Several PPC cards on Amibench

[JaXanim]

@All concerned

Other than Flowman and myself (JaXanim), I need feedback from:

NightShade737
CU_Amiga
punkpie
Jose
PulsatingQuasar

Preacher..OK
x56h34....OK

Cheers,

Jax

[JaXanim]

@layer

Hello layer, thanks for joining Aorg and telling us about your problem with Binder. It's clear this guy is an out and out rogue and swindler.

The info you have given may be of some help later.

@All concerned

Only Jose has yet to respond to Flowman's suggestion. I've emailed him to check it out. When I get his OK, I'll email the letter to Flowman.

Cheers,

JaX

[JaXanim]

@Flowman

Check your PM pls.

Cheers,

JaX


[EDIT: Thanks. Now check your email

@All concerned

Flowman now has copy of Police letter]

[JaXanim]

Mmmm...it does sound promising doesn't it.

@preacher

I guess your 'recommended' letter is actually the 'registered' letter Binder referred to. If so, it will have a unique reference number/bar code which allows you (theoretically) to track it. I say theoretically, because once the article gets into 'the system' it could stay in one place for a long time. So there'd be no updates from the tracking engine.

The letter I sent to Albstadt Police is tracked to the point where it was 'handed over to the services abroad for delivery'. That has been the result for the past five days or so.

Maybe the Police letter and our cards/receipts are all stuck in this 'Redistribution Center'? Whatever is going on, your letter puts the German system in a very bad light. Even worse than others have said about it. It's unbelievable!

I guess we will all be keenly awaiting our mail delivery over the next few days - or maybe weeks!

Cheers,

JaX

[JaXanim]

If it turns out OK, I won't mind having egg on my face one bit! I'll have a PPC card to compensate!

If it really is the scam we all think it is, we've done the right thing.

AND, if this thread gets any longer, there'll be the Film Rights to consider! Hollywood blockbusters have been made with less!

Cheers,

JaX

[JaXanim]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

This thing ain't over till the Fat Postman sings!

Cheers,

JaX

[JaXanim]

@CU_AMiGA

Let's hope it's the lull before the (Cyber)storm.

JaX

[JaXanim]

No parcels, no receipts, not even a peep from the cops.

Seems that hub of the EU dynamo (Germany) is but a sleepy shadow of the country it pretends to be!

JaX

[JaXanim]

An' maybe pigs might fly...!
An' maybe the Fat Postman really, really will sing...!
An' maybe we'll gather lilacs in the Spring again...!
An' maybe......!!

JaX

[JaXanim]

@All concerned

I don't think it helps much for people to post here just for the sake of it. We aren't all gonna go away after all. This thread will keep getting bumped up by helpful comment till the Fat Postman sings - however long that may take.

@girv73
@koaftder

Are you both victims of this scam or what? If so, you have both appeared very late in the day!

JaX

[JaXanim]

@girv73

Welcome to the Club!

At least you and several others have got the 'receipt' of posting. However, nobody appears to have got anywhere with it, other than getting more frustration.

Maybe the Royal Mail could help? If I finally get my receipt, I'll ask them what they know about the Deutsches Post system.

Maybe worth calling Royal Mail Customer Care on 08457 740 740.

Cheers,

JaX

[JaXanim]

@CU_AMiGA

No, nothing. If I get any feedback at all, I'll post immediately.

Haven't even had an acknowledgement of receipt of the letter to Albstadt Police. I sent it at extra cost to get a signed for receipt, but Royal Mail's tracking system appears to be as useless as the Deutsches Post version.

Using Royal Mail's tracking system, I can't get beyond the ubiquitous message that the package has been 'handed over to others for delivery abroad'.

What's the point of paying extra for tracking when the track is lost once the mail leaves our shores! It seems as far as Royal Mail is concerned, it's out of their hands. So why do they charge so much?

I tried to get an answer to that question by calling the Customer Care Centre. All you get there are recorded messages saying they're too busy to do extra searching beyond the automated service (which as I said is useless!)

They're

'very busy ensuring the mails get delivered on time'....unquote

So how come they're making millions in profit this year but have missed every single productivity target set by the Regulator? (OffPost I think it is).

Anyway, I've nothing to add other than I haven't even got my 'binder-receipt' yet.

Cheers,

JaX

[JaXanim]

@Morley

Oh, never thought of that. Good idea!

So, I've been to the Deutsches Post websit and tried to track the letter from there.

Guess what? The Shipment Status service for registered letters crashes! System Server Error.....

See, just like the Royal Mail service, useless!

One thing I did notice (btw, there's an English version) was the price schedule for various forms of package registration and delivery. Each tier of service is only a few Euros. Maybe this could explain the seemingly low postal rates apparently used for the packages (those with receipts that is). The cost may just be for the extra registration service (?).

If anyone with a receipt checks on the website, they may figure out what the cost recorded on the receipt actually paid for.

Other than that...ZZZZ...zzzz....zzzz....

JaX

[JaXanim]

@MAD

It may be worth a try, I suppose. After all, what do we (the UK) transfer £50million a day into Brussels for?

(I don't expect an answer to that question, so please anyone, don't divert this thread!)

I'll put together a comprehensive email to OLAF (the EU Fraud Commission) and see what happens. Clearly the Postal services are too busy making profits to get concerned about their customers!

Don't expect an overnite update on this. It'll take a while to compose.

Cheers,

JaX

[JaXanim]

@Everyone concerned

I just sent an appropriately modified copy of the letter to the Europen Union Fraud Commission (OLAF).

Don't hold breath, but stay hopeful!

JaX

[JaXanim]

@all concerned

Getting someone (?) to go to Albstadt and give Binder a thumping may seem like a satisfactory way to deal with this issue. It would however, be just as illegal as the fraud he's purpetrated on us. In fact it might be regarded as a much more serious offence and anyone of you conspiring to cause him bodily harm might well end up an even bigger loser. Criminals are very streetwise when it comes to self-preservation and their victims often come off worst in any court action they bring. I have no doubt he would do that if someone injured him.

Please don't include me in any such plan.

I would suggest a visit to Albstsdt Police is the first thing to do by our 'local representative' (?)

Anyway, regular readers may remember me contacting the EU Fraud Department in Brussels (OLAF) some weeks ago. Well, by coincidence, I got a reply yesterday.

As might be expected, they aren't interested in this case. They said:

'Your case is not within the 'legal competance' of OLAF, whose responsibility is to protect the financial interests of the EU.'

So, they'll look after financial institutions and their billions, but individuals can get stuffed.

No surprises there then and a good example of why I voted for UKIP in the recent euro elections.

Cheers,

JaX