Pay Smart won’t intimidate us!

Our blog is helping many people find out about scams and, one person and his company have proved to be an on going cause of concern.

Things took a remarkable and sinister development yesterday. We have to report that Mr Tim Jones (Pay Smart) and an associate burst, uninvited, onto the premises of one of Yes Hotels directors. He was asked to leave but, in front of witnesses, started shouting obscenities and then made a threat on the life of the director. 

The police were called and he was apprehended at an address on Calder Road in North Shore. He was warned not to approach the director again or enter his premises. A police incident number was issued. 

This was, we feel, a deliberate attempt to intimidate the director as more and more local businesses come forward with grievances against Mr Jones and his business activities.

Please be aware of the situation and, should you feel it necessary, take adequate precautions as to the personal safety of yourself and your family.

Please report any ongoing scam activity to us. It is only by challenging inappropriate activity and standing up to intimidation that we can control the scam menace.

CCTV will be upgraded at the directors premises to include sound and extra cameras.

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Comments

We have been trying for weeks to contact this firm with no success

Their voice mail always say can not take any more message voice mail full
Emailed them also with no response,on their web site for holidays is not available but funerals & weddings is
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I just wanted to say that all the info you send out is really good, I enjoy reading all the info and the things your get to know and then send on to us, thank you for this, this company has rang us a couple of times, but this was last year and we have not gone with them

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PaySmart Holidays, Hawk Jensen, Tim Jones: Beware of these

We keep getting reports about these trading identities –  from members and non members.

Let’s start by stating that if you receive a visit or telephone call from anybody using these names be very very cautious about giving them any of your time or money.

Pay Smart’s latest victim was a retail shop in Cleveleys who had a visit and felt pressurised into signing up.  After a little research after the salesperson left the shop they must have found this blog and cancelled the cheque.  The writer reports feeling very pressurised and that the saleperson was very miffed that she didn’t pay in cash.

A member also writes that he applied for a refund…well, actually lets just repeat his email here and then you can judge for yourselves.

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I’m writing with regard to the hawk jensen group better known as paysmart holidays.  Futher to your e-mail about this company we joined with them. 

Having recieved no contact from them we rung them and asked for our money to be paid back which was in the agreement having recieved no guests fom them. 

On the 26/8/2010 we took a booking from them for two couples for three nights.

This booking was did not exist.  Nobody showed.  We didnt get any payment.

Having spoken to two other hotel owners who have a contract with them they have done the same to them.

I would like you to let any of our members who have a contract with them to be aware of this
                          

Kind regards the xxxxxx xxxxx

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So…it seems that now they are making false bookings and not only is the accommodation NOT going to get any money for these bookings they are, presumably, blocking off the rooms expecting guests to arrive.

We need to re-iterate to our members (and any other readers of our blog) that before you part with your children’s inheritance to anybody from Pay Smart Holidays, Pay Smart Weddings, Pay Smart Funerals you should be very, very, very cautious.

As Theo Paphitis might say: “I’d rather stick pins in my eyeballs than invest in this scheme!”

regards

Doug

http://www.yeshotels.org.uk

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Catering Equipment For Sale

Members can list in this section if they have any catering type equipment for sale.

Please email news@yeshotels.org.uk with all the details.

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We currently have some items available for sale if any one is interested.

18 Dining Chairs Pine Wood Finish with Red Velvet Fire Resistant Seat
approx 32″ high seat hight 19″ and 15″ X 15″ in dimension.

24 Wheel Back Dining Chairs Dark Oak Wood with Red Velvet Seat approx 35″
high seat height 19″ and 17″ wide by 15″ deep.

3 Round Bar Tables with 4 legs in Dark Pine Finish 36″ X 29″ high.

15 Caffe express with 2 cups plugs and lead 400w (240V) 8″ wide 9″ high
10″ deep.

5 Dark oak Dining Tables Good solid base with rectangular top 2′ X 3′  29″
high.

Contact us on 01253624375, 07831452717 or jollieshotel@btinternet.com

Thank you
Miss Lynne Butler
Jollies Hotel
86 Hornby Road
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY1 4QS

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TV and Free view boxes For Sale

30 TV’s about 18 months old all in good working order £25 each

30 Freeview boxes about 6 months old all with scart leads and remote £20 each

Contact Doug at the Canasta Hotel: 01253 290501

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Blackpool on TV (BBC4)

BBC 4′s Blackpool Night – Sunday 29th August

From 7pm to Midnight BBC 4 (Freeview) will be screening programmes all about Blackpool. Some will be repeats but there should be something of interest for everyone. So should be well worth recording for watching at a more quiet time of the year!

regards

Mark

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Blackpool Estate Agents – Property for Sale or Rent

Just to let you know about Blackpool Estate Agents .com (which we are not directly involved with but they are giving us links so it was worth a mention for them here)

Its a free service for anybody wanting to sell or rent their property, commercial or domestic.

There’s not a lot of content yet but ambitions are high and when it starts to trail blaze it’s way up the Google ladder we’re sure it’s going to be successful.

Listings are free for everybody (including estate agents portfolios) until 2012 and you get a free link to your web site.

Listings for lettings can be taken on a daily, weekly, monthly quarterly and annual basis so there’s nothing stopping accommodation providers using it for their purpose also….especially as you get a free link.

Blackpool Estate Agents .com

Oh…and dont forget we have a dedicated site JUST for members wishing to sell their property:-

Blackpool Hotels For Sale .com

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Trevors.org New promotions for September

Trevors Warehouse New promotions for September can be found below

September Stir Promotion

September Frozen Promotion

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Business Rates – latest “Valuation Office” unsolicited phone call and email

One of our members just had a phone call from Richard Howarth, “Business Development Executive” from the “Rating and Valuation Agency Ltd”

It seems the latest plan of attack is to actually name neighbours he says they are “working with” to reduce rates.

The actual definition of “working with” seems to be that he sent a similar email (and/or phone call) to the neighbours as well.

Yes!Hotels would like to remind members that it is very unlikely that this type of company can save you money and if you contacted the Rating Office at Blackpool Council they are more than happy to take you through the procedure to question your rates yourselves!

EVEN IF they state no reduction no fee – they have a way of twisting things that WILL cost you money!!

Be careful out there before you sign up for any of these schemes to do with “reducing your Business Rates”

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Blackpool Grand Theatre – Oklahoma!

We went to the Grand Theatre last night and saw Oklahoma

What a GREAT experience…..fantastic cast and show.

Its ages since we went to the Grand and I do feel a bit guilty about not promoting it as much as I could do to our guests.

If you get chance do go and see Oklahoma – you will enjoy it!

Here’s a little taster…..

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How to Pay Your VAT

Mark has uploaded a helpful file about the new way you need to pay your VAT

You can find a link to it on the right under “PAGES” or go directly to it from here

If you would like to make any comments please email us

Our first member from Llandudno

Yes!Hotels would like to offer a warm welcome to our first member from Llandudno – The Broadway Hotel

It’s nice to have you with us!

The Broadway qualifies for a listing on another “sister” site;-
Llandudno Hotel Directory

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