BT Line Rental £8.54 (including free eve/weekend)

Puja_2

I just called BT to discuss my options since I was thinking of switching to Primus for the £8.99 per month deal.

They offered me £8.54 per month (a £36 one off credit applied to account) including free calls during the evenings and weekends; this includes free calls to 0870/0845 numbers. This would be on a 12 month contract.

I took them up on their offer so I hope I have made the right decision! I also managed to get O2 to give me a discount for broadband so am now paying a total of £13.54 per month for my landline and unlimited broadband.

shafeeq

Hi

What number did you dial and which options did you select to get to right department for the offer.

Shafeeq

chuckie851

I was offered £8.54 per month for a 12 month contract, including evening and weekend calls, when I spoke to BT this afternoon. I'd called them on 0800 800150 and chosen the option to cancel my service. It seemed like a Retentions Department.

I told them I was going to O2 and they immediately offered me £3.00 per month discount. I asked for time to consider, and they gave me a direct number, 0808 100 2425, to call back later.

I'd read another thread suggesting they'd offer me a phone + broadband deal, but they said the £3.00 discount was all they could offer. I'll be happy to sign up for another 12 months at this price.

Heinz

If your broadband contract is nearing its end and there are LLU option(s) available to you at your exchange, you should be able to negotiate a half price BT Total Broadband 12 month contract renewal.

Red_Ant

I called them to explain I was planning to move away from BT Total BB Option 3 to the O2 Home Broadband, and they advised they could not match what O2 were quoting me.

On the Home Phone side, I was not offered the discount detailed above when I called to advise I was moving to O2 (two days ago) - but I had stressed I would be paying £9.50 for the O2 Home Phone, and getting free calls from 6pm with that package, so I suspect they looked at my calling patterns and realised they couldn't match that either.

shafeeq

hi

Thank you for the info. I am on the phone now and been offered £36 credit. Taking the offer

Shafeeq

chuckie851 wrote: »

I was offered £8.54 per month for a 12 month contract, including evening and weekend calls, when I spoke to BT this afternoon. I'd called them on 0800 800150 and chosen the option to cancel my service. It seemed like a Retentions Department.

I told them I was going to O2 and they immediately offered me £3.00 per month discount. I asked for time to consider, and they gave me a direct number, 0808 100 2425, to call back later.

I'd read another thread suggesting they'd offer me a phone + broadband deal, but they said the £3.00 discount was all they could offer. I'll be happy to sign up for another 12 months at this price.

billsavings

Good deal and unlike some other suppliers you can definitely use indirect access numbers (18185/1899/etc) on BT to place cheaper calls .

herman2811

Puja wrote: »

I just called BT to discuss my options since I was thinking of switching to Primus for the £8.99 per month deal.

They offered me £8.54 per month (a £36 one off credit applied to account) including free calls during the evenings and weekends; this includes free calls to 0870/0845 numbers. This would be on a 12 month contract.

I took them up on their offer so I hope I have made the right decision! I also managed to get O2 to give me a discount for broadband so am now paying a total of £13.54 per month for my landline and unlimited broadband.

As you have been given the discount as a one-off £36 credit, does that mean your prices revert to normal once your 12 month contract expires? I would have hoped your new price of £8.54/month would continue after your contract period runs out?

Heinz

herman2811 wrote: »

As you have been given the discount as a one-off £36 credit, does that mean your prices revert to normal once your 12 month contract expires?

Yes but, as all BT's numbers are now freephone, it won't cost anything to call to negotiate again.

hollie.weimeraner

Well I have finally got around to trying to save myself a few quid. I currently have line rental via BT with free evening/weekend calls with Primus. I use an orchid dialler to route mobile and daytime calls via 1899 and quite honestly fed up receiving 3 different bills that I have trouble keeping up with.

I rang BT on 0808 100 2425 and they put me through to retentions when I said I was moving line rental to Primus.

Anyway the upshot is that I am now on their Anytime plan with call waiting, call divert, anon call reject, caller id and the reduced price mobile calls for 18.72 per month with first 3 months of anytime free.

They have given me the £36 credit for line rental up front along with £18 credit for the mobiles bolt on so I'm pretty pleased as I can now get rid of my orchid dialler as well. :T

purplestick

Wow, this thread is great. I hagged a discount with BT today! :T

Previously on BT Unlimited Weekend Plan at £12.79/month and Total Broandband Option 3 at £22.99/month.

O2 offered me landline&broadband for £17 so I e-mailed BT to tell them I might take them up on the offer.

BT have now changed me to Unlimited Evening and Weekend Plan for £8.54/month and discounted my broadband to £15.49/month (both for 12 months)... I keep the quarterly paperess billing discount, so now paying £22.78 rather than £34.53 (and I get to keep BT Vision!)

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