Anyone using a mobile phone cashback company?

rossyl

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It seems there are many mixed opinions about the cashback companies. Since 3 retentions are giving me rubbish I think i may have to take another cashback deal.

I've been with phonboxdirect for the past year, it's worked out fine - but there payouts are sooo slow.

So any better recommendations?
 
I am with onestopphoneshop and they've been fantastic. Got all my payments within about 2 weeks of them recieving my cashback claim. Its nice getting the cashback as it feels like free money! :)
 
On my third year of cashback with OSPS and no probs here either so far.

First year I managed to actually make a profit over the 12 months! :D
 
yup, been using cashback for a few years now - best thing. however, i never get the clearence phones or no other refurbished ****.

although i'm not currently with them, i recommend onestopphoneshop or e2save as they are part of the carphone warehouse group, and thus trustable and fast..

all the others i've tried/am with are rather slow - in fact mobile shop still owe me my first redemption cheque which i sent off for over two months ago!

also, i dislike how many of them ask for very specific info like a dispatch note, etc. as long as youre capable of staying on top of it all, its definitely worth going for..
 
AcidHell2 said:
Why not, my refurbished phone, was as brand new. No scratches, full warranty. Absolutely no diffrent to a new one. Other than it was free instead of £400
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i just prefer things to be absolutely 100% new. although refurbished phones are said to be good as new, i've heard of problems from mates going for refurbished phones.

just my opinion tbh, i guess they're okay if they come with a really good deal
 
I dont get it, they give you a free phone, *AND* they give you free line rental for 12 months.

Assuming you quit after 12 months, and never go over the limits, once you've received your cashback, have you actually paid a penny? Surely there's a catch??

How can they afford to do this? (considering they don't buy their stock of phones for nothing)
 
They receive commission from the networks for every customer they bring in. Higher line rental tariffs mean more commission. With the refurbed phones being cheaper for them to purchase than a new one, it means they can pay your line rental with the commission they make, and throw in a phone, and still manage to make a bit of money on top.

Just beware though, only stick with the companies you can trust. Those smaller independent places offering the best deals in the world can, and will most likely go out of business, which leaves you with a massive monthly line rental, whilst they walk away with the huge commission they're being paid.
 
Yeah it's quite a good money maker for some of the larger independent stores, I think the only reason the networks have started doing it themselves, is so they can avoid having to pay out the large commissions to others. But like I said, avoid the unknown independent places, Birmingham's largest one (Mobile Connections) pulled a fast one within the last two weeks, leaving potentially thousands of people with massive monthly line rentals. A friend of mine had an offer from them where he paid line rental for one phone, but was given two more for 'free' which the shop paid for. However, he's now stuck with a £175 monthly line rental bill.

A new shop opened at the place Mobile Connections used to be, and yeah, you guessed it, it was another phone shop :|. Whether connected to the old store is yet to be seen, but the old store owners must have walked away with at least £1m worth of commission and most likely some of their phone stocks.
 
Go for either onestopphoneshop or e2save. Both are owned by the CPW group. Not had much problem with either of them, although make sure you send your cashback claims by recorded delivery and keep the slip as sometimes claims get magically lost in the post; (happened twice with onestopphoneshop) but this was a while ago. Their cashback team seem to be a lot better organised now.

As for any other cashback dealers, be very careful and read reviews on them thoroughly before, or if, you choose them. There are some non-reputable ones out there.

HTH
 
Virgin contract via Carephone warehouse on the internet. Got my cash via a cheque without any problems
 
Stay away from Mobileshop.com. It's been 3 months now and they still haven't given me my cashback for Month #9. I'm about to send off for my Month #12...

Wish me luck.
 
chiggz said:
...mobile shop still owe me my first redemption cheque which i sent off for over two months ago!
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pallys said:
Stay away from Mobileshop.com. It's been 3 months now and they still haven't given me my cashback for Month #9. I'm about to send off for my Month #12...

Wish me luck.
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^^ well that makes two negative opinions of mobileshop.. wish i never went with them :(
 
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