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Timeline test UK composers
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In November 1998 Dixons came under fire because of the prices it was charging for personal computers. Peter Mandelson said he was worried that consumers were getting a "raw deal" because of the store's dominant position in the market. Intel's chief executive at that time, Craig Barrett, said that Dixons charges "ridiculous margins". The Intel Architecture Business Group said "Dixons has classic channel presence and can determine what gets sold at what price." Dixons responded that it could not make sense of the comments. The Consumers' Association said "Dixons controls over half of the high street distribution of PCs and they seem to be using this enormous market power to keep prices to consumers high" and has a "monopoly position in the high street". 

The retail chain was criticised by the Consumers' Association in 2003 for the way staff pressured customers (through "dodgy sales tactics" and "dubious practices") into purchasing poor value extended warranties, an issue which was widely reported in the press  , with Dixons facing particular criticism by virtue of supplying one-in-four of all extended warranties  accounting for 40% of the store's profits. Also in 2003 The Daily Telegraph and The Independent reported that the chain had been selling used goods. Dixons had been investigated by more than twenty-two of thirty county trading standards offices; in the previous two years thirteen counties had prosecuted the company and five had issued formal cautions, another 12 were contemplating prosecution. Furthermore the chain has made a number of advertising claims which the Advertising Standards Agency judged were misleading and advertised in-store credit in a way that the Office of Fair Trading ruled unlawful.