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Free? Laptops no longer to be described as Free by some suppliers.
OldGreyFox
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"Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4u and 3 have stopped promoting laptop deals with the word ‘free’.
Carphone believes that ‘free’ could be construed as misleading and fall foul of Trading Standards regulations."
http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/Trading_Standards_watches_use_of_free_in_laptop_offers.html
Carphone believes that ‘free’ could be construed as misleading and fall foul of Trading Standards regulations."
http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/Trading_Standards_watches_use_of_free_in_laptop_offers.html
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Thats because they are NOT Free, you eventually end up paying for them in the long run.( Web User magazine .)You live..You learn.:)0
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Also explains why talktalk get away with advertising "free" broadband - they change the package names every 6 months (change due soon I imagine) otherwise they would have to tell it as it is ie. cheap“I look like Spiderman at a funeral”~ Karl Pilkington0
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