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Nice work if you can get it: former Dixons boss trousers £36m signing bonus from Apple
Apple / business

Nice work if you can get it: former Dixons boss trousers £36m signing bonus from Apple

Monday, May 28, 2012 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Rarely has the argument for us all ‘being in it together’ looked weaker than with today’s news that Apple has handed over tens of millions to former Dixons/PC World and Currys boss John …

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Android / computing / portable

Advent Vega Android tablet: dual core 1Ghz CPU, Froyo, 10hrs battery for £250

Thursday, Oct 7, 2010Thursday, Oct 7, 2010 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

The bargain basement tablet onslaught continues, with Dixons – the parent company of Currys and those lovely people at PC World – announcing two new tablet computers; the Advent Vega …

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business / computing

PC World’s crap customer service continues

Friday, Jun 4, 2010Friday, Jun 4, 2010 - by mike s - 27 Comments.

After being sold a second-hand wireless router as new, having our email ignored and generally having a thoroughly unpleasant experience with PC World, we wrote up our sad story here …

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business

PC World sell used goods as new, customer service says “whatever”

Friday, May 28, 2010Sunday, May 30, 2010 - by mike s - 13 Comments.

We’d had bad experiences with PC World in the past, but finding ourselves in an emergency after our router packed in two weeks ago, we thought we’d give them another …

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