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From: zoara on 13 Jul 2010 09:50 As I know someone who works for Vodafone and can get me 30% off my line rental, I thought I may as well call O2 and see if they'd offer me anything to stay with them rather than move to Vodafone. Guess what they said? “No.” Oh well, worth a try. They said I could only get a discount if I knew someone who worked for O2; it didn't surprise me that they wouldn't *match* the 30%, but I was a little surprised that they didn't bother offering *anything* - the rep's reason is that the iPhone is new, but surely they'd rather get £25 a month off me than nothing at all? I guess things have changed since I last tried to bargain with mobile phone companies. Some time back, I ended up repeatedly getting bigger and bigger discounts by telling Vodafone I was thinking of leaving them at the end of each contract. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Sara on 13 Jul 2010 10:43 In article <835231788300718893.087490me18-privacy.net(a)news.individual.net>, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > As I know someone who works for Vodafone and can get me 30% off my line > rental, I thought I may as well call O2 and see if they'd offer me > anything to stay with them rather than move to Vodafone. > > Guess what they said? > > > > > “No.” > > Oh well, worth a try. They said I could only get a discount if I knew > someone who worked for > O2; it didn't surprise me that they wouldn't *match* the 30%, but I was > a little surprised that they didn't bother offering *anything* - the > rep's reason is that the iPhone is new, but surely they'd rather get £25 > a month off me than nothing at all? > > I guess things have changed since I last tried to bargain with mobile > phone companies. Some time back, I ended up repeatedly getting bigger > and bigger discounts by telling Vodafone I was thinking of leaving them > at the end of each contract. > > -z- I'm stiffening my sinews for this... we've got (unlucky) 13 connections on our company account with O2, all but one is up for renewal. We all use iPhones and now it's not a closed shop I need to look around for competing deals. The one left over will just have to move later. And to make matters worse - I'm also looking at broadband deals, landline deals and *and* a whole new hardware phone system. Sob. How many salesmen can I listen to before someone - them or me - dies. -- Sara Run out of ideas for a sig for the moment
From: Geoff Berrow on 13 Jul 2010 12:11 On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:43:58 +0100, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >Sob. How many salesmen can I listen to before someone - them or me - >dies. Ask for tenders. Simples. -- Geoff Berrow (Put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs www.4theweb.co.uk/rfdmaker
From: Rowland McDonnell on 13 Jul 2010 12:11 Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: [snip] > Sob. How many salesmen can I listen to before someone - them or me - > dies. Only you can answer that question: are you going to tip the hemlock into *YOUR* coffee, or theirs? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 13 Jul 2010 12:36
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Sob. How many salesmen can I listen to before someone - them or me - > > dies. > > Only you can answer that question: are you going to tip the hemlock into > *YOUR* coffee, or theirs? Hemlock? Too uncertain. I'd go for nova level hypergrid intrusion, followed by a good CAM[0] dusting. Jim [0] Compressed Anti Matter -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ |