail to identify the pack, the contents or the price, and it certainly would not even begin to justify the egregiously inflated claim made by RLP.

That said, as RLP are still operating, they must be fairly successful at conn........er, providing their service, to these retail outlets.

[ploddertom]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

That said, as RLP are still operating, they must be fairly successful at conn........er, providing their service, to these retail outlets.

That's because what we see here is a very small minority who are lucky enough to query it. The majority who receive will accept it at face value, cave in & pay - and I doubt the retailer sees anything.

[Guest]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

Slightly off topic. We shop at Tesco's, and whilst my OH does the shopping I regularly go to the cafe and get a bacon buttie, usually I will pick up a paper or magazine from the rack, and read it whilst in there, on the way out I usually put the read paper back on the rack.

I have noticed that I have been getting the evil eye from security once or twice for doing this, and have been awaiting the hand on the shoulder, I half wish they would stop me.

Wonder how they would go about proving consequential loss in such a situation ?

[wales01man]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

This could be the same situation where people read through magazines and papers on the racks but don't buy them?if I was approached with the hand on the shoulder I would give them the paper and walk out without anything all they could do is call the police and that would give the police a good laugh

[labman]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

That said, as RLP are still operating, they must be fairly successful at conn........er, providing their service, to these retail outlets.

If they fail they'll change their name to RIP I assume!

[CleverClogs]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

If they fail they'll change their name to RIP I assume!

No - RIS.

Requiescant In Stercore

[charitynjw]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

Or they could write & perform the Consumer Rap!

It would probably, & with justification, be known as CRap!

[MIKE770]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

You ate a sandwich from Tesco and you're still alive? Only joking.

Did they ask you to pay for the sandwich? If they did, they are not really entitled to anything more than the retail price of the sandwich. RLP may bang the drum loudly, make threats and try and coerce you into paying some fatuous faux claim, but in all honesty, RLP cannot seem to get their heads around the fact they lost a court case at Oxford last year which brought the premise, veracity and legality under which retail civil recovery operates into question.

Did they call the police at all and did the police attend? How long were you detained?

Also, be aware that RLP monitor the LB forums.

You are not Joking = TESCO Prawn sandwich eaten = 21 days off work for the 1st time in my life with food poisoning, = TESCO SANDWICHES.

[MIKE770]

Re: ate the sandwich and did not pay tesco

Their claim is - at best - fanciful and imaginative.The only losses that can be directly ascribed to the actions of the hungry masochist who ate the sandwich, would be the cost of the aforesaid "food" and its packaging.The cost of employing a security goon would have been exactly the same had chummie assuaged his hunger in some other way, so are costs to the business. So are the costs of employing other staff, or installing and using CCTV equipment.

The security guard might have gone and got a sandwich as well as you seem to think they were nice after they left?