All Dear Jac articles – Page 57
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Dear Jac: Horizon still under heavy clouds
When is Post Office Ltd (POL) going to put its hand up and admit that its Horizon accounting system has 'glitches' in it costing numerous postmasters and mistresses their livelihoods and their reputations?
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Dear Jac: Don’t waste all your energy on savings
I wrote in my last column by all means save energy, save money and help save the planet just be careful who you partner with.
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Dear Jac: It’s Catch-22 meets Big Brother
Come on a journey with me around the rules and regs of bread and eggs and, yes, I know I covered the subject in our last issue, but this story turns out to have more wrinkles than I have.
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Dear Jac: It isn’t the luck of the draw
I have known Camelot for as long as it has existed; indeed I went to the launch party and got the T-shirt. Almost every retailer I have spoken to since on the subject either appreciated having the lottery in their store, or wanted it.
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Dear Jac: There are ways and means to get justice
The following advice comes from an insider whom I am keeping anonymous for the obvious reason that his suggestion isn't strictly above board.
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Dear Jac: Too hot, too cold, or just right?
Getting the temperature balance right can be tricky, and expensive.
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Dear Jac: Best before the use by date?
Guidelines are well intended and are quite often better than laws. They should mean that common sense comes into play, although the downside is that they lead to grey areas or even 'opinions'.
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Dear Jac: Look before you switch to energy management
The contractual shenanigans of energy supply companies have long been featured by this magazine. In the last issue our Fight the Power campaign highlighted the weasel ways of rollover contracts.
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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: 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: If you don’t want to blot your copy…
In crunch times such as these, one's credit record has become an even more crucial factor when securing supplies, raising money and so on.
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Dear Jac: Alarmed over the service screw up
I do wonder about some companies' customer services. Ashok Ramalingam, who runs a Best One store at Gravesend in Kent, could get no satisfaction from ADT Fire and Security.
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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: 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: 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: 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.