Legal advice - Fined for being stuck in a lift...

arknor said:
me neither since he prob gets charged a service charge for it.. I know I do.

If you got charged something like this
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then I would tell them to do one.
if they aren't charging like that then they are idiots and it's their own fault

window cleaning isn't even for my own windows but the windows on the communal entrance lol....
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is that weekly or monthly?
 
arknor said:
that's only 12.8stone per person assuming they all weighed the same.

if you were going down the weight limit wouldn't really matter anyway as the motor wouldn't be under much stress?
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The stress on the cable and lift gear is the same going up or down - the motor is the only thing that'll be working less hard.
I'd imagine the rating is based more on the rest of the above and not the motor.
 
The thing that surprises me about this story is that firstly the lift would operate so close to its 650kg limit that it would cause the lift to stop if it hit it. I'd expect a bit of extra leeway on top of that limit, not expect such things to work so close to breaking point!

Secondly has any one ever stopped a lift by jumping?
 
Dannyb01y said:
The thing that surprises me about this story is that firstly the lift would operate so close to its 650kg limit that it would cause the lift to stop if it hit it. I'd expect a bit of extra leeway on top of that limit, not expect such things to work so close to breaking point!

Secondly has any one ever stopped a lift by jumping?
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I was hammered in Majorca, and we basically had a party in the lift. We didn't trip any jolt switches either. :p
 
I really dont see the problem. They have no right at all to take the money for an incident unrelated to the person they have stolen the money from.

Get him to chargeback as unauthorised and let them sue him if they think they can.

Laughable.
 
mejinks said:
Immediately get him to report it as an unauthorised charge. Your mate cannot report it to the police himself, the card company can however. The bank must refund the payment immediately unless it has evidence that there is a reason to refuse a refund.

Escalate the charge if they refuse to refund.

Next, contact citizens advice.
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I wish the banks in Belgium were better we ordered a taxi to take us from the airport in tenerife it didn't turn up so we took another taxi. We waited 90 minutes and the taxi company kept saying 10 minutes more for about an hour then refused to answer the phone we lost 70 euro we tried to get the bank to refuse payment but they wouldn't and took the side of the taxi company. :(

Can't do anything about it here as ALL credit cards are run by the same monopoly here. :(
 
Dannyb01y said:
The thing that surprises me about this story is that firstly the lift would operate so close to its 650kg limit that it would cause the lift to stop if it hit it. I'd expect a bit of extra leeway on top of that limit, not expect such things to work so close to breaking point!

Secondly has any one ever stopped a lift by jumping?
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Apart from having the overweight light come on, then nope.
 
[TW]Fox;25679766 said:
Or it could be bias - after all, if the lift is covered by some sort of warranty from the manufacturer a report from the manufacturer blaming something else so they are not liable for the costs is hardly unbiased evidence, is it?

That would be like taking a report from your local car dealer as to why the engine fault isn't covered by warranty as proof it isn't...
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The same accusation could be laid at the OP. It is like taking as gospel the claim by the car owner that they had not been mistreating it. They do after all have a vested interest in the outcome.
 
As was pointed out earlier, most lifts are built to carry a lot more weight than they ever will. For instance, it's not unusual to see a sign saying a maximum of 12 people. I regularly use a lift that has a maximum of 12 people sign on it. But there is no way on this earth you would ever get 12 people in there (unless they were all midgets and as thin as a mouse). So my question to the OP is, what are the floor dimensions for the lift in question ? I ask because if you normally cant get more than 4 or 5 people in the lift, then your friends were asking for trouble by ramming all 8 of them in.
 
This is a classic case of the tour company or whoever you leased the holiday apartment from fleecing the customer. They probably do it to all their customers if a problem arises.

They're counting on the fact that you're in a foreign country you don't know how the law operates and you'll be gone soon - and they have your credit card/deposit and its not worth your while persuing this, legally speaking.

At the end of the day its your word against theirs, is it worth it for a few hundred quid? Thats the question you have to ask, morally speaking you're in the right but is it worth the hassle? Legal fees are costly and even if you win in the small claims court or whatever the equivalent is over there it can be problem getting the judgment enforced, apparently only a third of claimants get their money even if the case is decided in their favour in the SCC, or so they were saying on a radio discussion this morning.
 
I have a question. Why were the 8 of you using the lift, as opposed to using the stairs ya fat *****! Use the stairs in the future. Costs less, creates less stress and gives you a bit of cardio in the process!
 
Captain Chaos said:
I have a question. Why were the 8 of you using the lift, as opposed to using the stairs ya fat *****! Use the stairs in the future. Costs less, creates less stress and gives you a bit of cardio in the process!
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Because they thought their Harlem Shake video would look better shot in the lift - just a shame the landlord saw it on YouTube and took their money :D
 
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