All Dear Jac articles – Page 62
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Dear Jac: Ring, ring, please pick up...
Javed Jalil read in C-Store over a year ago about a company offering cheap mobile phones (£25-£49) for retailers to sell.
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Dear Jac: What's on the horizon for POs?
Graham Ward has asked me to "shake the tree and see what comes out" regarding possible intermittent faults in the PO's Horizon system.
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Dear Jac: Rate consultant cowboys ride again
The recession is giving rise to a new crop of rip-off ratings consultants which promises to get worse with the onset of the 2010 revaluation and business rates draft list which comes out this October, says a rates expert.
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Dear Jac: Don't take the risk with alcohol
Last November a retailer in Newcastle sold four cans of Fosters to a tall lad. He was "100% sure he was old enough" and he had made "an adult purchase".
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Dear Jac: How much money, and for how much work?
Sukhvinder Kaur and her husband Dhesi Jaswinder have been having a serious barney with business transfer agents RTA.
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Dear Jac: The customer isn't always right
I get fed up with that so-called aphorism: the customer is always right. How can that be?
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Dear Jac: Red alert on insurance red herrings
High-profile retailer Jonathan James has responded to my column where I reported that Ash Chauan lost £12,000 after robbers hid on his roof.
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Dear Jac: Tough stuff - and there's no mistake
Politicians are allowed to make mistakes. But it’s okay to set up retailers.
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Dear Jac: Put a note in your diaries
We've just room for a little plug for Peter Levene, ex-c-store retailer turned author. His Clearneasy titles range from a yearly accounts book (£7.95 and easy as ABC) to online versions and desktop organisers.
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Dear Jac: These cons are pros
Have you 'been had' by a con artist lately? You're not alone. Jac Roper reports
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Smile, you're on candid camera
Nick Shaw has written me a letter. So this may be why he is a little late in joining the debate over pros and cons of cheap/pricey CCTV.
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Dear Jac: Alarm over fiddlers on the roof
If Ash Chauhan had known there were four blokes in balaclavas on the roof of his Spar store, he would have had a sleepless night.
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Dear Jac: Where to go after getting a bad review
A trader who has requested anonymity has written from a village near Doncaster: "Following from your article 'Does everything have to go up?', I wondered if you could help me in my predicament?"
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Dear Jac: Does the fascia fit?
Our lady in beautiful Budleigh Salterton looking for a free fascia last issue has prompted a few responses.
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Dear Jac: Does everything always have to go up?
Sat Gill emailed with concerns over his lease.
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Dear Jac: Of all the stores in all the world...
I guess it stands to reason that, if all life is out there, then sometimes some of it is going to walk into your store.
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Dear Jac: Wanted - free fascia
Is it one of those creeping signs of the credit crunch that no one is offering free fascias anymore?
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Dear Jac: Trading Standards' rapid response
Trading Standards now apparently has rapid response units - sounds a funny concept.
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Dear Jac: Malodorous customers
When I recounted the story of the diseased and visibly rotting customer I really didn’t expect to hear of anything similar from other readers.