molak Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 the time has come to renew my contract. at the mo im payin £35 a month but im not happy payin this much. who does the best deals etc. i want to stay with o2. who are you guys with and how much do you pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 All a bit too vague I'm afraid - what features do you crave? What are you phone habits? Lots of texts? Lots of calls? A need for internet use beyond 5mb a month? If you want to stay with O2 then your options are fairly limited beyond comparing online deals with the ones offered over the phone and in the shops. You might have some scope for change via people like the Carphone Warehouse who could discount a handset or bundle something in but I can't see them doing much for an existing O2 customer who wants to stay with O2. For me t-mobile ticks all the boxes, flext-t with unlimited web and walk is an absolute winner IMO but it might not suit your needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 O2 are stupidly expensive, Im with them and love the service and everything but seem to charge more than anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have a great deal from o2. £20/month including VAT gets me 600 mins, 1000 texts and unlimited web browsing. I think the offer was only until end of sept, but they might have extended it. The closest I could get to that was T-Mobile, where the 600mins/texts was the same, but web browsing was £7.50 extra on top. It's a Simplicity sim-only tariff, bought online. I can leave whenever I want. I didn't need a phone, and you end up paying £10 - £15 extra per month to cover the phone anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molak Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 i dont get signal on t-mobile or orange were i live so i will need o2 or vodafone. sorry forgot to mention, never use internet on phone, call and text a bit but not alot. im with the car phone warehouse at the mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osso Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have a great deal from o2. £20/month including VAT gets me 600 mins, 1000 texts and unlimited web browsing just checked, that offer is still available until Oct 31st, damn good offer if u dont need a new phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig l Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Ive been with o2 for 4 years phone them up tell them your getting offered a better deal elsewhere, Or ask to speak to retention tell them your not happy paying so much. ive been paying £15 a month for 3 years for 400 texts 500 mins,I can upgrade every 9 months. I always seem to get good deals from them. Last upgrade they credited my account with £100 cos i kept the phone i had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Ive been with o2 for 4 years phone them up tell them your getting offered a better deal elsewhere, Or ask to speak to retention tell them your not happy paying so much. Exactly that, they wont offer you a very good deal if you're faffing about thinking about cancelling, call up and say you want to cancel straight away and you'll get through to people 'allowed' to give you a miles better deal. This happened when I took out a new contract with 3, but i'd already signed the new contract before I called up to cancel. Not sure what kind of package you want but i'd expect the world on a stick for £35 p/m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 What we do in my family is my Mum (Who is the highest earner (Around £70-£80K), has all of our phones in her name, with each of us (Dad, Me, Sister), named on each 'account', with a seperate password giving us access to our accounts so we can treat our phones as our own, and deal with customer services individualy... Each month the bills come in, and we just pay her whatever they are... (So it's not 'Mummy pays for my phone') What this gives her (us) is a fantastic amount of bargaining power when it comes to getting new phones, upgrades or so on... Of course there's the 'OK, we'll all leave' gamble, but we haven't had to go that far yet, and it depends if you can club together with your family... But so far, I'm down to £15 a month (Vodafone), on an N95 (8gb thanks to an insurance claim ) - No idea of how many texts/minutes, but I never run out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molak Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 cheers for all the info guys, im gonna ring o2 now, il let ya no how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 just checked, that offer is still available until Oct 31st, damn good offer if u dont need a new phone You can choose which "bolt-on" you have included for free as well. Doesn't have to be unlimited web browsing, can be another £7.50 bolt-on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 My tariff is O2 Simplicity "Online 25", so I guess it's a buy-online thing. Here it is, you can change the web browsing to unlimited landline calls etc: http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffs/sim_only It doesn't say that you get 1000 texts, but if you change the Unlimited Texts bolt-on to something else, like web browsing or unlimited landline calls, then you'll see on the next step (after "Select tariff") that you still have 1000 texts after changing the unlimited texts bolt-on to something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 we get 750mins and unlimited text anytime any net work for £20 if you cant get what you want ask to speak to the cancelations department they always give you what you want :d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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