On 2007-07-06 13:02:37 +0100, Kev said:

On Jul 4, 9:42 pm, "Newshound" wrote:
1. Where is the DIY connection?

2. What's wrong with uk.legal or uk.legal.moderated

3. What's wrong with

Mr M Mouse
Make up a plausible local postcode
Make up a house number
Say yes when they tell you the address

This used to wind me up at RS. They will only deal with trade

Untrue.

and as I
very infrequently buy from them, I don't use much electronic stuff, I
don't bother with an account so I always have to take proof that I am
in a trade.

That is only if you only use a trade counter. If you buy once on line
first, you get a delivery point code and invoice. You can take that
along as proof of relationship.

The only issue for the trade counters is that they do not have planning
permission to operate as retail outlets. It does not mean that from a
business perspective they won't sell to anybody.



They never the less still want my deatils for the system
despite the fact that the next time I go back and purchase something
they wouldn't look up their records and see that I had bought from
them before, I would still have to take evidence with me.
As a consequence I only ever use them as a last resort. I prefer to
del with businesses that actually want me a customer.


That isn't an RS issue. Talk to your planning department about it.