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Conference govt02::basingstoke

Title: * BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex *
Notice:BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why
Moderator:COMICS::CORNEJ
Created:Wed Jul 27 1988
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:925
Total number of notes:5875

620.0. "Hoover Deal" by LARVAE::HUGHES (Black Box Operators Rule OKish) Sun Mar 14 1993 20:39

    Hi,
    
    Has anyone in the Basingstoke Offices (or anywhere else for that
    matter) purchased a Hoover to make use of the free flights offer.
    
    Does anyone have a phone number for Your Leisure.
    
    If anyone has, I would be most grateful.
    
    Regards,
    
    Lawrence (thinking he has been ripped off)
    
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620.1SAC::EDMUNDSRorty CrankleMon Mar 15 1993 13:306
.0�    Lawrence (thinking he has been ripped off)
    
    According to the Cook report recently, your thinking is correct (maybe
    it wasn't the Cook report, but one of those other consumer programs).
    
    Keith
620.2WatchdogLARVAE::BEALESecurity is a Thumb and a Blanket...Mon Mar 15 1993 13:371
    'twas WATCHDOG, last Monday.
620.3KERNEL::SHELLEYRMon Mar 15 1993 16:566
    Could you post the details. I remember hearing something a while ago
    about buying a �100 hoover and getting �400 worth or airline tickets.
    
    Whats the full story ?
    
    Roy
620.4How totally hacked off with them!LARVAE::HUGHESBlack Box Operators Rule OKishMon Mar 15 1993 22:1213
    Hi all,
    
    Yep, I was just down stairs watching Watchdog and it has been featured
    again. I think I will write to the BBC and get a phone number. The
    company who is managing the ticket distribution (mis-distribution) is
    called Your Leisure. They have been very clever in not leaving a phone
    number anywhere.
    
    If I get to the US, I will let you know.
    
    Yours (feeling soar that he has had one put over him)
    
    Lawrence
620.5LARVAE::BEALESecurity is a Thumb and a Blanket...Wed Mar 17 1993 15:514
    So, have you got a cheap vacuum cleaner for sale????
    
    
    ANdy
620.6No, but there must be millions to choose fromLARVAE::HUGHESBlack Box Operators Rule OKishThu Mar 18 1993 09:5611
    Andy,
    
    Not any more, I sold it for �10 less then I bought it and on the same
    day!!! I did that because I suspect the market in second hand vacuum
    cleaners will cave in.
    
    If you need one, there must be millions out there to choose from.
    
    Regards,
    
    Lawrence
620.7The Final FrontierLARVAE::HUGHESBlack Box Operators Rule OKishSun Mar 21 1993 18:508
    Hi,
    
    The final part of this story. My wife phoned Hoover and the day after,
    a Yellow booking Voucher for the airline tickets turned up in the post.
    
    Regards,
    
    Lawrence
620.8watch this spaceWIZZER::WEGGSome hard boiled eggs and some nuts.Tue Mar 30 1993 13:225
        Mentioned at the end of yesterdays Watchdog:  "Tune in next
        week for news of an intriguing development in the Hoover
        free flights fiasco". 
        
        Ian.
620.9SUBURB::THOMASHThe Devon DumplingTue Mar 30 1993 13:266
	An article in the Sunday papers said that Hoover had done some deals 
	with airlines, and has purchased 20,000 flights, and hopes this will be 
	enough  to cover demand.

	Heather
620.10WIZZER::WEGGSome hard boiled eggs and some nuts.Wed Mar 31 1993 10:025
        I wish I'd gone for this deal now!  It's on the front page of
        almost every newspaper this morning -- the promotion has cost
        Hoover �20 million. Three senior executives have been sacked.
        
        Ian.
620.11Eee, they don't make 'em like they used toBLKPUD::WILLIAMSHThu Apr 01 1993 09:096
    But Ian,
    
    You've a perfectly serviceable VAX!  I know, I washed my carpets with
    it
    
    Huw.