best deal for HTC Desire ?

metamorphpwner · 27 Jul 2010 at 08:11

Seen a good vodafone deal. £30 Pm £130 cashback with topcashback. works out at £590 for the 24 months with 600 mins unlimited texts and 1024mb internet.

borich_planner · 28 Jul 2010 at 15:35

25 a month for 18 months free phone. 300 minutes, unlimited net and texts. that was through phones 4 u web site 2 months ago

Borich

Fisk · 28 Jul 2010 at 17:42

So, this Desire for £285 deal with o2 simplicity... is it only for the 12 month simplicity, or can it be got for the same price on the rolling one month simplicity contracts as well?

ShiWarrior · 9 Aug 2010 at 20:35

Clairvoyant said:
Date Amount (£) Donation (£) Payment (£) Status
~ Jul 2010 9.10 To be paid 31 July

Thats my current Quidco.

it should tell you when they will make the payment.

I still havent received this money
have you?

newbiejim · 9 Aug 2010 at 21:20

Fisk said:
So, this Desire for £285 deal with o2 simplicity... is it only for the 12 month simplicity, or can it be got for the same price on the rolling one month simplicity contracts as well?

They told me you can have it on the one month rolling simplicity deal too

Stormar · 10 Aug 2010 at 14:45

i have just got upgraded to the desire on t-mobile after a bit of pleading etc i have got the phone for free plus 600 mins +unlimited txt + unlimited internet all for £25 a month so well happy as last week they only give me the wildfire and wanted £210 for me to have the desire...only downside is that its in such high demand i have got to wait upto 3 weeks to get it as its out of stock,but it will come with the latest software so he told me

K@rl · 10 Aug 2010 at 15:46

I was sooo close to ordering from O2 - gonna wait for the HD / ACE just for the extra screen size.

tbz_ck · 13 Aug 2010 at 11:41

Good deal on Mobiles.co.uk at the mo.

24 months, £25pm but with 15 months half price by redemption. Orange Dolphin, with 300 mins, 3000 texts, and 500Mb data and free Desire handset.

Works out £412.50 for the contract, and therefore £17.19 per month.

Bargain!

Participant · 13 Aug 2010 at 12:44

Tis good but Orange coverage sucks in my area

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Edinho · 13 Aug 2010 at 17:08

Can't recommend mobiles.co.UK enough got mine from there. No branded crap.

Eliot · 16 Aug 2010 at 02:48

can someone explain the cashback by redemption stuff the orange deal sounds good but im not sold on the idea

Participant · 16 Aug 2010 at 08:32

Eliot said:
can someone explain the cashback by redemption stuff the orange deal sounds good but im not sold on the idea

Every x months you have to send in your bills to them within 60 days of the period in question ending. Then after x days (usually after 30 or so) they pay you the redemption money.

There are warnings out there about making sure to follow their rules precisely, but really as long as you remember to send in the bill by the deadline then you'd struggle to go wrong.

Eliot · 16 Aug 2010 at 16:20

Whats in it for them?

How are they able to do this?

Can i keep my number?

Participant · 16 Aug 2010 at 16:32

Eliot said:
Whats in it for them?

Money. They're just selling a product like anyone else.

Eliot said:
How are they able to do this?

The people that don't claim or claim incorrectly, pay for the people that do. You must be very careful to read the small print especially those of the smaller, less well-known operations. For example, if porting a number, some require a copy of the first bill showing your new number! Another one to be careful of is - when they say 'send us the bill after 3 months', do they mean from porting date or contract date, etc...

Also, because they're entirely web-based i.e. no high street presence to pay for, they aren't absorbing overheads from stores etc. and can therefore afford to reduce selling prices.

Eliot said:
Can i keep my number?

Yes, just get your PUK code and it'll port the number as normal.

Eliot · 16 Aug 2010 at 16:39

This all sounds very scary

Has anyone on here had any problems

Ratbag · 17 Aug 2010 at 07:06

Eliot said:
This all sounds very scary

Has anyone on here had any problems

I got my desire a couple of months ago fom e2save [I believe something to do with carphonewarehouse] on the dolphin deal mentioned above [equivalent to about £18 per month, plus £50 quidco!].

They seem to be pretty transparent about the redemption system - I printed off this page explaining when I need to send off my bills.

Abraham · 17 Aug 2010 at 08:26

anyone know if o2 are still doing the £285 deal?

Eliot · 18 Aug 2010 at 18:24

Ok
Im nearly abojt to order lol

Just need to ask a few things

Do i get instructions of when to send of

Im currently with orange and want to keep my number. What do i do as the site says something about only porting if you have changed network

Atm my contract with orange is a 1 month thing so what do i do?
Cancel first?
I dont under stand how to keep my number lol surely if i cancel my number is no longer mine?

Eliot · 23 Aug 2010 at 00:29

anyone?

sarge78 · 23 Aug 2010 at 01:22

Eliot said:
Ok
Im nearly abojt to order lol

Just need to ask a few things

Do i get instructions of when to send of

Im currently with orange and want to keep my number. What do i do as the site says something about only porting if you have changed network

Atm my contract with orange is a 1 month thing so what do i do?
Cancel first?
I dont under stand how to keep my number lol surely if i cancel my number is no longer mine?

Just follow the instructions on the redemptions website and you'll be fine, as for Orange phone them up and tell them you've got a deal elsewhere and need to cancel the current contract/transfer the number.
Worst case you'll have to stick your number on a o2/3 etc payg sim then back to orange.
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