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Are they a 'under the counter' payer? I've had an account with them for over four years. I spend alot of money in my local topps, but, even though they have my cards, I never get work via them! OK, its ok to buy their gear, and every time I go there, they say their handing out my cards, which cost myself money, I never get a call from punters who say they have been to topps. So, all I can presume is that the topps I use, maybe others, have their preferred tilers/tilers who throw them a bung! I was told, several times, an area manager would call me.................. where I go , in London, the staff are mainly Polish, no problem, unless, they are sorting themselves out..............know what I mean................ | ||||||||||
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Topps now have TAF's...Topps Approved Fixers, usually no more than 5 tilers...Gaz | ||
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My Topps in Inverness do not use (yet) approved fixers. i have had referrals from them too. | ||
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Hi Fred, I've been dealing a lot with Topps since middle of last year and I had nadda from them all that time, although they too told me that they were handing out my cards. I was getting impatient because I worked out that I had spent over 4k with them on materials and sent over 5k worth of business their way! They recently started this Approved Installer scheme, where each store has 2 or 3 approved installers. (see all the new POS in store advertising this?) I asked about this before my store had even heard of it and I got invited onboard. There is a bit of paperwork and commitment required but I am now getting LOADS of enquiries and jobs from them. My advice would be to contact their area manager and speak directly to them. Ask to get onboad and outline your history with the store. | ||||||||||
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We'll do it at the weekend for you type of thing or our mates can do it  Is that what you refering to  Allegedly | ||||||||||
| "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes" Last edited by whitebeam; 29-06-2008 at 09:30 PM. |
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thanks for the replies, just getting frustrated seeing polish vans x 10 and mine outside my topps and getting no work from them................headbutt..lol | ||||||||||
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Have I missed something here, You where saying you getting no work from topps and complaining about a bung. If your not happy about the situation tell the staff, Thats why I have stopped putting my cards to a supplier so I'm not beholdent to them and can shout if I'm not happy about the service I receive and I can go to another supplier who wants my money and not worry about the work I don't get from them | ||||||||||
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Different ball game...............but then again, I spose I'm lucky in as much as the foreign workers don't seem to have got down my way....................................YET | |||||||||||
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