Phones for you?

Krfc07

What are they like when buying out your contract?
Also if anything goes wrong with the new phone you get where can you return it to get it fixed them or the provider you go with ie orange, t mob?
THanks

sporedude

I took out an Orange contract from them, They paid me £70 to go towards cancelling an O2 contract. They will send the phone away for repair if anything happens.

Krfc07

Thank you!
Do they check how long you have remaining on your contract before giving you money? Iv only a month left but my friend said she did same thing and said she had 4 months left they didnt check and paid her 4 months.
Going to go instore today and have a look.
Thanks

sporedude

Yeah they just take down some info like how long left ect, They also got me to phone O2 to lower the contract. Took it out about 2 months ago and the contrat expires October.

Krfc07

Thank you

surfer_chicky

I was in there the other day, as I had lost my phone and I wanted to speak to 3 to cancel my sim and phone.

Whilst Im in there on hold to 3, They asked if it was insured which it wasn't I refuse to pay £9.99 a month for a phone worth £100 max when I can insure my house and contents for £20 which is worth over 250k anyway, they ask how long I have left (7 months) and how much £35 pm, they said they would pay that and I could get a new phone and new contract!

How on earth does that company not loose money if they can offer cash like that. Im tempted to upgrade my phone be on a cheaper contract and they give me money to cover my old one!

Krfc07

I got a contract today they also bought me out of my old contract

DomTom

you know how when you go to phones4u you get money back, or free gifts? well thats how they pay the contract off

my contract with them got me £200. They said they could buy my contract out after 9 months, essentially keeping my tarif as low as possible. however, when they buy the contract out, you do not get a good phone or any additional deals, this is because of the amount of money they spend on buying the remaning months. The longer the wait, the better deal you'll get.

also, if you're insured, they can buy the contract out for cheaper giving you a better deal

i personally thought it'd be better to wait 9 more months and go through retentions

Krfc07

I got a good deal yesterday only had one month of my contract left and got £145, got the samsung tocco ultra and for £31 a month 800 minutes and unlimited texts

splicecom

Krfc07 wrote: »

I got a good deal yesterday only had one month of my contract left and got £145, got the samsung tocco ultra and for £31 a month 800 minutes and unlimited texts

What phone did you get?

DomTom

Krfc07 wrote: »

I got a good deal yesterday only had one month of my contract left and got £145, got the samsung tocco ultra and for £31 a month 800 minutes and unlimited texts

he stated it, see bold