"Chris Spyrou" <chris.spyrou@NOSPAMnumero.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3f0417ef$0$18490$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com ...
> Steve Terry wrote:
> > "Chris Harris" <chris_p_harris@REMOVE.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:2dGMa.18069$sh4.1314031@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net...
> > Orange seem to be starting to play the O2 / O2 online (Genie) game.
> > Which apart from being confusing, lacking in originality, and a sign
> > of desperation, is an appalling way to treat the independent Orange
> > dealers that made Orange what it is today
> > But what else can you expect from the frauds now managing FT Orange
>
> This is posting on another forum by an O dealer 15 months ago!
> ////
> Heard the latest scam?
> It’s really easy and could make you a fortune!
> Interested? Then read on.
> All you have to do is appoint a national network of sub dealers to
> sell your phones. Let them connect lots of good customers so you
> become the biggest and best in your field. Then simply use the
> customer information you have, and approach all your sub dealers
> customers directly with offers your sub dealers cannot compete with!
> Marvellous idea eh?
> The only problem with it is that Orange thought of it first!
> ////
> 15 months on an O no longer need to go this route as they can
> just have their own improved tariffs direct. Not just 1 like Voda
> but the main portfolio!
> Chris Spyrou
>
Too true :-(
I suspect US anti-racketeering laws would apply to what Orange are now doing,
but as we don't have any here, they're safe.

Steve Terry