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Apr 18, 2015

SHOPPING TRUCKS * New Zealand: "some of which have been accused of taking advantage of the poor..."

* New Zealand - Crackdown on shopping trucks wanted by minister


-- Social Development Minister Anne Tolley has hatched a plan to "curb the negative effects" of mobile truck shops in communities, and it doesn't involve her Cabinet colleagues passing new laws... Tolley, the MP for the East Coast, is lobbying councils to use their powers to close mobile shopping trucks, some of which have been accused of taking advantage of the poor... Mobile trucks have been criticised for selling goods at prices that are in many cases far higher than the supermarkets and shops. Customers are able to get the goods before paying the mobile shopping truck owner by instalment... Consumer said some mobile truck companies, of which there were about 40, were "targeting some of the most vulnerable consumers". It said an item like a jersey could end up costing $180 and a packet of cornflakes could cost $30 if purchased from rogue operators... Tolley appeared to have similar concerns... She said she had met with and written to the mayors and councils in the Opotiki, Kawerau and Whakatane districts, and believed there was an opportunity "to work together to exclude mobile trucks from preying on our communities"... 
(Photo: A mobile shopping truck, shipping container cafe, in Auckland) -- Auckland, NZ - Stuff, by ROB STOCK - Apr 16, 2015

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Sep 1, 2008

TRUCKS' MOBILE SERVICE * USA - On the Road Again

Mechanics take to highways in buses to help get truckers rolling again

Evansville,IN,USA -The Evansville Courier & Press/The Gleaner, by CHUCK STINNETT -August 31, 2008: -- Since January, Don Caudill has operated a mobile service from his home near Robards, Ky., that provides emergency roadside repairs for diesel vehicles such as semitrailer trucks. Caudill's Diesel Service answers the phone and responds 24 hours a day, seven days a week... A diesel mechanic for the past 10 years, Caudill last year bought two used school buses. He and former co-worker Butch Smith, a mechanic since 1971, painted the buses white, removed the seats and began installing tool chests, work benches, vises, parts bins, generators and other equipment to convert them into rolling mechanic's shops... Those buses make repairs go much more smoothly, Caudill said... (Photos by Mike Lawrence: 1 . The Gleaner Don Caudill uses his converted school bus to provide emergency roadside repairs for diesel vehicles such as semitrailer trucks - Photo 2 . Butch Smith, left, Irena Blum and Don Caudill stand in front of the two converted school buses they use to operate a mobile diesel repair service)

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