Alan de Enfield

Well, it appears that the experience of forum members with regard to EVRI is very postive - but, as I said it is the driver not the company that makes or breaks their reputation.

Fat boat owners don't think they should pay more than the anorexics. CCers dont believe they should pay more than HMers NBTA members believe they shouldn't be made to move HMers think that CCers wear out the infrastructure. Historic boats seem to think they have priority at locks People who still 'work' think they should not have to move People with children at school think they should not have to move and so it goes on

My house insurance is due - having "spoken" with an online-bot for some time I eventually managed to get it to transfer me to a human. Explained that having been with them for several years I now find they are uncompetitive - he said 'give me a minute' and then came back and reduced the renewal from £413 to £323. Worth asking. My FTTP broadband contract (vodaphone) is also up for renewal this month - it has crept upover the years to be now £54 per month for 100Mbps so I asked to be connected the the "I'm thinking of leaving deaprtment" and a very nice man said I can do something for you and quoted me £19.50 per month for the FTTP150 package which (as it suggests) gives 150Mbps - so - a 50% increse in speed. Where is customer loyalty rewarded ? It takes some persistence but I always 'act daft' (it's not difficult) and explain I'm an OAP and not very good on the computer, so can they do it for me.

As I say - my experience differs, and I can only say as I find. Our Evri driver even collects my outgoing parcels (at no charge) so save me driving miles to the nearest drop off point. I don't believe it is the 'company' that has the problems, it is the actual 'couldn't care less attitude' of some of the drivers. Get a 'good' driver and you get good service, and, vice versa.

UK Inland boaters are not an homogenous group, in fact it would be better to say they are heterogeneous. There are so many factions each wanting very different features and benefits to other groups that there is, in reality, not a hope of ever getting concensus.

Our 'muck heap' gets quite warm it steams away and no snow ever stays on it. We had some damp hay once and we stacked it in the barn, a day later there was smoke issuing out of the barn and we had to hand-ball 100s of bales of damp (heavy), and very hot hay out into the yard - some of the bales actually ignited and started burning once the air/oxygen hit them. A neighbouring farmer lost his barn and several other outbuildings and vehicles from storing damp hay - we were about 1/2 mile + away and realised what was happening when the barn roof (asbestos sheets) started exploding and then the sky lit up - a fire due to damp hay ! So, I'd say to you, damp material (vegetable matter, poop etc) WILL heat up.

"its been parked across my drive" "its been abandoned" Are two of the acceptable reasons. Who knows if they are truthful ?

Was his name Bob? Sorry wrong programme !

Did they think you wanted something to help in the power-cuts ?

I decided to replace my petrol engine that powers my Scuba 4500psi "breathing air" compressor with an electric motor. I purchased one on Amazon from a German company and it arrived within 3 days delivered by EVRI. I wired it up and fitted it to the compressor and it ran for 30 seconds and then the motor produced a cloud of nasty smoke. Emailed the German supplier who apologised profusely for the inconvenience and asked for pictures of how I had wired it. Next day the suplier confirmed that my wiring was correct and they would supply an FOC replacement - which arrived 3 days later, again by EVRI. You cannot ask for better service than that - as I said the nice lady, "it is how problems are resolved to the customers satisfaction that defines a 'good company'" I have used EVRI on every possible occasion for both sales of things and purchases, they are the best courier. Being 'out in the wilds' the other couriers (Yodel and DPD in particular) tend to say "you dont exist", "we cannot find you" and leave the parcel at the nearest Post Office, send a message and tell me to go and collect it myself

Just think if C&RT were to offer such a service to anyone who asks :- 1) Who owns the boat 2) BSS status and what it failed on, advisories etc. 3) Is it licenced

You can check if a vehicle is taxed and MOT'd on line Enter the registration number of the vehicle - Check if a vehicle is taxed and has an MOT - GOV.UK You can also get the owners details from the DVLA if you have good reason ; Request information about another vehicle or its registered keeper You can ask for details of another vehicle’s registered keeper. You’ll need a ‘reasonable cause’, for example: finding out who was responsible for an accident tracing the registered keeper of an abandoned vehicle tracing the registered keeper of a vehicle parked on private land giving out parking tickets giving out trespass charge notices tracing people responsible for driving off without paying for goods and services tracing people suspected of insurance fraud