The following was posted as a comment to one of my posts. I re publish it here to bring greater focus to the comments. The writer is discussing follow up to a meeting of newsagents in Sydney about Bill Express:
News Letter (follow up Newsagency Auburn meeting)
Re: Bill Express
We will take this opportunity to express our thanks to everyone who to took part in Auburn Meeting to show their support for the action against Bill Express.
1. We will go to ACCC next week
Until now, we have more than 50 newsagents who has signed up to complain Bill Express through ACCC and 30 of them want to take legal actions.
We consulted a lawyer about procedure of ACCC and court action. It is far complicated than our imaging. At ACCC, after they received complain, they will collect information first, talk with other party and negotiation with them. If fail, ACCC can take court action if they think we have a good case.
We collected a lot of evidence in the meeting. We will organize them and sent to ACCC with new newsagents list at next week.
2. NANA invited us join the legal actions.
NANA board invited us for a meeting last Tuesday and discussed the join together for a legal action against Bill Express.
Different with ANF, most board member of NANA are also newsagents. They have same problem as us.
NANA is an association who have expertise and more experience. They consulted with good layer and were advised that newsagents have a good case. They will set up special fund for this legal case. According to the chairman of NANA, legal cost for each newsagency will be around $250-500. But more newsagents sign up, the cost for each newsagency will be lower.
NANA told us there are no ‘FREE RIDE’ which means if you do not sign up, NANA won’t represent you in the court.
3.What you need to do now
1. We encourage you to give us your e-mail address. It is hard for us to send fax to each one of you. You can leave your e-mail address to camperdown@gmail.com
2. The court action is the base on evidence. We need to provide to NANA with more evidence. In the Auburn meeting, you already showed a lot of evidence but we need more. Open our mind to find more. For example, yesterday board member of NANA sent us an email attaching a newsletter clearly showed that Bill Express had misled us in market subsidy. If you have good evidence you could send a copy to us at following address.
Camperdown Newsagency
150 Parramatta Road, Camperdown. NSW 2050.3. More newsagents needed. Please send this letter to your friend newsagent and ask them to join us!!!
Please register and sign up!
Name of the N/A_________________________________
Address _______________________________________
Bill Express Merchant ID ________________________
Tele _______________________Fax__________________________
e-mail address _______________________________________
I want to join with other newsagencies to talk legal action against Bill Express.
Please fax or email to follow address;
Jim Zheng. Camperdown N/A 02 95162151 camperdown@gmail.com
Clement Deng. Asquith N/A 02 94762968 asquith@live.com.au
Regarding the above action, need to make a qualification on the section talking about NANA and needing to sign up.
This sign-up is not about becoming a NANA member.
The sign-up here means to register your interest in participating in proceedings against Bill Express.
NANA had sent a fax for a response from newsagents about 10 days ago.
Thanks Helen, I rang NANA today and they confirmed that they are going to take up the case against the big bully!! I have registered with them my interest in participating in proceedings against BE and I am not a member of NANA.
They assured me that I DO NOT have to be a NANA member to register my interest in the proceedings.
So, go fellows give NANA a call and register your interest with them.
ANF is busy with organising their annual newsagent convention in Sufers Parsdise!!!!!!
we need to be briefed on :what are the chances of success in the action?eg if the chances are 50 per cent then are those good enough odds?this advice needs to be in writing from the legal firm.
also,after paying the money how much more are we up for?
also is it true that nana has received money from bill express in tne past and if so how has this money been spent?
they are not asking for much, really a few hundred dollars to get things started.
BXP is asking for $10k and upwards
you guys can do the math 🙂
btw, BXP will tank not because of newsagents, but their failed business model.
No big surprise, you see that in silicon valley everyday!
have a nice day
Is this action open to newsagents in states other than NSW and ACT to join?
From what I can see there is little happening in my state.
Brian C:
Why not send them an email regards the BXP situation and see if they will let you join the class action?
nana@nana.com.au
Initially it was meant to be NANA members only but they have opened it to outside newsagents as well. Together we stand a greater chance after all
What have you got to lose but an email?