Its A Secret
A client asked a leasing company to confirm the leasing rate used on a new agreement. By leasing rate, we mean the rate per £1,000 the leasing company give to…
Fraud? Thats not our problem, we wern’t there!
During a recent customer contract review, we discovered a machine, already the subject of an existing lease, had been sold to a new lease company alongside new equipment. While this…
Are you ready for GDPR
Data protection rules across the United Kingdom and Europe are set to change. If you run a small business and collect personal data from customers, then you need to know what’s…
There’s nothing wrong with that document
You could be forgiven for thinking Leasing Companies and even Leasing Brokers would be alert to fraudulent activity on agreements before they pay out the supplier for goods which may…
No duty of care to you, our customer.
We talk regularly about the supplier of equipment who’s terms you need to fully understand, however, a number of businesses will, at the seller’s suggestion, lease equipment which leaves you…
Mr & Mrs Niceguy
Let’s get one thing straight, you are not going to buy from any salesperson if you don’t like them, so please stop telling me how nice he/she was! Another statement…
The Free Trial
I spend a lot of my time reminding business people to read and understand agreements before they enter into them. I had assumed my immediate family understood the reasons why…
Apogee’s Head Of Compliance Returns
After 15 months, Chas Jordan the Founder of Fair Contract Associates parted company with Managed Services provider Apogee On 31st March 2017. Chas said “While I am sad to be leaving…
Price Increase Scams
Price increases are a way of life and we cannot really avoid them, so how is it then that some copier companies who work with the same suppliers allegedly suffer…
Minimum Usage Scams
When you decide on your new Copier deal, your chosen supplier has probably done a print audit review and suggests these figures be used as a ‘minimum agreed volume’ each…