Utility Warehouse (Telecom Plus) Discussion

Quentin

AvengerSeawolf wrote: »

The new ID is being shown ways to introduce the information to people, where is the problem in that? People have the opportunity to decline.

It's called Network Marketing, and many people who first become involved need pointers and guidance on how to get started - quite often it's through close friends and family, although when we get comfortable we can even talk to strangers! You might want to come out from behind your keyboard sometime and try it...

As you can't see the problem in taking advantage of a friend's natural desire to respond to a "cry for help" from another friend, and instead excuse this taking advantage as being because it's "called Network Marketing", then you are obviously eminently suitable to carry out this deceitful role!

Most people would be horrified to find they were urged to take advantage of a friend's offer to help when really you just want to sign them up to uw.

This is how uw introduces the training video on how to make use of your friends:

Here's another video that demonstrates Group Director, Shannon Griffin booking a 'practice appointment', no doubt with a view to signing up a multi-service customer for at least four services, because that's what the top distributors do.

janninew

jimexbox wrote: »

I would of thought free broadband and phone (sufficient spend on discount card applicable) Even a profit as UW refund any unused discount back, then choose a far cheaper online energy tariff would be the best money saving avenue.

Though I realise that you have already indicated that you are willing to spend whatever amount is necessary to have monthly billing. Possibly running into several hundred pounds?

We have had this discussion several times! I do not want an online tariff, I find their terms and discounts complicated. I like getting my accurate monthly bill!

I don't recall every saying that I would pay whatever necessary to have monthly billing, I don't feel that £84.00 per year is that excessive, I believe in the saying ' you get what you pay for!'

The cheapest supplier at the moment is showing as npower and I would rather sit in the dark and cold than go back to them!

Quentin

uptomyeyeballs wrote: »

This MSE forum is just a conventional forum. Eventually, someone is going to have to split the thread, as it cannot go on forever. The things people were apparently arguing about 4 years ago are irrelevant now really. Things have changed over the last 4 years haven't they?

No-one has said MSE isn't a conventional forum.

But this isn't a conventional thread!

And it is noticeable how the members of the new uw reps/customers forum have come back here with an agenda designed to get this thread closed or curtailed!

jimexbox

janninew wrote: »

We have had this discussion several times! I do not want an online tariff, I find their terms and discounts complicated. I like getting my accurate monthly bill!

I don't recall every saying that I would pay whatever necessary to have monthly billing, I don't feel that £84.00 per year is that excessive, I believe in the saying ' you get what you pay for!'

The cheapest supplier at the moment is showing as npower and I would rather sit in the dark and cold than go back to them!

Just pointing out that you could have free broadband and phone, possibly a profit if you discount card spend is sufficient. Now that is an unbeatable deal, unless you are carmine that is and have numerous friends/family dotted around the globe, and have a predilection for obsessively ringing 0870/0845 prefix numbers all day.

1carminestocky

Is this how pathetic it's become? So somebody gets a bill from UW for NIL POUNDS and NIL PENCE and they haven't got their utilities for free? HaHa. Put it this way, they've got them for 100% less than you have gotten yours for. Agreed?

Quentin

uptomyeyeballs wrote: »

As a customer, would you be happier with :

a) ultra cheap + crap service/min contract
b) slightly less cheap + excellent service/no min contract

According to one high profile uw member and rep with parrot tendencies (when posting here), he has experienced a mixture of the worst aspects of both your scenarios, a) and b):

"Atrocious" (his word) service from uw, and obviously less cheap energy services!

1carminestocky

espresso wrote: »

Yes I missed any detail, as far as I can see this is the first time you have actually stated what you have had to spend on the cashback card, to reduce your bill to £29 for September.

You say that I have an immature attitude. Repeatedly bringing up the French & Saunders advert mistake, not a lie, which the poster admitted was an error and corrected within two hours of the post. How many more times are you going to drag that up to try to discredit the poster? That is not only immature, that is simply desperate and makes you look pathetic!

You make far too many unqualified assumptions about other posters. Regular insinuations that posters are inebriated when posting at particular hours of the day or that they are sad singletons surely qualifies you as an A-hole and a thoroughly unpleasant person yourself doesn't it?

:rolleyes:

Yes, but I'm very good looking.

AvengerSeawolf

Quentin wrote: »

As you can't see the problem in taking advantage of a friend's natural desire to respond to a "cry for help" from another friend, and instead excuse this taking advantage as being because it's "called Network Marketing", then you are obviously eminently suitable to carry out this deceitful role!

Most people would be horrified to find they were urged to take advantage of a friend's offer to help when really you just want to sign them up to uw.

This is how uw introduces the training video on how to make use of your friends:

Thank you, you're right - I am suitable and I have found a role that has enabled me to live a great life.

Someone (forget who) said a while ago that friends and family can be your closest allies and your harshest critics. I thought that was bang on.

Despite what you infer about 'taking advantage' of friends and family, in my own experience many of them didn't come across to UW straight away, never having heard of the company or what it does. I daresay that this was the experience of many ID's? Needless to say, once they saw the value and benefits they have all subsequently come aboard for one reason or another.

Quentin

uptomyeyeballs wrote: »

It is though. There are many threads just like it, on various subjects, on various forums all over the Internet.

No, see post #1.

As far as MSE is concerned, this thread is unique!

Quentin

No, it's you who have missed the point!

That's how this thread is unique!

Not for discussing "any" suppliers, but devoted to UW!