Posted by Nitro Fan
I am 10 months into my contract with Vodafone (I dont mind waiting a bit longer) I spend around £100 per month with them and want some ideas on how to get a really good renewal deal this year, I did OK last year (p900 for £50) but later heard people were getting a P900 free and 6 mths free rental as well! So I want to do better this time round. I am going for a 910i. We only get one shot a year at getting a deal and Voda have been particuarly tricky this year (upgrade system is "down" each time I have called for last 2 weeks!) so any suggestions or tips on screwing a deal out of the network operators is welcomed!
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A happy P900 owner again
[ This Message was edited by: Nitro Fan on 2005-04-09 21:42 ]
[ This Message was edited by: Nitro Fan on 2005-04-09 21:43 ]
Posted by jeko.uk
tell them if they dont give u a p9i0i for free then u wanna cancel your contract or something
p.s ill have ur p900 if it works
Posted by Jools
This article may help you:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.[....]ws.cgi?newsid1099157672,92885,
Posted by Residentevil
Yup put a gun to their head (figuretively) until you get what you want.
Posted by jeko.uk
@jools thats a pretty good website.
cheers mate
Posted by fatreg
i find working for the company works a treat!
haa haa
fatreg
Posted by Chazzer3
OMG, you pay for your upgrades?
I'm with Orange, and I am notorious within their call centre, just say your annoyed with their branding etc, and that your thinking of leaving them! BAMM, they give you the phone for free, I upgrade every 5 months, with this method!
Posted by fatreg
hmmm you must spend a fair whack each month to upg every 5 months.
ive customers that can upg every 3 months but they spend upwards of 1k a month.
fatreg
Posted by Chazzer3
nearly, (occasionally) £100 per month.
Posted by fatreg
you must be a the wrong talk plan then?
ir talk 60 and spending £100 per month,
if you like on say talk 600 at £55 a month, you can only upgrade every 9 months unless you have contacts in the exec office??
fatreg
Posted by p900 lover
i just got offered a black V3 from tmobile, but i might go for the 6630.
Posted by DJcreamz
i wantd an s700i so i phones up to cancell my contract, they said why, i said i wanted the s700 and they siad theyy would do it for 80 quid i said i could get it for free so they done a price match i spend 30 a month so i done fairly well wouldnt u agree
Posted by voda_jon
voda are bein extremley tight on upgrades this month but the following phones have been reduced overall and offer good value, they include:
SE S700i, Samsung D500, Motorola V3 and Nokia 6630...
hope this helps....
Posted by rimmer5
I just went to cancel my contract today. I went into the shop and they quoted 170 for an upgrade to a black V3 (only on 21 a month)
So i said not good enough rang 150 and they said they would give it me for 30 and give me 200 txts a month for free, so i bit his hand off lol
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Posted by Nitro Fan
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Thanks Jools very helpful that will make a welcome addition to my arsenal!
Posted by Nitro Fan
The latest report on my upgarde saga is Vodafone have offered P910i at £250 they must really like losing customers thats all I can say! ( also tried to tell me a sim free P910i is £500 on the open market!) I think I am out of commitment then play hard ball thanks guys keep the ideas comming i am sure I am not the only person up for contract renewall
Posted by Chazzer3
Fatreg:
you can upgrade whenever you want, just sometimes it costs, but when they tell me its gonna cost money, you just threaten them with leaving, then they put their manager on, and he'll give you a free upgrade.
And also, yes, my contract costs £55 p/m, but I go over the limit occasionally adding up to my most of £101.50, but the next contracts above it don't suit me.
Basically thats my method, a bit of threatening that you'll leave them, and bartering.
BTW, never upgrade online, you get the worst deals by a long way!
I'll post more info at a later date!
Chazzer -
Posted by Nitro Fan
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Hi fatreg thanks thats everso helpful
Posted by Nitro Fan
I have now got a deal and I belive it to be good, but it took a lot of getting. I was getting ready to leave and go to O2 as they offer the P910i for free but Vodafone were really trying their best to give me nothing as an incentive to stay! ever since I started this thread I have been calling Vodafone and keep getting told phone will be £300 then £250 etc etc until Friday of this week when I called 191 and was told its £225 and will never be cheaper take it or leave it! so I thought I will try a Vodafone store and hey presto they will upgrade me for £125
from the store I call 191 upgrades and get told OK we made as mistake we can do it for £125 as well! so I say not good enough and they put me throught to "Price matching dept" who say we can do it for £70 but it will never be free. The next day I had had enough and called 191 and took the leaving vodafone option this time I get told we cannot give the phone for free but we can give you £15 per month off your line rental for 12 months and let you have the phone for £70 over ten months interest free! so I got the phone for free and £7 per month off my bill for 10 months and £15 per month off my bill for 2 months I think thats a good deal but how silly are vodafone all I wanted was a free phone still I know what to do next time!!!! Hope this long rambling post will help others get what as customers they deserve! Vodafone waste millions and millions of the pounds and euros we spend with them on sponsorship programs designed to give their senior execs and big share holders a nice fashionable freebie every now and then! time we got something back go get -em guys!!!!!
Posted by horner2693
thanks for this forum guys, its helped me out