Some years ago I tried very hard to …
Some years ago I tried very hard to track down this rogue company. Their sales office address in York was false. I managed to speak on the phone several times but never received refund for the useless projector. Finally, through a slip of the tongue by the person at the unknown address ( I asked about the snowy weather in York ) and discovered the commercial unit used for posting was actually just a couple of miles away from my home, near Durham. I went to the named industrial estate and found no listing for the company. I made extensive enquiries unit by unit and no one had heard of Visualtronic except in one unit .... as soon as I mentioned the company name I immediately recognised a person seemingly in charge ( a local known man with a criminal record for tax evasion, fraud and money laundering ) and suddenly his heavies appeared wanting to know why I was asking. I backed off immediately, said I was trying to return a product and apologised for bothering them. Through further enquires, I later discovered a sub-let section of one of the units on this same industrial estate, without the Visualtronic company name shown on the unit but I identified it when speaking on the door phone, a person inside confirmed what they sold but would not let me in nor come to the door to speak with me face to face. I then used my mobile phone to the same number I had used previously and the same person who answered the door phone answered my call and was surprised to hear that I was the person who he had spoken with moments before. I think he was just a young hired hand and possibly working on his own at the unit ( speculatively for a little spare cash as an unemployed person on benefits ) packing and labelling the projectors for despatch, he was clearly scared to say anything further.
The local criminal might not have been connected to this rip off importing business but the proximity of the sub-let unit raised the thought in my mind.
I gave up the chase at this point.



