Pay as you go or contract?

tryingtocutback

I currently have a pay as you go samsung E1360 on Orange.

I put between £20-£30 per month on it and I probably make 5 calls per week to uk landline (2-3 mins each time) and send approximately 20 per week.

Can I get a better deal by switching to contract? Im not that bothered for a fancy phone just wondering about free mins/texts?

Any help you can give would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

vusys1

if thats all your doing I would check out the Tesco sim only top up £10 they give you £20 on top

grumbler

5*3*4=60 minutes
20*4=80 texts

For £10 p.m. you can get:
250m + Unlim texts at giffgaff (1-month rolling contract)
120m OR 300texts at Tesco (x2 for 5 favourite numbers, PAYG)
100m + 100texts + (Unlim texts OR Unlim landline) at T-mobile (1-month rolling contract, £80 cashback through TCB)
...

macman

I'm puzzling as to why you need to put £20-30 on a month to make 60 mins of call and send 80 texts per month? It should cost a fraction of that.
For example, I have an ASDA PAYG, and at 8p per min calls and 4p per text, your usage would come to just £8 per month.
Are you seriously underestimating your actual usage?

grumbler

macman wrote: »

I'm puzzling as to why you need to put £20-30 on a month to make 60 mins of call and send 80 texts per month? It should cost a fraction of that.

20p*60+10p*80=£20

These are their standard charges.
However, all(?) plans do give you free minutes or texts with every top up.

macman

So the issue isn't contract or PAYG-it's PAYG provider. Time for the OP to switch.

esuhl

You're paying how much?!

A 12-month contract with Vodafone (300 mins + unlimited texts) costs £5/month.

It's normally £10/month, but Quidco are offering £60 cashback, so it's effectively £5/month for the year.

grumbler

esuhl wrote: »

You're paying how much?!

Unsurprisingly, many people that don't shop around finally become regulars of DFWB board, like the OP.

Guys_Dad

esuhl wrote: »

You're paying how much?!

A 12-month contract with Vodafone (300 mins + unlimited texts) costs £5/month.

It's normally £10/month, but Quidco are offering £60 cashback, so it's effectively £5/month for the year.

That is if both Quidco and Mobiles.co.uk actually settle - see threads on referrers board.

But £10 per month is better than £20.

Stompa

tryingtocutback wrote: »

...and I probably make 5 calls per week to uk landline (2-3 mins each time) and send approximately 20 per week.

Hmmm, using a GiffGaff SIM, and routing the landline calls via 18185, that lot would cost £1.20 per week.

pedrothefish

asda is the bizz, call centre uk based i even topped up on a cruise in the Atlantic.
call are covered by Vodafone{i think} so coverage is pretty good.