Mobile Phone Contracts - How much do you pay?
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Mobile Phone Contracts - How much do you pay?
Currently being shafted by Singlepoint - just wondering how much everyone pays a month for a "decent" service and what extra's they have.
Currently paying around £29 a month for a Vodafone from Phones 4U with phone for life and 50 texts and £5 of calls a month which I don't use - and I can't get a single in the house - and living in the lakes, there's no guarantee of getting a signal anywhere...
Currently paying around £29 a month for a Vodafone from Phones 4U with phone for life and 50 texts and £5 of calls a month which I don't use - and I can't get a single in the house - and living in the lakes, there's no guarantee of getting a signal anywhere...
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interesting reffro, been with orange for years I pay £25pm for 200minutes of anytime minutes but thats not x-network and I match a tmobile tariff, hmmm wonder why the phone co's dont watch your spend and determine best plan for you to be on, sounds better for me.
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hmmm wonder why the phone co's dont watch your spend and determine best plan for you to be on, sounds better for me.
O2 used to do that. Every three months they would run your bills through a tariff compare, and give you money back if there was a lower tariff. I was very impressed.
They stopped though -- I guess they were losing too much money!
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Other half has just rang Singlepoint to switch to pay as you go and instead has been given half price line rental for 6 months.
will have to do same methinks...
will have to do same methinks...
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and I can't get a single in the house
i'll get me coat and i am not a pedant BTW i just laughed at the thought of buying singles, god that takes me back a few (read alot) of years
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Cellnet/O2 had a deal 2 years ago that only existed for a few days. No monthly line rental for life, 50 mins free a month for life and only 2p a minute to other Cellnet/O2 phones for life. I bought 1 for the other half and setup a DD so payment would never be missed. They have tried twice now to terminate the deal without success
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Orange tariff match with O2 - around £70 per month IIRC for 1000 mins, plus 300 text bundle and photo-messaging....
Was getting a bit expensive before that - about £250 for last month....
Was getting a bit expensive before that - about £250 for last month....
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GaryK, I got the tariff because I threatened to leave them, and I have been spending an average of £40 per month with them for the last three years. They asked why I was leaving, so i said the Three tariffs were too good to ignore, at which point a retension bod offered me the same tariff to stay with Orange, so I snapped their hands off at the wrist.
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GaryK, I got the tariff because I threatened to leave them, and I have been spending an average of £40 per month with them for the last three years. They asked why I was leaving, so i said the Three tariffs were too good to ignore, at which point a retension bod offered me the same tariff to stay with Orange, so I snapped their hands off at the wrist.
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Threatened Vodafone that I would move to T Mobile (not bloody likely though) and they gave me 100 mins/month anytime plus 50 texts for £15 a month.
p.s. use Carphone warehouse for phone upgrades - I got a T630 from them (no change to my Vodafone contract still though Vodafone??) for £20 - Vodafone wanted £140 for same phone on existing contract
p.s. use Carphone warehouse for phone upgrades - I got a T630 from them (no change to my Vodafone contract still though Vodafone??) for £20 - Vodafone wanted £140 for same phone on existing contract
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Same as Redkop - also got shot of the "Phones for Life" con. You pay a premium for the duration of the contract, so you are entitled to a free upgrade when you are eligable
SO, you're paying for your "free" upgrade.
I've been reliably informed of this by a Phones 4 U sales rep - really helpful. Said to get shot of it, as when you're entitled to an upgrade, they'd give you a free phone anyway, and the "free" phone on Phones for Life is entirely dependant on your monthly bill.
Ripoff.
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SO, you're paying for your "free" upgrade.
I've been reliably informed of this by a Phones 4 U sales rep - really helpful. Said to get shot of it, as when you're entitled to an upgrade, they'd give you a free phone anyway, and the "free" phone on Phones for Life is entirely dependant on your monthly bill.
Ripoff.
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Agree with the phones 4 life crap - although new phone due in a month or 2 so will be ditching it after that - be cheaper to get a new contract and pay for the number to be ported across.
Have noticed the Vodafone offer of £15 a month + 100mins + 50 texts but it's only supposed to be available online, normally it should be £22 a month.
Have noticed the Vodafone offer of £15 a month + 100mins + 50 texts but it's only supposed to be available online, normally it should be £22 a month.
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Scooby-Doo, interested to know how they tried to cancel your contract.
I have been on the Pay Up front for life offer for 3 years now. Is it the one where you paid around £180 for the phone (a 3210 when i did it) and then you get the choice of either 50 mins anytime or 200 mins off peak, an no monthly line rental for life?
I was a bit sceptical about it, but so far it has been fine, and as i don't really use the phone a lot 50mins a month was ideal for me.
Interested to know how they tried to cancel it as i thought they may have tried with me somehow by now.
I have been on the Pay Up front for life offer for 3 years now. Is it the one where you paid around £180 for the phone (a 3210 when i did it) and then you get the choice of either 50 mins anytime or 200 mins off peak, an no monthly line rental for life?
I was a bit sceptical about it, but so far it has been fine, and as i don't really use the phone a lot 50mins a month was ideal for me.
Interested to know how they tried to cancel it as i thought they may have tried with me somehow by now.
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I need a Nokia 7200 in my life. Ideally on Orange, but they don't do this phone which is V. bugging.
Best I can get is on Vodafone - £30 per month, 200 xnet + 50 SMS, 3 months free line rental plus free weekend calls for 6 months. Only problem is, I can't take my number with me! (This is what the guy at Dial-a-Phone told me, but he was struggling with the English language, so who knows if he actually understood what I meant!)
Anyone know any better deals?
Best I can get is on Vodafone - £30 per month, 200 xnet + 50 SMS, 3 months free line rental plus free weekend calls for 6 months. Only problem is, I can't take my number with me! (This is what the guy at Dial-a-Phone told me, but he was struggling with the English language, so who knows if he actually understood what I meant!)
Anyone know any better deals?
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Are there any companies that allow you to roll your unused minutes forward to the next bill payment month?
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My Vodafone one does, but only for 1 month. In the old days, you used to be able to roll them on virtually forever. I would end with about a week's worth of free calls..........
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Think Ill seriously consider orange then. Im fed up of paying for *free* time and not being able to roll it over. Its a scam if you ask me not being able to roll them on, as they arent *free* they have been paid for!
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Line Rental £ 4 Per month
Peak Calls 6p per min
Off Peak 4.25p per min
Orange to Orange peak 6p per min
Orange to Orange off peak 4.25p per min
Orange to other network peak 20p per min
Orange to other network off peak 10p per min
Peak Calls 6p per min
Off Peak 4.25p per min
Orange to Orange peak 6p per min
Orange to Orange off peak 4.25p per min
Orange to other network peak 20p per min
Orange to other network off peak 10p per min
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Orange anytime 200
£35 line rental
200 free minutes(possible to roll over)
minutes are inclusive of anything - ie cross network/landline/peak/offpeak etc
test saver bundle - £8 for 120 texts
Never have to pay any extra than the standard 43pounds!
£35 line rental
200 free minutes(possible to roll over)
minutes are inclusive of anything - ie cross network/landline/peak/offpeak etc
test saver bundle - £8 for 120 texts
Never have to pay any extra than the standard 43pounds!