In a few months time I shall be ordering a made to measure Conservatory to
fit on the back of the house.
Anticipating that the manufacturers will require a deposit to safeguard
their manufacturing costs, how do I save my deposit if the company goes into
liquidation, I feel that the likelihood is high in the present financial
climate.
I've heard of bonded contracts, has anyone any experience of this type of
protection.
Could I do it through my bank? would a bog standard bank manager be aware of
this procedure.
Any (relevant) suggestions gratefully received.
Regards
Don

Donwill wrote:

In a few months time I shall be ordering a made to measure Conservatory to
fit on the back of the house.
Anticipating that the manufacturers will require a deposit to safeguard
their manufacturing costs, how do I save my deposit if the company goes into
liquidation, I feel that the likelihood is high in the present financial
climate.
....
Any (relevant) suggestions gratefully received.


You pay the deposit with a credit card, then it is automatically covered
for at least 6 months (possibly a year) if they go bust. (presuming the
deposit is over £100).
Alan.


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On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 07:38:24 +0000, A.Lee wrote:

You pay the deposit with a credit card, then it is automatically covered
for at least 6 months (possibly a year) if they go bust. (presuming the
deposit is over £100).

The deposit need not be over £100, only the full price needs to be, you can
put £1 on the card, and £29998 in cash and get the same protection!

Steve

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 07:38:24 +0000, (A.Lee) wrote:

Donwill wrote:

In a few months time I shall be ordering a made to measure Conservatory to
fit on the back of the house.
Anticipating that the manufacturers will require a deposit to safeguard
their manufacturing costs, how do I save my deposit if the company goes into
liquidation, I feel that the likelihood is high in the present financial
climate.
...
Any (relevant) suggestions gratefully received.


You pay the deposit with a credit card, then it is automatically covered
for at least 6 months (possibly a year) if they go bust. (presuming the
deposit is over £100).

Slightly wrong actually. The Consumer Credit Act does give you a
degree of protection if the value of the contract is between £100 and
£30,000. Therefore you can pay any amount on credit card as deposit
and get the same protection.
i.e. it does not depend on the amount you actually pay with credit on
the total amount of the purchase.

See
http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/ombudsman-news/31/creditcards-31.htm
and many other sites for details.

M.
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On 9 Mar, 11:48, Mark wrote:
(\__/) *M.
(='.'=) Owing to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles
posted from there. *If you wish your postings to be seen by
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OT....I don't expect Mark will respond to this, as he blocks postings
from Google groups I have just taken a look at http://improve-usenet.org
and I have to say I thought this was rather unrealistic and insulting
to users like myself who work in a Corporate environment and cannot
install software such as a newsgroup reader. I also access the
internet from several different locations and devices, such as at home
on a pc, or on my mobile. I have been using usenet for several years
(even before the widespread avalability of browsers) so I do
understand the issues.

Has anyone any tips on resolving this quandry? Is there a different
website (not google ) that can be used to access usenet groups. I
think that UK DIY is one of the best groups available and I find it a
vital way of keeping sane and I will often have a little browse at
work as a break from routine.

In message
, Tim
Decker writes
On 9 Mar, 11:48, Mark wrote:
(\__/) *M.
(='.'=) Owing to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles
posted from there. *If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.
Seehttp://improve-usenet.org- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

OT....I don't expect Mark will respond to this, as he blocks postings
from Google groups I have just taken a look at http://improve-usenet.org
and I have to say I thought this was rather unrealistic and insulting
to users like myself who work in a Corporate environment and cannot
install software such as a newsgroup reader. I also access the
internet from several different locations and devices, such as at home
on a pc, or on my mobile. I have been using usenet for several years
(even before the widespread avalability of browsers) so I do
understand the issues.

Has anyone any tips on resolving this quandry? Is there a different
website (not google ) that can be used to access usenet groups. I
think that UK DIY is one of the best groups available and I find it a
vital way of keeping sane and I will often have a little browse at
work as a break from routine.

The problems tend to revolve around the fact that most gmail posters
seem to be top posting ****wits who don't even understand what
newsgroups are




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Tim Decker wrote:
On 9 Mar, 11:48, Mark wrote:
(\__/) M.
(='.'=) Owing to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles
posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.
Seehttp://improve-usenet.org- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

OT....I don't expect Mark will respond to this, as he blocks postings
from Google groups I have just taken a look at http://improve-usenet.org
and I have to say I thought this was rather unrealistic and insulting
to users like myself who work in a Corporate environment and cannot
install software such as a newsgroup reader. I also access the
internet from several different locations and devices, such as at home
on a pc, or on my mobile. I have been using usenet for several years
(even before the widespread avalability of browsers) so I do
understand the issues.

Has anyone any tips on resolving this quandry? Is there a different
website (not google ) that can be used to access usenet groups. I
think that UK DIY is one of the best groups available and I find it a
vital way of keeping sane and I will often have a little browse at
work as a break from routine.

You could try some of the services mentioned here (I have not checked
any of them):

http://www.newsreaders.com/web/

And of course, there are the utterly execrable myreader and diybanter...

Is there any possibility of using a remote control mechanism and
connecting to your own machine at home running whatever it runs? (E.g.
remote desktop, logmein, VNC, etc.)

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On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:23:06 -0700 (PDT), Tim Decker
wrote:

On 9 Mar, 11:48, Mark wrote:
(\__/) *M.
(='.'=) Owing to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles
posted from there. *If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.
Seehttp://improve-usenet.org- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

OT....I don't expect Mark will respond to this, as he blocks postings
from Google groups I have just taken a look at http://improve-usenet.org
and I have to say I thought this was rather unrealistic and insulting
to users like myself who work in a Corporate environment and cannot
install software such as a newsgroup reader. I also access the
internet from several different locations and devices, such as at home
on a pc, or on my mobile. I have been using usenet for several years
(even before the widespread avalability of browsers) so I do
understand the issues.

I did see your post. I can whitelist known good posters who use
google and there is no insult intended. I have used google on
occasion. However there is no doubt that google take a tolerant
attitude to usenet spammers and some groups are make completely
unusable as a result.

It is particularly annoying since there are many easy & simple ways
that google could use to reduce the spam, but they don't.
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(='.'=) Owing to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles
posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.
See http://improve-usenet.org