Unlock a phone, Unlock a chicken (Activate a Giff Gaff Sim, set free a battery chicken) from £5 @ GifGaff

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SamuraisShadow, found 8 months, 3 weeks ago

GiffGaff are doing something AWESOME.

A while back, we were talking about how it's amazing to read so many comments in the Forum and Facebook from people feeling a sense of freedom once they escaped their restrictive mobile contracts and got on board with giffgaff. When someone mentioned that people locked into contracts were like battery hens stuck in their cages the idea of freeing caged hens seemed a nice thing to do. With a bit of post rationalising it made quite a bit of sense too:

We want to free more people from contracts and let people know that unlocking a phone isn’t illegal. We want to do something disruptive, different and help out. We could also free battery hens that are in need of new homes, especially as the EU have banned caged battery hens by 2012, which means a lots of hens need re-homing.

This idea then evolved a bit more: Unlock a phone, Unlock a chicken - for each person that unlocks their phone and joins giffgaff through our Chicken campaign, a battery hen will be re-homed. It combines the message we want to portray with something we believe in.

Cheapest Sim is £5, so you save the money as well as a chicken.

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All Comments (139)

teh arn8 months, 3 weeks ago20 LikesShow comment toolsReply #1

Can i get the chicken too?

ro8888 months, 3 weeks agoShow comment toolsReply #2

How does it work????

JunkMail8 months, 3 weeks ago5 LikesShow comment toolsReply #3

My wife has wanted a chicken for years. A live one that is, not one to eat.

whatsThePoint8 months, 3 weeks ago63 LikesShow comment toolsReply #4

I rehomed a battery hen, its in the freezer now

phillyboy8 months, 3 weeks ago2 LikesShow comment toolsReply #5

what size batteries do these chickens take?
AA or AAA?

Les Alanos8 months, 3 weeks ago3 LikesShow comment toolsReply #6

Is there a charge for the battery hens?

I'm positive there should be

LittleRedRidingHood8 months, 3 weeks ago11 LikesShow comment toolsReply #7

"Enter stupid, unfunny, pointless, unethical comment here"

Heat added op - sending out positive vibes to all the poor little hens xx

Shengis8 months, 3 weeks ago7 LikesShow comment toolsReply #8

It combines the message we want to portray with something we believe in.

No, it's a cheap tacky marketing ploy. Don't fall for it people, Tesco will free the chickens..... Although you won't get them for free.

smiffy18888 months, 3 weeks agoShow comment toolsReply #9

whatsThePoint

I rehomed a battery hen, its in the freezer now

gd line bud :-)

top marks to giffgaff as well

skullx5468 months, 3 weeks ago3 LikesShow comment toolsReply #10

It's not a brilliant deal, just a gimmick to appeal to anyone who doesn't want to look like a chicken hater.

J_Staunton8 months, 3 weeks agoShow comment toolsReply #11

Terrible idea, how can they prove that they've done it?

iceboy8 months, 3 weeks agoShow comment toolsReply #12

UH?!!! Misleading title! I though it was an offer to unlock phones for £5 and you get a free sim card!

Why pay £5 to free a chicken! What they gonna do, slaughter them all? Well, one day or another they will all be slaughtered!

COLD!... Gifgaff sims are free!!!

Edited By: iceboy on Aug 22, 2011 00:37