My old phone contract came to an end back in April, and, as i didn't have a job, I thought that I'd go for Pay-As-You-Go............ well that was a big mistake, as my old contract was only £30 p/month and I put £40 in the first 3 weeks of having this PAYG one (old phone, new sim)

So I shopped around for a good deal, and came across the vodaphone..... 125 mins, any network, any time and 250 text messages. but on an 18 month contract you have the new Stop The Clock... Which is Evenings and weekends you pay for the first 3 mins, and can stay on for an hour! Thats exactly what I want, and at only £20 p/month, was a great saving as well. Took the contract out, got the phone home, and found out that there was no to very little signal at home, so tested it out over last weekend and still crap signal at Karen's house as well, so (reluctantly) took it back on Monday and cancelled my contract :(

Bloody hell, start searching all over again................ then thought about trying to see what Orange would do for me, as thats who i had the old contract with..... rang them up, and told them what I'd like, which was basically my old contract back (200 mins & 500 Texts), and with a free phone :D ..... They said 'Yeah, no problem!' In fact if I took out an 18 month contract, they'd give me another 100 mins + 1000 (yep thousand) texts as well!!! And although I couldn't have one of the new Nokia 6280 phones, as they didn't have any, they would let me have the brand new Nokia N80 instead! :cool:

 

So I've now got a new top of the range (almost) phone, 300 anytime any network talk minutes and 1500 text messages........... It pays to ask :D

 

 

Now two sorrys...... First to those that have received various Texts from me over the last few weeks regarding new numbers of mine :D

And second, sorry for the long-winded story here!!

i always shop around when my contract comes to an end, i havn't ever paid any line rental

I was going to cancel three phone contracts with orange as they hadn't helped me with a problem. They've now offerred me 500mins to any network at any time for £25 a month, and its a standard thing to get current customers to stay with them. Oh and a new phone. Winner

i have no self control with things like that...a contract phone would be dangerous for me!!

I am at the end (june 3rd) of a contract with vodaphone, 18 mth 100 mins/texts a month for 18 quid a month.....i want a Sony Ericson W810i phone so to stay with vodaphone it was 100 quid for the phone and the exact same contract....then they reduced it to 40 quid, but if i took a new contract with a new number, i get the phone for free, but I want to keep my number but they say I have to pay for the new phone.

So, Orange, I start a contract for the same money I was paying, S/E W810i phone for free, and I can keep my old number. So fook vodaphone I am gonna change to orange.

 

Cheers John Crisp

Yep, it defo pays to shop around, and to haggle with them. I've always haggled with Orange (had to use Orange, as that was the only network that could get a signal into where I worked before) they either want my business or they don't, I always make out like I don't care :D I've alwasy got what i wanted, and always a brand new phone for nothing :cool: Just a shame the last one, a Motorola V3, was so shite!!

 

So far this N80 seems quite good, got a 3meg pix camera, which is quite good. Just uploaded a few mp3 tunes to it (had to load a certain tune, so that i know instantly that my stupid bitch of an Ex is texting me :headvswal ) Yep quite impressed so far :D

dilaphone is the shiz niz! im paying £35 a month, £180 of credit, new fone and the best bit, a free xbox 360!

Be glad you got the N80 mate, it looks a cracking phone, however i had the 6280 and took it back yesterday as it was a really crap handset

dilaphone is the shiz niz! im paying £35 a month, £180 of credit, new fone and the best bit, a free xbox 360!

Eh?? I'll have one!

 

edit: Blo*dy ell! just had a look, didn't know you could get free x-boxes, ipods and psp's with a phone contract!Gonna have to consider that when I renew!

;) pays to look about eh?!

have you actually got the xbox yet on that flext tarriff your on

nah u get it within 28 days of connection, only been a week so far

Talking about this missis just got a bill from carphone warehouse for £1274 for a phone 3 Years ago

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dilaphone is the shiz niz! im paying £35 a month, £180 of credit, new fone and the best bit, a free xbox 360!

I looked into Dialaphone when I was looking, and, although I only checked out the Orange tariff at the time, I found that it was on an 18 month contract, and the tariff quoted on their web page was about £5/month higher than everyone else! Which equates to £90 you're paying extra to Dialaphone (which is probably around the cost price to them) So you're not getting it for free! But saying that it's still a good deal and a bargain if you want one.

Like i say, i did look in to it, but as I don't play games all that much I dismissed it.