Less than honest comparisons?22 Oct 2014 18:03
Don't shoot the messenger, but it seems as though MS and other similar sites may be investigated for listing their results, not with the cheapest/best for the customer at the top, but the company that pays the most to MS (& others), irrespective of whether it's the best deal for you or me. Apparently there are screenshots of such examples being used in order to encourage the Competition & Markets Authority and the Government to take action. I have to ask - what if this were proved, what would the consequences be to MS and its share price? Could MS be told to repay the balance of what customers have lost (as per Wonga)...
http://bigdeal.assets.d3r.com/pdfs/original/271-october-screenshots-and-tables.pdf
To the best of my knowledge, this is a factual piece of information and this post is certainly not meant as a deramping exercise. I don't post often and this is my first post on MS despite the fact that I hold shares and it's done me pretty well over the last five years or so.
Has anyone more info - or better still, can anyone reassure me that I've just been taken in by a scare story and everything is actually OK...