Cheapest Home Phones Article Discussion

GeCon

Sorry, one other question: If I change my plan does that mean I sign up for a new contract of however many months or will I be out of contract as I am at the moment? What is BT's rule regarding house move and termination charges?

Heinz

GeCon wrote: »

Thanks. Can you just make these changed to your account online? Also, the Monthly Whole Bill Direct Debit sounds interesting. Can you change to that online and I am assuing that means you get monthly bills instead of quarterly? I do agree that the Primus "promise" does sound a little fishy.

I changed to monthly billing using THIS FORM so as to avoid any possibility of misunderstanding(s). Yes, I now get monthly bills (online).

I see no reason you should not use that for upgrading to the Unlimited Anytime Plan at the same time (I believe a 12 month contract for that plan would then start).

JustPassingBy

Heinz wrote: »

You're making roughly £10 worth of chargeable calls per month and, . . . . . .

Ripped out of context, I know, but . . . . . . it is not possible to make £10 of non-chargeable calls.

nqtraderman

I am on the free calls evenings/weekends that was after 6pm but are now after 7pm. I signed a 12 month contract with BT Sept 09 to get this but now I want to change to another provider that still gives free calls after 6pm.

As BT have materially changed the contract, am I still contractually bound to the agreement until Sept 10 or can I get out of it because they made the substantial change to it ?

derrick

nqtraderman wrote: »

I am on the free calls evenings/weekends that was after 6pm but are now after 7pm. I signed a 12 month contract with BT Sept 09 to get this but now I want to change to another provider that still gives free calls after 6pm.

As BT have materially changed the contract, am I still contractually bound to the agreement until Sept 10 or can I get out of it because they made the substantial change to it ?

As far as I know, you would need to prove to them that you made calls during the 6 p. m to 7 p. m. period on a regular basis, if you can then you should be able to get out of it.

wallabygonads

I can confirm lomhlaba's post, I just did the same thing and BT offered me the same deal.

derrick

wallabygonads wrote: »

I can confirm lomhlaba's post, I just did the same thing and BT offered me the same deal.

Same here, however BT wanted me to go onto evening and weekend package, 12 month contract, they credit £36. onto your next bill.

However as I am with Virgin ADSL for BB and evening and weekend calls for £10. per month, by moving the calls to Primus, (which you have to using them as they don't do line rental only), I would lose the "bundle" from Virgin and my BB would go up to £16. per month.
So I would be worse off.

elektra

wallabygonads wrote: »

I can confirm lomhlaba's post, I just did the same thing and BT offered me the same deal.

I'm annoyed, all they offered me was to pay an extra £3.99 to go on anytime plan. Have let it roll onto new contract (E+W) and will use 18185 as much as possible for mobiles and daytime.

theloft

lomhlaba wrote: »

- they offered to drop my line rental & free evening/weekend calls package to £8.54 / month - making it cheaper than a switch to Primus! As cost was my only reason for switching provider, I was happy to stay with BT at this new price for another 12 months.

Just spoken to BT this morning and as I am on contract until November anyway, I cannot change suppliers unless I pay a £7.50 per month penalty. However they offered me same deal and with the Anytime plan this works out at £13.53 per month, (with the £3 per month rebate) and is less than £1 per month more than I am paying at the moment. OK it's paper free billing and I am tied in for another 12 months but as there seems to be no signs of o2's package happening soon and I would have to wait 7 months anyway, I am going for the package.

ianzy

Hi,
Just to keep hope for others trying to save with current packages. I too called BT 1 month AFTER my 12 month contract for Free Evenings & Weekends automatically renewed, firstly told them that I hadn't been contacted regarding renewal, stated that I wished to end my free evening package and go to basic and they kindly assured that I would not be charged!
Then proceeded to ask if they could offer a better deal. Was transferred to another dept. and told them about Primus (They had never heard of) but without any hassle said that they could do either £8.54 for same deal, or £12.57 for Anytime package, both including Line Rental and neither tied in to any contract...

Needless to say I stayed with BT, as much as my better judgement objected.

It's worth a 10 minute phone call...
Good Luck!