Weatherlawyer wrote:
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.

Thanks for your comments.

We are being philosophical about things. There are far worse things
happening in this world to worry about things which are replaceable at
the end of the day.

Don.