PUB landlords are warning colleagues in other areas to beware of a salesman offering "too-good-to be-true" satellite TV deals.
A spokesman for Tyldesley Pub Watch scheme said a man has been offering equipment which he claims is capable of receiving live Premiership matches beamed from Norway - in return for payments of up to £300.
But when the publicans tried to receive the signals, the equipment has not worked. The salesman later claimed the equipment would not be in operation until September after the start of the football season.
The landlords took the man's details which were handed to the police and he promised not to operate in the Tyldesley area until September when the facility is due to start.
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