EE sim only plans, how deals are advertised and billed.

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In short, I saw an ee sim deal on BT's website. The deal is 50 100gb double data for 13.50 monthly for 24 months including VAT. I am an existing ee customer who is out of contract. I was unable to purchase the deal using an "already an ee customer" box in the secure checkout page. Every time I entered my details the secure checkout page would vanish, so I called them up.

The adviser asked about the details of the deal and where it was advertised. She also wanted a screenshot emailed across to her for authenticity, the deal was not on their system. After some internal conversations between her and a manager they agreed to the deal and started to "manually build" the deal because it wasn't on the system. Finally I was told to try the app in about 15mins and I should she updated deal in the app.

So the new deal is up and I notice a few things. To summarise my deal it look's something like this. 25gb £17.50 a month excluding vat with 6 addons. 1 £6.00 loyalty 2. 10% bt customer discount 3. 15gb additional data 4. 25gb additional data 5. £2 a day EU 6. Wifi boost.

So now with the price increases coming at the end of this month then again next year, will ee increase my bill based upon % of £17.50 excluding vat and not £13.50 including vat (price of the original avertised deal)? Then minus the fixed discount addons?

It seems to me a deal for £13.50 a month inc. vat + xx% a year is better deal than a£17.50 exc. vat + xx% - £6 -10%?

What do you think? Cheers
 
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Yes they have adopted VM's model, basically over charge because enough people accept it so its profitable, then give what they can really afford to sell at to those who kick up a fuss.
Include Sky in that bracket too.

So I just got off the phone to ee. I have been assured that my "price plan" is £13.50 and any increases would be based on that price and not on the "actual" £21 price plan as indicated in my account before discounts. Apparently this is standard practice for when deals are created.

So then I learned that this deal is for new customers only but was there any information as such on ee's site? Not that I could see. The secure checkout even had option for existing customers to enter details. Granted it didn't work but you wouldn't know why.

They must have 10's of thousands of customers on these kinda discounted deals. Why not just say annual increase is calculated after discounts? Example "Essential sim £21 with 10% bt loyalty = xx. Price increase is xx + yearly increase"

Maybe its clear and I couldn't see it. Getting old.
 
I don't know if these are the best ee deals but they are so much better then their standard online tariffs, and they are honouring them if you're out of contract (not a new customer). You have to be a bt broadband customer though.

Having said that the link didn't work and ee didn't ask me for any bt details lol.
 
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I'm currently a BT BB user, and am thinking to getting 3 of the £9 20GB contract to replace the current BT contracts, how ever. i'm also thinking to dropping BT BB, to go with a fiber provider (fibrus), will they take the double data off me once i drop the BT BB ?
I don't know to be honest but I doubt they would drop the benefits mid contract.
 
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