Unlocked phones £14.95. £5 Quidco and £10 credit = Nothing?

itsallinthemind

If you go to the carphone warehouse, they have these PAYG deals:
LG GB102 on Virgin £4.95 and £10 top up = £14.95
Alcatel OT303 on Talkmobile £4.95 and £10 top up = £14.95
Samsung E1100 on Virgin and Talkmobile £4.95 and £10 top up = £14.95

Quidco are offering £5 for mobile phone PAYG sales:D

Carphone warehouse non contract phones are well known for being unlocked.
If you used/sold on/gave to a friend, the Top-up then you could say that after cashback these phones are FREE :T

VERY basic phones, probably only great for granny or granddad or a spare, but at the end of the day they call people

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jamespir

obviously the 5.00 quidco is not 100% guareenteed

you cant sell on the top up either as it has to be registered to the sim/imei number it was brought with as there not real top up vouchers

itsallinthemind

jamespir wrote: »

obviously the 5.00 quidco is not 100% guareenteed

you cant sell on the top up either as it has to be registered to the sim/imei number it was brought with as there not real top up vouchers

Hi James, thank you for that info
Well yes quidco can not be 100%, but near enough.
Just wondering, why can you not sell a sim card with £10 on it? I presume you activate it on that sim registration site? Sorry if I am being dense here

PiratePete

You can buy one of these on a network your partner/children use, then log the simcard credit against their phones I did this bought 1 on 02 then put the £10 on my 02 phone, and gave the phone to my Mum to use on Vodaphone with her original sim

itsallinthemind

Thanks Pirate Pete

jamespir

itsallinthemind wrote: »

Hi James, thank you for that info
Well yes quidco can not be 100%, but near enough.
Just wondering, why can you not sell a sim card with £10 on it? I presume you activate it on that sim registration site? Sorry if I am being dense here

yes but it has to be used with the phone other wise they block it if you try using it with other phones

Plushchris

jamespir wrote: »

yes but it has to be used with the phone other wise they block it if you try using it with other phones

No they dont, I've done it a few times with various Sims and all have been done in an old Nokia

Another quick tip if you only want the phone as a spare and arent woried about the credit is to use it to sign up to jamster through Quidco. Its a way of turning that free phone credit into cashback.

I've done it repeatedly with Virgin simcards and O2 sims that come with £5 credit, use it to sign up to jamster and then get about £4.50 cashback through quidco + games and ringtones for your phone.

itsallinthemind

jamespir wrote: »

yes but it has to be used with the phone other wise they block it if you try using it with other phones

I always thought they could sell the phone with a sim lock. but not put a sim lock afterwards.

If you go into CPW for a new PAYG, they literally grab a phone, random sim etc. It means they have maximum stock I suppose? Although, I think the 3 network is different?

Is this a new thing? I've known lots of people to buy this way from CPW Although the samsung is easy for anyone to unlock themselves

ccmummy

i wondered if someone help me. im mobile phone phobic. i hardly use my phone, but i just carry one in my bag when out so dh can locate me.
i have almost 3 year old samsung phone, i recently i started loosing signal. i believe my 2 yr old had something to do with that.
im after cheap o2 payg phone. im i buy new o2 phone, could i use my old sim, so i dont need to remember new number again.
is there such a palce that repair phones?
thnx

Plushchris

ccmummy wrote: »

i wondered if someone help me. im mobile phone phobic. i hardly use my phone, but i just carry one in my bag when out so dh can locate me.
i have almost 3 year old samsung phone, i recently i started loosing signal. i believe my 2 yr old had something to do with that.
im after cheap o2 payg phone. im i buy new o2 phone, could i use my old sim, so i dont need to remember new number again.
is there such a palce that repair phones?
thnx

Yes, you can use your old sim in any O2 Pay as you go phone or any of the phones above as they are unlocked.

There probably are places that repair phones but for a three year old phone you hardly use then it probably wouldnt be worth paying for a repair, cheaper to get a new phone like the ones in the OP

itsallinthemind

As PlushChris said it will work and you could use the sim for jamster or just give it away to someone, so that costs you £14.95-£5Quidco=£9.95 for phone.

Or you can buy most of the above phones on O2 directly for £19.95-£5 Quidco=£14.95 but then transfer £10 credit to your existing O2 sim, possibly the better option for you?