How can the economy be a threat to stores? -

simple grasshopper. if people do not have money to spend the merchants do not make money and they can not pay their employees who can not spend at other merchants. and the cycle repeats.

Is it legal for a website to say its not responsible for items lost in the mail ? -

under their shipping policies, they use royal mail and say that you can pay extra for it to be sent recorded and signed for, but if you were to pay the regular postage, and the items get lost, they are not responsible. Is that even legal? Why should we have to pay more for the postage, if an item does not arrive, should they as a retailer take it up with royal mail instead of telling the customer too bad ?

Well it s perfectly legal for them to say that, it just has no basis in reality:As Masked Landlord points out, the contract is between yourself and the seller, nothing to do with the courier, the seller is liable for breach of contract.If you want further reassurance distance selling regulation in the UK says that you have a legal right to receive your goods from the seller in a timely manner, usually interpreted as 30 days... no exemption like unless they get lost in the post or unless its the courier s fault, in which case you ll have to sort it out with them !

Yes, its legal.Once they ve paid for postage and the items have been dispatched, then its the responsibility of Royal Mail to deliver the goods. By paying extra for a recorded delivery you have an extra guarantee (from Royal Mail, not the vendor) that the goods will be delivered, and a better chance of tracking them down if they do go astray. If the disclaimer was clear on the website and you were given the option to buy the better service from Royal Mail, then the vendor really hasn t done anything wrong. Sorry.

I disagree with the other posters.If you pay a company a p p charge, then you are paying them for the delivery of the goods. If they do not deliver them, it is their responsibility. Who they choose to sub-contract that to is up to them. There are 2 contracts in this scenario1) You Seller2) Seller CarrierThere is no contract between you and carrier, so you have no rights in that respect.According to the Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumer Regulations 2002 the goods remain at the seller��s risk until they are delivered to the consumer.

no its not illegal, same when you go to a post office and send something out, you have to pay that litle bit extra for it to et to its destination 100%

Would this be a worth while venture? -

Hi guys,I am 21 years old and currently studying Business at college, i am doing the HNC now, plan to do HND next year and a further 2 years after that which is the Degree course. By this time, fingers crossed, i would have my qualifications and not even be 26.I have for the past 15 months worked in a local bingo hall, and did so when I was 17 also.I have been thinking alot recently about running my own bingo hall one day, i think running it in the town i live in would be great as there are plenty of residents in my town and the surrounding towns, but do you think this would be worthwhile? I would be looking to start up in roughly 10 years, before im 30 would be ideal? Is bingo dying away or does a hall just need the right management?Thanks :)

90% of bingo people are not on line people. will it last maybe, it kills time inexpensively offers a semi certain payback without high investment of time and money and old people need to be able to do something other than watch Lawrence Welk re-runs, go out to dinner at four thirty and shopping at the mall from 1:00pm - 3:30pm every day. is it something I would do? no is it something that makes you happy? can you make a decent living? only you would know.