Re: Barclays Online: advert added (Rant)


"Steve Pearce" <*stevepearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx*> wrote in message
news:bvdmo19c1pr0vfgdsi9h1ultq39261pcbi@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:55:47 +0000, Allan Gould
> <allang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>> the droid that
>>> might reply to the e-mail I sent to Barclays 'Contact' with their usual
>>> anodyne reply.
>>
>>Predictably:
>>
>>"Please be assured that all customer comments are passed to our Project
>>Development Team who are currently working on improvements to be
>>included in the next and future upgrades to our Internet site. Many of
>>these improvements will be as a result of customer feedback."
>
> I haven't seen an advert for "free trades", plenty for Baclaycard
> Platinum, Barclays House Insurance etc. I could have sworn that these
> in-house adverts have been a part of the site for ages, or am I wrong?

I think you are wrong, and these ads are new, its on the 'at a glance page'.
I will be contacting Barclays as well.
However, it can also be removed (and I have just removed it) via the Firefox
adblocker extension. Result!

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