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From: andy on 7 Jun 2010 14:02 On 7 June, 16:57, Borg <saerim...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > andy wrote: > > On 7 June, 13:25, Borg <saerim...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Martin Jay wrote: > >>> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:47:37 +0100, Borg <saerim...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> What the hell is that all about, they expect you to sign up for 2 years, > >>>> Thats stupid for the customer. > >>> There are plenty of alternatives. > >>> Longer contracts tend to come with better incentives: 'free' laptop, > >>> PS3, etc. > >> Well O2 seemed to have forgot the 'benefit to customers' bit. > > > perhaps some of those customers just don't want a cheaper phone and £5 > > a month cheaper rental for the same use > > > or wouldn't see it if it jumped out in front of them > > Or be stuck with the same phone for 2 years. Well, you have some choices If you want an expensive phone, its cost needs to be amortised over the time of the contract or you can have a SIM only contract a lot cheaper, and buy new phones any time you want
From: Martin Jay on 7 Jun 2010 14:31 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:25:02 +0100, Borg <saerimner(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Well O2 seemed to have forgot the 'benefit to customers' bit. O2, and other networks, offer 30 day contracts as well as ones which last longer. See <http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffs/simplicity/1_month>. You're not expecting a new handset, PS3, wide-screen TV, Wii and GBP200 cashback on a one year contract are you? :) -- Martin Jay
From: Borg on 7 Jun 2010 17:09 Martin Jay wrote: > You're not expecting a new handset, PS3, wide-screen TV, Wii and > GBP200 cashback on a one year contract are you? :) Not at all, ( but if you know for a 12 month contract with all that thrown in for a fiver a month let me know ) but I'm not repaired to sign away 2 years. I thought the 18 month contracts where a bit cheeky. I know they want to get a commitment for the future to get loans on the base of their consumers list. I'm just not happy with it. You can't guarantee work around here for a year now let alone contracts. I will be waiting for the announcement in a few days of the release of the IPhone 4G, and maybe there will be a reshuffle of the 'popular' phones and pricing again as there was last year. In CPW today looking at phones in the flesh, Assistant comes out with all the speal, as is his job, but I noticed that when I let him carry on with the pricing and benefits and functions of the phone, the 24 month contract was , mm, not exactly missed out but said under muffles . Someone I know who works there said they are having big problems getting ppl to commit to 24 months. I think its a big mistake. But I thin I'll go back to the 30 day contract and get my own phone. On that note though I do have eye sight problems and am finding a phone with a large font or big screen hard to find. O2 are doing deals on 're-boxed' iPhones 8 gig 3G, but again want you to sign your life away. This is all a personal take on it. I know some will come back with 'But but but company but' stuff. But I can only comment on my own personal side of why I don't like it.
From: Steve Terry on 8 Jun 2010 07:18 "Borg" <saerimner(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:aeOdnRMBvp3XU5HRnZ2dnUVZ8gOdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > What the hell is that all about, they expect you to sign up for 2 years, > Thats stupid for the customer. > > e2save have 24month Orange contracts with what works out at 100% cashback if done through topcashback, if you take only a cheapo nokia 1661 I've plenty of good 3g phones to put the sim into, it's the contract that interests me. Steve Terry -- Welcome Sign-up Bonus of �1 when you signup free at: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/G4WWK
From: alexd on 8 Jun 2010 16:52
On 07/06/10 12:48, tim.... wrote: > Usually you get the phone cheaper. If the phone is subsidized out of the > monthly fee then a longer contract means a cheaper phone Who cares if the phone is cheaper? What matters is the cost of the phone + (cost per month x number of months). -- <http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm(a)ale.cx) 21:50:46 up 41 days, 23:33, 1 user, load average: 0.67, 0.35, 0.25 It is better to have been wasted and then sober than to never have been wasted at all |