On Jul 8, 10:45 am, "Don Spumey" wrote:
wrote:
On 7 Jul, 21:26, "Don Spumey" wrote:
Having had to wait for nearly a fortnight for an 'Industrial Cleaning
Company' to come & assess, remove + document flood damaged property,
I was totally pi**ed off today when I came in from work!

Wifey..(sorry Mary,... or any other left wing liberal femenists), was
crying her little cotton socks off when I came home.....the
'*******s' had only "asked" her for £100 up front to cover for any
Insurance excess!

Guess what...I've gone into Victor Meldrew mode...& I smell meat ;-))

Don.

Like Mogga, I also don't quite follow what happened. Was this the firm
you were expecting sent by your insurers or were they opportunist con
men? How did she know she had done anything wrong to evoke tears? What
do you mean by the quotes around "asked"? Were they intimidating? I
guess she actually paid up? Did they give her a receipt? Can you stop
the cheque? What do your insurers say if they sent them? If not, have
you reported this to the police? Or maybe Trading Standards who at
least around here are hot on rogue traders and have a rapid response
number to report them on (though I doubt if there's any point unless
they're going door-to-door). The media are probably also looking for a
new flood story angle. Don't be too hard on Mary, these people are
very convincing and persuasive.

I have often wondered whether cowboys saddle up and head in droves for
disasters, as insurers can't be too choosy when there's so much to do.
Or do they stay away because they might have to do some real work if
the insurers are checking? On a similar tack, is the looting we heard
about on the news a new phenomenon? I don't remember it in previous
disasters.

Chris

The cleaning company is in fact the one authorised by my Insurance
company to deal with things. I have in fact sent a fax to my 'Loss
Adjuster' expressing my feelings :-)

My wife is too worldly wise to be conned/intimidated into paying any
'excess'. As for the tears, they were caused more by frustration &
devastation she has had to endure over the past few days + the fact that
she had just completed a 12hr nightshift!

I started a post about a week or so back built on my experience of a
major flooding disaster.

It would seem that conmen and thieves have learned a lot since then. I
wish you the very best out of all the things that are happening to
you. I wish I could help in some way.

Good Luck.