Carphone Warehouse 0870 scam exposed

There's a whole lot more aggro to it, but basically Carphone Warehouse
have a scam involving their 0870 number which will never be answered,
and I've exposed it. OK, the video drags on a bit, but I didn't want
to put any edits in so it's clear there's no cheating!
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...63456841645458

I've told OFTEL, they said to check legal advice, which I briefly did,
and he says that if a charge is made with the expectation that a
service will be provided, and that service ISN'T provided (even after
the company has been told), then an offence has been comitted.

The video explains more.

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On Mar 30, 5:54 pm, BGN <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30 Mar 2007 09:51:30 -0700, "Lardboy" <[email protected]>
> wrote:

> >The video explains more.
>
> Tidy the room, dear.

Ha! I have a very small corner of a very small room, and no time to
tidy it!

"Lardboy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> There's a whole lot more aggro to it, but basically Carphone Warehouse
> have a scam involving their 0870 number which will never be answered,
> and I've exposed it. OK, the video drags on a bit, but I didn't want
> to put any edits in so it's clear there's no cheating!
> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...63456841645458
>
> I've told OFTEL, they said to check legal advice, which I briefly did,
> and he says that if a charge is made with the expectation that a
> service will be provided, and that service ISN'T provided (even after
> the company has been told), then an offence has been comitted.
>
> The video explains more.
>

I think we all should report this to OFCOM

On 30 Mar 2007 10:06:05 -0700, "Lardboy" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Mar 30, 5:54 pm, BGN <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 30 Mar 2007 09:51:30 -0700, "Lardboy" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>
>> >The video explains more.
>>
>> Tidy the room, dear.
>
>Ha! I have a very small corner of a very small room, and no time to
>tidy it!
Don't worry - it is a palace compared to mine! :-)

Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.

On 30 Mar 2007 09:51:30 -0700, [Lardboy] said :-

>There's a whole lot more aggro to it, but basically Carphone Warehouse
>have a scam involving their 0870 number which will never be answered,
>and I've exposed it. OK, the video drags on a bit, but I didn't want
>to put any edits in so it's clear there's no cheating!
>http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...63456841645458
>
>I've told OFTEL, they said to check legal advice, which I briefly did,
>and he says that if a charge is made with the expectation that a
>service will be provided, and that service ISN'T provided (even after
>the company has been told), then an offence has been comitted.
>
>The video explains more.


This looks like a case that BBC Watchdog would love. See you on TV
next week.

> There's a whole lot more aggro to it, but basically Carphone Warehouse
> have a scam involving their 0870 number which will never be answered,
> and I've exposed it. OK, the video drags on a bit, but I didn't want
> to put any edits in so it's clear there's no cheating!
> http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...63456841645458

Congrats on a well presented, informative video !

I've just sent a note to the news team over at The Register as well
about this, as it seems worthy of a story.

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:20:17 +0100, Colin Wilson wrote:

> Congrats on a well presented, informative video !

Agreed !

> I've just sent a note to the news team over at The Register as well
> about this, as it seems worthy of a story.

Agreed again ! Hope it goes further and gets to the national press.
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Regards,

Hugh Jampton

On 30 Mar, 17:51, "Lardboy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's a whole lot more aggro to it, but basically Carphone Warehouse
> have a scam involving their 0870 number which will never be answered,
> and I've exposed it. OK, the video drags on a bit, but I didn't want
> to put any edits in so it's clear there's no cheating!http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...63456841645458
>
> I've told OFTEL, they said to check legal advice, which I briefly did,
> and he says that if a charge is made with the expectation that a
> service will be provided, and that service ISN'T provided (even after
> the company has been told), then an offence has been comitted.
>
> The video explains more.

The clock you used is not controlled via a signal from Rugby as you
say. It's set via a signal from Anthron, Cumbria, see:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6483969.stm

Andrew Woodvine

Lardboy wrote:
> On Mar 30, 10:08 pm, "Andrew Woodvine" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 30 Mar, 17:51, "Lardboy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The clock you used is not controlled via a signal from Rugby as you
>> say. It's set via a signal from Anthron, Cumbria, see:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6483969.stm
>
> ---------------------------
> "The change at 0100 GMT was the last one to be signalled from Rugby,
> in Warwickshire, which has been the source of the time signal since
> 1927.
>>From 31 March, the long-wave signal, which helps keep the "pips" heard
> on BBC radio services accurate, will start to be broadcast from
> Anthorn, Cumbria. "
> ---------------------------
>
> I made the video on the 29th March
>

Ha ha excellent.

