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Mobileworld Operating Pty Ltd trading as Crazy John's
Type Private
Founded 1991
Headquarters South Melbourne, Victoria,
Flag of Australia Australia
Key people John Ilhan
Industry Telecommunications
Products Mobile
Employees 600 full time
Website www.crazyjohns.com.au

Crazy John's is a mobile phone retail chain in Australia started by late Turkish/Australian businessman John Ilhan. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. South Melbourne is an inner-southern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. John Ilhan ( January 23 1965 &ndash October 23, 2007) (Mustafa İlhan was the founder of Crazy John's Mobile phone For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Chain stores are Retail outlets that share a Brand and central management and usually have standardized business methods and practices For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. John Ilhan ( January 23 1965 &ndash October 23, 2007) (Mustafa İlhan was the founder of Crazy John's Mobile phone Crazy John's is the largest independent phone retailer in Australia, employing more than 700 people with over 120 retail stores.

Originally a dealer of Telstra Mobile, Crazy John's is now a Mobile Virtual Network Operator through the Vodafone network, dealing directly with customers and offering its own competitive mobile phone deals and plans. Telstra or Telstra Corporation (often abbreviated as Telstra Corp) () is an Australian Telecommunications and media company formerly A mobile virtual network operator ( MVNO) is a company that provides Mobile phone service but does not have its own licensed Frequency allocation of Vodafone is a Mobile network operator headquartered in Berkshire, England, UK.

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History

Crazy John's opened its first store in Brunswick, Victoria, in 1991. Brunswick is an inner-northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. By 1998, there were fifteen Crazy John's stores in Victoria, and the retailer was ranked in the top ten of Telstra's mobile dealers. Telstra or Telstra Corporation (often abbreviated as Telstra Corp) () is an Australian Telecommunications and media company formerly

The name Crazy John's came about through people constantly telling Ilhan his marketing ideas were "crazy", and the name stuck. Crazy John's came to prominence when it was the first company in Australia to offer $1 mobile phones. [1]

Crazy John's currently serves 500,000 customers across Australia.

Telstra legal disputes and defection

Crazy John's was originally a dealer for Telstra Mobile, Australia's largest mobile telecommunications provider, with 500,000 customers providing close to 10 percent of Telstra's mobile revenue. Telstra or Telstra Corporation (often abbreviated as Telstra Corp) () is an Australian Telecommunications and media company formerly

In 2003, Telstra sent a letter by facsimile to Crazy John's demanding payment of $A21,283,642. A facsimile (From Latin fac simile, "make like" is a copy or reproduction of an old Book, Manuscript, Map, The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas 61 it said was for the overpayment of trailing commissions,[2] a percent of customers' phone bills. In the letter, Telstra hinted that, if the demand was not paid for, its contract as a Telstra dealer could be adversely affected. [3] Crazy John's paid the $21 million, and immediately filed suit to demand it be refunded. Crazy John's claimed that Telstra's accounting system, MICA (Mobile Integrated Customer Accounts), used to bill its 8 million subscribers, was not able to provide the information required to produce an accurate bill and, therefore, support their payback demand.

Industry analysts believed that Telstra may have been wanting Crazy John's to take a cut to its trailing commission, suggesting that Telstra believed Crazy John's could not make the payment, and it might be willing to renegotiate its commission percentage in lieu. [4] However, Crazy John's was able to make the payment, and the situation reversed: instead of financially forcing the dealer to negotiate, Telstra was in a position of being sued and required to justify its $21 million demand, which Crazy John's believed it could not do.

In May 2005, Telstra issued a second, $12 million demand, again for more alleged overpaid trailing commissions. Crazy John's applied for an injunction in the Federal Court in Melbourne to prevent Telstra from going ahead with this second demand. The Federal Court of Australia is the Australian court in which most civil disputes and some summary criminal matters governed by federal law are decided This was dismissed by Justice Mark Weinberg, Crazy John's paid the amount, and rolled the figure into its original refund demand, bringing the total to $33 million. [5]

At the same time, company founder John Ilhan announced his intention to dump Telstra in 2007 when its contract expired, and instead would buy its own airtime from a wholesale source and serve customers directly, rather than passing them on to Telstra. Ilhan said he was "fed up with Telstra's bullying" and that it "isn't competitive any longer". [2] Telstra, on the other hand, began threatening to not renew the exclusive reseller agreement it had with Crazy John's when it ended on 1 July 2007, if didn't agree to new terms that included less commission per customer. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Telstra did just that, giving the required two years notice in July 2005. [6]

After announcing his intention to defect from Telstra at the end of its contract, Telstra created a new company, BQ Communications, to compete against Crazy John's. In affidavits lodged in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Crazy John's claimed that Telstra was poaching Crazy John's staff to start up the company – including Bill Asermakidis, the former national sales manager – and "raping" its customer database by taking price lists and the names of customers. The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. [7] Telstra denied many of the claims made in the affidavits, but not the new company.

On 1 July 2007, Crazy John's made the transition towards becoming a Mobile Virtual Network Operator through the Vodafone network. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A mobile virtual network operator ( MVNO) is a company that provides Mobile phone service but does not have its own licensed Frequency allocation of Vodafone is a Mobile network operator headquartered in Berkshire, England, UK. [8] The deal allowed Crazy John's to deal directly with mobile phone handset manufacturers and offer its own competitive mobile phone plans. Just days before the switch to Vodafone, Telstra sought a court injunction to prevent Crazy John's from using confidential information in contacting Telstra's customers to sign them up to new contracts. [9] Crazy John's agreed to limit the amount of customer information it can use after its contract ended. [10]

Marketing and sponsorship

Crazy John's is the major sponsor of the South Dragons in the NBL. History On October 13 2005 Mark Cowan a graphic designer and owner of Cowan Basketball and Raphael Geminder chairman of Visy Industries, bought the license of the The National Basketball League is Australia 's top-level professional Basketball competition

Crazy John's is the major sponsor of the Collingwood Magpies VFL team. Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. History The Victorian Football Association (VFA was founded in 1877 on 17 May.

Crazy John's also sponsors Richmond Tigers. Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, competes in the Australian Football League.


In 2003, Crazy John's bid for the naming rights to Subiaco Oval, in Perth, Western Australia, but soon lost it due to community action. Subiaco Oval, known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports Stadium in Perth, Western Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. [11]

References

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