Registered: May 2005
Location: London
Posts: 8

Well, well, well…. I’ve come back to post another update about my claim at the Tribunal but can’t find my “The Truth about Repairline” thread any more. I guess it’s been removed due to Mr Hill’s threats…

I understand guys, no problem, but what happened to free speech? Are all other forum threads at risk of being removed, because people complained there about products or services? I guess any such complain could be seen as defamation to the manufacture or the service provider?

Just to let you all know, I had had my initial post checked by a solicitor who confirmed there was no direct defamation to Repairline provided I was telling the truth (Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998).

Is it illegal to call a former employer a “Tyrannical Ruler” and disclose a nickname of his right hand? I don’t know. They called me “stupid Polish... Is that legal?

As for today, I have no legal or whatsoever obligations to keep in the dark what I‘d experienced while working for Repairline. Actually I believe it’s my duty to warn other engineers about what they could experience if they get involved with Mr Hill’s company. If he doesn’t want people to tell bad things about him and his company, he should treat his employees according to the employment regulations and provide proper services to the clients. It’s as simple as that. Don’t you agree? I believe the UK is still a democratic country and threatening and blackmailing others in order to keep them quite sounds like a tyrannical ruling to me.

I don’t want to put this forum in trouble again, so will say no more, except that I am going to host my own website (and a forum soon too).
I have already registered a domain for it: www.the-truth-about-repairline.co.uk and I would like to invite your postings about Repairline there.


Whistleblowing: your rights
Employers have a responsibility for the health and safety of their employees. If the employee is not satisfied that a risk to their health, or the health of others (including members of the public) has been adequately dealt with, the law provides them with considerable protection if they 'blow the whistle' on their employer.
The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 protects workers who 'blow the whistle' about wrongdoing. It mainly takes the form of amendments to the Employment Rights Act 1996 and, broadly speaking, applies where a worker has a reasonable belief that their disclosure tends to show one or more of the following offences or breaches:
• a criminal offence;
• the breach of a legal obligation;
• a miscarriage of justice;
• a danger to the health and safety of any individual;
• damage to the environment; or
• deliberate covering up of information tending to show any of the above.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/workers/whistleblowing.htm

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Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Bradford,UK
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Arthur, I can sympathize and understand your angst. Reading your thread it would appear that 'Fat Boy' is running scared. I hope you take him to the cleaners and I really, really do hope that you persuade Mesh and ASure to go to the Tribunal. By the way have you considered asking Ideal World the internet shopping channel along, they just happen to be one of ASure's biggest advertizers, or maybe send some papers.

This man has been able to destroy the lives of too many decent people for far too long and yes I am one of them. I worked for Repairline and was summarily dismissed, my crime... I refused to strip down customers laptops for repair. Even though I told them I was not qualified to be messing about with equipment that people had spent a lot of money on he wasn't interested, as ever his true dictatorial nature came to the fore and then he started accusing and giving me verbal. When I asked him to substantiate all he could come up with was "I am the boss, I don't need evidence".

For your records, as far as I am aware there is another ex-engineer taking him to Tribunal as well. I am not certain under what grievance but one thing is certain it will be well justified. I won't post his name on this thread as I will need to confirm.

If you would like any further info post a thread and I'll do my upmost to reply and supply

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A copy of the original thread can be found here:-

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:...epairline&hl=en

As per legal requests, I've removed the content from my site.

I'm happy for further information to be placed on there, should Arthur wish to do so. Though I'll likely be asked by the legal firm acting for RepairLine to remove them...

--Rich

Dictation helps you gain respect. Honest.

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Location: west yorks
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Well all this seems like a very bad case of sour grapes! i have used repair line on a good few occasions and have had nothing but a good and professional service.Companies like repair line only let staff go for two reasons ,1 is that you cant afford them and 2 is that they are not good or professional enough and dont do what they are paid to do!!!it seems that you must fall into the latter. the owner of repairline like any other business has to be competitive and not run a charity! if you put as much effort into your work as you are putting into this vendetta you would probably have got promotion! if you behave like you are doing now you will probably end up in a lot of trouble, have you heard of slander....it is no wonder you were dismissed probably to safeguard his customers, how can any respctable company afford to have employees like you,cant you see you are being stupid and making yourself look a prat! and what are your chances at getting another job in this industry if that is the way you treat yor employer! have you had a job since? i would never employ anyone who behaves like you are doing now! you dont deserve to work for anyone GROW UP!

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I am still surprised at you richamies,
To go a put a copy of this material on your own private web server I think that you have more than stupid written over you head.

Firstly richamies you are ment to be a moderator,
From ever post you have ever made that I have seen you always try to put the boot in to repairline.
Secondly Did you work for them. ?????????
If so then I think that you should not be using you moderator access or general rights to try and **** an ex employer over. But then it is not for me to judge.
I thing that the other moderators should be trying to work out if having the web site stuck back in the firing for some thing that they decided was wrong the first time is worth while. Me I would call it a day and close it again.

But hay I am only one that might thing this and I agree the sound man is this just a case of more sour grapes, I run an it business I I would not employ some one that has been fired for being l slack or not doing there job.
More than that I would not want them going to go near my customers that I have worked hard to convince to buy product or service that I supplied.

