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Hi Guy's
I recently had some work carried out by the guys at A1st Property Maintenance which was completed superbly just a few bits and bobs including the repair of some banisters and hole filling in lol but I noticed this thread and though I would give them a shout as they are honest and reliable and superb value,
So if you are looking for any work on your home including some of the below be sure to give them a shout and let them know Cy @ First Computers recommended you,
Painting and Decorating
central heating services
Damp Proofing
Carpentry
glazing services
plumbing services
Blocked drains
plastering
concreting
fencing and decking
garden maintenance
roofing
their website is http://www.propertymaintenancesuffolk.co.uk/
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JollyJapes
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They may be good, but their website is breaking the law.
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explain ?
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yes very interesting as I even pm'd to ask why and no reply or post regarding this hmmmm
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It seems a bit out of character for JJ to make such a rash statement without explaining why, i understand he does have good experience in the techy side of websites as he has several on the go from what I understand.
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shame he doesnt have the proffessional courtesy to reply and let us know what the problem is rather than just troll posts!
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you get use to jj he do it on purpose wind you up but he ok guy.folks often take what i post literally but usually it bad english hopless spelling lazzyness to correct it bad eyesite and dirt stuck in key board apart from that often can not read the last two post when using phone so make pot guess on subject often getting it wrong.James will vouch for.so dont take offence.anyhow he big boy and i think he will reply later
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understood but to leave a one lined Flame after a post is a little rude to say the least he was online for a while after posting
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Give the man a break. We all know he is a bit of a wind-up merchant, but not all of us live on here all day long. He can leave the room when he wishes. He will be back.
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im sure he will FL just a little crappy to leave such a comment then run off not something i do personally and ive noticed from his previous posts that he can be a little lets say foolish!
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JollyJapes
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Thanks for the patience.
As others said, I was away - in town working at the charity shop. Now back, and checking emails etc. I leave my PC on most of the time, so when it says I'm online, it may be fibbing.
I left a comment saying the website broke the law, 'after' I had looked through the website concerned and emailed them directly. It is only a minor thing, but they do not have a mailing address anywhere on the site. This may seem small, but several years ago Argos themselves were fined many thousands by the Office of Fair Trading for exactly the same thing, as were many other companies. It is part of trading law that any business must display a certain amount of things on every place they trade - and this includes advertisements such as websites. These include the mailing address, contact telephone number, email address, name of person to contact, registration number if a limited company or partnership etc. In this particular case, they had most things on the site but no mailing address.
I have around 45 sites of my own, and own 93 domains at present. I don't make much money from any of them, as they all need updating and/or money spent on advertising them which I do not have. I don't pretend to know everything there is to know about internet law, which is a very complex situation encompassing many grey areas surrounding international trading. I do however know a fair bit; it is like being a Jack of all trades but master of none! I also know a little about computers, and help people where possible. A bit like others I guess.
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thank you for explaining this JJ, all I would say is that the company in question hasnt got their mailing address on the site for a very valid reason, with the large spate of local burgalaries in the area they chose not to have there personal address details shown as they are not at their home address which is their business address most of the time , some criminals recently have been targeting businesses in this way,
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Well i had no idea on that JJ, so any company big or small has to have the address and telephone number on their website.
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Yes.
Personal sites naturally are not included, but if it is in anyway connected to a business, whether it is a shop site or merely what is known as a businesscard site, it must display many different things including names and addresses. Argos got into trouble because although they had their 'site finder' option to find their individual stores, they didnt have a customer contact address for complaints etc. Some people may remember a year or 2 ago, when Oulton Broad-based computer company, CDS, got into trouble with Trading Standards for a similar thing on their website. Normally, Trading Standards will send you a warning letter giving you 28 days to correct things. It is only after several months of refusal to do so that court action would be taken.
Twice had to deal with Trading Standards as a business myself.
1. Customer complained about us (print shop), and despite thinking we were in the right it was easier in the end to simply refund them and be a bit out of pocket than risk being sued by Trading Standards.
2. Holland & Barrett do not price all of their items correctly in the legally accepted manner. I reached a compromise with Trading Standards, but before I could implement it I was fired. As far as I know, the new manager never got round to implementing the pricing changes.
Laws on trading can be a minefield, as hardly any small business has the time to know and follow them all. Often it is merely a 'fingers crossed' scenario!
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for me personally when looking for a local service provider im not interested in their personal address if they work from home and if they have a mobile number i'm mor likely to get hold of the person i need to talk to nothing worse than a arnswering machine anyway way of the topic which was obviously a company recommendation not a what do you think of their website thread lol
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I have used A1ST and would happily use them again. They were prompt, efficient, friendly and very reasonably priced.
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