stripes theotoky wrote:
Appears that Competition commission are useless as usual. Long response that says nothing and shows that they don't even understand the issue. Funny they have written this rubbish to a Professor of Economics, The letter is of course a 'form letter' identical to the one I received; if you look at the problem from the bureaucrats point of view ' a la ' "Yes Minister"; the problem is 1/ to have an identical letter for all similar inquiries, to reduce time and energy. 2/ the letter should suggest something has been / will be done; whilst accepting no responsibility. 3/ the letter should suggest the department has a definite understanding of ' the problem'; whilst ultimately avoiding making any statement which could later be found inaccurate. ...... the trick is to make the bureaucrat realise that you won't go away and that the path of least pain lies in actually doing something about your request; eg. you could write a detailed email response to the form letter...etc.and/ or eg you could write a detailed 'snail-mail' letter to the bureaucrat's minister; thus bringing some heat from above on the individual and the additional work required in printing and mailing a response. if any of my students had this little understanding I'd fail them out of hand.
Well they say to walk a mile in another man's shoes, is to acquire understanding; and as some wag suggested, at worst you have another pair of shoes ! regards Rohan McLeod