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Author:  pcernie [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Which company would you close?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/sho ... ?t=2146645

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If you were given a magic wand to make one of the following 50 companies simply not exist – for the betterment of the UK - which would you pick (in other words, ignore the job loss impact)? The selection includes big name media companies, banks, airlines, retailers and utility companies.

Which company would you make disappear?

01. Abbey - 3% (539 votes)
02. Alliance & Leicester - 1% (224 votes)
03. Asda - 1% (149 votes)
04. Barclays - 2% (448 votes)
05. BBC - 2% (502 votes)
06. BHS - 1% (110 votes)
07. BP - 1% (199 votes)
08. British Airways - 3% (646 votes)
09. British Gas - 4% (811 votes)
10. British Telecom - 4% (948 votes)
11. BSkyB - 4% (923 votes)
12. Carphone Warehouse/TalkTalk - 2% (507 votes)
13. Channel 4 - 0% (30 votes)
14. Daily Mail - 7% (1522 votes)
15. Daily Telegraph - 0% (22 votes)
16. Easyjet - 1% (122 votes)
17. EDF Energy - 1% (138 votes)
18. E.On - 1% (147 votes)
19. Esso - 1% (113 votes)
20. Financial Times - 0% (16 votes)
21. HSBC - 2% (364 votes)
22. Iceland - 1% (278 votes)
23. ITV - 1% (107 votes)
24. Lloyds/HBOS - 5% (1071 votes)
25. Marks & Spencer - 0% (71 votes)
26. Morrisons - 0% (44 votes)
27. Nationwide - 0% (60 votes)
28. Natwest/RBS - 4% (874 votes)
29. Npower - 2% (322 votes)
30. O2 - 0% (93 votes)
31. Orange - 1% (185 votes)
32. Ryanair - 8% (1605 votes)
33. Sainsbury - 0% (36 votes)
34. Scottish Power - 1% (145 votes)
35. Scottish & Southern - 0% (41 votes)
36. Selfridges - 0% (42 votes)
37. Somerfield - 0% (85 votes)
38. Tesco - 7% (1426 votes)
39. Texaco - 1% (121 votes)
40. Topshop - 0% (50 votes)
41. The Express - 0% (64 votes)
42. The Guardian - 1% (129 votes)
43. The Independent - 0% (18 votes)
44. The Mirror - 1% (152 votes)
45. The Sun - 23% (4863 votes)
46. The Times - 0% (13 votes)
47. T-mobile - 1% (144 votes)
48. Virgin - 1% (282 votes)
49. Vodafone - 1% (155 votes)
50. Zara - 1% (184 votes)

Total Votes: 21140


Of that list, I'd have probably gone with The Sun too :lol: , though BT and Abbey would have to be taken into consideration... The entire DSG would be my non-list choice :roll:

So, who would you pick, from the list or otherwise? :)
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
Why isn't Halifax/Bank Of Scotland on that list.
I'd make those backstabbing [LIFTED] vanish in a nanosecond. :twisted:

Of the ones on there, I'd say Ryanair. They used to just be a cheap airline. Now they clobber you with hidden charge after hidden charge.
Or maybe BskyB. We used to get everything free, now we have to pay several times over and watch more adverts than ever.
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
I missed it at first too - it's actually alongside Lloyds cos of the merger :)
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
pcernie wrote:
I missed it at first too - it's actually alongside Lloyds cos of the merger :)

Then Halifax must die!!! :twisted:
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
l3v1ck wrote:
pcernie wrote:
I missed it at first too - it's actually alongside Lloyds cos of the merger :)

Then Halifax must die!!! :twisted:


The quality of the video is pretty bad, but I thought you might appreciate this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHC5-ouRxQ
:lol:
Author:  stuartpengs [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
If I vote Abbey, does that mean my mortgage would disappear into thin air too? :D
Author:  phantombudgie [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
stuartpengs wrote:
If I vote Abbey, does that mean my mortgage would disappear into thin air too? :D


I like your logic, sir. It's not on the list, but Southern Electric would disappear along with a mysterious 500 unit electricity consumption blip in mid-summer last year. Why certainly, have £800 without question :roll:
Author:  leeds_manc [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
ITV, The Sun, Daily Mail and Tesco
Author:  JJW009 [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
Daily Mail, without a second thought.

I'm surprised so many voted for The Sun. I bet they were all Mail readers...
Author:  koli [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
Asda has to go, purely because of their retarded adverts. For the same reason I will never ever ever buy anything from them.
Author:  adidan [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
BSkyB. The guy has too much power and owns most of the newspapers on there as well.
Author:  Coref [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
l3v1ck wrote:
Why isn't Halifax/Bank Of Scotland on that list.
I'd make those backstabbing [LIFTED] vanish in a nanosecond. :twisted:

Of the ones on there, I'd say Ryanair. They used to just be a cheap airline. Now they clobber you with hidden charge after hidden charge.


+1

The disabled charge was when I vowed not to use them again.

It's interesting that #1 & 2 are both now owned by Santander. Is the incoming rebranding a cause or symptom?
Author:  Spreadie [ Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
The Daily Mail and The Sun, definitely.

Their demise would be a great service to the country. "the nation demands answers", "the nation demands... whatever" etc etc.. Since when? Not once has any representative from either of those two rags contacted me, or anyone I know, for an opinion.

Completely agree on Ryanair too, just for screwing thier customers at every possible opportunity.
Author:  Linux_User [ Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
Any newspaper that's not a Broadsheet.
Author:  rustybucket [ Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which company would you close?
My choice would have to be Haliburton.

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