Verizon Arrest Warrant

[BobJones]

Warrant Issued For Verizon's Arrest

Just before Poodleman filed a motion to seize Verizon's property, he received a check from the company.

The refund is the long-awaited conclusion to the saga that began when Verizon double-billed Poodleman, ruined his credit, lied about not receiving his letters, and refused to fix their mistake. So he sued Verizon in small claims court, and won.

When Verizon didn't show for the follow up payment review, the court issued a capias, or bench warrant, authorizing Verizon's arrest.

We can only hope that the this sort of thing can happen here. I'm pretty sure that Verizon is not too happy that things turned out this way.

Maybe this is a viable way of getting problems with Telkom sorted out. Or even Jo'burg metro and their notorious billing bugger-ups.

 

[RichardP]

I think somewhere on the telkom contract. It says it has the rights to appoint an arbitrator in the case of a dispute, and you can only take legal action against them once the arbitration has failed.

but the SA constitution says you have the right to be Heard in a court of Law

 

[BobJones]

There is no such thing... You can choose not to follow Telkom's complaints procedure (which can include arbitration, but does not require it).

Going this route may not be in your favour, but you need to give them a reasonable oportunity to remedy the breach.

There is certainly nothing stopping you from taking them to court right off the bat and going for a summary judgement.
They can declare a dispute and request arbitration, but there is nothing that says you must submit to arbitration.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

There is no such thing... You can choose not to follow Telkom's complaints procedure (which can include arbitration, but does not require it).

Going this route may not be in your favour, but you need to give them a reasonable oportunity to remedy the breach.

There is certainly nothing stopping you from taking them to court right off the bat and going for a summary judgement.
They can declare a dispute and request arbitration, but there is nothing that says you must submit to arbitration.

And then they'll dra-a-a-a-ag out the court case, ruining you financially...

But it is good to know that there's a way...

 

[BobJones]

This case was in a small claims court. They exist to keep the costs down for smaller cases.