From: Bella Jones on 4 Feb 2010 02:43 Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: > On 03/02/2010 22:28, Bella Jones wrote: > > > I really need a good old fashioned husband. > > Nearly right... :-) > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F46AJCdMTw> I love Eartha. :-) -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Graeme on 4 Feb 2010 03:20 In message <1jdcxyn.c7con61ek9xnpN%me9(a)privacy.net> me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: > Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > In message <1jd5so8.99vcyf1p6zti6N%me9(a)privacy.net> > > me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > Yeah, I'd recommend getting a lower tariff than you think you want. > > > > > They'll happily let you upgrade to a higher-priced tariff right > > > > > away if you chose the wrong one, but you'd have to wait a while to > > > > > downgrade. There would always be expenses in choosing the wrong > > > > > tariffs, but I reckon they'd work out to be less by choosing a > > > > > too-low tariff than a too-high one. > > > > > > > > Good point. I think my IQ drops year by year. > > > > > > Although the objection to that is that you pay something for the phone > > > when you go less than �45, anywhere. > > > > > > > Easy sum, is the price more than 90 quid? If so go for the �45/m and > > drop it after 9 months. If less than �90 then you gamble on only wanting > > the lower tariff. > > OK, about to go with O2 probably - but can you explain this calculation? > > Where does the �90 come from? I am almost dyscalculic. > The difference in the tarrifs is �10/month. If you go for the more expensive tariff for the first 9 months to get a free phone it costs you an extra 9 x �10 = �90. If the cost of the phone on the cheaper tariff is greater than �90 you win on the more expensive tariff. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Graeme on 4 Feb 2010 03:21 In message <1jdczkn.bquedc10logt1N%me9(a)privacy.net> me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 03/02/2010 21:51, Bella Jones wrote: > > > Graeme<Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > [...] > > >>> > > >> > > >> Easy sum, is the price more than 90 quid? If so go for the �45/m and > > >> drop it after 9 months. If less than �90 then you gamble on only > > >> wanting the lower tariff. > > > > > > OK, about to go with O2 probably - but can you explain this calculation? > > > > > > Where does the �90 come from? I am almost dyscalculic. > > > > If it is free with the �45 plan, over the �35 plan on 18 months with a > > plan change allowed at 9 months, it would cost �90 more. So if the phone > > is more than �90 (it is, I got it), go for the �45 plan. > > Does this apply for 24 month contracts? > > If I went for �35/24m plan now, it would be 89 quid for the phone. > > Oh, I see what you're saying - if you downgrade your plan from a 45 to a > 35 after 9 months, you will have got the phone for free. > > I need to have these things explained as if to a child. > > I really need a good old fashioned husband. > Well they don't come much more old fashioned than me but my wife might object :-) -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: zoara on 4 Feb 2010 11:00 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > OK, about to go with O2 probably Is this because of Visual Voicemail? -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 4 Feb 2010 11:00
Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: > > > On 03/02/2010 22:28, Bella Jones wrote: > > > > > I really need a good old fashioned husband. > > > > Nearly right... :-) > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F46AJCdMTw> > > I love Eartha. :-) > "Eartha, lovely Eartha, sometimes I think you're a dreeeeeeaam.... When we work out what you have to do, you can always turn the goods out (turn the goods out), we can always depend on yooooouuuu" -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |