Tim Colder

Don't worry no personal /confidential information was exchanged, just a general request for advice. After 35 years in the civil service I am aware that information is confidential in all circumstances. We even have to get permission to take any other type of part-time employment or holiday in certain countries because of the official secrets act.

AY MOD just trying to be informative about "watchdog companies list", not overstating the fact, they may not have any powers but they are not keeping tabs on him unless they have reason too and obviously they have. As for next doors cat the one next to me has plenty of powers, if he does not get his Whiskas the local bird population soon find out, or he will scratch your eyes out!

Luckily Natwest have given me a refund pending their investigations. Explained the situation too them and happily they were understanding which makes a change these days. Received an email from the "watchdog"companies list and they have said they will let me know of any further developments with Canns liquidation or demise. Noticed the website is now permantly closed so obviously dear Mr. Cann has done runner taking our money with him. I have worked in the civil service for many years and a mate who works for HMRC reckons he has obviously not been paying his taxes or submitting his accounts. He opened his business in 2019 just before covid it, so been a bad time for many business'. Many independent model shops I have used over the last 10 years have folded, even large chains like" Model Zone". Just hope that everyone on here gets a satisfactory conclusion.

The info regarding our dear mutual friend Mr. Cann was confirmed by an email I received from a company named "watchdog@companieslist", nothing to do with the BBC watchdog programme although I can understand your confusion. They stated that their interest was active as Mr. Cann has not submitted his accounts and along with the fact he is not responding to anyones attempts to contact him and taking all of his stock off his website does not sound like a healthy business to me unless you know better. I am not one to make false statements or come up with comments out of thin air, I just want my money back like everyone else. Two weeks and counting and just hoping my bank are understanding and a quick email to trading standards in Devon as someone previously suggested.

I placed an order on 28/02/2022 as the 25% sale was due to finish on the same date. I had placed three orders previously without any problems and they were delivered within several days. After waiting a week I have tried contacting the owner several times by phone and email with no response. On checking his website I see it has now been closed and I checked with the "watchdog" website who have confirmed that the owner has now gone into liquidation and is under investigation. Landline phone has just a voice mail only available but I managed to find a mobile number which I managed to track down on a google search earlier this week. I have not tried the number so far as I thought it would be a waste of time and decided it would be more use to contact my bank and try and get a refund. (If the mobile number is of interest to anyone else it is 07866 506 603).The number was on a photo of one of his business cards so I would assume it is correct.