Anyone knowledgable on Orange contracts?

[Ste]

Hi,

Went into an orange shop today to have a play with a K800i. Since I'm a fairly 'low spend' user the upgrade cost was £150. However, the woman in there said the best bet was to cancel my contract and start again with another 12 months, getting the handset for £50. Problem is since I'm on the student plan, the only way to do this is to cancel now, wait 30 days until the contract is completely terminated, and then sign up again.

Question is, at the moment orange have a £100 buyback on old handsets which is pretty amazing (and would cover the cost of the K800i). If I do go ahead and start a new 12 month contract I'll be signing back up in August due to the 30day wait - anyone know if the £100 (or any other) buyback offer is likely to still exist in August?

Alternatively, anyone know any bargaining tools I could use to get the upgrade cost right down?

Thanks for any help

Ste

 

[Dolph]

Which part of the student plan was it you were concerned with? If it's simply the text messages, you can get that as a standard new customer at the moment.

£30 a month on the Orange website will get you 650 minutes and 1100 texts at the moment, with the N80 for £50. (18 month contract) Admittedly you don't get the buyback credit.

 

[Ste]

Yeah, the 18month contract was the problem mate. With the student deal, I can get 100mins/1000txts for £25, the handset for £50 and only have to be in for 12months. This means I can get another phone in 12months rather than 18

Basically, selling the k750i (current phone) for £75 on a popular auction site, re-signing up and getting £100 buyback on an old phone, I end up with a 'free' K800i and £125 of credit (5months free).

Do you know if the buyback offer will still exist in august? Or if it is likely to? Also, will signing back up to Orange after leaving be a problem - the guys in the shop said it'd be fine but if anyone can clarify

Thanks

Ste

 

[csmager]

Also, will signing back up to Orange after leaving be a problem - the guys in the shop said it'd be fine but if anyone can clarify

You can't keep your phone number, but apart from that it's no problem.