Dear Jac – Page 83
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Dear Jac
A c-store without an offie is not the full works
This is a happy outcome, despite Mayank and Snehlatta Patel being about £5,000 worse off (momentarily, one hopes).
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Have you encountered a crooked driver?
Matthew Wetton asks: "Have any of your readers complained about supplier theft or fraud specifically within the direct-to-store chilled food sector?"
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Bespoke solutions for some simple problems?
Sarbjit Sandhu's Best One store in Chesterfield is looking pretty fine. Just one thing missing. "Where can I get proper commercial carrier bag holders?"
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Repeats happen to old favourites
Here's some repeat advice I wrote just over a year ago on how one might wriggle out of a contract - especially if it was one that was unfairly imposed in the first place.
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Little things mean a lot in customer service
A high percentage of my complaints come from retailers dealing with problems that arise from subjects other than food.
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Use it or lose it, that's the message to communities
For the increasing number of ex-subpostmasters, it's sink or swim time.
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Subsidising others' mistakes isn't the route to profit
Sue Hay accepted an Electron debit card from a customer spending £2.79 on goods at her Ponswood Store at St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex.
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There's no added value in it for retailers
It's been 10 years since that Very Awful Tax (VAT) was 'simplified'. In the last decade I have yet to hear any sort of printable joke on the subject.
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New piazza takes pizzazz out of profits
When Bijay Patel read a piece which concerned compensation for some waterworks outside a store, he rang to ask if he might also qualify for compensation from disruptive roadworks.
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When two suppliers don't add up to choice
The tripartite news wholesaling monopoly that has carved up the country into their preferred patchwork has generally meant that retailers have only one choice of wholesaler supplying the news.
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DIY not for you? Specialist help is always available
If anyone thinks that the DIY approach to licensing is all a bit much, I would advise them to contact Chris Mitchener, a freelance licensing specialist.
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No news is always good news in the agony aunt trade
Kully Kaur rang to say that she had been running Software Solutions' Epos system in her store in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, since 2000.
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Here's one way of getting out of a contract
I do not wish to be seen to be labouring a point but I think the following story is interesting because it covers not just a problem but a solution.
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The unfamiliar road can hit your profits
Where would we be without roads? On the road to nowhere?
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And here's yet another attempt that didn't work
Vijay Badiani was ticked off when he got a letter from Npower in January telling him that his contract would be up in March but also that 90 days notice was required.
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Can I do a DIY licensing application?
Somsay Outama says he has a large Londis store, but has run it for 19 years without an off licence. Now he would like one.
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Symbols escape Code
The Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed that symbol groups and wholesalers will not be included in its extended Code of Practice for the grocery supply chain, GSCOP.
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What's a fair penalty for a failed direct debit?
A bitter wrangle is taking place between Costcutter licensee Murali Gunarajah and head office.
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A reprieve for one is a death knell for another
Now for a little light relief - post office closures.
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The right to reply is not always accepted
In the last issue I reported, for a second time, complaints about Cardpoint ATM machines.