THE LATEST SCAM?

I recently read several letters from Brits (in the Costa Blanca freebies) complaining that their mobile phones had packed up and when they returned them to Carrefour they were all told that they cannot be repaired because ?They have water damage and must have got them wet? Which they denied but Carrefour would not budge.

My partner acquired an expensive Nokia N70 through Telecor (owned by Corte Ingles) which after several months of heavy use packed up. Telecor were very helpful and returned it to Nokia for repair ? Guess what ? They claimed it had got wet. Well the phone did not get wet (ie it was not dropped into a swimming pool or bath and it?s never used in the bathroom!)

Telecor are actually very supportive (as were Movistar/Telefonica who have offered lots of points to acquire another phone) and we have taken out a denuncia on Nokia. Who now say that getting wet could be ?Keeping it in a hot handbag and then letting it cool down and causing humidity? (i.e. Normal usage!)

Has anyone else been fobbed off by this ridiculous excuse for poor quality components??

We have used several Nokia phones over many years but perhaps its time for a rethink.

yes you phone dose get wet but its the wet from you ear , call body’s sweat glands old trick in the world , to repair a phon today is two much work now adays

get you phone .... insuranced and this will cover most phones you just get an upgrade when the model changes .... dont let them down grade you .. tell then you have the phone kit to that type off model

I see some phones and never be out off offices and there water damage

fight you corren there and tell them you go to the telephone regulator  

best off luck with them lol and that a leagel scam

OK! Don?t worry Julia (Spanish) will fight her corner!

Pedro Solbes says last quarter growth was down to 3.5%

The slow down in the Spanish economy has resulted in the G.D.P. reducing to 3.5% in the last quarter, according to Ministry estimates. The Minister for Tax and the Economy, Pedro Solbes, said that the phenomenon is temporary because normality would be resumed ?in the Spring?.
The 3.5% growth for the last quarter follows on from numbers of 4% for the second quarter and 3.8% for the third, and Solbes says the slowdown is not distant from the turbulence in the world financial markets. Solbes said that there will be no crash plan against inflation despite the recent jump in the rates.
He said the Spanish economy was prepared for harder times.

The consumers organisation Facua has been comparing the prices of mobile phone operators in Spain and has concluded that Eroski, Yoigo and Carrefour are the cheapest operators, with tariffs as much as 67% cheaper than the main other operators, Movistar, Vodafone and Orange. The Facua report describes the cost of establishing a call as ?excessive? in many cases, and notes that Eroski is the only plan not to charge for the establishing of the call, while other companies take between 12 and 15 cents.
Facua also notes that the plans published by the main operators made like with like comparison between the operators a practical impossibility.
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/
10 jan 08