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Terrible experience with Aston Carter agency - beware!

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    Terrible experience with Aston Carter agency - beware!

    There seems little forum for me to rectify the failings of my last agency, Aston Carter. My only recourse is to take my business elsewhere, which I have done, and to inform others of my terrible experience in the hope they will not have to suffer the issues I did, which is what I'm doing here.

    I submitted an invoice to Aston Carter in September 2011. It was paid last week, 9 months later, after much wailing and gnashing of teeth!

    Repeated attempts to communicate were met with silence... not only from the payments team but also my so-called agent. No-one was ever available, phone calls were never returned, and as of this day, not a single email replied to!

    Luckily I had a contact in the HR team of the company my services were contracted to. With a little bit of pressure from them, Aston Carter coughed up.

    Did they really think that if they just stone-walled me they could get away with not paying? Were they waiting for legal action (an expensive avenue which I was reticent to explore) before they did anything?

    Do yourselves a favour, take your business elsewhere. Aston Carter is not worthy of your business and not worth the pain of having to deal with.

    Thank you for listening - my rant is over!

    #2
    Originally posted by skebanga View Post
    My only recourse is to take my business elsewhere, which I have done,
    You're not their customer. The client is their customer. Get a few of those to leave with you and they might take note otherwise they won't give a flying ****.

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      #3
      It appears someone didn't do their homework first....

      aston carter site:contractoruk.com - Google Search

      Search will all Aston Carter complaint threads... and there are alot.
      'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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        #4
        Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
        It appears someone didn't do their homework first....

        aston carter site:contractoruk.com - Google Search

        Search will all Aston Carter complaint threads... and there are alot.
        Still dont get it... My last contract was with these lot and I had no issues, generally paid within 5 working days etc. Must be luck of the draw!
        I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!

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          #5
          they are absolute t0ssers of the highest order

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            #6
            Originally posted by scooby View Post
            Still dont get it... My last contract was with these lot and I had no issues, generally paid within 5 working days etc. Must be luck of the draw!
            I bet some of it depends who the client is. No agency is going to mess around with the IBs. But AC have alot of smaller clients.

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              #7
              Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
              I bet some of it depends who the client is. No agency is going to mess around with the IBs. But AC have alot of smaller clients.
              Ah, mine wasnt a IB but was a v big client based near Embankment...
              I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!

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