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From: Sara on 4 Feb 2010 11:37 In article <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. I've got one! Highly recommended. -- Sara Wishing the weather would cheer up
From: Bella Jones on 4 Feb 2010 14:41 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > OK, about to go with O2 probably > > Is this because of Visual Voicemail? Partly. A friend round the corner has iPhone with O2 and she says the signal's fine round here, and on the Heath - important for those afternoons lying in the sun... -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Bella Jones on 4 Feb 2010 14:41 Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In message <1jdcxyn.c7con61ek9xnpN%me9(a)privacy.net> > me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 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. Ah, ok. I never think of this stuff. All this assumes that O2 definitely have this 9 months offer, and aren't about to change it. -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Bella Jones on 4 Feb 2010 14:48 Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > In article <1jdczkn.bquedc10logt1N%me9(a)privacy.net>, > me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: > > > > 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. > > I've got one! Highly recommended. *sigh* -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Woody on 4 Feb 2010 14:54
On 04/02/2010 19:41, Bella Jones wrote: > Graeme<Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> In message<1jdcxyn.c7con61ek9xnpN%me9(a)privacy.net> >> me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> 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. > > Ah, ok. I never think of this stuff. > > All this assumes that O2 definitely have this 9 months offer, and aren't > about to change it. Its on their t&c page under pay monthly. They have had it for a long time and if you take a contract up with them with those ts&cs, they have to write to you to tell you that you are changing them -- Woody |