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57thkafka
Joined: Jun 07, 2004
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From: Cambridge, UK
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Sorry, I should have made it clear that I spoke to O2 directly but when I said I am a CPW customer they wouldn't touch my case and referred me back to O2 CPW. Service provider rather than network, you see.
I was polite but firm, and he was coolly hostile, and clearly had no intention of offering any kind of deal that would have actually benefitted me. |
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Minstrel_Man
Joined: Sep 03, 2002
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From: Manchester
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See if they'd do that with me, I wouldnt even let them refer me. I missed a payment 2 months ago and it was O2 who wanted to restricted my phone not CPW, they were the ones that wanted paying, worst comes to worse I'll just allow it to go unpaid again, when they ring me I'll tell them it only gets paid if I get put through to the right department, i'm a stubborn sod.
I would actually go with orange if it wasnt for the branding on the phones. |
Brady
Joined: Jun 23, 2005
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From: Coatbridge, Scotland
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Phoned O2 today they've offered me 500 xnet anytime mins and 500 texts for £29 pm 12 month contract plus the K800i for free. What are your opinions on this deal?
ps i've been with them 1 year. |
Minstrel_Man
Joined: Sep 03, 2002
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not bad, thats certainly better than the the usual online 200 for the same monthly price. i bet if you battled a bit harder you could have got 3 months free though. but hey after being with them only a year you cant complain.
Just a reminder to people trying to get free line rental for x amount of months, dont accept one of these cash back schemes where you have to send your 4th 8th and 12 bills back, they rely on you forgetting. |
57thkafka
Joined: Jun 07, 2004
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From: Cambridge, UK
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@Brady
I'd have been ecstatic at that deal-that was just what I was after! |
hilts
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
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Brady , Ive been offered 500 mins and 500 texts for £20 a month (no phone), so you are getting the K800i for £9 extra a month (£108 in total) .Which aint too bad as I am being charged 179.99 upgrade price for the phone ! Can I ask what was your monthly spend is at the moment ?
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Lowkey
Joined: Jan 21, 2004
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My contract with Vodafone runs out in the next week and I'm looking to get a k800i, does anyone know if these bargaining tactics also work with vodafone or am I just better off getting a new contract on O2 through the e2save website..? |
Minstrel_Man
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On 2006-06-27 15:39:53, Lowkey wrote:
My contract with Vodafone runs out in the next week and I'm looking to get a k800i, does anyone know if these bargaining tactics also work with vodafone or am I just better off getting a new contract on O2 through the e2save website..?
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No harm in trying.... but you do get so much more with O2 compared to other networks. |
Brady
Joined: Jun 23, 2005
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From: Coatbridge, Scotland
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On 2006-06-27 15:16:10, hilts wrote:
Brady , Ive been offered 500 mins and 500 texts for £20 a month (no phone), so you are getting the K800i for £9 extra a month (£108 in total) .Which aint too bad as I am being charged 179.99 upgrade price for the phone ! Can I ask what was your monthly spend is at the moment ?
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Monthly spend just now is £42 per month. I've got a reference number for the deal i was offered and they have it in my account notes for when i phone back, but it isn't set in stone yet as i said i like to see what other companies where offering first, so i might haggle a bit more for either some free line rental, cheaper line rental or a data bundle.
When i phoned up the O2 guy asked what i had already been offered elsewhere, but i said i'd like to hear what he was offering first but that all the other service providers offered me the phone for free. It worked a treat. |
dreamfish
Joined: Jun 30, 2004
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Ive been with them for 2 years. Got offered 500xnet mins and 500 texts for £20 a month but they want me to pay £49.99 for the phone. I'm gonna try and get the phone for free though... |
hilts
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
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Monthly spend just now is £42 per month. I've got a reference number for the deal i was offered and they have it in my account notes for when i phone back, but it isn't set in stone yet as i said i like to see what other companies where offering first, so i might haggle a bit more for either some free line rental, cheaper line rental or a data bundle.
