Purchasing Mobile Contracts with Cashback - Risks

Dvorak123

Hello everyone,

I am sick of Orange PAYG being useless and then charging 25p/call me to hear their excuses for it. So I have my mind set on changing to a sim-only pay-monthly deal of some sort, and it only makes sense to do this with the help of TopCashback or QuidCo or the like.

At the moment I am being pulled towards O2's offering of 300 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data for £15/month, which with £50 cashback would equate to around £10.84/month.

However I would very much like more minutes than this, and I should be eligible for £100 cashback on a £20/month contract, meaning I get 600 more minutes for about £1/month extra.

I'm scared of doing this though, in case the cashback fails somehow and I'm stuck on a more expensive contract than I really want.

So my questions are:

• What are the risks of the cashback not tracking with O2?
• What are these problems with number-porting I've heard rumoured, such that the cashback isn't paid?
• Is it worth the risk of going for the more expensive contract with more minutes? Or does anyone have any good suggestions?

I'm sorry there are so many figures in that, I think it's about as well explained as I can manage.

Thanks very much for your help everyone .

// WW

Dvorak123

Nobody knows?

Jon_01

There's always a risk of a deal not tracking through any of the cashback sites (Last Voda deal I did took 2 YEARS to pay out, don't hold you're breath).

Number porting is no problem at all. Get the pac from your current network, give it to your new one within 30 days, job done.

Only you know how many mins/tex/net you need?