All Dear Jac articles – Page 54
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Dear Jac: Threats and final demands in the Lanwall case
I understand that a number of Lanwall photocopy retailers have received final demands and seven-day payment notices from debt collectors Daniels Silverman, acting on behalf of Bank of Scotland (BoS).
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Dear Jac: Stolen motors – and no cover
The very last thing you expect when you build a new store and install remote refrigeration is to have the motors stolen. This is what happened to Arul Masilamany when he opened a new store in Chigwell in Essex.
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Dear Jac: Money, money, money…
From time to time I get asked whether certain notes and coins can be accepted or refused.
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Dear Jac: Trying to do my duty
In the last issue I featured Hans Kukreja's victimisation at the hands of a 'Darlington Dodgem' wholesaler, which apparently didn't pay the duty on the beer and then scarpered. Hans got 'done' by HMRC.
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What happened to credit where credit’s due
Has anybody else had trouble wrestling credits out of News International for newspaper returns? That was the essence of Amit Patel's email query. He writes that he has not received credits for the election edition of papers on Friday, May 7 (The Sun...
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Dear Jac: Where's your World Cup beer from?
Have you got the beer in for the World Cup? Has the duty on it been paid? If you're anywhere near Darlington, double-check. But, how exactly do you check?
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Dear Jac: Paypoint and Camelot, take two
In the last issue I carried some of PayPoint's opinions on Camelot entering the bill payments fray. Here is Camelot's response.
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Dear Jac: more on Customs seizures
Here is a bit more on the story featured in the cartoon box slot because this is a very serious subject and there wasn't room in my 335-word box (presentation is important on pages as well as in shops, you know) for some important details.
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Dear Jac: More to the point
Point Four director Paula Boden rang to say how disappointed she was that I had lumped her company in with the 'not good' epos suppliers a couple of issues back.
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Dear Jac: Scam on the street
Man walks into a shop. I know, sounds like an intro to a joke except this smartly dressed, confident customer is a con artist.
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Dear Jac: Would a rose smell as sweet by any other name?
Two issues back I informed readers that Lanwall's directors had re-emerged as Beresford Copier Supplies. Rachel Morrisson, who runs Pitton Post Office in Pitton, Salisbury, thought that name rang a bell
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Dear Jac: Don’t bank on fair treatment
Barclaycard Merchant Bank has removed its credit/debit terminal from a retailer in the North-west because a transaction for £1,018 which he processed turned out to be fraudulent.
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Dear Jac: PayPoint versus Camelot: clash of the Titans
I had a call from Michael Varu, a retailer trading in Sutton, Surrey (Mini store), who has had a PayPoint terminal for three years.
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Dear Jac: Finer points in the contract
I need to add a couple of extra comments here to the above from Hitendra Patel Like many, he loved the cartoon in the last issue (Slave Point) and wishes he could charge 50p a transaction for bill payments.
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Dear Jac: Who can you trust on eco matters?
John Armstrong, who runs Isherwoods in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, is in the process of updating his serve-over deli counters and refrigeration.
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Dear Jac: It’s good to share the software
Smack my wrist for saying, in the April 16 issue, that good software is hard to find...
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Dear Jac: Justice prevails for the Tamworth two
As I write this Jaswinder Singh Dhesi and his wife Sukvinder Kaur are celebrating in Tamworth following a court victory with business transfer agents RTA
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Dear Jac: Bank is on a sticky wicket
I stopped counting after more than 100 retailers contacted me about photocopy company Lanwall and could never have space enough to report all their stories...
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Dear Jac: Who has the power to fix prices?
"What's to stop me charging a little extra for bill payments services?" The outraged retailer who posed the question wished to remain anonymous, but clearly wanted answers...
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Dear Jac: Here’s a tip for you
Sue Hay, who runs Ponswood Stores at St Leonards in East Sussex, has asked me to pass on a welcome tip (although Payzone probably wouldn't agree with the 'welcome' adjective).