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If you think this is big, you should see the size of the remote
Inside the store, Telstra has fitted this display with 49 frameless plasma screens which it says is the largest installation of its kind in the southern hemisphere. During the day it plays Telstra adverts, but after hours the staff huddle around and watch old episodes of Scooby Doo and Ren & Stimpy.
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Telstra has thrown the covers off three new stores in Melbourne including the company's largest retail outlet located in the heart of Melbourne's CBD.
The new interactive Telstra "flagship" store will be open from 2 November. Dubbed T.Life, the store is located at 400 George Street, on the corner of George and King on the group floor of the Telstra building.
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scooter
27/06/2008 04:55 PM
Clearly they are so smart they don't need books....the shelves are all empty.
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hrc1079
27/06/2008 05:50 PM
Now Telstra customers can finally see where Telstra spend all the extra money they get from charging ridiculous rates! Give me 3 any day!
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no one you know!
08/07/2008 07:58 PM
i think telstra have done a great job with this new store. I hate buying things before i get to try it out and thier service is great
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whaaa?
15/07/2008 01:09 PM
Three? hahaah what a joke, there lack of service is appaulling, cheap plans for a cheap company with bad service, you ripper hahaha
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HAHAHA
10/11/2008 04:49 PM
I love the way people with no knowleged of the industry. Feel the need to voice uneducated opinouns. But its ok like all customer your opinoun counts
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