One last comment that I would like to point out. In my company I would sack some one if I found out that they lied on there CV about thing that they say they have done or employment history.

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Originally posted by sound man Well all this seems like a very bad case of sour grapes! i have used repair line on a good few occasions and have had nothing but a good and professional service

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Open debate is what it is all complaints and forums are about, It is only when you get both sides of a store that you can say that it is open through.

So far it has only been back stabbing but now we know that you ( richamies ) were employed by repairline we can see your true colours.

I hope that you were not referring to me in your last post when you say.

Representative of Repairline

I am an independent in this unlike everyone else that has posted. In this thread.

You all have a vested interest.

And in my eyes you should stat that from the out set like ArthurLondon did. All right Arthur went in to it to personal and that is why it was pulled I would have pulled it if it was on my internet servers.

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english232,

I don't think Rich actually means you are "Representative of Repairline" but it does seem rather co-incidental that your date of registering with this site is the 14th June of this year and you only have 7 posts so far, of which only 1 is not related to the repairline thread

That said, belated welcome to the site !

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Originally posted by english232
Open debate is what it is all complaints and forums are about, It is only when you get both sides of a store that you can say that it is open through.

So far it has only been back stabbing but now we know that you ( richamies ) were employed by repairline we can see your true colours.

I hope that you were not referring to me in your last post when you say.

Representative of Repairline

I am an independent in this unlike everyone else that has posted. In this thread.

You all have a vested interest.

And in my eyes you should stat that from the out set like ArthurLondon did. All right Arthur went in to it to personal and that is why it was pulled I would have pulled it if it was on my internet servers.

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I work for one of the computer manufacturers that have used Repairline Ltd (we don't any more - draw your own conclusions from that! )

In my experience, I found that customers had to wait an awful long time on the phone to speak to anyone there, their faults were not always diagnosed correctly and onsite visits often took weeks to be made.
I beleive that Repairline were understaffed and not very well organised.

I remember one occasion when I was speaking to Paula Cranswick (A supervisor at Repairline). I was attempting to resolve a complaint that one of our customers had about Repairline, Carl must have overheard Paula (in her usual "ultra-defensive" mode) and basically shouted at her from the background to tell me to "F**K OFF! Now that's what I call management!!!

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Indeed.

If one were to search the results in the Feedback Arena itself, you'd find a lot of negative comments about users dealings with the company. I think I've only found two positive comments in the entire database.

--Rich

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Thank you for your comments.
My company or me personally have no other relationship with repairline other than we happily use the company for service calls to our customers.
The trouble with you two is that it is plain to see that you dont run a business,if you did you would not tolerate slack and useless employees.
It is your employees at the end of the day what can make or break a business, all these complaints that you are making about the performance of repair line are idiotic and downright petty and very unfair.
Most employers have got employees that actually dont mind doing a fair days work for a fair days pay.
I can see by your attitude that you want a big bucks job for doing nothing, i can read in the other comments that you were moaning about doing your job (which i presume you were paid for) but i can honestly see from the way you have blatently slagged off repairline this is just a stupid vendetta.
I am going to contact repairline and if he will speak about this i will ask him what you were like as emloyees, and hear someone elses side of the story.
I will post his comments on this site, it would be good to hear his comments on your behavior and performance,then people can see both sides of the story and not just the sour thoughts of a few ex employees.

ps thanks for the comments on my grammar ,and here is some food for thought:-

You can please everyone some of the time,
you can please someone all of the time,
but you cannot please everyone all of the time,

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Location: Bradford,UK
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Soundman what is the name of your company? It will be interesting to find out, then I will be able to make a honest and valid appraisal of the threads you have posted. One thing that does strike me and that is for someone who only has a limited "working" relationship with Repairline you do seem to be making some rather intimate judgements.

You are right when you say employees make or break a business, then again so do the owners, the people in charge and the conditions under which the business operates. Again you are spot on with your comments about a fair day's pay or a fair day's work, unfortunately Repairline don't seem to be of the same mind.

Once you have obtained your biased vitriol from Repairline will you be in touch with 'Fuller' (see above thread), it would be interesting to see how his observations offer a rebuttal.

One final thought, why does valid critisism have to be turned into a slagging vendetta.

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^I have absolutely no idea. I think it's because Repair-Line don't like the comments an ex-employee wishes to make regarding the working conditions and contract termination he encountered.

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I will post his comments on this site, it would be good to hear his comments on your behavior and performance,then people can see both sides of the story and not just the sour thoughts of a few ex employees.

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I would like to thank you very much for your support and help, especially rich. I really appreciate it.

Sound_man & english232, could you please tell us who you are?
You seem “to know” so much about and me and my work at Repairline… Are you going to be Repairline’s witnesses at the hearing? If not why don’t you come to watch it and then post your comments? I think you would be quite shocked to learn the truth about Repairline, unless you are a part of it or you are the same like they are. I really hope I’ll see you there.


I got this mysterious email today from someone who calls himself "A little Bird". Any ideas what is it about? (have full addresses)

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PC SYSTMFIX LIMITED
HOLMFIRTH
WEST YORKSHIRE
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REPAIR-LINE LIMITED
CASTELFORD
WEST YORKSHIRE


CARL **** - COMPANY DIRECTOR
PAULA ******** - COMPANY SECRETARY

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