John Wood Audio, a tale of woe

[synsei]

It would seem that you have a choice to make Geoff. Take up Anthony's kind offer to diagnose the issues with the amp and perhaps fix it, in which case you should end up with what you wanted initially, or you can continue to pursue Mr Wood for the money via the company you mention. Either way there will be extra costs involved. I think I'd bite the bullet if I was in your situation and send the amp off to Anthony, it would be far less stressful plus I'd have a properly functioning amp to do with what I wished at the end of it. One thing is for sure, Anthony's provenance and reputation are solid which would definitely help your cause should you choose to sell it on

[brian2957]

Chances are that it will come back from Anthony better than it would have been originally.

[synsei]

Kinda what I was alluding to...

[struth]

I still can't decide on the way forward, however, I contacted the company that allocates cases to the High Court Enforcement Agents featured in the television programme 'Can't Pay ? We'll Take It Away' and the following is part of their reply.

Dear Geoffrey,

Thank you for your enquiry.
In order for us to obtain a High Court Writ of Control the County Court Judgment needs to be under 6 years old and for a value of not less than £600.00 including Court costs.
Should you wish to proceed you will need to complete the attached Instruction form and return this to us along with a copy of the County Court Judgment and anything else that you feel may help our High Court Enforcement Agent in his pursuit of the debt. We will also require a Court fee payment of £60.00 per case.
Once we receive your instruction we will obtain the sealed Court paperwork for you and allocate the case out to one of our High Court Enforcement Agents for execution.
The Debtor pays our fees in full.
If we are unsuccessful there will be a cost of £90.00 inclusive of VAT, however the Writ is ‘live’ for a year so we do always try our best to obtain payment from the Debtor.

Should you not have an enforcement address for the Defendant we are able to undertake an address trace for £25.00 plus VAT on 'no trace, no fee' basis or an in-depth trace for £45.00 plus VAT again on a 'no trace, no fee' basis.
I have attached a trace instruction form should you need to use this service.

Should you have any additional questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

As much as it'll grate to let him away with it you really need to decide if you want splash out another few hundred and try to get something back or just try and get the amp checked . if it is readily repairable then it may be best to use that cash to get what you actually wanted in the first place. A working amp.

[Macca]

A very generous offer from Anthony and there is no doubt that if you go down that route you will, if belatedly, end up with what you wanted in the first place. It just galls me to see that chancer getting away with it but it looks like he is a total deadbeat with no assets worth taking so maybe best to draw a line at this point.

[istari_knight]

As others have suggested make this decision with your head, not your heart.

Send it to A, once sorted you'll either have a cracking amp or sell it on to recoup most if not all what you've laid out... Forget JW, his reputation is shot to pieces - This thread has been viewed 17,681 times

[anthonyTD]

No worries Geoff,
Just let me know, you can pm me. I can totally understand if you would rather continue down the road in getting your money back, all this has' as we can now see left a very sour taste in the mouth.
A...

No apology is necessary Anthony but thank you anyway. I may take you up on your offer in respect of the amp in the future, thank you again.

[Berni217]

It would seem that you have a choice to make Geoff. Take up Anthony's kind offer to diagnose the issues with the amp and perhaps fix it, in which case you should end up with what you wanted initially, or you can continue to pursue Mr Wood for the money via the company you mention. Either way there will be extra costs involved. I think I'd bite the bullet if I was in your situation and send the amp off to Anthony, it would be far less stressful plus I'd have a properly functioning amp to do with what I wished at the end of it. One thing is for sure, Anthony's provenance and reputation are solid which would definitely help your cause should you choose to sell it on

Hi,
I have read the thread and feel for Geoff. Repairing the amp would be a good starting point.

However, do not forget that this amp is not what Geoff ordered nor paid for in the first place. I do not know Wood products but selling this already second hand and lesser amp would only provide a fraction of the costs paid.

Personally, by principle, I would escalate the case to ensure that the vendor does not do it to someone else.

Cheers,
B.

[twotone]

Thank you, that's a kind offer Tony but I couldn't possibly accept.

No worries Geoff, best of luck anyway.

[twotone]

Geoff, I agree with Berni and I'm quite prepared to pay the £45 plus vat for the in-depth trace.

There's nothing to lose is there, if they don't find the guy then there's nothing to pay if they find him then you can move on to the next level.

Tony

I still can't decide on the way forward, however, I contacted the company that allocates cases to the High Court Enforcement Agents featured in the television programme 'Can't Pay ? We'll Take It Away' and the following is part of their reply.

Dear Geoffrey,

Thank you for your enquiry.
In order for us to obtain a High Court Writ of Control the County Court Judgment needs to be under 6 years old and for a value of not less than £600.00 including Court costs.
Should you wish to proceed you will need to complete the attached Instruction form and return this to us along with a copy of the County Court Judgment and anything else that you feel may help our High Court Enforcement Agent in his pursuit of the debt. We will also require a Court fee payment of £60.00 per case.
Once we receive your instruction we will obtain the sealed Court paperwork for you and allocate the case out to one of our High Court Enforcement Agents for execution.
The Debtor pays our fees in full.
If we are unsuccessful there will be a cost of £90.00 inclusive of VAT, however the Writ is ‘live’ for a year so we do always try our best to obtain payment from the Debtor.

Should you not have an enforcement address for the Defendant we are able to undertake an address trace for £25.00 plus VAT on 'no trace, no fee' basis or an in-depth trace for £45.00 plus VAT again on a 'no trace, no fee' basis.
I have attached a trace instruction form should you need to use this service.

Should you have any additional questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards