[CLOSED] NEC E616 for £1.99/month E:Soon

GimmeGimme_2 · 19 March 2005 at 11:34PM

URGENT OFFICIAL NOTE: This is NOT a Nokia as mentioned in the email but a NEC E616.

Carphone Warehouse are now offering the NEC E616 for just £2.99 per month for the whole 12 months. The phone comes with 500 anytime any network minutes and 100 texts per month. The texts alone are worth the £2.99!!

The deal gets better by going through the linemypocket.co.uk cashback site. They are offering £12 cashback on all contract phones from carphone wareouse effectively reducing the monthly cost to just £1.99.

Details here: (NOT a referral link)
http://www.linemypocket.co.uk/sitedetails.php?company=Carphone%20Warehouse

To get direct to the offer (without cashback):
http://www.linemypocket.co.uk/r/?offerid=&cid=17&code=epi&user=1 then special offers from the menu.

At the end of the 12 months you will probably be able to trade in the handset for £20+ reducing the effective cost still further to 0 or less!!

Points to note:
The line rental is by redemption - i.e. you pay the full price up fron and get the money back from CPW. as its carphone warehouse and not a fly by night operator there is little risk of bankruptcy/disappearance. Just remember to send off your bills.

Previous similar deals have often sold out very quickly - so get in quick

peter_the_planter · 19 March 2005 at 11:59PM

I'm probably being thick, lots of snow on top, but I'm confused by the t&c's. Web page says £2.99 per month but when checking terms it says monthly normally £30. first 3 months free then I assume there is a refund of £279 providing you remember to sendbills in. Still can't get it to make £2.99.Where am I going wrong?

GimmeGimme_2 · 20 March 2005 at 2:19AM

Go to special offers, then click on the NEC E616. there is a link to the t&c which brings up the following:

The first 3 months of half price line rental is free from the network and will be credited to your bill. i.e. you pay £15 per month for the first 3 months, then £30 per month for the remaining 9 with a cheque for the remaining discount of £279.12 by sending in your 4th, 8th and 11th airtime bill.

Here is the full T&C

Terms and Conditions -NEC E616 £2.99 line rental for 12 months

This offer is subject to credit status and connection to a 12 month agreement to 3.

The tariff and additional bundle options selected may not be changed after connection.

The 12 months half price line rental offer is only available on the Talk + Text 600 tariff, with line rental of £30 per month.

The offer will be made invalid if you change your tariff.

The first 3 months of half price line rental is free from the network and will be credited to your bill.

A cheque for the remaining discount of £279.12 will be available by redemption by sending in your 4th, 8th and 11th airtime bill.

To claim your redemption cheque you need to send your 4th airtime bills to:

March NEC 616 3 redemption offer
Cheque back
Carphone Warehouse Support Centre
1 Portal Way
North Acton
London
W3 6RS

Please note that your airtime bills must be sent within 30 days of receipt to claim your chequeback.

The £12 cashback from linemypocket is credited to your account in 1-3 days and available for withdrawal in about 30 days.

peter_the_planter · 20 March 2005 at 9:47AM

Thank you.

durain · 20 March 2005 at 11:39AM

what's the NEC 616 like?

mdbs · 20 March 2005 at 12:41PM

Had a quick look for reviews of the phone and they vary from bad to great??? BUT, how good or bad is the 3 network now? Yes its cheap, but it might drive you mad if it never works.....

johndhuk · 20 March 2005 at 12:42PM

Where is the offer? I can't find it anywhere.

GimmeGimme_2 · 20 March 2005 at 1:21PM

Where is the offer? I can't find it anywhere.

On CPW the offer is under "featured sections", then special offers. Left hand side of the 3rd row down.

To get the cashback you have to get there via https://www.linemypocket.co.uk

(original post amended with direct link)

how good or bad is the 3 network now?

THREE have improved a lot over the last 12 months - I now get reception as much as with other networks (but i am in london). THREE have just won the What Cellphone network of the year so they have to be pretty good these days. Personally I have no complaints.

warning_uk · 20 March 2005 at 1:37PM

mdbs wrote:

Had a quick look for reviews of the phone and they vary from bad to great??? BUT, how good or bad is the 3 network now? Yes its cheap, but it might drive you mad if it never works.....

Hi. My experience of Three is mixed - I would rate it as 'good' when you consider that I got a similar deal for £0 (100% cashback) over Christmas - I think it is definitely worth £2.99 a month.

I live in Leeds and have been connected to Three for 4 months on the E616. The phone is ok in general, but a bit slow to respond to menu-navigation at times, and the battery only lasts 24-36 hours between charges (which you get used to). The Three network is good 90-95% of the time, but sometimes the signal drops and sometimes the phone can't dial out first-attempt. This happens to me once every 2-3 weeks.

If you consider the special offer, I think it's worth the gamble, but I'd not pay full-price for the phone or service.

Hope this helps

gaahmad · 20 March 2005 at 2:06PM

Thanks for this OP. I phoned them and ordered one just now, should hopefully arrive on Tuesday. £2.99 is avery good deal. I got the same deal 6 months ago but with a nokia 7600, a bluetooth headset (which I can use on the NEC E616) and for £4.99 a month from e2Save - who I wouldn't go back 2, even though they've got the same offer on, but with some extra accessories and I'd even get £30 for recommedning myself! With CPW, it's so much easier, I can just into their store if I have any problems

GimmeGimme_2 · 20 March 2005 at 2:11PM

gaahmad wrote:

Thanks for this OP. I phoned them and ordered one just now, should hopefully arrive on Tuesday. £2.99 is avery good deal.

No probs. £2.99 is a great price, But if you could have got it for £1.99 by ordering online.

[CLOSED] NEC E616 for £1.99/month E:Soon

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