Clueless! Is this a good upgrade deal from tmobile? Any more room for negotiation?

lizzielondon

Hi everyone,

hoping someone could give me a bit of advice

i'm currently with tmobile paying £35 a month (or more )

i'm out of contract so have decided to do something about it

i've been offered an upgrade for a blackberry 8520 (i want a blackberry and i just said the cheapest, need proper email on phone)

600 minutes
500 texts
unlimited web
unlimited blackberry services

£25 18 month contract
£20 24 month contract

is this a good deal?
could i negotiate any more

i've searched other providers but seem to keep getting completely different deals?

i hoping i can go back to them and point out orange offer bla bla rather than having the hassle of moving

thanks so much in advance

Exhortation

It's exactly the same deal as they are currently offering new customers. Make of that what you will.

lizzielondon

does that mean i can get a better deal?

xbrenx

Well Virgin will only give you 400 minutes for £25 but then unlimited texts so it's what you really need.

I would just say that the 8520 is described as an entry level BB, if you can get a better spec one for the price I would probably try that route.

I wonder if it's worth checking other phones for email capabilities because then you're not factoring in the forced BB data service

Good luck

Exhortation

It seems to be the best deal available directly from the networks. You could push them a bit, I guess, play the loyalty card but I can't see them budging much.

lizzielondon

xbrenx wrote: »

Well Virgin will only give you 400 minutes for £25 but then unlimited texts so it's what you really need.

I would just say that the 8520 is described as an entry level BB, if you can get a better spec one for the price I would probably try that route.

I wonder if it's worth checking other phones for email capabilities because then you're not factoring in the forced BB data service

Good luck

you're right i'm not

um what is it?

thank you

lizzielondon

Exhortation wrote: »

It seems to be the best deal available directly from the networks. You could push them a bit, I guess, play the loyalty card but I can't see them budging much.

sorry about the silly questions but where else do you go?

deano23285

try and push them for the BB 9700, an overall better phone which should be getting a better operating system soon

edit: here's the deals on it:

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-monthly/blackberry-bold-9700/mobile-tariffs/

you could also try carphonewarehouse and phones4u

daindian

push for much better my sister was on flext 35 but her bills were around £60-110!!! she got offered free galaxy s 2000 mins unltd texts and internet £30 24 months

Exhortation

lizzielondon wrote: »

sorry about the silly questions but where else do you go?

You could try Phones4U, Carphone Warehouse or any of the plethora of other resellers out there. They buy airtime in bulk off the networks at a discounted rate and can pass the savings on to customers. You could try playing here...

www.mobilephonechecker.co.uk

... to see what deals might be available.