Be paid £32.12 over 12 months for free evening/weekend calls!!

pricefighter

shays_mum wrote:

Am i right in thinking that TT will match the primus £3.49 as opposed to their £7.99?? or am i getting this totally muddled up?, any help in negotiating with TT is much appreciated, thanks in advance

Their is no guarantee that they will.But you could try and negotiate a deal with them as an earlier poster(post 18) did.

weaver

one tel (talk talk ) just rang them up and Ive been offered 99p a month for Weekend & Evening calls for life, plus free calls anytime to any one-tel or talk talk customer (think this is standard ) no fixed terms I can cancel anytime

Happy with this as Im about to come off the - they credit me with £3.99 a month offer posted by Martin last year.

The most my monthly bill has ever been has been £4.00 approx a month over the last year so I really wouldnt benefit by paying £3.49 a month as most calls I make are in evenings/weekends, and I use 1899 for other calls.

When I rang I asked if they could make me a better offer like the primus 3 option. They didnt bat an eyelid and where happy to give me options.

shays_mum

triticat wrote:

If you are presently with TalkTalk and are thinking of leaving them (their phone service is good but the broadband is crap for anything but email and browsing), phone them to cancel the phone service and they will happily price match the above Primus option 3 and beat it substantially. I did this and am happily still with them, but I took the sales person's name and time of the agreement just in case they renage.

Ok but what price is the primus deal?!, do i mention the £5 rebate via uswitch?, sorry for being abit thick!, but will they pricematch the £3.49 deal?!

candygirl

bbb_uk wrote:

Well just signed-up to Primus Talk 3 for £3.49 as mentioned in my post (#3)

so have i!! so thanks a lot for the tip!!it's a great deal!! :T :T

bbb_uk

shays_mum wrote:

Ok but what price is the primus deal?!, do i mention the £5 rebate via uswitch?, sorry for being abit thick!, but will they pricematch the £3.49 deal?!

I'd be surprised if they did pricematch the £3.49 for their all-inclusive (daytime, evening & weekend) call plan. Not just because the big difference in price but because the £5 rebate is for new customers and unless they (TT, etc) were to go onto uswitch would they be aware of it otherwise they'd have to take your word for it. They may pricematch Euphony's £7.25 but seriously can't see them dropping to £3.49 unless you're a longstanding customer and frequently spend a lot of money with them therefore they would lose a lot by you moving companies.

Personally, i'd swap unless there is a reason you want to stay on TT (the free TT to TT wouldn't matter anyhow being on an all-inclusive plan).

shays_mum

i'm finding out for my folks, they are on the 6 months free calls then they will transfer to the £7.99 deal, maybe by then there will be new offers on the market, but thanks for all your help

gt94sss2

Puja wrote:

The Primus Freetalk Plus 2 priceplan is advertised at 2.99 per month for free evening and weekend calls through uswitch.com. Although this offer (free evening/weekend calls) is available free through the Primus website, uswitch are offering a cashback of £5 per month for 12 months:

Monthly charges
Primus Freetalk Plus 2 £2.99
Line rental (Paid to BT) £11.00
Plan benefits

Sign up in February and receive a £5 monthly loyalty bonus, paid quarterly in £15 installments, for the first 12 months
Calls to other Primus Freetalk customers are free at all times
Free evening & weekend calls to landlines for £2.99 a month
Primus Freetalk loyalty bonus available to new customers only
See 'Special offer policy' tab for more information on uSwitch's offer inclusion criteria.

Am I understanding this right? It seems too good to be true!

*******

I just spoke to someone at Primus and apparently the above is the case, the difference between the 2 evening/weekend free call packages (one is free other is 2.99 per month) is that one is paperless billing and the other is paper based. If you sign up to the 2.99 per month Primus deal through uswitch you will be entitled to a cashback of £5 per month, include the £8 cashback through Quidco and effectively you will be paid £32.12 over the year for free evening and weekend calls!

Uswitch are doing this £5/month offer during April as well.

Do you know if the £2.99/month tariff or the free one is paper based billing and which is paperless billing only?

Regards
Sunil

bbb_uk

gt94sss2 wrote:

Do you know if the £2.99/month tariff or the free one is paper based billing and which is paperless billing only?

I assume the £2.99 is the paper based billing as the free one is definitely the paperless billing only. You can only sign-up with the £2.99 one though to take advantage of the £5 credit.

Uswitch are doing this £5/month offer during April as well.

Thank you for spotting this - although only a few days left in April. I wonder if they will extend it to May?

Could MSE Martin or his staff possibly find out as it could be used in his weekly email again?