Best SIM only deal out there right now?

[StevieP]

I've had a lovely letter from Three today telling me that they can offer me a wonderful offer to "upgrade" my rolling monthly SIM only contract from £10.52 p/m for 12GB data, 600 mins and unlimited texts to their 1 month plan that will give me 12GB data, unlimited minutes and unlimited texts for £19.00 p/m!

I've had a quick look on uSwitch and there are a number of deals ranging between £8 and £10 p/s for circa 10-12GB of data (I hardly use the minutes so that really isn't a consideration!)

What's annoying is that Three themselves are on the uSwitch list at £8 p/m for a 12 month contract - but in order to do that I'd have to swap my number to a PAYG and then port it back to Three which is a bit of a pain!

Most of the cheaper deals appear to be resellers, most notably through the Vodafone network but I'm assuming most providers give pretty much blanket coverage now anyway?

Any suggestions??

 

[StevieP]

I'm on the phone to them now but it's not sounding too promising!

 

[StevieP]

Thanks for the suggestion - I hadn't heard of Smarty!

Three have offered to match the Uswitch deal at £8 p/m as long as I'm willing to sign up for a new 12 month contract so I think I'm gonna go with that just because it's the easiest option and I rarely even get close to 12GB usage so I think 30 would be overkill for me!

Thanks again...

 

[StevieP]

It tickles me that if they'd just left me alone they would have continued to collect £10.52 per month for the foreseeable future for 12GB and 600 mins but because they forced me to contact them following the letter I've actually ended up paying them £8 per month for the same data but unlimited minutes!?!?!?

 

[StevieP]

Strange, right? I use to get call from them every 6-8 months whilst on a rolling contract with new deals trying to get more money out of me, yet I always ended up with same and or better package at the same or better price!

I'll never forget the last time I had to contact them about my tariff - I think I was asking them to match another deal I'd seen - it was for £14 a month for 10GB and the guy said there was no way they could do that sort of deal. He then went away and came back and said, "the very best I can do was £10 p/m for 12GB" - erm........OK, I'll accept that!