Sydenham Town Forum

@syenhamboy Excellent fruit and veg shop across the road called Fresh 'n' Fruity, been using them for years & they're observing all the social distancing these days. Same lady owns Billings Butchers 2 doors down (again excellent), we're really very lucky in this neck of the woods to have a genuine ...

A receipt is mandatory if it is asked for - that is a consumer right and the law of the land. Do not take any wooden nickels on this. Interesting that it was the manager who was saying this and not one of his staff. Very odd. True - it's a wonderful shop packed with loads of things difficult to get ...

My dear chap, You do seem to come across as condescending and abrupt, not to say peremptory. It would appear that you may be someone who 'patrols' the internet searching for anyone with whom you think you can be high-handed, usually on a technicality of some sort - a form of point-scoring. And now ...

@mosy Forgive me but you do seem somewhat 'triggered' over my remarks, and are being unnecessarily combative. This is the internet - or at least a local forum on it - local people such as myself and others on here have a right to voice their concerns and see if anyone has had the same problems. I am ...

It's not mandatory, but they still can. however I would doubt very much that the charge was going to an environmental charity or such as it should do . Straight in their pockets I bet. :) [my bold] Don't think so. "should do" would be true if bound to comply with the gov't 5p scheme, but then they ...

I also think that something fishy goes on here. Before I go on, I have to say that I think the PFC is an excellent shop, well stocked with many choices,and with many things that can't be easily found elsewhere. However, I went in the other day to buy a big bag of coarse-ground black pepper: I never ...