Dear Jac – Page 88
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Is switching power suppliers a waste of energy?
Hayley Heap, who runs a post office at St Austell, switched from British Gas to Powergen for electricity 12 months ago.
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Coming soon to a screen near you
Mohammed Rafi rang to say that he had signed up for a free epos system and media deal, which comes with TV screens and ads which pay for the maintenance contract.
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Give us a break from new holiday rules
We are going to explore pro rata holiday entitlement here which, I warn, involves lots of sums, my least fave subject.
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More rules - it's for your own good you know
In the last issue I featured Londis retailer Steve Denham who was in dismay over the new tobacco legislation which puts the onus on the retailer rather than the purchasing public.
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Customers in the hallway? How diverting
Customers should know their place - and it isn't on your landing.
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When the customer isn't always right
Via our website came a query from a retailer so frustrated by a customer who is trying to get double yellow lines painted outside his shop that he wondered if he could ban her.
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How to get mentions in the press
Ratilal Sharma, who runs a Londis in Small Dole, West Sussex, was incensed when he saw an "Asda Rapped" story in The Sun.
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Is summer going to be downpours or drought?
The boffins say we are in for another extraordinarily dry and hot summer. So any stocks you are so far stuck with will soon turn into liquid gold.
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What's in a name? It's to identify you
Kanwal Madher has run Anglesey Road News in Burton-on-Trent for 16 years. Some 300 yards down Anglesey Road was, until recently, Anglesey Road PO & News.
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Turning you into criminals
A number of retailers have been in touch, more than a little worried about the rise in the age restriction on the sale of cigarettes.
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Does this ATM deal push all the right buttons?
Spar retailer Asif Mahmood says he fancies the offer of an RBS machine that is free to customers, fully maintained and with good commission.
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The latest on those battles with authority
Here are a couple of updates for you on some long-running sagas.
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Keep your cool when the heat's on
Wimbledon retailer Manjit Gill rang to see if I could find out if other retailers had had problems with those big (2m) free Coca-Cola coolers.
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Fighting over the rules
I had an email via our website from Umesh, who has been troubled by school kids not using his store.
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United we stand - and we hope you do too
Jackie Edmondson wrote that she and her husband had had their c-store for three years and knew that all their service providers had been notified at takeover time.
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How often do the proper reps come calling?
I write so often about the ‘improper’ reps who come cold-calling that I forget there is one type of rep that retailers welcome.
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Is it a power struggle between you and your supplier?
So many of you have rung to complain that your electricity and/or gas supplier has you on an unfair tariff that I thought some reminders might be in order.
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Read all about it, or read it and weep
I have received an email of support for Ivor Thomas, who asked via my last column how newspaper suppliers get paid.
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Nice ices and a refreshing attitude too
Every so often you come up against a company that leaves you thinking afterwards, well, that was refreshing.
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Keep your cool with these freezer tips
Summer's coming, which means that the peak time for ordering new freezers and complaints to this helpline when things go wrong are also rapidly approaching.