Supermarkets have also found themselves a demon on the doorstep in the form of private parking companies. These cowboys (not my words but those of many articles) who operate these schemes are using unethical tactics to con people out of money. The result, supermarkets lose customers. I recently had the pleasure of dealing with Morrison’s lot.
After threatening letters and the threats of bailiffs being sent in to claim the fine – they have no lawful claim to the fine by the way and no company has pursued one in a court because they wouldn’t win – I caught them out for law breaking by failing to put their company registration number on their material. Companies House stepped in, they shut up. I now shop at another supermarket.
I use to be a regular listener to LBC but am appalled that they are taking sponsorship from what must be the lowest profession of all and a sign that we are not as civilise a society as we like to think – bailiffs. I am about to write to the ASA over Dawkin’s ads as unethical, “don’t let people use you as a bank… let us get what you’re owed.” In these financially challenging times the Government should suspend licences for debt collectors and bailiffs and allow a more ethical groups to handle debt.
Facebook is so last year. Twitter's going out too. Royal mail is dead. So what's next?
CHRIS ARNOLD
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