I love it when an anally retentive idiot is given a taste of
their own medicine.

Excellent video too, I think you've managed to really start
something with it, people will be behind you because there
are so many people out there with the joint hatred of anything
carphone warehouse are involved in.

I for one, also hate that company, good luck with your
campaign!

"Lardboy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> On Mar 30, 10:08 pm, "Andrew Woodvine"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 30 Mar, 17:51, "Lardboy" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > The clock you used is not controlled via a signal from
> > Rugby as you say. It's set via a signal from Anthron,
> > Cumbria, see:
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6483969.stm

From that article:

>The national time signal is accurate to within 1,000th of a second of
>Co-ordinated Universal Time.
>It is controlled by two caesium atomic clocks housed at the antenna in
>Rugby.

Eh..? Atomic clocks at the antenna site..? Here's me thinking the clocks
were at NPL in Teddington, or have I got it wrong all these years..?

Ivor

On 30 Mar 2007 09:51:30 -0700, "Lardboy" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>There's a whole lot more aggro to it, but basically Carphone Warehouse
>have a scam involving their 0870 number which will never be answered,
>and I've exposed it. OK, the video drags on a bit, but I didn't want
>to put any edits in so it's clear there's no cheating!
>http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...63456841645458
>
>I've told OFTEL, they said to check legal advice, which I briefly did,
>and he says that if a charge is made with the expectation that a
>service will be provided, and that service ISN'T provided (even after
>the company has been told), then an offence has been comitted.
>
>The video explains more.


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Isn't modern life ****...I try never to buy anything with guarantees because
of this...I just take a chance and bin things that stop working if I can't
sort them out myself.......

"Jim GM4DHJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Isn't modern life ****...I try never to buy anything with guarantees
> because of this...I just take a chance and bin things that stop working if
> I can't sort them out myself.......
>

yes, we are heading that way.

I do same thing for all white goods no matter what age...............just
bin it.

take a look down your local amenity tip, I bet a penny to a pinch if sh1t
that there is a line of Dysons there somewhere. That guy is making a fortune
selling goods that can't stand the test of time.

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:31:09 +0100, "Pongo Potts"
<[email protected]> mused:

>
>"Jim GM4DHJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Isn't modern life ****...I try never to buy anything with guarantees
>> because of this...I just take a chance and bin things that stop working if
>> I can't sort them out myself.......
>>
>
>yes, we are heading that way.
>
>I do same thing for all white goods no matter what age...............just
>bin it.
>
>take a look down your local amenity tip, I bet a penny to a pinch if sh1t
>that there is a line of Dysons there somewhere. That guy is making a fortune
>selling goods that can't stand the test of time.
>
I'll also bet that someone like me takes those Dysons away, cleans the
filters and gives them a wipe over then sells them on again as they
will be near enough brand new.

You've also got to look after things properly. Too many people expect
things to work all on their own with no human intervention for service
and maintenence. Most of the refurbished\reconditioned stuff we come
across is simply cleaning\regular maintenence, which if the original
owner did they would still have the machine working for amny years.

People also expect things to be bombproof, they're not, you can
overload and break things.
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Regards,
Stuart.

"Lurch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:31:09 +0100, "Pongo Potts"
> <[email protected]> mused:
>
>>
>>"Jim GM4DHJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> Isn't modern life ****...I try never to buy anything with guarantees
>>> because of this...I just take a chance and bin things that stop working
>>> if
>>> I can't sort them out myself.......
>>>
>>
>>yes, we are heading that way.
>>
>>I do same thing for all white goods no matter what age...............just
>>bin it.
>>
>>take a look down your local amenity tip, I bet a penny to a pinch if sh1t
>>that there is a line of Dysons there somewhere. That guy is making a
>>fortune
>>selling goods that can't stand the test of time.
>>
> I'll also bet that someone like me takes those Dysons away, cleans the
> filters and gives them a wipe over then sells them on again as they
> will be near enough brand new.
>
> You've also got to look after things properly. Too many people expect
> things to work all on their own with no human intervention for service
> and maintenence. Most of the refurbished\reconditioned stuff we come
> across is simply cleaning\regular maintenence, which if the original
> owner did they would still have the machine working for amny years.
>
> People also expect things to be bombproof, they're not, you can
> overload and break things.
> --
> Regards,
> Stuart.

the upright Dyson has a particular part within the filter system that is not
repairable............only replaceable...............I speak from experience
as I know an expert who has met this problem.................needles to say
the replacement/repair outcosts getting another cleaner.