____/ [H]omer on Sunday 22 July 2007 19:45 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> Dell Signs Deal With British Mobile Retailer
>
> Eugh! It's Carphone Warehouse. I wouldn't touch them with a 10ft pole.
>
> I'm still trying to figure out how CW managed to set up a direct debit
> on one of my bank accounts without my authorisation, and even more
> incredibly, without me giving them those account details, for a contract
> on a phone I bought from them years ago, using a credit card from
> another bank.
>
> They also refused a firmware upgrade on two handsets I gave them,
> stating as the official reason that they were "damaged beyond repair",
> even though they were pristine and fully functional (the firmware was a
> fix for quirks with SMS).
>
> There's something distinctly fishy about CW ... in fact I'd go as far as
> to say criminal, or at the very least they're outright cowboys.
Well, have you seen their TV ads? Their recent ones...? Fish and chips come to
mind.
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