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  Warranty extras - Nice little earners? 21 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  When I recently bought a new Auris hybrid, I was offered various "extras" in insurance and protection and wonder which, if any, you would recommend taking...
• Selling on Ebay - Tips/cautions Please! 11 May 2014 (Forum)
  car ? Obviously cash is best - but then forged money could be handed over ? Are there any scams involved with Bankers Drafts - I know people say these "like cash" but how does one verify they are OK ? With cheques even if they clear, I understand it is not unknown for the money to be debited back
• InsCo encouraging Fraud after No Fault Accident? 18 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  .   Can anyone explain what happened to me?   Are the insurance company in on this scam, or is it just someone in their call centre getting backhanders from an ambulance chaser?   Either way, it isn’t surprising
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  Why doesn't my warranty cover condenser repairs to my 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320? 26 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I recently bought a policy with a leading warranty company. I have paid about £800 over the last two years to them for an 'extra care' policy (with franchised...
• Nissan Juke - VW dealer 20 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  ? I sounded like a scam to me so I spammed their e mail but I continued to get e mails telling me my car is due a service. note, it is NOT due a service  I
• Too good to be true? 28 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  ). ABSOLUTELY OKAY TO WARN OTHER BACKROOMERS AGAINST OBVIOUS SCAMS. NOT OKAY TO NAME THEM UNLESS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED BY A UK COURT OF LAW. HJ   I've located a car on Autotrader. Price is attractive. Seller is a lady who says her job has moved to USA, hence
• HJ- Daily Telegraph, Ealing Parking Fines 5 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  for no more than about 10 seconds on each occasion) for her to catch the train, and then this new scam was introduced and he was caught every day for one week. Unfortunately the first fine didn't come through until the following week, so he had no idea that there was a problem until he received the first
• MOT false. Who do I complain too? 11 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  to contact him all yesterday and today and no answer. So, in preparing for the possibility I've been scammed I want to know what I should do. It seems to me that the MOT should never have been issued, so should I contact the issuing garage directly? Also, does the garage have to give me the details
• Tyres (all makes) 24 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  to fit only the recommended Perilli P6000J (Z) 225/55/R16, and that he would not fit any others on the car. At £125 a shot (even though a lower price than any other outfit for the same tyre) I thought he was trying to scam me, so i went elsewhere and got two Continental sportcontacts 225/55 R16W's. From
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  Tyre insurance - a warning 2 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  The 4 year old Audi A6 I bought in Sept 2010 ago was fitted with Barum Bravuris tyres, two of which were well worn. I was obliged to replace them just...
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  Is the behaviour of insurance companies causing increased premiums for consumers? 18 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have just heard on the radio that car insurance premiums have gone up by 35 per cent in the last two years. The usual excuses are trotted out: more people...
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  Cloned Strangers 19 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I recently received a parking summons from a local authority and it is clear that my vehicle number plate has been cloned. The vehicle was never at the...
• I Have a Question - Volume 298 [Read Only] 11 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  to all of this I would welcome your advice. In particular (for my future purchases) is the two items from one seller a risk it`s better not to take. Leaving Amazon out of it - are scams run along those lines with private sellers and what can you do about it. Thanks oilrag
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  I'm going to lose my NCD because a man falsely claims I scratched his car - is there anything I can do? 13 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  After parking in a shop's car park, in the only slot available, I saw someone on his phone. I ignored him until he came up to me aggressively and accused...
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  My daughter is being targeted by an accident fraudster - how should we proceed? 5 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My son's girlfriend has owned her SEAT Ibiza from new for the last four years. She has been insured with More Than for the last two and has seven years...
• Scooter and motabilty car - Whiplash scam best way forward advice needed 2 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I need some advice after my daughter had an accident it was minor and we thought it would be straightforward but then got a claim for whiplash today.....here...
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  McDoomalds 26 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I recently met a client at McDonalds in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He bought me a couple of coffees and a muffin and we had a meeting. At the end of...
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  How can we dispute a £70,000 charge for a credit hire Bentley following an accident? 15 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Rather late in the day I am writing to ask you for advice regarding the loan of a Bentley following a motorway shunt 20 months ago. We were part of a multiple...
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  Are spurious personal injury claims pushing up the cost of motor insurance? 20 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  An article in the motoring section recently talked about the rising cost of insurance. It failed to mention some of the reasons for these increases. 1)...
• Ford Fiesta Saloon - Parking warning - Royal Albert Hall, Imp College 27 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  of Welsh choirs from using the crossing and they nearly got hit by a bus. Their enforcement had nothing whatsoever to do with safety or keeping the road clear. It was all about cynically scamming money from a hard-pressed public because the road is very wide and no obstruction was caused. I don't