Can you haggle for upgrade in store?

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Hey :)

Two years ago I signed up for a bargain of a contract with Vodafone, last time I haggled over the phone but this time around I apparently can't upgrade over the phone until 29 days before my contract ends (I'm currently 60 odd days away from it ending) but I can upgrade over the internet (like that's going to happen) or in store right now.

I was wondering if it's worth trying to haggle in store? I know some carriers don't allow the stores to alter price plans but if Vodafone are to keep me as a customer they are going to have to do something - their plans are shocking at the moment, an example for their iPhone plans:

£89 upfront cost for iPhone 4 16GB
900 Minutes
Unlimited texts
750MB Data (really Vodafone, 750MB?)
1GB Openzone WiFi allowance (When am I going to use this?)
5MB Euro data per day (again, what use is this to me?)
£40 per month for 24 months
Tethering is an extra add-on for £5 for 500MB, £10 for 1.5GB or £15 for 3GB

comparing this to Three:

£69 upfront cost for iPhone 4 16GB
2000 Minutes
5000 Texts
Unlimited data (no FUP either)
5000 Three to Three Minutes (useless to me)
£35 per month for 24 months
Tethering is free

The prices are similar for other phones too, I just picked a phone both carriers have. If I can't haggle in store then I'll just wait until I'm within 29 days of my contract ending, I've got two mobiles on my account so hopefully they value my £70 per month and actually give me something worth while!

Cheers,

Craig
 
The issue at the moment is that all of the data plans are absolutely awful except for on Three.

750MB is the best you are going to get on any major network aside from T-Mobile who have 1GB. Vodafone wont and cant really do anything to match The One Plan, it absolutely wipes the floor with them. The best they might do is offer you the phone free for example, but you are still signing up to a hugely inferior contract.

Mobile phone upgrade deals are a complete nightmare, you aren't guaranteed anything at all, but you might be nicely surprised. Its hard to say.
 
if you can afford yo buy out right, then vodafone have some great 30day contacts. with 1gb.

which is what I'm going to do

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/iphone/sim-only.html

1phone4 16gb £430
Then
600mins
Unlimited texts
1GB Data
1GB bt openzone
for £25
But also get a £40 quidco rebate

Or you can do the same on 365 day contract for £20 but get £100 quidco cash back.

tethering is the same cost as you said.

But if you can just buy a dongle or mi-fi and you can pick up a Three sim card for £7.50 for 3Gb and 3month limit.
 
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sack it and hit on 3 for the one plan, how anyone with a smartphone of any type can happily sign up for such lousy data deals is beyond me
 
R34P3R said:
I thought T-Mobile had dropped theirs to 500MB for new and upgrading customers? There was all the drama about it a few months ago as they were going to drop existing customers down too.
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Ah, its just one of the plans that is 1GB, not all of them. £60/month, no thanks :p
 
snapdragon said:
sack it and hit on 3 for the one plan, how anyone with a smartphone of any type can happily sign up for such lousy data deals is beyond me
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For the simple reason they actually need decent voice coverage which is something 3 don't really provide. I've got a 3 dongle for data use and that will work in one position in my house on a very week signal and I hardly live in the sticks. 100 yards down the road and it doesn't work at all. It's mainly used when I'm working away and when it works it's very good, but coverage is a long way behind o2 so it's handy to have the backup of teathering my phone (on o2) even if it's generally slower.
 
Superewza said:
Why not something like this?

900 Minutes
Unlimited Texts
500MB Internet
Free HTC Desire HD

£35.75/m for 24 months on T-Mobile.
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Because he wants an iPhone, not a Desire HD.

And that is a bad deal anyway unless you NEED 900 minutes, most people dont. In fact even then, its still a bad deal.
 
Superewza said:
Why not something like this?

900 Minutes
Unlimited Texts
500MB Internet
Free HTC Desire HD

£35.75/m for 24 months on T-Mobile.
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Were you trying to find the worst deal possible? :p

I'd say buy the Iphone out right also and look at the rolling plans that are on offer at the moment if you don't want to go with Three ONE Plan, I suppose you could even look at one of there lower plans with SIM Only as well, 600 Mins, 3000 Texts, 1GB Data £15pm is not to bad (£20pm 30 day contract.) Then at least if you are not satisfied with the coverage or network performance you can leave them and go elsewhere. :)
 
T-Mobile are doing Sim 150 for £7.50/month at the moment.

This is a 12 month sim only contract.

600min
500text
+1 bolt on (500MB internet, free landline etc).

Hard to beat pricewise if the allowance is high enough for your needs...
 
Not sure TBH - I'm in Glasgow and everyone's good.

Are T-Mobile & Orange combined now? If so I guess the coverage should be good...
 
Robboftw said:
I've always found it excellent. I'd imagine its quite vast.
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Is that both calls and 3g?

Always found o2 calls are great but 3g is disappointing. Where as people on vioafone get both in palces I can't get either. Suppose if I do 30 day ones, only bound to them for one month.
 
AcidHell2 said:
Is that both calls and 3g?

Always found o2 calls are great but 3g is disappointing. Where as people on vioafone get both in palces I can't get either. Suppose if I do 30 day ones, only bound to them for one month.
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Lincolnshire is a fairly O2 dominated area, they have extremely good coverage out here. I've never been unable to get an T-Mobile signal where others have got an O2 one, so it seems quite good. I always have 3G in places where I'd expect to have it.

Its difficult to say, even coverage maps are often way off the mark, but its worth trying for a month certainly.
 
AcidHell2 said:
What's tmobile coverage like though?
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Much better since you can now roam onto Orange as in the past I found quite often I had to use my own phone (o2) rather than my work one (t-mobile), and even when staying at hotel near Clapham.
 
Gribs said:
For the simple reason they actually need decent voice coverage which is something 3 don't really provide. I've got a 3 dongle for data use and that will work in one position in my house on a very week signal and I hardly live in the sticks. 100 yards down the road and it doesn't work at all. It's mainly used when I'm working away and when it works it's very good, but coverage is a long way behind o2 so it's handy to have the backup of teathering my phone (on o2) even if it's generally slower.
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Fair do's I have no issues at all with voice calls on 3 sadly were still network dependent, its about time all of them had better national coverage

I'm happy with the galaxy on the one plan for £30 pm, it pays off for me as I have no landline so can chew through minutes
 
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