This little tirade is against a lying thieving cheat known as Edward Fear, along with his father Michael Fear.
Edward, with his father, run a scrapyard (or two) and a number of on-line car breaker sites. They think it is fun to lie and cheat people out of their hard earned money. They are nothing short of crooks. If they would like to sue me for libel then do please go ahead.
This is the company. Beware of them. You may be OK if you call at the door, but don't deal with them on line.
Edward Fear
Direct 4x4 Salvage Ltd (amongst others)
Unit 10, New Dunn Business Park, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 8JD
01594 811041
This is what happened. And what is going to happen.
Having failed to get a second hand wing for my bashed Terrano elsewhere, my wife decided that she would try
to find one as I was on a trip to the UK and was rushed for time.
She went on line and decided to try a few sites. I did warn her that
there were a lot of sharks out there and to be careful. In the first
instance there are the high rate calls, let alone anything else.
Anyway, suffice to say she found what she thought was a deal and paid the money on Monday. She wanted to pay on a card, but surprise, the machine 'was broken'. So she transferred the money.
Said item was supposed arrive latest by Thursday. We forgot to get a tracking
number for it so Friday I got hold of the company and after a day
of promises of getting back to us, we were finally given a number late
in the afternoon. Except it was a made up number, the couriers said
there was no account, they never collected anything etc etc etc.
When I then phoned again, surprisingly the weasel of a boss had 'gone
home' for the night. From the looks of his photo, it was probably to get
his nappy changed. But I digress..... The following calls to his staff met with a pack of denials and lies.
I then spent a little bit of time researching this lot properly, which I
should have done before, and they are obviously fairly well known in
their area as a bunch of small time scammers.
So, a couple of points. (I'm sure I don't need to point this out, but
for the benefit of those who haven't been down this path before.....)
Always check people out properly. There is a big market for second hand parts, and lots of scope for scammers. Beware 'aggregator' or
'search'/'directory' sites that just list more search sites, or put you
in contact via a premium rate number. Check, and double check. With the
internet it is easy to make yourself look very good.
Don't transfer cash - use another payment method so you can get some leverage to get your money back
So anyway, I shall write them one letter to officially ask for my money
back, which I know will not be answered, and then I shall report them to
Trading Standards, the Police, and then take them to court. I will also
try and get his web sites taken down - ISPs and web hosts often don't
like to think they are supporting dodgy companies.
We have spoken to the website through which we made the original enquiry and they have advised that they will refund us the money themselves. I don't want to publicise their name at this point - contact me for details - as I don't want to publicise a company who have crooks on their site.
Here are some details on the company and notes on small claims court
etc. It might not be much money, but I'm damned it's not staying in his
pocket. It's how they get away with it because for most it is too much
trouble to pursue it. They know that, and play on it.
If anyone else has any experience of him them then please let me know. Though
I may wish to see their cars crushed with them inside it, this is obviously
not very PC.
It would also give me great pleasure to hack all their websites and make them look like the thieving bastards that they really are. But that would be illegal.
So revenge is a dish best served cold. I have a long memory and a
spitefully vindictive nature, and there is more than one way to get
even.
So I'm up to help anyone else who would like to metaphorically stick a
knife in him. If this helps anyone else avoid them, then it will make my
day.
Edward Fear and Michael Fear
Direct 4x4 Salvage Ltd (and possibly other companies)
Unit 10, New Dunn Business Park, Sling, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 8JD
01594 811041
Love social networking, sometimes... cocky little sod, but stupid enough
to leave his pictures up and his profile open.............. nor for long though................. feel free to add your comments and let his friends know what a toe rag he really is, though I guess most of them already know.
http://www.facebook.com/edward.fear
http://www.facebook.com/DirectMxLtd
Please note I have slightly changed the following URLs as they really don't need more traffic than can be helped.
www.lovelandy.co dot uk
www.landrover-breakers.co dot uk
He has registered direct4x4salvage.co dot uk but there is no website there currently. There are probably a lot more - they are quite prolific with their websites.
I believe they has a number of ebay accounts which they rotate around. It's easy enough to get yourself a decent rating quite quickly.
A few choice posts:
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=53737&st=0
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/rip...ar-172072.html
Quite clearly Messrs Fear are serial criminals and need to be dealt with accordingly.
Small claims
Costs :
http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.u.../ex050-eng.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/overview
https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/mcol/welcome
PS. And I still haven't got a bloody wing !!!!!!!!!!!!
PPS - I note some pretty angry people below - sorry but I can't reply as my template is screwed and I can't 'get' to them to answer.
PLEASE be wary about leaving email addresses in the open - they will be spammed to death.
This guy is a first class bastard, and much as I may want him taken behind a shed and beaten to a pulp, he needs jailing.
But regrettably the ONLY way to deal with him is the legal one.
You HAVE to have evidence and you HAVE to take him to court. He is SMART - he sends just enough to play innocent, rather than nothing at all.
I may try a couple of small things to help - I'll post if I can do anything.
PPPS : Lots of personal details here.
http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php/244132-FRAUD-Micheal-amp-Edward-Fear-4x4Direct-Direct-4X4-Salvage-Direct-MX-LoveLandy
Also I know have two more blogs running.
https://lovelandy.blogspot.com
https://direct4x4salvage.blogspot.com
If anyone has some text they would like put in there to help get the pages up the rankings then let me know :-)
I also just found this which I reckon is theirs as well : http://www.mx-direct.com/
From his facebook page he seems to be into motocross or enduro I guess. Good luck racing Edward. Break a neck. Hopefully.
2017-02 Update
This looks like the same mob:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/elr-01594834824
Same address. Bet the surname is false.
Everything Land Rover Ltd
Edward Barrington
EVERYTHING LAND ROVER LTD
Unit 10a New Dunn business park
Sling
Gloucestershire
GL168JD
United Kingdom
Phone:01594834824
Email:everythinglandrover@outlook.com
Company registration number: 09681002
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26th Jan 2021
And the postscript to this which I have only just noticed.
Jan 2019 - Caught by their own CCTV. Numpties.
At least some justice has been done.
Edward Fear / Edward Barrington goes to jail. Should have been a lot longer IMHO.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-46537911
https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/forest-of-dean-gloucestershire-gang-stole-everything-land-rover-sentenced-barrington-harding-goode
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=land+rover+gang%3A+number+plates+being+burned
