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Caz n Steve
November 22, 2009
More scamming going on
We have paid monies to MRI for a snagging list and deep clean that has never happened in our apartment/condominium situated in Lagos Portugal. Albeit, they passed the money on to whoever was supposed to be doing it...but it is still their responsibility. I have emailed them and the cleaning company on numerous occasions to request a refund as we ended up doing the work ourselves, and surprise surprise, all the contact details I had came bouncing back. Funny how MRI always managed to make contact when they wanted some money. We were asked, nay threatened, that if we did not join their aftersales club, we would not get all these wonderful discounts and back up that they offered. When we did offer to join, we were informed that it no longer existed it was ‘just as cheap to get a taxi from the airport’ etc ourselves...We have had to do everything ourselves, including chasing up solicitors and financial representatives who have both been paid plenty. (on the recommendation of MRI) What was supposed to be a hassle free experience from start to end has been nothing but hard work and perseverance. Promises of info on furniture package suppliers never materialised. When MRI did make contact (long after we had done the cleaning ourselves) their information was so off the mark it was unbelievable. They were telling us dates that contracts were exchanging (which they weren't) pools were going to be ready (which incidentally almost 2 years on are still not started)
We had gone too far to turn back and, luckily enough, with advice from local residents and owners, have gone down our own path and I'm sure if MRI were aware we are ready to accept rentals now, they would be quick off the mark to contact us to appoint them as our agents (as originally advised they would) Goodness knows the pandemonium that would cause!!! I cannot find an email address for Mr MRI himself, but have emailed his wife, who, to date, has not responded. Perhaps if he spent less time worrying about his football teams lack of progress and concentrated more on his overseas property business, a bit of respect may be regained.
Unfortunately, the majority of people including ourselves, have scrimped and saved all our lives for a little bit of luxury or business opportunity, and are in no position to 'fight' the Big Boys, but surely, if enough voices are heard and we have a bit of solidarity, then someone, somewhere, might take notice. Incidentally, we are, at present, as a community in our condominium, fighting against a developer who has gone ahead and done whatever they wanted without consultation, and, as we have all agreed and have majority vote, our voice is being heard and something is now being done. If it wasn’t for this, then we, like a lot of people I see on this forum, would have had no-where to turn to for sensible, accurate and reliable advice. If anyone else has found themselves in a similar situation, please do let us know.
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