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Posted 17 November 2022
iPhone 13, 128GB mobile, O2 - 100GB data Unlimited min / text , £32pm for 24months - Total Cost £768 @ MSE / O2
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O2 have removed £300 Upfront cost and reduced monthly price from £48 to £32
O2 have removed £300 Upfront cost and reduced monthly price from £48 to £32
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Edited by a community support team member, 18 November 2022
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sorted byThat said, even applied at the £32 level it would still increase to £37 in just a few months time and then be over £40 for the last 7 ish months of the 24.
Very tempting offer at £32 a month but the known increases have put me off and I'll hold out to see if I can get something similar elsewhere without the steep increases.
(this logic would also apply if you were to cancel and would need to pay off the entire contract at £32 per month if you wanted to do it)
Now we just need the Pro to discount.
Pics below are after bolt has been added. How this helps
The price will go up circa 15% on the non discounted £48 rate in April 2023 and then id GUESS a further 10% on that price in April '24?
so actually it will be more like the above?
So if you can buy new from ebay for £650 (says Sealed - so these are legit?) and then you get a sim only for £5 per month, then 650 + (24 x 5) = £770....£173 cheaper than the O2 deal
Am i right??
No one so far has been able to show how much of the £48 ( pre discount price ) Is made up of the airtime and how much is for the physical phone
I gave them the link to the deal and asked them to check the deal and the small print about the RPI, pointed out that the increase applies only to the airtime and not the phone element which they confirmed and then asked the question “what is the split between airtime and phone to know how much the RPI increase will apply to?”
They didn’t know and told me to speak with Money Saving Expert site as it’s their agreed deal not O2’s. I challenged this and said that O2 will be taking the money and the contract with them so they will need to know how much is airtime to apply the increase and they then defaulted to saying that in the absence of an airtime element the increase will apply to the standard contract amount of £32 which would mean an increase to £37 in April.
They don’t have a clue and there is no definite answer. All I’d say is that if you take this deal be prepared for the steep increase in April and again the following year. For those who have managed to get the live chat to offer some reassurance of lower increases I’d keep evidence of that and be prepared for a fight in a few months.
They then said "as being an online sales advisor of O2 they can only comment on the O2 deals and offers directly from the website and are unable to comment on the third party deals". They also said that the RPI is regulated only on the airtime cost and airtime cost is mentioned only on the Refresh contract not on the standard ones, and then asked me to call o2, as his team couldn't help....
hard work this...
It literally says on my copy of the contract I got emailed price increases will be on the 48 pound
So if people are taking this contract they need to base increases on 48 pound if it’s any lower it’s a bonus (edited)
So for example I could use the SIM and give someone else the phone ??
It’s the annual price increases on the line rental that put me off these kind of deals, especially with current inflation.
There is an original cost for the phone, £48, you’d also think if there was an original airtime cost then that too would be shown.
I’ve posted my transcript which they say no RPI will be added to this deal, and that’s confirmed at the bottom of the page, saying you’ll only ever pay £32 for 24 months.
I’m keeping my transcript!
I am now speaking to a floor manager who quite clearly doesn’t know either. He’s told me to wait until April to see how much it goes up by!
you couldn’t make this up!
I'm glad we’ve finally got some clarity on this deal
Did he at least say whether you could challenge a price rise if it’s on the £48 rather than £16?
Much cheaper on 3 (edited)
Cheaper deal available. But on 3. (edited)
Also
noticed
If inflation goes up they add another 3.9p cent on top of inflation
BUT if inflation is negative they ONLY ( lol) add the 3.9 % ie they DON'T t reduce it in line with inflation aka it's a win win for them lol (edited)
Is this normal as the contract won't state the discounted price and just show the standard price?
Also I rang o2 and you can pay more if you want to beat the price hike in Feb 2023.
I can see it's a bolt on in my account which states: £16 Airtime Discount 24 Months, so it should be fine (edited)
Let me know what they say to you.
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It does say don’t worry if it doesn’t reflect the right price on the direct debit page
my phone arrived today, I haven’t opened it as it may well go back. Surely Martin Lewis wouldn’t endorse something that might well screw people over in April, would he?!
Is there anyone who works for o2 here who can post a definitive answer?