Thats what im doing in 12 months,just got myself a chinese phone for £80 and its bloody awesome,ill be keeping my sim after the 12 months and not getting a new phone from 02 ever again,this contract im on costs me £600 over 2 years just for the phone !
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Thats what im doing in 12 months,just got myself a chinese phone for £80 and its bloody awesome,ill be keeping my sim after the 12 months and not getting a new phone from 02 ever again,this contract im on costs me £600 over 2 years just for the phone !
Do what I do and always cancel the contract. I have done this for the past 4 years with EE and got progressively better deals.
I am currently paying £16 monthly for 18Gb of data and unlimited calls and texts. Will do me until renewal time when I will call up, cancel again and wait for their retention team to give me yet another deal.
Still miss the full monty for £11 a month though...
I am currently paying £16 monthly for 18Gb of data and unlimited calls and texts. Will do me until renewal time when I will call up, cancel again and wait for their retention team to give me yet another deal.
Still miss the full monty for £11 a month though...
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defo decided to get a three sim only and buy phone outright
can anyone recommend me a good theme? I'm sick of using samsungs now, fancy a change.. had the s4/s5/s6
can anyone recommend me a good theme? I'm sick of using samsungs now, fancy a change.. had the s4/s5/s6
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hmm I am on all you can eat contract but only get 2gb tethered......dont actually use it but still......
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free s7 though but only 3gb data, but still, he was like " this offer won't be available tomorrow " I was like no thanks, Ill take my chances
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Contract can be cheaper than buying outright. Just more restrictive.
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£38 a month x 24 - £912 = 3gb data/free S7
£23 a month ( 6 months half price ) x 24 - £483 unlimited data/no s7 ( ebay an s7 for £400
It's close, but the unlimited data sways it
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Last week wife got a CPWH upgrade, to the s7edge, 70 up front, 36.50 a month for 2 years, 3Gb data, unlimited others, on o2.
She applied online through quidco and should receive £75 in cashback, makes the 2 years cost £881 in my determination. Worked out cheaper for her than buying outright which was my usual MO, esp with apple gubbins.
-edit this was the edge not the normal s7 I must add.
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Depends what deal you can argue at the time
true, if i tell carphone warehouse or o2 im leaving, perhaps they will give me a better deal, however I don't see them upping their data substantially
damn. i would have told him. well my good man i have recorded this conversation so if the offer is still available tmw when i call back you'll be hearing about it
and see what he says, just for a laugh 
i rang virgin the other day because my bb is up and told them i was leaving to BT. they upped me to 70mb which isn't too bad, and reduced my payments to £10 a month fixed for 18 months, even thou the contract is still 12 months.
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damn. i would have told him. well my good man i have recorded this conversation so if the offer is still available tmw when i call back you'll be hearing about it
i rang virgin the other day because my bb is up and told them i was leaving to BT. they upped me to 70mb which isn't too bad, and reduced my payments to £10 a month fixed for 18 months, even thou the contract is still 12 months.
I will use that line when they ring me on the 9th when my contract is up
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so I rang o2, offer was pitiful.. £49 a month for 30 gb of data and £29 for new s7, not pitifiul but I explained three do unlimited data for 20 quid a month and I could get an s7 off ebay for 400-450
she didnt really have anything after that
she didnt really have anything after that
is your contract up now? i would call their cancellation department and ask about how you get your PAC code, as you haven't received a decent upgrade offer - you don't have to follow through. you never know, might get lucky with a better deal.
also hehe about explaining you could get the phone off ebay
and make it work out cheaper. they're not too interested in you talking to be fair. it's more about whether you will stay with them or not.
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is your contract up now? i would call their cancellation department and ask about how you get your PAC code, as you haven't received a decent upgrade offer - you don't have to follow through. you never know, might get lucky with a better deal.
also hehe about explaining you could get the phone off ebay
It ends in one month, but I could upgrade 1 month early. I rang and asked for PAC code, then the offer came