When i phoned up the O2 guy asked what i had already been offered elsewhere, but i said i'd like to hear what he was offering first but that all the other service providers offered me the phone for free. It worked a treat.
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Ahh, my monthly spend is only £15 , as I got the online 200 tariff with discount last year .... Im seriously considering taking the £100 pound credit for not upgrading , money is tight at the moment and I can get 6 months free rental out of that. The last O2 guy said I could go into any O2 shop and upgrade there , I wonder how flexible they are ...
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tednol
Joined: Aug 05, 2004
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I've been with O2 for a long time (I started as a BT Genie customer) and rang them recently saying I wanted to cancel my contract.
I was immediately offered 750 minutes to any network anytime, and 750 texts for £28 a month. They have also said I will be able to upgrade free to a K800i.
Also, which may or may not be widely known, the agent I spoke to said to call on the 28th of June after 12 as the K800's will be available on their system after this point. |
Aldrew
Joined: Sep 07, 2004
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From: Milton Keynes, UK
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On 2006-06-27 15:39:53, Lowkey wrote:
My contract with Vodafone runs out in the next week and I'm looking to get a k800i, does anyone know if these bargaining tactics also work with vodafone or am I just better off getting a new contract on O2 through the e2save website..?
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I was with Vodafone last year, when I phoned up to cancel my contract they offered me a K750i(new out at the time) with a I think it was about 100 xnet mins and 200 text(or something similar) for £15pm. They weren't willing to do any more than that and I didn't care as I wanted to leave them due to bad reception quality in my area.
But as has been said before, it's always worth ago. But I have to say the branding on Vodafone, also out me off. I bet the K800, has a big voda sign where it should have cybershot. |
Minstrel_Man
Joined: Sep 03, 2002
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From: Manchester
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Do Voda still bar you using certain mp3's as ringtones?
a family member had the S700 (so did I at the time, on O2) and I used to cut up my own mp3s to have as ringtones, and when I sent them to him he could play them but it wouldnt allow him to assign them as ringtones.
he eventually broke the phone. |
benjam
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
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From: UK
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GUYS!
Just called O2 again today. They knocked my previous deal (quoted below) down to £20 per month.
A GUIDE TO MOBILE CONTRACT BARTERING:
1. Check all the high street retailers & websites online including E 2 SAVE and this forum for a deal you like.
2. Phone up with this quote, say you were offered the deal by a major retailer i.e CW.
3. They should better that offer - depending on how much you spend and whether you have paid your bills on time. Get a reference number and a name of the person who offered it. Hang up and search for a better deal.
4. Call back the next day and say you weren't happy with the previous offer and that you have been offered a new deal (again by a major retailer). Again, they should better it, then take the details as before.
Keep doing this and if you arent happy:
5. Politely remind the rep that you have paid your bills on time and give her a figure for your annual spend or a high bill you had (grab your old bills). Say you are a valuable customer but you feel that they are offering new and 'untested' customers a better deal. If this doesn't have an effect:
6. Ask for your PAC code. This will put you through to the rententions dep and you can be sure as hell that they will throw offers at you left right and center.
**Remember** Don't accept the first offer they make or even subsequent ones. (I'm not going to accept the £5 pm change on mine!!) Say politely that you will think about it and get back to them as you are sure that you saw a better deal with another network provider. This should get them back on the calculator again but don't worry if it doesn't. Just hang up and try another operator.
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On 2006-06-26 18:43:42, benjam wrote:
Ha har, I started me barter my mateys!
Is this a good deal for o2?
500 MINS X NET
100 TEXTS
FREE K800i
1MB FREE BROWSING.
£25.00 PM
I'm gonna try and get free video calling, but what do you guys think? I have spent on average around £60 per month over the last 12 months with them. Can I squeeze some more? This was done by charming a nice lady sales rep not the rententions department.....
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