Mobile tarriff

[Wozzaaah]

Just rang Vodafone to cancel the insurance on my phone and asked what tarriff deals they had on as I didn't want an upgrade. She looked at what I'm on now and said "if I was you I'd stick with the one you're on as I've never seen a deal as good as that and I doubt you'll ever get one like it again". Turns out when I rang them last year from Spain to set up a discount for calling home they also gave me £5 pm discount on the line rental so I'm on under £15 a month contract for life giving me 125 anytime any network minutes, think it's either 200 or 250 texts, 'stop the clock' which means after 3 mins the call timer stops so I can carry on talking for up to 60 mins and rollover minutes.
So........I've got a new phone coming tomorrow and a new 18 month contract :-).
Because I'm on such a low tarriff it should cost me £20 for the upgrade but she said she'd do it for free and she gave me £1 pm discount on a new insurance policy plus 3 months free!!
Oh, it's a Sony Ericsson W910i in Havana Bronze btw, not sure about the colour yet but I like the deal
Oh and she chucked in some free speakers and another memory card too

As a great man once said....."I love it when a plan comes together"

 

[Archie]

Well done. Have a medal.







I think it's something to do with old tariffs. I rang up and said what could they do and I got a similar response. They said to match what I was on would be more. Didn't offer me a new phone though. My next tactic was to ring up and request my PAC code which is what you need to switch networks. They gave it (reluctantly) and then rang me three times over the next few days, eventually offering me a decent reduction, so I took it.

 

[Unclefista]

If you have broadband with Virginmedia, you can get a SIM from them that's pay as you go, costs £10 per month and gives you 300 cross-network minutes and 300 texts.

I use around 10-12 minutes a month and no texts, a bit of a waste, although my 2 nieces like to use it when I visit

 

[snowcat]

I never do the upgrade thing, phones are of little interest as long as they work, not excepting the upgrade and screwing em over the money instead is the way to get a decent tariff for 12 months, I'm paying about £40 for two phones 800minutes anytime any network, sure iv got some texts aswell but i dont do them......

 

[Hitch]

It took me a lot of convincing to go off the Orange evryday50 tarriff.

I pay £35p/m, 700mins any network anytime, unlimited landline calls, 100txts, with free broadband.

 

[Robotstar5]

I'm still with the same provider as when I got my first mobile back in the days of Analogue phones and you paid to ring a mobile let alone speak to some one!.
I have 100Kb of free data per month and decided to use it, had to activate it first, seemed OK but no connection, after a number of phone calls I was told my package is that old it does not include data, but why does it state 100Kb free on my bill each month? - fell on deaf ears, gave up.

 

[malcolm]

I hardly use my phone. Got it when O2 had just started up and were short of cash after the G3 sell off. So it's like a contract phone, but £200 up front and no monthly payment for life.

Though with the use it gets I'd probably have been better off with a pay as you go.

 

[Robotstar5]

Got it when O2 had just started up and were short of cash after the G3 sell off.

I started with BT Cellnet who were part owned by British Gas IIRC something to do with monopolies, the only competitor was Vodac (Vodaphone) at the time.

 

[English Steve]

I'm on Vodafone pay-as-you-go. Don't use it much so I only top it up with a tenner every two or three months. It's really only there for emergencies or if someone needs to contact me, so suits me fine.

Edit - I use Vodaphone because it's the only reliable signal in this area (or was, when I switched from BT about three years ago).

 

[snowcat]

Internet/3G etc etc, instead of pushing all this crap, a phone that worked didn't drop out lose calls, and was easy to use, should be where the providers spend the money, poor signal is across all the networks around here....

Mine is used a hell of a lot and cant imagine running a business like mine without it, before mobiles I remember sitting around indoors waiting for someone to get back to you/ I just wish they could make em do what there supposed to do rather than filling the things with gagets.....

 

[English Steve]

Agreed Snowy. Also they're getting so damned small that I keep pressing two buttons at a time when I do try to use it - designed for kids mostly hence the gadgetry.
"Gotta have the latest one because it can send texts in Chinese" :full

 

[Wozzaaah]

Are you sure thet's not due to 'wagon wheels' syndrome Steve? (Fingers getting bigger as you're getting older )

Just cleaned out a load of grindings from the speaker in my old handset, this is the 4th one I've nearly killed through keeping it in my pocket when I'm grinding .
(those magnetic pick-up tools are ideal for that by the way )

 

[English Steve]

I have to hold it further away to be able to see the numbers as well these days, so it could be age related

 

[Wozzaaah]

Whetever next Steve? Ear trumpet so you can hear it too?

 

[Archie]

Just cleaned out a load of grindings from the speaker in my old handset, this is the 4th one I've nearly killed through keeping it in my pocket when I'm grinding .

Mine's got a nice crater from a blob of weld right in the middle of the screen! If you can take the front and back off the air hose does quite a good job too. At least, it seems to on mine but then mines dead cheap so it wouldn't be the end of the world if it died in the process!

 

[Hitch]

Get insurance, and they replace it... orange does at least.
Just tell them the speaker has gone.

 

[snowcat]

6 months is normal before Iv destroyed it, I buy the cheapest pay as you go ones when I see em on offer normally £30-40 and put my SIM in them......still better than going down the upgrade route and getting fleeced on the contract....

BTW does anyone else have the feeling these phones are only designed to last 11months, even if I haven't broken em, all the older ones have "mystery" lock ups, or the battery's last about 5 minutes.......hmmmmm

 

[Archie]

The best phone ever made was the 6310i. They're practically indestructible and really simple. I know so many of my parents friends who have them and have had them for years. They just go on and on and on. Plus, loads of people have the car holders for them, which of course don't take the newer phones so they still command a fairly high price on ebay. Not bad for a phone that was discontinued all of four or more years ago!

 

[English Steve]

Whetever next Steve? Ear trumpet so you can hear it too?

Pardon?

 

[Rusty]

The best phone ever made was the 6310i. They're practically indestructible and really simple. I know so many of my parents friends who have them and have had them for years. They just go on and on and on. Plus, loads of people have the car holders for them, which of course don't take the newer phones so they still command a fairly high price on ebay. Not bad for a phone that was discontinued all of four or more years ago!

If you only want to phone and text it's the best phone out there,battery life's amazin !