Three Buys O2

[Bambino]

As per my earlier thread today, it's now a done deal.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102531415

I'm sure it will be some time before it takes effect.

[Anonymous]

I hope they keep o2's 2G/Edge data connections as these are essential!!! I switched from 3 to O2 for this reason alone years ago!!

[anticpated]

Living in a quite a rural area I do need this as well.

Currently I am receiving 4G which is still kind of a luxury.

[Anonymous]

I hope they keep the O2 store in town - this is the reason I went with O2 in the 1st place several years ago now - long before I got to know about the O2 Community ..... all staff there bar one (the Saturday Girl) have been very, very helpful & no-one has 'talked down' to me = I was treated as an individual, likewise when my elderly mum goes into the O2 store to top or ask a question = she has always been highly satisfied 

PS: I arranged to get the Christmas 2015 large poster of the Be More Dog Cat pulling the sleigh, from the store last Christmas Eve   :womanvery-happy:

[jonsie]

The very nature of a buy out will obviously mean a link between the stores so rebranding ultimately leads to loss of jobs unfortunately. No need for two different stores so unless staff can be redeployed then some will sadly be seeking alternative employment.

[Anonymous]

hi jonsie, thank you for that info, there isn't a Three store in Skipton, the nearest is in Keighley

[jonsie]

That can only be good news for the O2 staff then

[Anonymous]

The Three store and the o2 store are about 20 yards apart in the local shopping center here so doubt both will survive!

[anticpated]

Our branch has the usual 'know nothing, just here for the wages', pretty boy who condescends people for a living and really actually one person who knows what they are actually doing.

:manvery-happy:

I'm not really joking either.

Beyond selling the stuff, I don't think anybody actually knows what they are talking about. With so many telephones, models, operating systems - how can somebody in all honesty know these things. Sure give them an iPhone and they usually know as this is the big sales push of a handset they want everybody using.

To be fair, I use CPW as they are more helpful, not really condescending and quite knowledgable about a range of problems. It's difficult for some young people when they try to sell me a phone, as I typically research a lot of articles before buying it.

So whenever I go into any telephone shop they must think "oh that awkward customer again". 

Problems frustrate me and I learn as much as I can about a product as possible. So far, I brought 3 or 4 smartphones from the brink of software death and rescued my Nexus 7 due to a faulty firmware update. I'm not harshy although I like to be self-sufficient whenever I can.

Actually one was a mates Samsung Galaxy S2 and another was a Nexus S. With a bit of proper training I could probably do the phone engineering job for a living 

[Rycal]

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@Anonymous wrote:

The Three store and the o2 store are about 20 yards apart in the local shopping center here so doubt both will survive!

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Near me O2 have recently opened a new Franchise store literally 3 shops away from an existing Three store. It's an uncertain time for everyone working for O2, I only hope things become clear in the coming months.

[jonsie]

Hopefully some will be redeployed but Three are obviously going to favour their own staff and stores. It's not been a good time for O2 staff these last couple of years with call centres outsourced and now the uncertainty over future plans.