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Old 03-08-2013, 10:23 AM #1
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Default Marks and Spencer mis-sold energy deals : older women who were nicknamed ‘Gladys’

[Marks and Spencer mis-sold energy deals:
Stores ban sales team after claims that
customers were duped
Over 200,000 households get their gas and
electricity through M&S Energy It is now
believed many were misled over
the savings being offered
Salesmen approached shoppers in-store persuading
them to switch supplier
Prime targets were allegedly older
women who were nicknamed ‘Gladys’

Whistleblower claims staff used tricks
to bamboozle clients into signing up]






Greedy Feckers


[five years the retailer has had salesmen
approaching shoppers in-store and persuading
them to sign up on the spot to switch their energy supplier.]



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My mum has a friend called Gladys
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My mum has a friend called Gladys

Ask if she has M&S Energy
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She's not an old lady
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She's not an old lady

Thats OK
they still go for women.
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They all have these incentives and hooks to attract new customers though, and most sales have a target demographic...
This smells of a slur campaign by a rival company.
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They all have these incentives and hooks to attract new customers though, and most sales have a target demographic...
This smells of a slur campaign by a rival company.

Yes its sub contractors like southern electric/gas and others
But M&S Energy main name Utter Con
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Thats OK
they still go for women.
I'll ask her next time I see her
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