All Dear Jac articles – Page 58
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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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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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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: 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: 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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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: 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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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
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Dear Jac: Nobbled by a lease from the past
Back in the dark ages, some local authorities had serious views on what retailers were allowed to sell.
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Dear Jac: Lady luck isn’t shining for these two retailers
Remember those horrendous floods in 2007? Jenny and John Jackson who run Toll Bar Post Office in Toll Bar, Doncaster, will never be able to forget. During that drenching summer their store was ruined.
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Dear Jac: Kishor to the rescue
In early December I was contacted by a retailer who wishes to remain anonymous. He has a post office and 500sq ft to play with.
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Dear Jac: Choice? It certainly isn’t always yours
Monopolies only seem a good idea to those in charge. Yet there also seems to be a worrying trend towards them.
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Dear Jac: A question mark over Horizon’s IT
There is just room here to report that Computer Weekly, which has been closely following the problems subpostmasters claim to be suffering over their Horizon accounting system, says that "a sub-postmistress accused of theft from the Post Office has...
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Convenience 2015: Lean green machines
Environmental concerns and energy costs are driving huge technological changes which will radically alter the look of our stores, says Dave Visick.
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Dear Jac: Health and Safety on the stupid side
I'm sure you will all join me in wishing those in charge the best of health and safety for the new year.
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Dear Jac: The old and the new
I got an email from Kate Grundy who asked me how to go about doing top-ups for mobile phones.
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Dear Jac: Roll up – retailer requires feedback
Forecourt operator Tony Barlow wants to hear from anyone who has had wrangles with till roll suppliers who first send unwanted stock and then demands for payment.
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Dear Jac: some dates for next year
The EU market flipped the 'off' switch on incandescent lamps on September 1.