{"id":100150,"date":"2017-05-01T18:08:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T23:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/product\/alert-bundles-small-medium-large-depanneurs\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:02:10","slug":"alert-bundles-small-medium-large-depanneurs","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/product\/alert-bundles-small-medium-large-depanneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"ALERT Signage Bundles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">IF YOU SELL TOBACCO, YOU CAN BE <span style=\"color: #e00026;\">PROSECUTED, FINED AND SUSPENDED.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">Convenience store owners, ask yourselves the following:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">Could you afford to pay up to $125,000 in fines?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">Could you stop selling tobacco for a month without losing your customer base and your shirt?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>In addition to managing your store, could you endure the burden of a 2-3 year prosecution?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">If you answered <strong>NO<\/strong>, you should know that last year, <strong>5 convenience stores per week were caught selling tobacco to minors<\/strong>, despite the fact that there were 50% less inspections than usual! Imagine this year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">Don&#8217;t wait for an offense to fall on you. Put the law on your side by installing the <strong><span style=\"color: #e00026;\">ALERT<\/span> signage\u00a0(Assessment of\u00a0LEgal Responsibility about\u00a0Tobacco)\u00a0<\/strong>in your convenience store <strong>as soon as possible<\/strong>, offered exclusively by <strong>DepQuebec<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">How does it work?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">The <strong><span style=\"color: #e00026;\">ALERT<\/span> <\/strong>signage helps to prevent the sale of tobacco to minors while making entrapment efforts\u00a0more difficult for government mystery-shoppers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ALERT-Signage-Logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-94966\" src=\"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ALERT-Signage-Logo-400x227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ALERT-Signage-Logo-400x227.png 400w, https:\/\/depquebec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ALERT-Signage-Logo-600x340.png 600w, https:\/\/depquebec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ALERT-Signage-Logo-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/depquebec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ALERT-Signage-Logo.png 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">The <span style=\"color: #e00026;\"><strong>ALERT<\/strong> <\/span><strong>signage<\/strong> program takes advantage of the new <strong>section 13.1<\/strong> of the revised Tobacco Act (2015) specifying that, <strong>upon request of a retailer or its employee<\/strong>, a tobacco buyer is now <em>&#8220;required to prove his age&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0by showing a government ID card with photo (see more info <a href=\"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/how-to-survive-mystery-shopping-inspections-by-using-the-alert-signage\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">In other words, tobacco buyers are now <em><strong>&#8220;legally obliged&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> to show their IDs\u00a0<strong>but only if you ask them<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Thus, through the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #e00026;\"><strong>ALERT<\/strong> <\/span><strong>signage<\/strong>, this demand or request is made not verbally, but in writing through in-store signage to all tobacco customers so that it is now up to them to show their IDs and up to you to clear verify them or clear them of this legal obligation should they look over 18 without any possible doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">In practice, there is no change for your regular customers once you have cleared them of their legal obligation. Government&#8217;s mystery-shoppers, however, will only visit your store once:\u00a0the legal obligation burden will then be on their shoulders when they visit you. They\u00a0<span class=\"\">have no choice but to take the effect of this new provision into account, which could possibly make their approach more easily detectable.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Should they ignore it (by simply trying to buy tobacco like they usually do) without volunteering their ID or admitting firsthand that they don&#8217;t have any, it could <strong>possibly<\/strong> (without any guarantee) be interpreted by a magistrate as a <strong>violation of their legal obligation<\/strong> and <strong>contribute to your\u00a0acquittal<\/strong>.\u00a0Of course, every case and every magistrate is different, but this new element is sure to muddy the waters <strong>in your favor<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">So considering these factors, and for a low, non-recurring and risk-free cost, the <span style=\"color: #e00026;\"><strong>ALERT<\/strong> <\/span><strong>signage<\/strong> provides you with the following benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You benefit fully from the revised Tobacco Act&#8217;s most recent provisions in your favor\u00a0(legal obligation of customers to prove their age when asked);<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">You engage your clientele in the overall effort to prevent the sale of tobacco to minors;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">You are better protected against government mystery shopping inspections (more info <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/how-to-survive-mystery-shopping-inspections-by-using-the-alert-signage\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Please note that the <span style=\"color: #e00026;\"><strong>ALERT<\/strong> <\/span>formal notices must be clearly visible. You will want to have not one, but several posters and signs at various strategic locations of your store (doors, checkout, etc.) as well as taking photos once they\u00a0are installed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Combined with your best due diligence efforts and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acda-aqda.ca\/\"><strong>QCSA&#8217;s Inspectobacco<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0third-party verification plan, the <span style=\"color: #e00026;\"><strong>ALERT<\/strong> <\/span><strong>signage<\/strong> program\u00a0is a complementary tool to help you prevent excessive fines and costly tobacco sale bans\u00a0resulting from a failed\u00a0government mystery inspection.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span class=\"\">Lower your risks today: order and <strong>post\u00a0the <span style=\"color: #e00026;\">ALERT<\/span> signage as soon as possible<\/strong> in your convenience store. For a very low\u00a0and one-time cost\u00a0compared to the financial risks you are facing,\u00a0<strong>you have everything to gain and absolutely nothing to lose!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>REDUCE YOUR RISK BY INSTALLING THE <span style=\"color: #e00026;\">ALERT SIGNAGE<\/span> INTO YOUR DEPANNEUR ON A <span style=\"color: #e00026;\">PERMANENT BASIS.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e00026;\">NEW: FREE DELIVERY<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Return Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Only damaged material on delivery are eligible for a refund;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Otherwise, all transactions are final.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete sets of posters, stickers and <span style=\"color: #e00026;\"><strong>ALERT<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0pads for indoor and outdoor displays fitting any\u00a0convenience store sizes. No need to waste time picking up piece by piece what you need: choose the right bundle and\u00a0<strong>get\u00a0everything you need to protect yourself for a long time!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":112940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[675],"product_tag":[1861,1864,1860],"class_list":{"0":"post-100150","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-tobacco-compliance","7":"product_tag-alert-signage-en","8":"product_tag-minor-en","9":"product_tag-tobacco-2","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-variable","17":"has-default-attributes"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/100150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=100150"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=100150"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=100150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}