All Disputes articles – Page 22
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Dear Jac
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: 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: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: 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: 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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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: 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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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: Take your Choices
Kevin Davies, who runs a Londis in Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, sent back about £1,200-worth of retail DVD stock that he had bought from Choices UK as it was agreed that old stock could be returned.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Quit gassing around!
It's all very well the likes of us advising retailers to get their notice in, in order to switch to a cheaper energy supplier, but sometimes it takes months of hassle to make it happen.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: More outrage about Payzone
Harjeet Mann from Chesterfield writes: "Just letting you know that I'm a now a former Payzone top-up retailer thanks to the new charges applied for minimum level of transactions."
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Dear Jac: our rates have risen 210%
Gin and Sam Palmer, who run a Spar in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, are facing a colossal rates rise of 210% this year about £28,000 extra, owing to the fact that the town is doing well compared with a few years ago.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Pressure grows over Post Office's Horizon
The magazine Accountancy Age has added its voice to the call for the Post Office to act over IT concerns
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Dear Jac: Read the fine print, then negotiate
Michael Green, who runs Green's Newsagents, rang from Scunthorpe to say he had been "stitched up like a kipper" by business transfer agents RTA.
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Dear Jac: The enemy on the doorstep
It might not say Tesco above the door, but sometimes a new branch of a c-store chain can still hammer the nails into your coffin.
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Dear Jac: Here’s some sound advice
Pam Dhesi made a mistake when she told the Performing Right Society (PRS) the truth about having a TV set upstairs above the store.
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Dear Jac: Carry on news wholesaling…
The news wholesaling duopoly of Smiths News and Menzies Distribution continues to attract both comment and complaint.