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Here is a shop selling "free" T68i on T-Mobile |
ThreeX
Joined: Dec 21, 2002
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From: Sweden
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Just a thought... How "free" is it if it turns out that when you are free from your "slave contract" with provider you have paid for 1½ phone?
Would be like getting a car for free as long as you only use €15/liter fuel from one fuel company 
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Black Cat
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
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From: Loughborough UK
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well, not paying for a phone and paying £15/month beats the f*ck out of £299.99 not on contract, but we live in a world of choice and no one's going to make you do anything you don't want to.
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pachy
Joined: Nov 05, 2002
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It is a sad fact of life in the UK that you can charge whatever you like for something in a shop as long as you use the word "FREE" somewhere in the advert, the customers hand over their hard earned cash & go home & tell everyone they got it for free.
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Black Cat
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
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From: Loughborough UK
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except they don't hand over any cash. all i'm saying is £15 x 12 months = £180. that is an awful lot cheaper than £300 on pre pay. you also get inclusive minutes with a monthly deal. sorry if being £120 cheaper to have a phone on monthly rather than pre pay is offensive to you. nothing in life is free. it has to be paid for somehow. unfortunately, we advertise phones as free on whichever tariff because customers come in and say 'how can i get the t68i for free?'. if you don't want it, then no one's going to put a gun to your head to make you go on monthly.
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iver.hoob
Joined: Dec 28, 2002
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From: Devon, UK
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Even if you only ever use your "free" talktime you are gonna get a much better deal on a pay monthly contract! CPW were only doing the t68i free with mca-20 if you traded in your old phone, which wasnt apliccable to us at the time.. Shame really coz in hindsight it would have been a good idea to buy a crappy old motorola for £30 and trade that in!!! |
Black Cat
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
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From: Loughborough UK
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iver - did you sort your orange sim out?
they don't make them like they used to |
iver.hoob
Joined: Dec 28, 2002
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From: Devon, UK
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Havent managed to get hold of bros ex bird yet mate! She lives in Jersey now  |
geo2k
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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From: UK
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T68i free from direct communications on 30 sound a month orange tariff
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pachy
Joined: Nov 05, 2002
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I always buy my phones on a contract, because the 12mnth total is often cheaper than a sim free price, i have no problem with that.
I have a big problem with the casual use of the word " free", i would like to see it called "no deposit" i think thats far more grown up.
FREE;... Without payment,costing nothing to the recipient,.....OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
Note, if the phone is free you could stop paying the contract without giving the phone back. perhaps i`ll try it. |
jellyellie
Joined: Dec 27, 2002
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From: England
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guys i made this board because at first the website made it look like it was "free" on t-mobile £13.99 a month but then someone pointed out it was only "free" on the Orange network. a very deceiving website...
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iver.hoob
Joined: Dec 28, 2002
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From: Devon, UK
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Im NOT condoning this as acceptable behavior, but a few years ago I had a some financial problems and only made 2 payments to orange.. They eventually closed the account down and sent my outstanding balance including the rest of my contract term to a collections agency who hassled me for ages via post, they eventually stopped and orange sent me a letter to advise that they had written off my bad debt and would never accept me onto another contract. They NEVER stopped the phone from working though! So that was nearly free  I wouldnt advise doing this to anyone as they have probably changed the way they work and you could get yourself into a whole heap of trouble!!! |
pachy
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@jellyellie, yes selling mobiles is all about deceit, it`s the new "double glazing" i think they are often out of order. i asked about the "free" GPRS on a contract in an Orange shop the other day (i was bored) the guy happily lied to me saying it was for the whole 12mnths,when i knew it was only for 3mnths, so i told him & he just said, oh i didn`t realise.....try telling Orange that i thought, when a £500 bill turns up at month 4. |
jellyellie
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http://www.onestopphoneshop.co.uk/offer3.htm
There. Now that is a T68i "free" on TMobile Freetime 750!
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2tangy
Joined: Oct 26, 2002
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From: UK
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I'm guessing that policies from any network company have changed now (including the law) and so I'd say that these days people will be less likely to pull of what you did Iver... oh well |
Black Cat
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On 2003-01-03 13:14, pachy wrote:
@jellyellie, yes selling mobiles is all about deceit
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that's an unfair generalisation as there are plenty of people out here who are just trying to get you the best deal. yes, there are dodgy twats in the industry, but name me one industry which doesn't have some problematic elements. |
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