Ovivo gone forever

HumanShield · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:29

Well, as I was planning on moving to Ovivo, they have shut up shop!

http://www.ovivomobile.com/

No real reasons on their website, only a form to get PAC codes.

Presumably we have a few people affected by this on here?

And I guess this leaves Giff Gaff as the cheapest PAYG network at the moment? That or the £15 Three deal

lmfy2k · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:51

damn!

just moved the mrs over too last week

lucky i have a spare giff gaff sim

oh and my data sim lol

dasyad · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:53

Never sounded like a sustainable business model IMO, be interesting to know why they shut down though

Minstadave · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:53

Wtf? I only joined recently. How do I get my credit back?

rossk26 · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:54

Well I got 9 months out of them for £15! Not bad, but now where do I go! Was enjoying no monthly contract...

bulb66 · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:55

Minstadave said:
Wtf? I only joined recently. How do I get my credit back?

Me too, didn't get much out of my £20.

Minstadave · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:56

A bit shady they've been taking on new customers, this must have been coming for a while.

Sounds a bit Ponzi scheme-esque.

mOdO · 19 Mar 2014 at 19:59

I thought my phone was not working properly. Cheers ovivo....

Need to find the best sim only deal now.

SkeeterUK · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:06

Oh fudge nuts.

I cant make calls either. I had 16 quid or so credit too. Damn them, they should have given us notice and whats with them spouting about more free mins etc, surely they wouldnt have done that if they were going down soon.

Also how did this happen suddenly, where is some notice?

GRRR!!!

Sui · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:07

Hopefully the founder is actually bankrupt, and not trying to just do a runner...

rossk26 · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:14

From a quick search it looks like the Three Internet Essentials 200 is the cheapest comparative deal? £6.90 per month.

Anyone found anything cheaper?

Glaucus · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:17

Seems odd, only two weeks ago they where talking about expanding.
It also said due to reasons outside of our control.

They had less than 50,000 customers s, wonder if Vodafone pulled the plug or something.
It all seems a bit odd.
Will have to find another sim, for my backup phone.

Danny091 · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:21

rossk26 said:
From a quick search it looks like the Three Internet Essentials 200 is the cheapest comparative deal? £6.90 per month.

Anyone found anything cheaper?

I'm on the essentials 200 its pretty good. It used to be on mobiles.co.uk where i got it for £4.89 a month. Just checked for you but it seems they don't seem to be doing the deal anymore.

rossk26 · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:28

Yeah you used to be able to get cashback through Quidco which effectively made it <£5 a month. But no more!

I was enjoying no monthly fees! Oh well, at least I got 9 months for £15!

loltim · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:37

Wouldn't bother with GiffGaff.
Try Virgin. EE/T-Mobile signal coverage.

Super Tigers · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:48

Ovivo going bust doesn't surprise me, the business model must have been burning cash to quickly and did not get enough subscribers and advertising content to make it sustainable for the long term. I suspect the creditors and backers must have pulled the funding as they couldn't see a return for their investment.

It will be missed as tried to be different from all the mobile providers.

SkeeterUK · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:57

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjKnq7RtRv_sdDEyTkdIN1FCZ1RZUjdJTUdUV294bFE#gid=0

Best sim only deals there apparently. Was info from a hotukdeals page:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/best-sim-only-deals-megathread-1623625

Talk mobile 1 month for 200mins 500gb and 5000 txts for £7 a month seems best deal so far and uses O2 network which i was with before ovivo and they were fine but i was paying £12 a month for 2 years for a phone and 200min 200txts and 1gb net. £5 cashback with TCB apparently too.

mark43 · 19 Mar 2014 at 20:59

Super Tigers said:
Ovivo going bust doesn't surprise me, the business model must have been burning cash to quickly and did not get enough subscribers and advertising content to make it sustainable for the long term. I suspect the creditors and backers must have pulled the funding as they couldn't see a return for their investment.

It will be missed as tried to be different from all the mobile providers.

Yeah I was thinking the same when I heard the news. Its a shame it didn't work out, but I'm not exactly surprised.

Fallen god · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:30

http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/ovivo-closing-down-1857063#post21275217

Good write up for what to do guys, was actual looking forward to using this guys when I finally got a tablet as well

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lamboman · 19 Mar 2014 at 22:57

Not surprising as it wasn't remotely sustainable, however it was rather disgusting of them to continue taking orders and suddenly mention their closure on the actual day.