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Sony Ericsson W580i, T-mobile, 12 mnth cashback deal. £140 term cost (but...)
£140.00
STARTS: 16/11/2008
Righty-o, a bit of a convoluted deal here. Please bear with me!
Due to the lack of deals on mobiles at the moment, and my pressing need to keep my own number...I went for this.
Get the phone, web n walk, 300 mins and 200 texts per month for £35.
8 months are free, so the outlay for the year is £140.
If you go via quidco you get £40. If you were to trade the phone at cex.co.uk you'd get £63.
This means you get a year's calls / mins / web for around £37.
My criteria for this deal was to
a) Keep my number.
b) Get a good price for a year's contract.
c) Get a decent quota of call time
d) Web access without a large bill
This deal in a roundabout way suits me best. I'm not after loads of heat here and don't expect it, with the anti-cashback brigade about to pounce and the trade in aspect may not suit everyone (but Christmas is round the corner, and a few wii or 360 games will keep the family entertained!).
But hopefully some will find this deal useful.
You need to cancel both the gadget insurance and the phonecare insurance...it's free for 1 month though.
The link takes you to the site, but you'd have to find it manually on T-mobile (£30+£5 web n walk). I found it via phone-splat, and I'm having real problems adding the link directly.
There's a voucher for a headset, although it wouldn't add it for my order.Mobiles.co.uk Vouchers: Free Jabra Bluetooth 2010 Drive Pack - GWBT003
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disneyfan:
ok, bit confused about the whole keep your number thing. You request a PAC code from your old supplier (O2, 3,t-mobile, whoever) you give this to your new supplier and 2 days later your number transfers. Bit of a complicated way you have just to avoid doing this isnt it? It's a pity that the trade in value for that phone just dropped from £71 to £63. You could always try one of the newer cashback companies (like Beepy) but they've no history and you're taking a risk. This is a deal that gets you quite a bit back (cash and voucher), whilst keeping a decent amount of call time and texts, plus the benefit of web use. I've looked for a few weeks and couldn't find anything decent...but if you've no use for the voucher it might not appeal, though you could always sell it. Looks like it's going to snow...getting chilly in here  |
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heat1976:
you say there is a lack of deals...........check the comparison sites there are some crackers right now. check lg renoir, smsung omnia 8gb and for a quality basic phone the nokia 6300 LG Renoir = £330 for year Samsung Omnia = £297.50 Nokia 6300 = £80 (Vodafone), or £90 from 'buymobilephones'. (Never heard of them). Phones4u )the next known retailer) is £120 with a better quota of mins, but the cex trade in on this is only £50...still costs you £70 overall before any quidco (which at £30 leaves you at -£40 but you get more mins/texts). However, no web n walk with any of these.  I've seen posts on here where people are jumping at the chance to pay £5 a month for the internet....that alone stands you at £60. I just wish people would say where there is a better deal rather than just hitting cold! I've a period of grace when I can return my phone....if there are better deals out there at the minute. Creative thinking got me this deal, and I'm sticking by it!  |
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