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Master of Master Baiters Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 720

They wont leave you alone on holiday Evil or Very Mad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/7422851.stm

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:11 am

The UK has finally come into line with rest of Europe on this old scam, the OFT has just bought new laws in to stop high pressure selling:
http://www.oft.gov.uk/advice_and_resources/small_businesses/competing/protection

The only thing it needs now is enforcing.

The best bit of the new legislation is that fortunetellers and mediums have to advertise themselves as an entertainment or fun activity, unless they can prove that they can actually see into the future.

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:16 am

Moved here from Main. Very Happy

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:28 am

windypops wrote:

The best bit of the new legislation is that fortunetellers and mediums have to advertise themselves as an entertainment or fun activity, unless they can prove that they can actually see into the future.

I went to see a clairvoyant in my local pub once. Got there only to find it was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Very Happy

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:44 am

^ Ba dum... tssssssh!

There was a clairvoyant who went out of business in Finsbury Park some years back that put a notice in her shop window to that effect.

Laugh, you bet I did. Laughing

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:25 am

^^^^No future in Finsbury Park, obviously.

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:44 am

I think religions should have to come up with proof as well as clairvoyants, but that's threadlock territory...

We had a day of our holiday stuffed in the Canary Islands after I 'won' a prize with a scratchcard. Many hours later we ended up in a room full of people being persuaded to part with thousands so they could go on the same damn holiday every year. Champagne corks popped every time someone signed. I pleaded poverty and an uncertain income, even then, they make YOU feel guilty for not playing along..

Last time we were on holiday and a girl bearing scratchcards came up and said 'Hello, are you English?' Hayley told her to 'F*ck off!', which is very unlike her.

Master Baiter Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 104

Is there a real prize? Or is the prize the "once in a lifetime deal"?

Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:39 pm

With me, the 'prize' was a holiday at one of their resorts, but they charged for the flight and lots of other things, so it wouldn't have been free at all.