PO Phone Service. Warning.

bustergut

I moved to PO.

I only make calls at evenings and weekends .I guess i make roughly 30 a month and they last about half an hour on average. These calls use to cost me approx £1.65p a month on BT. The same calls are costing me approx £9 a month on the PO.

Also i notice they are charging me £1.75p a month for caller display,which BT did not charge me for.

Heinz

So where did the planning go wrong?

Ah. Found it now. BT charge 5.5p for off peak 01/02 calls of up to an hour.

You obviously missed the fact that P.O. charge 1p per minute off peak for those.

bustergut

Heinz wrote:

So where did the planning go wrong?

Ah. Found it now. BT charge 5.5p for off peak 01/02 calls of up to an hour.

You obviously missed the fact that P.O. charge 1p per minute off peak for those.

Yes i did. I incorrectly assumed they would cap evening and weekend calls like BT and other suppliers but they dont.

I guess i want be the only one to have increased bills by swapping to them.Hence my warning.

pawpurrs

Buster, why dont you start using a carrier select service?

Heinz

pawpurrs means www.call1899.co.uk (which P.O. have not yet barred - but they may).

3p per call at any time to 01 and 02 numbers.

Tony_Bear

Hi, Tried to switch my parents to the PO phone, but they have been turned down due to been on the BT light user scheme. As Martin said this was a good move for light users i wondered if anyone else had switched without a problem.

mobilegossip

Tony_Bear wrote:

Hi, Tried to switch my parents to the PO phone, but they have been turned down due to been on the BT light user scheme. As Martin said this was a good move for light users i wondered if anyone else had switched without a problem.

Theirs Light users and theirs Light users.

The Post Office clearly state on their site under faq


Do I need a residential line to qualify?

Yes, you need a standard residential line to become a Post Office™ HomePhone customer. Unfortunately, we cannot accept orders from customers using cable, the BT Light User scheme or Kingston Communications

Shiggaddi

I'm going over to them, purely to get the £50 (plus £15 from a cashback reward site)

I have some mobile phones with inclusive minutes (which I got with deals like 12 months free line rental etc)

Therefore I won't be making any calls, and only paying the line rental, like I do at the moment to BT.

Just waiting for the date of transfer letter now!!

Tony_Bear

mobilegossip wrote:

Theirs Light users and theirs Light users.

The Post Office clearly state on their site under faq


Do I need a residential line to qualify?

Yes, you need a standard residential line to become a Post Office™ HomePhone customer. Unfortunately, we cannot accept orders from customers using cable, the BT Light User scheme or Kingston Communications

Thanks, didn't see it, it was just with Martin saying if you make fewer than £5 worth of calls per month it was a good move, so i went for it.

pawpurrs

Shiggaddi wrote:

I'm going over to them, purely to get the £50 (plus £15 from a cashback reward site)

I have some mobile phones with inclusive minutes (which I got with deals like 12 months free line rental etc)

Therefore I won't be making any calls, and only paying the line rental, like I do at the moment to BT.

Just waiting for the date of transfer letter now!!

Two points PO, clearly state that you must use the phone, or you do not get the £50 rebate, and if you go throug quidco the cashback reward is currently £30.

exel1966

pawpurrs wrote:

Two points PO, clearly state that you must use the phone, or you do not get the £50 rebate

Where does it state that ? The full £50 rebate T&C's are :-

£50 offer Terms & Conditions

This offer applies to new Post Office™ HomePhone customers only
A total of £50 will be credited to every customers’ bill if the date of application is between the dates 1st January and 31st March 2006
The offer closes at midnight on 31st March 2006
£25 will be credited to the second bill (+3 mnths after go live) and the third bill (+6 mnths after go live)
Customers are free to leave the service at any time, however the credits will only be applied if the customer has an active Post Office™ HomePhone account on the dates of their second and third bill
The £50 offer includes VAT
This offer is limited to one per account only
Existing Post Office™ HomePhone customers cannot cancel and reapply to get the new offer
Standard residential line required
Standard Post Office™ HomePhone terms and conditions apply.