One of our clients was today approached by a company claiming that they were producing a magazine on behalf of the fire service to be distributed to schools in the area. The sales tactics were rather heavy handed and the client got suspicious.
I've taken a look around the net and concur with my client that his suspicions were well founded. These types of scams are common place and change little except perhaps for the good cause they are supporting.
Never accept any sort of deal over the phone. Check up on the company concerned and check with your local trading standards office - they have often already had complaints about the company approaching you. Don't agree over the phone to place any sort of advert and don't give in to bullying tactics that tell you you entered into a contract and they'll take you to court (yes they tried this on on my client).
** We have been asked to remove part of this post as it was leading to the confusion that a company mentioned was guilty of scamming They weren't to our knowledge and we have honoured their wishes and removed the paragraph linking them to this post.**
So be on your guard and if you get approached by suspicious sales people we'd like to know so we can warn our members.
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We had a complaint today about a company mentioned in this blog. We'd like to investigate further but the complainant did not leave any contact details. We don't publish anonymous comments which cannot be substanciated. But if 'Anonymous' would care to get in touch then we'll happily look into publishing their comment and further investigating the company concerned.
Annonymous left another comment today but again with no contact details. The company they are referring to have no connection with the Wirral Business Association. We reiterate our request for 'Annonymous' to get in touch so we can look into the matter further.
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