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Archives for July 2008

Can't understand Quidco cashback on '3' mobile broadband contract purchase
I've just signed up for the following mobile broadband contract : £30 Broadband (15GB) Plan detail Existing customers get 50% discount on line rental. 18 FREE So price £15 p.m. ( £30 p.m. less 50% as existing customer ) 18 month contract. 15GB. The Quidco '3 Mobile' Merchant page says : £16for Mix and Match 100/ £12…
Faulty G800
My boyfriend got the samsung g800 at the beginning of March, and we went on holiday in June, and all of a sudden his phone wouldn't charge, so he had no phone on holiday as the battery went dead and couldn't charge it, so when we got home, we went straight to the vodafone shop, and they said they would send the phone away…
Finding an IMEI number????
My son wants to unlock his Sony Ericsson W850i but he doesn't know how to find the IMEI number. Can someone tell me how to find this and I will then pose the question on the unlock thread. Many thanks.
do any contracts include 0845/0870 etc numbers...?
As the title says really. My contract is up for renwal in a month or so. I get 720 mins a month to any land line and any mobile network anytime of the day, free calls Sat, sun and mon and free texts all weekends all for £35. . But I spend a lot of time phoning 0845 numbers, which at 20p per minute makes it expensive. I…
Not sure if I'm stupid or not!
I've unlocked my Nokia "O2 pay as you go" phone after entering the code found on one of the free websites. I've inserted my new Virgin Mobile Sim Card. Why is it when I switch the phone on the screen says "O2 Welcome" and when I switch off I the screen says "O2 Goodbye". When the phone is on the screen says T-Mobile UK.…
Disputing length of contract
I have 2 phones linked to my business through an Orange sharer one for me and one for my husband. We last renewed my husbands on a 2 year contract as he has the lead phone and it was a great saving. When I upgraded mine it was only t my knowledge upgraded on a 12 month as usual. My phone contract length has no bearing on…
Can I call orange on 150 from abroad and will there be a fee?
I need to get roaming switched on on my mobile but i'm already abroad. My boyfriend (who is also with orange) is already activated so can I call 150 from his mobile to get it sorted? Will we be charged as we are abroad or is it free as usual? Thanks
Vodafone and 3: Quidco offers ending TONIGHT !
Just a quick warning, to those who may have forgotten, that there are two great Quidco offers that end at midnight TONIGHT, Thursday, 31 July. One is the £130 off a Vodafone monthly contract (various models). The other is the half price mobile broadband offer with free USB dongle from 3 - that's £7.50 a month for 18 months…
number porting to same network
does anyone have experience with doing this? I am currently with vodafone and awaiting my pac from them, as vodafone seem to be doing the best deals I would like to stay with them and keep my number, how quick and easy is it to port to a payg on another network and back again? retentions offered 1/2 price line rental to…
Iphone Insurance
Any advice on best deal to cover my iphone, looking for loss and theft cover and preferably cover when abroad. O2 is around £7.50 per month. thanks
any sites selling recondioned mobile phones
hi all my daughter wants to have a new phone, brought the last ones for my children from virgin they were all reconditioned or refurbished ones been looking and i can't see any recon phones on the main suppliers web sites are there any sites where they have refurbished phones
High Vodaphone bill whilst on a cruise
Hi All, I wonder if anyone can help. In short, my wife took out a contract for my 14yr old daughter to use the phone as her's. Whilst on a cruise she stupidly used the phone whilst out at sea which ended up going through a satellite system. Stupid of us I know and we are very nieve. BUT. We have a bill of £467.00 now…
O2 PAYG - Calling To Other Networks
Both of my parents are on other networks and I need to call them quite a lot, but it's really expensive. I don't top up monthly, but does anyone know if there are any cheaper tariffs? According to the little book I have, it's 25p per minute.
Which tariff
If possible on o2 pay as you go would allow me to have [some] inclusive web browsing so that I could use something like smsbug or fishtext for cheap international/local texts. @ moment, im on o2 your country, but when i accessed gprs recently i was charged for it quite expensively, which makes it cheaper to send the…
cheapest way to buy a number of mobile phones ???
Hi guys, I want to buy a couple of i-phones and a couple of N95 phones in brand new condition as gifts for my near ones back home. Could anybody please guide me through the most cost effective way to buy these apart from buying them from the high street retail shops or ebay. It might be more helpful if I could redeem VAT…
New Nokia 3600 / 6600 Slide...? Release Date?
Does anyone have any idea of the release date of the above two Nokia phones please? After searching, the most info I can find is 'third quarter 2008'. TIA
Find which network your phoning
I found this website tonite which lets you know which network ppl are with by searching their mobile number, any numbers I searched, who I already know who the people are with were correct and it told me the mth/year people connected with the network. I dont know anything about the site, I just googled 075 mobile network…
Credit checks contract phones
I have no credit rating what so ever but on the other hand i have no bad credit rating. I do not have a job but i have a few hundred in the bank i wanted a new phone so i applied for one with 3g i passed the internal creditcheck but they wanted me to fax my bank statment and i dont have fax so i gave it a miss and cancled…
Phone contract renewal problem
I hope someone can help me with this problem. My contract was due to come to an end and I called to inform CPW that I did not wish to renew. I was offerred a good contract to renew but refused to do so unless I was sent the terms in writing. I was assured that I had 14 days to cancel and I would receive the terms by then.…
Orange owe me £100 and I can't get it off them! Help!
Hi All, Just wondering if anyone can offer any advice on a really annoying situation I have found myself in with Orange... Last October, I took out a new pay monthly contract with Orange and at the time there was a promotion on the particular tariff/plan that I chose – it was ‘£100 buyback’ for my old mobile phone. All I…

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