Samsung Galaxy Y @ CPW only £49.95 + £10 top up + Casback from QUIDCO/TCB £59.95

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  tek-monkey9 months, 3 weeks ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  You can get this for under a tenner, if you don't mind a little messing about. With cashback this is effectively £1.53 per month at http://www.mobiles.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-y.html, and then topcashback give you £27 for taking out a contract. The contract itself is a bit naff though, only 100/5000/250Mb. A few months back these were going for 27p a month, cashback making them free.
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  marko359 months, 3 weeks ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  that is still signing a 24 month contract, and one must be fool to sign on a 24 month contract for this phone.....
  why have yourself do a credit check for such a phone..i would never
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  marko359 months, 3 weeks ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  tek-monkey

  You can get this for under a tenner, if you don't mind a little messing about. With cashback this is effectively £1.53 per month at http://www.mobiles.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-y.html, and then topcashback give you £27 for taking out a contract. The contract itself is a bit naff though, only 100/5000/250Mb. A few months back these were going for 27p a month, cashback making them free.

  
  
  There is a difference between PAYG and Pay Monthly
  This is a deal for PAYG
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  LongPockets9 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #4Show comment toolsReply

  I have one of these on a completely free (by redemption) 24 month contract deal that was posted here a couple months back. It is a simpler version of the Galaxy, some might say "stripped down", but a big step up from my old Tocco Lite. I put a free GPS app on it so also saved having to buy a separate GPS device for the car. The only thing I might miss from the top model is the much better camera. I can do without the big Galaxy S screen- it makes the phone bigger after all, and I wouldn't watch movies or whatever on a camera anyway. The only problem with the smaller screen is that the touch keyboard is tricky. I get a lot of mis-presses.
  
  I don't think I would have actually paid for the phone though. After previous redemption deals I am too used to getting phones and service free.
  
  marko- Seems a little odd to worry about the length of a contract when you don't have to pay for it. I know some people are leery of redemption deals, but really they are a doddle if you are reasonably organised.
  

  
  Edited By: LongPockets on Aug 24, 2012 10:20
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  Jaspr9 months, 3 weeks ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  These are great little phones. Do most things the big boy androids do without stopping you from sitting down !
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  tek-monkey9 months, 3 weeks ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  marko35

  that is still signing a 24 month contract, and one must be fool to sign on a 24 month contract for this phone.....
  why have yourself do a credit check for such a phone..i would never

  
  
  Unless you get lots of credit checks I'm not sure this an issue? Personally I have had a mortgage, a loan and 3 handset contracts in the last 2 years yet still pass every credit check going.
  
  

  marko35

  There is a difference between PAYG and Pay Monthly
  This is a deal for PAYG

  
  
  The phones come unbranded and unlocked, it is the same phone you'd get on PAYG. If you don't like the contract just bin the SIM.
  
  I'm not knocking your deal, its good for what you get, just pointing out to those with less money to burn that there are cheaper ways to get this handset albeit with more hassle.
  

  
  Edited By: tek-monkey on Aug 24, 2012 10:29
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  pantaiema9 months, 3 weeks ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  tek-monkey

  You can get this for under a tenner, if you don't mind a little messing about. .

  
  
  Yeep
  If you are talking about redemption, there are many more better deals than this proposed deal. People who have not tried it just prepare to spend a lot of time dealing with claiming redemption. Also prepare that you might miss the date that might make you pay more ..
  
  Considering my time and the work to be done and the risk of missing the deadline for redemption deal, I will only do redemption deal if it is at least £1000 of money involved not £60.
  
  that yiu might
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  tek-monkey9 months, 3 weeks ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Each to their own, I find emailing a pdf once every few months a fairly easy task TBH. These phones do have a calendar on them, you just stick the dates required for redemption into that when you get it. Any chance of a link to the better redemption deals? I thought this was pretty good, not as good as the one a few months back but still good.
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  phanco9 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #9Show comment toolsReply

  tek-monkey

  Each to their own, I find emailing a pdf once every few months a fairly easy task TBH. These phones do have a calendar on them, you just stick the dates required for redemption into that when you get it. Any chance of a link to the better redemption deals? I thought this was pretty good, not as good as the one a few months back but still good.

  
  
  I agree, but your forgetting that the yoof of today dont do words 'n addin up un 'ting. Genuinely a lot of people dont have the organsiational or life skills to keep track of something simple like a redemption deal :p
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  sherbolton9 months, 3 weeks ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  Taking out a contract increases y
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  sherbolton9 months, 3 weeks ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  ... Your credit rating doesn't it?
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  phanco9 months, 3 weeks ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  sherbolton

  ... Your credit rating doesn't it?

  
  
  Occasional credit searches are good as they increase your credit rating. Too many over a short space of time makes you look "Credit Hungry" and is considered an indication that you potentially have finance issues.
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  LongPockets9 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #13Show comment toolsReply

  I have saved over a thousand pounds using redemption deals. I'm now on my third. That puts all the other savings I have made from HUKD posts in the pocket money range. Yet redemption is constantly cold voted, and the whiners continually post nonsense about how hard or dodgy it is.
  
  I guess it's just as well. If everyone went for these deals, and put in the claims on time, they would not be sustainable. Long live the clueless slackers, I say (just wish I didn't have to see their comments).
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  SFconvert9 months, 3 weeks ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  L3 Optimus for the same price. Arguably it is the better phone imho. Both great deals though for half decent Android phones. Heat added.
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  phanco9 months, 3 weeks ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  Dont think the L3 is available for £39.99 (to existing t-mobile customers) - and all reviews I can find the Vivacity is far ahead of the L3
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  marko359 months, 3 weeks ago1 Like #16Show comment toolsReply

  even though i posted this deal i tend to agree vivacity is on a different league all together.
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  marko359 months, 3 weeks ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  as for the choice between l3 and this samsung galaxy y, i wouldnt know what to choose
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  godsakes9 months, 3 weeks ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  tek-monkey

  Each to their own, I find emailing a pdf once every few months a fairly easy task TBH. These phones do have a calendar on them, you just stick the dates required for redemption into that when you get it. Any chance of a link to the better redemption deals? I thought this was pretty good, not as good as the one a few months back but still good.

  
  
  in theory yes, but let's face it if it all worked as planned these redemption companies would go bust, it's a numbers game, sure some people will follow everything to the letter and get the deal but in reality a huge chunk of people will trip up on the way. They're great deals for a certain type of people but certainly not for everyone.
  
  one of the pitfalls isn't even claiming back all that is owed, it's also timing the cancellation of the contract so you don't fall foul of the redemptions rules (you generally can't cancel the contract before making your final claim) during that point you're (potentially) still paying for a contract that really should have ended (due to the notice period you have to give, even an organised person might end up paying for 2 months of contract which they can't claim back).
  
  
  With companies like Ovivo springing up who offer (essentially) free mobile services (200min, 200txt, 500mb internet) every month, the catch being you see adverts when browsing on a 3g connection I think the majority (of light users) would be better off just going for a PAYG (needs to be vodafone or unlocked) and sticking in a Ovivo sim
  
  
  

  
  Edited By: godsakes on Aug 24, 2012 22:53: change
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  raj759 months, 3 weeks ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  marko35

  even though i posted this deal i tend to agree vivacity is on a different league all together.

  
  
  thanks for that.. I was thinking of trading my vivacity for galaxy y.
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  raj759 months, 3 weeks ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  marko35

  as for the choice between l3 and this samsung galaxy y, i wouldnt know what to choose

  
  
  looks wise, galaxy y looks good.. however l3 has good internal memory which helps for apps installation.

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