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P800 for £19.99 and £50 per month Orange Talk 400 |
Baloola
Joined: Apr 02, 2002
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From: Herts. UK
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Hi:
I already have an orange contract ED50 that I want to keep.
Can I start another new contract with Orange so I can get my P800?
I don´t qualify for an upgrade until 5th April and by then they will introduce increase on handsets as per oftel regulations 
any feedback welcome
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carlhunt
Joined: Mar 02, 2003
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From: UK
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Anybody else know any good deals? |
JonnyO
Joined: Mar 10, 2003
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not madly impressed with cyren right now. I ordered from them at about 11am today but didn't get confirmation of my order until after 4pm. I had emailed them about half an hour earlier to ask if my order was ok. I got a reply to that email at 5:30pm telling me that my order would be processed tomorrow (wednesday) for delivery on thursday. So much for their next day delivery if ordered before 1pm then... If I'd known that I would have got it from a local company for a few quid more... |
julianmclean
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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I'm about to buy a P800 - cheapest deals I've found online seem to be http://www.cyren-communications.co.uk as mentioned above, but also found http://www.mobilesuk.net for a quid more but with more accessories. Also, they do phone free on Orange 700 for £70 a month with £100 cashback. My my calcs, this works out cheaper if you get the cashback and you get 300 more minutes!
Ok, that was my 'buy-in' with the info...now for the Qs:
1. Gonna buy in the morning so was just wondering if anyone had had any dealings with either company mentioned - good/bad experiences?
2. I can't get my PAC code yet from T-mobile as my contract is not up for a month - if I just go ahead and get the new phone - will I be able to get my PAC in a month and transfer still for free?
3. Anyone know if you can get Orange Access Pack if you connect to OVP, or does it have to be Your Plan?
Any help appreciated - this forum has been extremely persuasive in making me buy the damn thing, so I just need the final push...
Ta.
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dave_uk
Joined: Mar 06, 2003
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From: London, UK
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@ julianmclean
1. Dunno, better off going to a high street retailer, most of them Pricematch, better come-back if you have any problems. Plus, you want proper insurance not reconditioned Orange Care 
2. Yes, you can port onto Orange or T-mobile up to 6 months after taking a new connection with them. Operators are forbidden from charging for a PAC code and receiving networks wouldn't be stupid enough to charge.
3. The Orange Access Pack is available free for 3 months to all new customers connecting to Your Plan 120 or above until 31st March. Currently, such services are not available at all to OVP customers.
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Eva-m00
Joined: Jun 08, 2002
Posts: 364
From: Liverpool, UK
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I ordered from them today at about 10am got confirmation at about 10.45 so fingers crossed for delivery tomorrow! Im really high spending so got mind for free on YP700.. Free GBA too lol.
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julianmclean
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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Damn!
As of this morning (12-03-03) both www.cyren-communications.co.uk and www.mobilesuk.net have changed their offers! Not quite as good value now - I've emailed then to see if they will honour yesterday's price but not holding out for it. Anyone seen anywhere cheap yet today?
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dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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From: UK - Derby/London
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I ordered from mobileuk, it should be here this morning! cant wait...
but if you have a look you'll notice that the change is on the talk 400, but they now give £100 cashback, but for £120.99, and £200 cashback on the higher cost tarrifs, so really it's exactly the same, not sure how the cashback works though. |
julianmclean
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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Just ordered mine from mobilesuk.net too. £70 tariff and £121 for the phone but £200 cashback after 6 months (you have to send bills for month 4,5 and 6 to them, but only need to be on tariff upto month 4). By my calcs assuming a 'normal' £15 tariff, I get the phone for:
121 + (70-15)*4 - 200 = £141
Not bad really - this is the best I can find as of today - no doubt it will be cheaper somewhere 2mo, but by then I'll be playing with the new toy. BTW, I have noticed a couple of the sites talking about Orange increasing handset prices from April 1st - anyone know if is this true? |
Nips
Joined: Feb 28, 2002
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I've ordered from the same place too this morning!!!, same deal.
But I was speaking to someone else from Cyren and they were sayin that Orange could kick up a fuss if u change from a high tariff to a considerable lower one after 4 months.....which I’m sure many of us will be doin...so we just gotta wait and see what happens I guess!
Can't wait till tomorrow now all I need to do is find somewhere to get it unlocked!
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carlhunt
Joined: Mar 02, 2003
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From: UK
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On 2003-03-12 13:46, julianmclean wrote:
Just ordered mine from mobilesuk.net too. £70 tariff and £121 for the phone but £200 cashback after 6 months (you have to send bills for month 4,5 and 6 to them, but only need to be on tariff upto month 4). By my calcs assuming a 'normal' £15 tariff, I get the phone for:
121 + (70-15)*4 - 200 = £141
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Phone £121
First four months £70ea = £280
Next eight months = 8 x £15
Which comes to £320 total cf a sim-free phone.
You are assuming £15 expenditure each month
in your calculation to start with?
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JonnyO
Joined: Mar 10, 2003
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Ordered mine from Cyren before the price rises.
So I'm expecting:
£20 for the phone
4 x £45 for 4 months of OVP O2 400
8 x £14 for 8 months of OVP T-Mobile Freetime 750
= total £312
However, I've also added in Orange care as this phone is too expensive and new to not have it insured somehow.
So you can add another £60 to that for a total of £372.
Not bad for 12 months use of a phone that sells for £500 contract free and as many minutes bundled in as I will use during this 12 months. |
julianmclean
Joined: Mar 11, 2003
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Phone £121
First four months £70ea = £280
Next eight months = 8 x £15
Which comes to £320 total cf a sim-free phone.
You are assuming £15 expenditure each month
in your calculation to start with?
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Well, I just meant that the minimum you are going to spend on line rental these days is £15, at least if you want a new phone that is. therefore I was just taking these costs as set, and working out the extra cost on top of the phone. (I realise your line rental subsidies the phone itself, but for the purposes of calculating the best deal, that is irrelevant.)
Therefore, aside from that line rental, my phone will cost me £141 (total for year = £141 + £180 line rental = £321). If I had connected to £15 tariff, then phone would be over £200 (total = £380). If I get a sim-free phone then it will be more like £300, and then I need to sort out a pay monthly deal separately and I guess if I found a sim-only deal for under £80 this would be the better option but I seriously doubt I can get a decent tariff for less than £80/year, (plus no use of a ridiculous no. of x-net mins for 4 months!).
I remember the days when for £17.50 I got voda sim-deal with 12 months rental, free billing, 200 mins off-peak and reasonable call charges. These days, yearly cost more like £80 as they add billing each month.
Anyway, my point is, this is the cheapast way to get a P800 over the year aside from possibly getting it SIM free, but then you need to sort the tariff separately so I think this would work out much more expensive. Plus 700 xnet mins a month for 4 months! My head is going to be well and truly cooked by July...
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