Laura Fraser, owner of Rowan Tree Nursery in Glasgow, received three phone calls on 7 July from a company claiming she had agreed back in February to pay 199 towards the cost of a publication to be distributed to local primary schools. She said, 'When I said I was unaware of the publication, the caller said the order had been reduced "from a full contribution to a contribution for a single class". They waffled on and said they'd just rung to find out which primary school I wanted to send the copies to.'
Ms Fraser was then told she would receive an invoice for 199 along with a copy of the publication in due course. 'I got the impression it was to do with sponsoring the publication and making a donation towards the printing costs. They didn't even say I'd agreed to advertising. I again asked for more information and was told that someone from administration would call later to "confirm my details" and the call was ended,' she said.
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