been offered this tarriff / phone, any good ( 3 - LG U880)

Snow-Munki · 4 Feb 2006 at 13:52

Hi,

popped into a phone shop called Intek.

They offered me the following:

LG U880 'three' phone for free.
600 free mins any network any time
400 free text
first 6 months for £22.50

after that it is 200 mins and 100 text for £25

They will also buy out / pay my last 2 months that i'm with Vodafone for £20 a month.

And if my g/f gets the exact same offer, her first 6 months would be only £10 a month.

Godd offer, sounds REALLY good to me, but heard a few bad things about the three network. not sure about the phone either.

Snow-Munki · 4 Feb 2006 at 17:54

that's great ! thanks.

personally i'd perfer a cheaper tariff, even 100 mins is enough for me, guess it's just a way to get customers in.

Snow-Munki · 5 Feb 2006 at 00:14

ok have had a deeper look now.

all the good 'offers' seems to rely on cashback.

says it is free but you still have to pay per month and then remember to send back your monthly bills. Anyone done this with success ?

Snow-Munki · 5 Feb 2006 at 21:15

Kappa said:
Is that how your deal with Intek goes? With cashback?

I know many people on 3 who pay like £4.99 a month after cashback and are happy with it, and others who say it is a hassle, its just if you can handle the bother of it i think.

thanks, with Intek you pay the usual £21.50 a month i believe so less hassle and you get the 'real' cost

looking around on the net, places like mobile outloet offering 'free' 12 month contacts depend on cashback, but after a bit of googling a few ppl say they have got the cash back etc etc

anyone with any first hand experience with this ?

kinda decided i want that phone now

Snow-Munki · 7 Feb 2006 at 10:14

thanks, i starting to REALLY like this phone, so you think best place to get it is from one of the shops you have mentioned ?

as i have seen many online shops with things like free 12 month contract or there abouts via cashbacks.

Best i've seen is a £35 per month contract but you geta full 12 month cashback on a 12 month contract ?!?! not sure how that works exactly as someone surely is loosing out ??