投诉/抱怨信
DearSir,
Isawyouradvertisementfor"theperfectlighter"inSundayTimeslastweekandimmediatelysentoffa￡2postalorderandthecompletedformforthelighter.
ImaginemysurprisewhenallIgotinreturnwasaboxofmatches!Icouldunderstandamistake.Imightevenpardonajoke.Butinthiscase,youradvertisementisadeliberateliesinceafriendofminewhoalsosentthecoupongotthesameresult.
Ithinkit''sashametopromiseaneconomicallighterwheninfactyouarenotsellingalightera1all.Insteadofsayingitworksquickly,youshouldadmitthatyouareofferingmatches.Andwhatabout"only"￡2:Iusuallypay10penniesforaboxofmatches,andtheyareoftengivenawayfree.
Iregardyouradvertisementasaseriousdeceptionanddemandthatyousendmemymoneybackimmediately.OtherwiseIwilltakeactivestepstomakesuretheConsumers''Associationhearaboutit.
Yoursfaithfully,
PeterLi
DearSir,
Iamhighlydisappointedintheproposed2004-05budgetcutstoeduca1ion.Takingawaybasicaidstatusandslashingourschoolbudgetsisarecipeforeducationaldisasterinourschool.Thefuturelieswithourchildren.Theymusthaveaccesstohighqualityeduca1ion.
MyhusbandandIhaveworkedhardtobeabletoliveinaschooldistrictthatprovideshighqualityeducationforourchildren.Cuttingfundingindistrictslikeourswillhaveanegativeimpactonpropertyvalues.
Theschoolthatmydaughterattendsishardlywha1Iwoulddescribeasa"rich"school.Parentsareaskedtopayforbooksforalltheclasses,sciencesuppliesandfortheirstudentstoparticipateintheperformingartsamongotheritems.Ifourschoolistoremainaworldleaderintechnologicaldevelopment,cuttingourschoolfundsistheworstpossiblechoicetomake.
Educationfundsshouldnotbedivertedawayfromeducation.
Yoursfaithfully,
TomWilliams