All Dear Jac articles – Page 70
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The people's Post Office? Which people? Which PO?
Did you see the ads on telly over Christmas? The people's Post Office... all comfy and cosy like in the old Hovis ads.
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Why penalise those fighting to survive?
Many people will be outraged by Post Office Ltd's apparent decision to cut back the financial compensation package for any ex-post offices taking up alternative ways of supplying certain customer services.
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Lines of communication are wiggly
In these days of incessantly ringing mobiles and torrents of emails, it's odd sometimes how the lines of communication get twisted.
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Coins of the realm - just note which realm they're from
Harjeet Mann has become so irritated by the amount of foreign and fake coins that people try to pass off at his store in Chesterfield that he sometimes confiscates them.
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It's good to share, even if it's 'powerful bad'
I guess a lot of you must be as fed up as I am hearing about/experiencing eye-watering price rises in energy bills.
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Huge unexpected bills can give you a helluva jolt
Retailer Jonathan James, vice-chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores, wants me to 'plug' his fight with Powergen because he doesn't believe he should pay for the company's mistakes.
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Life's a lottery - you can't win them all
Camelot has responded to my (what I thought was favourable) coverage in the November 30 issue, where I recounted Andrew Renham's tale about his local competition.
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How do you sum up the worth of an accountant?
It has been said that a good accountant will ask, how much profit do you want to make? 'Cooking the books' tax-dodge jokes aside, an accountant can be an invaluable business tool.
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Unthank says 'no thanks'
Campaigners in Norwich are celebrating after Tesco's plans to build an Express store in the city were thrown out by councillors for a fourth time.
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Terminal illness - there seems to be no cure
Jatin Desai has lost his PayPoint terminal. The London-based retailer refused to cave in when PayPoint insisted he remove a 3R top-up terminal.
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The real deal? Get it in writing to be certain
If you get an offer from a cold-calling rep that sounds too good to be true, then rest assured it will be exactly that.
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And here are further beefs on those inserts
Irene Hewitt wrote from Bardney News that it is not the official inserts that she and most of her customers object to. It's the catalogues that add the weight.
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Head off those rating bandits at the pass
Just when I should be writing about jolly things like the jingle of tills, I find it's the jangle of spurs instead. The cowboys are back in town.
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Have you heard the postman's knock?
I've seldom witnessed such group anxiety as now while that grim reaper, the Post Office, scythes its way through the country, slicing up stores, people, lives.
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Indies have the edge
Independent retailers need to show customers that supermarket shopping is "last year's model" and demonstrate how they are beating the multiples on environmental issues, local sourcing and community involvement.
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This looks like a dodgy (and phoney) deal
Rehana Ali, a subpostmistress from Manchester, rang to say that her husband signed up with a Bradford-based agent for a cashback deal on two mobile phones through Orange.
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Do I need a new licence to branch out next door?
Mohammed Asif wrote to ask: "If I decide to purchase the shop next door and knock it into one store, do I need to apply for an alcohol licence for next door?"
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Andrew's 'never give up' ethos serves him well
I don't know if Andrew Renham has a motto but if he has it must be along the lines of 'never give up'.
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Shock, horror...more power struggles
Harry Goraya had the shock of his life when he got an electricity bill from EDF for £18,000.
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Payzone decides to say it with flowers
This was a nice result. Michelle Bailey from Stoke-on-Trent sent a message to our website to say: "I spoke to you a while ago about problems I was having with Payzone.