RE: UKNM: RE: DIXONS - FREE SHARE

[Jatinder Rai (ITN)]

It all goes to prove the old saying... "there's no such thing as a free

lunch!"


Also I'd point out that they're obviously targetting "Dixons" customers, i.e

the same "knowledgable" people who buy Matsui tv's & videos, and Saisho

hi-fi's.  Or in other words, customers who have never used the internet, and

don't know anything about the internet, and are exactly the suckers who are

likely to ring a helpline at �1 a minute.  I'm surprised they didn't call

the new service: "MatsuiServe".


Jatinder


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Sent: 23 September 1998 09:42

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Subject: Re: UKNM: RE: DIXONS - FREE SHARE



Nice one Dixons - lock people into *your* service in-store while buying

*your* PCs while taking a hefty wedge from Energis for doing so. No one

notices the �1 per minute until their phone bill comes in a couple of months

later by which time it's too late. Did I hear some cynic say "that's the

average life of their products anyway?" ......no must be the wind blowing!


Parp

Suckley Media

Independent media planning for the net

nick [dot] suckleyvirgin [dot] net

0171 286 2575


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From: Stefan Magdalinski <

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Date: 22 September 1998 19:55

Subject: Re: UKNM: RE: DIXONS - FREE SHARE



>Nick Sellors wrote:

>>

>> On Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:26:34 +0100, Ross Sleight

>

> <ross [dot] sleightbmpinteraction [dot] com> wrote:

>>

>> >Thought the below was interesting - comments anyone?

>>

>> Well, it will probably affect a lot of the cheaper/lower end

>> domestic-user ISPs but I doubt it'll have much of an impact on the

>> business user/community.

>

>I doubt that many existing users will change. tenner a month isn't much,

>and if you have to abandon your email address etc, might be too much

>hassle.

>

>> Since Planet/Energis are providing the

>> backbone/telecoms/infrastructure for it, I'd say Dixons is the brand

>> name to sell it to the masses and they get their profit from a


>> kick-back from Energis based on the number of minutes of dial-up

>> time.

>

>not to mention that maybe one day they'll use it to push cattle into

>their pathetically bad online shop, the sheer non-joy of which I've only

>discovered today.

>

>question: has anyone on this list ever walked into a shop, and been

>accosted by a member of staff demanding to see their credit card before

>being allowed to look at the goods?

>

>dixons.fuckwits.idiots.idiots.idiots.

>

>sue me. I'm speaking on behalf of the pope (not Ivan)

>

>stefan

>

>> Seems like all parties involved should win in the short term but I

>> wonder what'll happen when the next round of telco-interconnect

>> negotiations take place in the near future.

>>

>> N, speaking in a personal capacity.

>>


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