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dodgy or dubious practices
If you have experienced problems with either devious developers, bent
builders, crooked lawyers, corrupt local mayors, town halls, regional, coastal
or National government offices with regard to the legal or otherwise problems
with your Spanish property, you may wish to email or telephone Andrew Kinsman
with answers to as many of his questions listed below.
REMEMBER, on the whole The European Parliament is on your side!
I am Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Marta Andreasen MEP. I am
currently updating our database on Spanish property issues, which contains your
e-mail address. I would be grateful if you could let me know the following
information by return of this e-mail. You may know of other people who
might want to submit details - please forward the e-mail t o them.
Feel free not to supply any or all of it as you see fit.
1) Name (s)
2) Postal address
3) Contact telephone number
4) Nationality
5) Position in relation to campaign
(e.g. homeowner/victim; activist; supporter; journalist; lawyer; other-please
specify)
6) Location of property involved, if any (town/village and province)
7) Nature of problem
(e.g. Ley de Costas/demolition; bankrupt builder; corruption in local/central
government; fraud; other-please specify)
8) Dates/timescale (approximate if necessary)
9) Are you aware of any involvement of European Union funding in any of your
difficulties. If so please give details.
Thank you for your assistance
With best regards,
Andrew Kinsman
00 32 2 284 7726
ANDREASEN Marta OFFICE [marta.andreasen-office@
europarl.europa.eu]
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2 - "The Freeview EPG (Electronic Programme
Guide) which was provided by a company called "4TV" ceased
transmission on July 1st. This means that PVRs such as Inverto, Thomson DHD4000,
various Digifusions and one Sony model no longer have an EPG - just "now
and next".
This problem seems to make them "not fit for purpose" under Trading
Standards Guidelines so it may be worth contacting your retailer to see if they
will provide a pro-rata refund. As electronic equipment is expected to last
typically six years then, if you have had four years' use, you could expect a
refund of as much as one third of the purchase price. (This would be the sort of
award that a small claims court might give, so many retailers could "stump
up" without much argument.)
However, we can't give legal advice so you should consult your local Trading
Standards and/or Citizens Advice Bureau if you are affected by this".
Martin Pickering - Satcure.co.uk
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