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over a year ago
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"Yes this is true
They have lost o2 contracts and vodaphone end their condract with them in december so now only do ee contracts. "
Think they've lost EE too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Good riddance to a shite company and even worse advets"
Not sure what their adverts have to do with anything but 5500 people unemployed and more emptiy shops in our towns is not a good thing so not sure why you (or anyone else) would appear to be celebrating  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good riddance to a shite company and even worse advets
Not sure what their adverts have to do with anything but 5500 people unemployed and more emptiy shops in our towns is not a good thing so not sure why you (or anyone else) would appear to be celebrating "
Indeed |
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"Good riddance to a shite company and even worse advets
Not sure what their adverts have to do with anything but 5500 people unemployed and more emptiy shops in our towns is not a good thing so not sure why you (or anyone else) would appear to be celebrating
Indeed "
So a bad company should be missed because the staff, who are complicit in the shady sales tactics, will lose their jobs? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good riddance to a shite company and even worse advets
Not sure what their adverts have to do with anything but 5500 people unemployed and more emptiy shops in our towns is not a good thing so not sure why you (or anyone else) would appear to be celebrating
Indeed
So a bad company should be missed because the staff, who are complicit in the shady sales tactics, will lose their jobs?"
That's not what I said at all is it?
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By *bi HaiveMan
over a year ago
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It's been owned by a private equity group - two in fact - since the founder sold it years ago for 1.2billion.
It was bound to lose contract with suppliers eventually. Competition is too tight for the network providers to pay fees to what is effectively a broker when they all have their own network of high st shops.
It's why there are fewer insurance, mortgage and financial services brokers on the high st these days, and all the business is either done directly with the provider or via the internet.
It was the high st equivalent of go compare, compare the meerkat or money supermarket. None of which have branches.
The administrators may well keep the website but close the branches as they're too expensive to run.
Sad when jobs are involved - but as was said earlier - shops need products to sell in order to survive. And with no EE or Vodafone business to sell it's running out of products.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think the Dixons Carphone group will be happy. They can remove P4U from the stores and replace them with their Carphone Warehouse. "
Yep nice little monopoly there. I wonder what really motivated all the providers to drop P4U |
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By *bi HaiveMan
over a year ago
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"I think the Dixons Carphone group will be happy. They can remove P4U from the stores and replace them with their Carphone Warehouse.
Yep nice little monopoly there. I wonder what really motivated all the providers to drop P4U"
Money.
Why pay someone else to offer a service you can provide yourself?
Simple business sense.
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By *xpresMan
over a year ago
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"Good riddance to a shite company and even worse advets
Not sure what their adverts have to do with anything but 5500 people unemployed and more emptiy shops in our towns is not a good thing so not sure why you (or anyone else) would appear to be celebrating "
I'm celebrating because this company tried to screw me out of nearly £300 so yes I'm happy they are going under |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I remember radio rentals lol  "
That's going back a few years!
It's a shame that yet another retailer will be leaving our high street. Another empty shop and another reason why people don't need to visit. Good luck to the staff that at find themselves out of work. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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have noticed that our local phone 4 u shop used to have several display counters and now only have a wall display and large space in the middle - has been this way for a while |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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P4U problem wasn't with Dixon carphone ... The downfall is more to do with mobile retailers setting up their own shops and them being squeezed out which is a shame as they were and still are making money... But if your product is selling phones and you can't sell them! Game over! |
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Just do a search on MSE for Phones4U and see all the problems that the networks have to sort out.
Vodafone, who normally are quite happy for people they recommend to rip their customers off probably weren't earning enough out of it. |
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By *edro71Man
over a year ago
newcastle under lyme |
P4u have indeed entered into administration. We were told this morning I a briefing at 9am. I have over 10yrs service with them and redundancy is nit guaranteed we have been told, neither is owed pay. 
Lots of free time on my hands now! |
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By *nigmatic1Woman
over a year ago
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"P4u have indeed entered into administration. We were told this morning I a briefing at 9am. I have over 10yrs service with them and redundancy is nit guaranteed we have been told, neither is owed pay.
Lots of free time on my hands now!"
Sorry to hear that...hope you manage to sort something out |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I remember radio rentals lol
That's going back a few years!
It's a shame that yet another retailer will be leaving our high street. Another empty shop and another reason why people don't need to visit. Good luck to the staff that at find themselves out of work."
the shop wont be empty for long. Will soon have a charity store trying to sell me my 70's clothes i donated to them back to me.
Either that or an east european store selling sour kraut type products to all the foreign fruit pickers |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"P4u have indeed entered into administration. We were told this morning I a briefing at 9am. I have over 10yrs service with them and redundancy is nit guaranteed we have been told, neither is owed pay.
Lots of free time on my hands now!"
i was made redundant a few years ago - about 12 years service- there is a government fund for redundancy where the company doesnt pay out - you will get your money just takes a bit longer |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I remember radio rentals lol
That's going back a few years!
It's a shame that yet another retailer will be leaving our high street. Another empty shop and another reason why people don't need to visit. Good luck to the staff that at find themselves out of work.
the shop wont be empty for long. Will soon have a charity store trying to sell me my 70's clothes i donated to them back to me.
Either that or an east european store selling sour kraut type products to all the foreign fruit pickers"
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"Good riddance to a shite company and even worse advets
Not sure what their adverts have to do with anything but 5500 people unemployed and more emptiy shops in our towns is not a good thing so not sure why you (or anyone else) would appear to be celebrating "
That's not what was said though |
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By *edro71Man
over a year ago
newcastle under lyme |
"P4u have indeed entered into administration. We were told this morning I a briefing at 9am. I have over 10yrs service with them and redundancy is nit guaranteed we have been told, neither is owed pay.
Lots of free time on my hands now!
i was made redundant a few years ago - about 12 years service- there is a government fund for redundancy where the company doesnt pay out - you will get your money just takes a bit longer"
what time scales are we talking? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"P4u have indeed entered into administration. We were told this morning I a briefing at 9am. I have over 10yrs service with them and redundancy is nit guaranteed we have been told, neither is owed pay.
Lots of free time on my hands now!
i was made redundant a few years ago - about 12 years service- there is a government fund for redundancy where the company doesnt pay out - you will get your money just takes a bit longer what time scales are we talking?"
because i had to claim 12 years it was a week for each - so about 3 months - got it all though - plus holidays and the month salary owed - |
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