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'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer' blog discussion

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This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

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  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    OK..... Enough is enough..... I cannot take another blog like that. :p

    Martin is not short of a bob or two now, so it's about time he employed someone to proof read his blogs in an effort to make them a little more coherent. :)

    "After a Tonight"? A random capital T for tonight? No capital b for Beelzebub? Spurious hyphens? Randomly placed inverted commas? I'm no Wordsworth, but poorly presented text detracts greatly from the content. Time to put your hand in your pocket Martin. :p

    Travel agents have never been particularly fond of me. In fact many seem to think I have the horns of beelzebub after a Tonight where I showed people how to haggle down the price.

    Which is why I found this bit taken from last weeks ‘Travel Trades Gazette’ - the travel industry magazine - particularly amusing…

    “Colchester Travel’s Paul Bennett takes a `know your enemy’ approach with his list as he reveals how he makes the most of consumer websites to get into the public’s mind.
    The MSE Dictionary
    Loophole - A word used to entice people to read clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
  • He means the Tonight programme :)
  • meher
    meher Posts: 15,910 Forumite
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    Martin's “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” blog.
    how could you :o that's gwinnie's line

    :p

    tojo get your coat let's leave here DT beckons :rotfl:
  • Scooby64
    Scooby64 Posts: 98 Forumite
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    I like to keep abreast of the latest techniques used against us, so I can counter in a way that is “outside their script”.

    I'd definately give Colchester Travel a miss. That's the kind of remark I'd expect from a "con man" referring to his "mark". Not a professional Travel Agent!:mad:
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