[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by garinda

Something smells funny here, and it isn't whacky baccy.

If the person who started this thread thought there was a problem, why wouldn't they just complain in the shop, rather than share there thoughts about the matter on here?

That's what I thought and why I suggested that people who have a complaint about it should take it up with the shop.

Originally Posted by garinda

Perhaps that passes as 'sensible debate'...if you're as high as a kite.

Hmm I wonder if that's why they saw "drug using equipment" and I saw "lighters and ashtrays"

Originally Posted by garinda

It actually gets stranger.

It says this member joined on the 2nd January 2004, yet the daft Macdonald's thread was started on the 16th July 2003.

I had a look yesterday because I was wondering if the thread started had some personal vendetta type reason for this and concluded that they'd had 2 posts deleted.

I think the date discrepancy has something to do with AccyWeb being swapped over from somewhere else originally but that was before my time as a member. There's just something at the back of my mind about having seen that before with another member and either Mick or Roy explained it at the time.

It does seem very odd that they would only come on to post this one complaint after all that time and then not even follow it up.

Is it perhaps someone who couldn't get a refund for some reason on something they wanted to take back to the shop? As emamum said the title 'drug using equipment' gave the impression of something quite different to what is actually there.

Personally I like the shop and have always bought school uniform there and outdoor clothing and jeans and t-shirts and trainers. I have always found them very friendly, helpful and they've gone out of their way to order things that they haven't had in stock or even to seek out things that they didn't stock but which I've wanted to order. I wouldn't like to see people boycotting the shop and forcing it to close over something which I personally see as very petty because they are not selling anything which they assure me cannot be found in other shops in town where kids go by themselves.

Originally Posted by Royboy39

Why do that?...Trading standards are paid to do it.
My experience of Trading Standards...They have got their finger on the button.....and are not influenced by the PC brigade....If I'ts illegal they will stop it.
I think this thread is absolute bullcrap.....I dont care what race or cread this guy is....live and let live....let the guy make a living.
If we want to control what comes into the country for sale then have a go at the customs who allowed the offending objects in the country in the first place.

The reason I want to look in the pound shops etc is to see for myself what things there are which have this cannabis leaf symbol on them. I've already seen it in jewellery, as earrings and pendants.

I think everyone has agreed that it isn't illegal but some people seem to feel that it's immoral. As such it wouldn't concern the Trading Standards bods would it? You think it could be a racially motivated complaint? I've never really stopped to wonder what creed the shop owners are. There is always a presumption that anyone from the region of the Indian subcontinent is Muslim, but that isn't necessarily so. But surely Muslims would be offended by drug taking equipment wouldn't they? All I can say is I'm pretty sure they aren't Rastafarians - they haven't got dreadlocks.


I know I'm a pain when I get a bee in my bonnet about something but it does seem that this shop is being unfairly targetted. Even people who have agreed have admitted that they have never actually noticed the things themselves.