Re: [Staffslug] Past gripe prooves me right

On 23/02/07, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi All > > A couple of years ago I complained about the unfair practices of DELL, > we are a reseller for them I should point out, and I revealed that > their sales strategy was based on 'units out the door' and not on > profit margin. > > Now for Joe Public that's good if you get it at cost or even less than > cost price however for competitors like us it killed our 'Build our > own' side of the business. > > Back then I warned that something would kick off in two or three years > time little did I know how true that would be. Maybe if I had warned > Wolverhampton Council then this could have been nipped in the bub. > > http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/103777/dell-sued-over-secret-rebates.html > Well I hope Dell lose. Why? Because I have a (meagre) pension with West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities. It ain't much but every penny counts. I actually remember you telling me about this some time ago, Dick. -- ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(r) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug