Carphone Warehouse closing all stores in April

malachi · 19 Mar 2020 at 18:28

Bug One said:
Not sure how they were going to survive. Every high street has it's own network own brand shop now - so the competition for anyone not backed by a network must be impossible to compete with.

From people I know, if they wanted to get the latest iPhone directly through the provider they would fail the credit check most of the time but going through CPW they would always pass.

Also the occasional CPW promotions "buy XYZ phone on contract and get a free TV/Games console/Tablet" It was great for that type of person who would take the TV/Games console/Tablet across the road and get cash for it.

mrbell1984 said:
What happened to our good old 12 month contracts and 6 month contracts.

They stopped when they noticed they could make more money from longer contracts.

I haven't had a contract phone for over 10 years. The last contract phone I had was Sony Ericsson C905 back in 2008, which was on 12 months. Then went sim only and purchased my phones outright as it turned out to be better value.

SexyGreyFox · 20 Mar 2020 at 10:00

I've underlined the main part because some people still think all stores are closing down.
I'm going there now to buy another Echo Show 5.

deuse · 20 Mar 2020 at 10:44

mrbell1984 said:
That's different. That's so low it's worth it. Some people go into these £60 per month contracts for that length of time it's just silly.

bloody hell....

malachi · 20 Mar 2020 at 12:50

mrbell1984 said:
That's different. That's so low it's worth it. Some people go into these £60 per month contracts for that length of time it's just silly.

Dont forget the upfront cost they usually have to pay, ranging from £50 to £100!

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Mar 2020 at 13:35

malachi said:
Dont forget the upfront cost they usually have to pay, ranging from £50 to £100!

indeed!