Cashback Guide for Dummies

It is now part of Phones4u - where the offers are significantly better anyway, along with their other site - Mobiles2yourdoor! However, whilst I couldn't be happier with my now numerous experiences with them I. Once upon a time could have said the same about E2Save - so I still follow all my own groundrules. By so doing I and the people I look after have done extremely well - even with E2Save (despite two law suits and two other near misses so far!). Without adding up, I/we must have had about 60 contracts in the last (nearly) 3 years. Only three small losses with a higher risk dealer (Mobile Affiliates) but even those weren't too bad and we knew the risks with them so can't complain (unlike many others who apparently didn't know the risks when they jumped in).

Although some of my people (especially in the early days) actually took up deals for less than 12 months free (just) I only ever grab the totally free ones for myself. I also now usually sell the phones too as soon as they arrive - I have over a dozen very nice ones which I keep for the sims - so also make a nice profit AND never make chargeable calls on my land line. In fact, I have also picked up lots of other unexpected bonuses too - many free blueteeth, free internet access at very useful times for me, free PAYT allowances and so on. It is never risk free, but far too many jump in without even a cursory amount of research; there was another earlier who has taken out a cashback deal with another dealer and THEN come on these threads to ask about how to claim their cashback. I mean, REALLY!! On the other hand I am accutely aware that I have saved a lot of people a lot of money on here when things went wrong - and hopefully warned some people off who were about to jump in without the necessary knowledge. I always thought my little thread ought to be a sticky, considering how many people could potentially have saved a lot of money and enormous grief if it were more readily found.

I spent over a year researching before I took out ANY contract; apparently some people still think they can do these things without bothering or expecting other people to teach them as they go along. With my own money, I like to know what I'm doing before committing to a contract I could lose a small fortune on simply because of grandiose promises which (for many) turn out to be (obviously even to a fool!) too good to be true. E2Save now play that game (as many on here, including me, have been pointing out). I would still use them if they had any decent deals, but would also ensure I can sue without hesitation or much risk if they ever decide to try it on with me. Usually, those who have fought to get their money are left in peace thereafter. Strange, isn't it?

To date, I haven't had any issues at all with the Phones4U group (quite the reverse!) - and do things with them I would never advise others to do (though, again, am aware and do cover myself in case the spots change as they did so dramatically with cpw!). Maybe in 18 months' time I will be warning against Phones4u - but I advise as things are in the present and not the past.

I don't have many problems at all; that's because I make sure I don't. However, one problem is one too many when they are trying it on - and they do! I actually get a cheque a month from them and many more from other places. One cheque a month without problems doesn't make up for the nonsense they employ when they choose a victim, hoping they will lie down and lose their money without a fight. Let's hope that one day you aren't "selected" for special treatment - then, like many before you, you will change your view.