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  1. Retired Climber
    I agree. However, trespass (when used in this scenario) has a specific meaning in law. As we are discussing a legal dispute, I'm using the term in its legal sense.
  2. Retired Climber
    I'm saying the tree could be trespassing, the building can't. Well, technically a building can trespass, but not in this case.
  3. Retired Climber
    It's embarrassing really; the only time this forum is busy is when there is an argument of some description kicking off.
  4. Retired Climber
    John. You are basing most of your arguments on a misunderstanding of the law and how it works, but lets completely ignore that. For the sake of this thread, lets presume that you are (legally) 100% right. What are you actually gaining form being right? Skyland have a product you want, and you need to work with them to work out how to get it to you. Their couriers can't really work with the delivery window you propose, so find another way. You are right, businesses selling to consumers on the internet are easy to screw over, as all the protection is for the consumer. However, using these rights doesn't get you the product. My advice is to stop acting like a little b!tch, and just accept that it would be better for everyone concerned if you picked up the phone and worked out the best way for Skyland to get the product to you.
  5. Retired Climber
    Nope.
  6. Retired Climber
    You come across as a pain in the backside. If you had ordered from me I'd have just refunded the payment and blocked your IP from my website.
  7. Retired Climber
    The very first thing I would do is ask for proof that the tree is causing the damage. They cannot expect you to do anything without furnishing you with proof.
  8. Retired Climber
    It should have the name and address of the current owners. If they don't live at the property they can have a 'care of' address I think.
  9. Retired Climber
    If you have a login for the land registry you can find out who owns it in about 2 minutes.
  10. Retired Climber
    My advice (FWIW) is don't take it personally, and don't get dragged into any silly games. Work out what the most you are prepared to pay is, offer that, and make it clear that it's your very best offer. They either accept it or they don't.
  11. Retired Climber
    Good luck with it Tom. It's a useful looking machine and you also seem to have a useful bunch of qualifications to your name. Don't sell yourself short though. 300 quid a day isn't a lot of money if you are supplying expensive machinery.
  12. Retired Climber
    Sorry Les; can you find something else to do for a bit? The grownups are talking.
  13. Retired Climber
    No worries. I thought you had either got the wrong end of the stick or you were being an argumentative b'stard. I favoured the latter, but accept the former. 🙂
  14. Retired Climber
    The answer to the question "is the estate agent trying to rip me off?" is yes; always yes.
  15. Retired Climber
    You do realise it's ok to admit you quoted the wrong person, or misunderstood a point don't you? I agree with what you are saying, it just makes no sense as you quoted my question to Dan in your original response in a way that looks like you are answering the question. Anyway, I'm glad we got that sorted. 😁
  16. Retired Climber
    Let's face it, it might be sensible to pay a contractor to do it, but there's not a man on this forum who wouldn't use the excuse of having that land to buy himself a tractor. In fact, I'd imagine most of us would consider buying the land, just so that we had an excuse to buy ourselves a tractor.
  17. Retired Climber
    Do you think house prices will be eroded by inflation?
  18. Retired Climber
    Unless Tom is useless with the machine, that has got to be a bargain. You could get a lot of work done with that for only 300 quid. That's less than I would charge to turn up for the day without a fancy machine (and without a barista set), mess about a bit, argue with some neighbours and then bugger off early.
  19. Retired Climber
    Dan said he thought inflation would erode house prices, I asked "how so?", and you gave an argument which appears ( to me at least) to support the opposite (that house prices will not be eroded).
  20. Retired Climber
    That seems to be an argument for the opposite.
  21. Retired Climber
    How so?
  22. Retired Climber
    Thanks to evolution, we are all the decedents of ancestors who leveraged their greed and selfishness to make sure they got to pass on their genetic material. An exceptionally good strategy to build a strong species, but an abysmally bad strategy to sustain one long term. The problem we have, is that if humans were a lot more intelligent we'd be fine; if we were a lot less intelligent we'd also be fine. We are trapped in the middle ground in which we are too intelligent to live a sustainable life, but not smart enough to know how to live how we want to, whilst remaining viable long term.
  23. Retired Climber
    The psychology behind why we (as humans) do this to ourselves, and the planet on which we live, is both fascinating and depressing, in equal measures. Some of the ideas are seen as fairly complex. However, it can be summed up in a fairly basic manner; Humans are selfish and short sighted, and the planet would be a lot better off if most of us perished.
  24. Retired Climber
    Maybe those who have been spending time contemplating rioting and generally feeling sorry for themselves should have done a bit of overtime and bought some BP shares.
  25. Retired Climber
    House prices in this country have gone absolutely mad. We've actually been looking in Devon as it's so much cheaper than where we are now.

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