All Dear Jac articles – Page 61
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Dear Jac: These cons are pros
Have you 'been had' by a con artist lately? You're not alone. Jac Roper reports
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Dear Jac: Tough stuff - and there's no mistake
Politicians are allowed to make mistakes. But it’s okay to set up retailers.
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Dear Jac: Put a note in your diaries
We've just room for a little plug for Peter Levene, ex-c-store retailer turned author. His Clearneasy titles range from a yearly accounts book (£7.95 and easy as ABC) to online versions and desktop organisers.
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Dear Jac: Of all the stores in all the world...
I guess it stands to reason that, if all life is out there, then sometimes some of it is going to walk into your store.
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Dear Jac: Does everything always have to go up?
Sat Gill emailed with concerns over his lease.
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Dear Jac: Does the fascia fit?
Our lady in beautiful Budleigh Salterton looking for a free fascia last issue has prompted a few responses.
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Dear Jac: Wanted - free fascia
Is it one of those creeping signs of the credit crunch that no one is offering free fascias anymore?
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Dear Jac: Malodorous customers
When I recounted the story of the diseased and visibly rotting customer I really didn’t expect to hear of anything similar from other readers.
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Dear Jac: Trading Standards' rapid response
Trading Standards now apparently has rapid response units - sounds a funny concept.
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Dear Jac: A powerful case study
Complaints concerning energy companies are beginning to rival the number of hot dinners I've had.
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Dear Jac: Keep in tune
Be it via radio or visual, in-store entertainment is an effective, yet subtle sales tool. Jac Roper reports
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How do you rate your advisor?
From a news point of view Jayraj Acharya couldn't have picked a better time to ring. It was March 30. "The council says my rates bill has gone from £5,000 to £9,000," he told me, "and there is no transitional relief."The following day the...
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Dear Jac: Essex girl? C'est moi, I fink
Let me just sit back for a minute, fling off my white stilettos and say that I'm proud to be an Essex girl.
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Dear Jac: Who owns newspapers?
A bit more on newspaper wholesalers and whether they have the right to shred copies that you didn't manage to return in time and for which you receive no credit.
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Dear Jac: This is a rotten story
I must warn that the following is not for the fainthearted and it could be argued that a story full of maggoty rot has no place in a wholesome food magazine.
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It wasn't music to his ears
As most of you know by now, following concerted campaigns by the two interested parties - the PRS (Performing Right Society) and the PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd), you need licences to play music in your stores. But I must say the tactics are a...
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Dear Jac: Cheap banking tips
A Cornwall newsagent rang with a good tip on avoiding cash handling charges.
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Dear Jac: Publishing scam revealed
Linda Dance faxed me from her store, Tatsfield Post Office near Westerham in Kent, with yet another variation on the old publishing scam.
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Dear Jac: Publishing scam
These publishing scams tend to come along like rashes - all over the show for a while, then it goes quiet.
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Dear Jac: Power supply
Ossie Aujla's four Nisa stores in County Durham were supplied by Scottish Power.