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Dear Jac: Retailer dealt a losing hand
Sriharan Rajan's luck ran out when a punter came in to his Premier store in West Molesey, Surrey, for payouts on three lottery tickets.
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Dear Jac: Full points for perseverance over PayPoint
You might think from reading this column at times that I get nothing but complaints about PayPoint. Not quite so.
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Dear Jac: A tale with no sting in it
Not all trading standards officers get out of bed wondering which retailer they can torment today.
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Dear Jac: Why is it the bigger, the better?
Convenience Store often runs articles and debates on the pros and cons of belonging to a symbol group. But sometimes it isn't easy getting accepted into the 'club'.
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Dear Jac: Give credit where credit’s due
You pay your utilities bills on time and then, out of the blue, your supplier informs you that your credit rating isn't all it might be and it therefore requires a £250 security payment.
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Dear Jac: Are newspapers more trouble than they're worth?
Rakesh Sood has been supplied by Smiths for more than a decade. Now it has decided not to credit him for missing copies.
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Dear Jac: Give it the special treatment
Rano Patel, featured in my last column, said that from now on she would send her News International vouchers by recorded delivery to ensure she got credited for them.
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Dear Jac: Down but not out in tussle over Underground spot
Hurendra Bhatt, ousted from his kiosk spot at London's Highbury and Islington tube station last year by Network Rail because of redevelopment, hasn't given up.
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Dear Jac: Could we take a lesson from the French?
Here's what one reader suggests regarding the proposed display ban on tobacco products.
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Dear Jac: Hola! The Spanish scam is back
Jon Mercer writes that he has received his invitation to confirm his entry in the esteemed European City Guide!
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Dear Jac: Get the right kind of ratings help
The draft list for the 2010 rates revaluation has now been published and you will be getting details of your new assessments. Cue the cowboys.
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Dear Jac: How can they sell at a pound a pop?
It's bad enough when a Tesco opens nearby, but Poundland? That kind of undercutting is an uppercut. Customers cannot help but notice the price difference.
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Dear Jac:They’re not vouching for this
The media megalith that is News International needs to look at its voucher scheme and its treatment of the middle men the retailers.
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You have the freedom to refuse supplies
There are usually at least two sides to every story. I have had a few complaints in the past few months over Freedom Eagle Cash Cards. These are 'virtual bank account' cards that can be topped up and spent, just like money. The cards, supplied by...
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Dear Jac: You just can’t bank on their help
Just before Christmas, Dennis King got a letter from Santander Bank (previously Giro). They informed him his charges will be going up from 15.5p per £100 banked to 45p per £100 plus 50p per deposit.
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Dear jac: Still murky on the Horizon
Reports from sub postmasters and mistresses on glitches experienced with their Horizon accounting system continue to crawl out of the woodwork.
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Dear Jac: Here’s an avenue for POs to explore
Lee Castleton, one of the prime movers in the fight back over Horizon, wrote to Kenneth Clarke MP on the subject of Horizon, and the following is the acknowledgement he received from an assistant.
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Dear Jac: Perhaps rebellion can be lawful
I can picture some of you, late at night, trawling the net for the latest on the tobacco display ban. John Turner, who runs Turners Newsagents in Leeds, has unearthed some pretty esoteric stuff.
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Dear Jac: Let the politicians hear it from the horse’s mouth
Simon Dixon is one retailer who managed to write to the Secretary of State before the deadline in response to the consultation on the regulations to implement the tobacco display ban.
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Trade associations: it's all for one, one for all
Times are tough, you're choking on red tape - it may be time to join up. Jac Roper reports on trade bodies