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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Tims

Taxi for Marks & Spencer … but not in a bad way!

No problem: Marks & Spencer got in a taxi to remove the tag so my brother-in-law could fly back to France.
No problem: Marks & Spencer got in a taxi to remove the tag so my brother-in-law could fly back to France. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

On Boxing Day my brother-in-law bought a very nice Italian wool jacket in the Marks & Spencer sale. But when he got it back he found it still had a security tag attached.

As he was flying back to France, where he lives, early the next day, we rang M&S at both Gatwick terminals but they didn’t have the requisite gadget to remove it. When we rang M&S at Marble Arch, the store where he bought the jacket, it apologised and … sent a member of staff in a taxi on a half-hour journey to my flat to remove the offending tag!

We were flabbergasted.

CK, London

As are we. This is above and beyond.

If you need help email Anna Tims at your.problems@observer.co.uk or write to Your Problems, The Observer, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Include an address and phone number.

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