[jeff1]

Never heard  of this form of advertising before,  But every police officer and community support officer, have a diary issued to them by the police authority :

To day I was approached  to take out an advert in there diary that will be issued to over 12,000 police and community support officers, any profit made will go to the police widow benevolent fund.

All police officers now have there own houses and not police houses, there are also lots of other business's that advertise in them, so may be of some help.
I will be the only W/C in the avon ans somerset police diary

Has anyone else heard of this form of advertising???

There is one benefit I can see If I get so drunk and cant find my way home, at least I can tell the officers to look in there diarys for my name address

[Andy@w.c.s]

Hi Jeff
 Have you signed up for this ?
sounds a bit suss to me
or is that a police term
Just out of interest how much was the geet out of jail free card
 Andy

[Chris Cottrell]

avin a laugh arnt ya?

[jeff1]

Hi Jeff
 Have you signed up for this ?
sounds a bit suss to me
or is that a police term
Just out of interest how much was the geet out of jail free card
 Andy

Hi Andy
Its for next years Diary (thank God   ) and I don't pay until March of next year, Cost £75:00, I get the Diary in December of this year so if its a bit suss, I don't pay

[poles apart]

You can now look forward to every 'charity' ringing you and begging for your help, some will even follow up months later and say you said you would advertise! Your name and number are now on a list that is sold to numerous dodgy money collecting schemes. Good luck!

[pjulk]

I had a call a few years ago about going in the police diary.
But i didn't take them up as i don't think it will work that well


Paul

[craig jwc]

Had the same mate.

A bit pushy they were and told me the same.

I asked them for information as they phoned my whilst i was on a big clean so i could read it later.
The 1st thing i got through the post was an Invoice for over £200.

I e-mailed them about it and got a rather abrupt person phone me.

I had this last year from some company and had similar problems.

Craig

[Andy@w.c.s]

Jeff
Sounds suss
Save your money
ask the next bobby you see about it
then make up your mind  

[mick hay]

Dont go there, the co. is prob james e james!

I worked in this industry for a few years, very profitable for the rep, pain in the ar*e for you tho!

its called support advertising!

[jeff1]

You can now look forward to every 'charity' ringing you and begging for your help, some will even follow up months later and say you said you would advertise! Your name and number are now on a list that is sold to numerous dodgy money collecting schemes. Good luck!

I already had that about 2 weeks ago,and never advertised with anyone except yellow pages, but the second word I use is off, when they say you said you would help us. I'm a bit older and wiser and can normally smell a rat.

But I do see, how you can see its a little suss, so what I'll do tomorrow, is the first copper police officer I see I'll ask him about the Diary.

[EasyClean]

My brother has just been accepted into the police. I told him he's a tos**r if he joins!
I was approached about the police diary ages ago and I told them  a big NO THANK-YOU!
I've paid my share of traffic fines donating to the police charity

[geefree]

always thought you sounded dodgy jeff 

[Spursboy1972]

Its up to you but I would not do it. It is usually handled by a company from Liverpool way. I think they are called Vardis. If they think you are interested they will hassle you forever and so will every other form of advertising for charities. They also get rude and aggressive. I ended up telling one guy that if he thought he was so clever to come and find me! he didnt but in the end they left me alone.

[jeff1]

Its up to you but I would not do it. It is usually handled by a company from Liverpool way. I think they are called Vardis. If they think you are interested they will hassle you forever and so will every other form of advertising for charities. They also get rude and aggressive. I ended up telling one guy that if he thought he was so clever to come and find me! he didnt but in the end they left me alone.

I love aggressive people

No Seriously Guy's after all the warnings I will check them out.

[Paul Coleman]

Sounds like a poisoned chalice to me.  Over the years I have been ripped off for my money by no less than four coppers.  I may have been ripped off by four plumbers and four builders too but that doesn't get noticed so easily.  I also have some honest coppers on my books but I did start wondering about the "law unto themselves" bit before my faith was restored.  Important to take people as individuals rather than judging by profession I think.

I got a call yesterday from some company compiling a local authority advertising guide.  That definitely sound "suss" to me as they don't just go to some "guide" to get their quotes.  The caller told me that there were only going to be three entries under each heading.

[ac_cleaning]

SAVE YOUR MONEY.We advertised with them a few years ago never got one call.Its not actually the police force its a company asked by them to produce their dairies and a percentage of the advertising revenue goes to the different police funds.
al

[jeff1]

Due to all the usual sound advice from you guy's, I have decided to bin the idea so thank you guy's

I'll spend the £75 on taking the family out for a Chinese meal today, to celibrate my 10th  Birthday

[Mike_G]

I had them phone me in Feb this year. The usual stuff and £200 was mentioned I asked them to send me some info so I could find out a bit more and heard nothing until about 3 weeks ago when they phoned asking for the money! The chap insisted that I booked an advert in November but I told him I never, and as yet I have not heard back from them.

[aztec]

its a scam , i have calls from the fire brigade benevolent fund and rung them and they never heard of the company advertising be aware

[russ_clark]

It is not a scam
There are lots of people on hear that appear very Anti- Police
Why Is That ??
There are not enough of them to do the job properly and it is all
down to money and politics.
I am not interested in the politics as it bores the pants off me.
My view is that all politicians are as bad as each other-they just have different reasons.
The Diaries are standard for most Police Forces and the advertising is genuine and have local companies for that area.
I am not saying they are a good idea for shiners to advertise in (I don't)
but they are certainly NOT A SCAM!
but it does grip me when it turns into a Police slagging off
when really it has very little to do with the state of our Police Forces.
Trust me I know!
Whinge over