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— others suffered financial ruin or gave up their businesses. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, has been hearing about the impact on three generations of one family. when we came here, this used to be a post office. anjuna and baljit sethi owned this branch. in fact, anjuna's dad was a sub—postmaster, too. they are a post office family. but 20 years ago, they went from running a successful business to financial ruin. it was all because, in 2001, the post office computer system at their branch started showing big losses, which baljit was being asked to cover from his own p...

Was a sub—postmaster, too. they are a post office family. but 20 years ago, they went from running a successful business to financial ruin. it was all because, in 2001, the post office computer system at their branch started showing big losses, which baljit was being asked to cover from his own pocket. so i said to the post office, sorry, i can't put in £17,000. i don't have that kind of money. the post office said, if they wouldn't pay up, the branch would be closed. the sethis had no choice. they lost their business and were forced into bankruptcy. we managed a year or two, just like that...