Grattan catalogue printing error - E900 pink bargain!!!

wlfc1

Road_Hog wrote:

I very much doubt it, if the market price for these is £150, then they will not be making anything at £99. You can then take off £6 for Quidco, making it £93, plus a lot of people will have managed to use a code getting it done to an average selling price of about £90, assuming some did not use a code successfully or Quidco. The've got to pay for the delivery too. Plus some people will take it on the interest free payments, which they have to fund as well.

There isn't that sort of mark up, if there was, people with lower overheads would undercut them.

My view is that, it is on the run up to Christmas, it is their mistake in their catologue and they have decided they don't want the bad publicity. They'll take a hit, hopefully get some new customers and a bit of good PR in the run up to Christmas period.

Take my word for it, they will still make a profit, you would be surprised at what the mark up is !

Grattan/freeman are not a registered charity and you can be sure that they wouldn't honour these at a loss.

but its a win win situation, we all get phones at half price, they get loads of happy new customers.

RT7

Mine came 2 hours ago, really really pleased with it :j

tonydee

georgiac wrote:

Wow, thanks OP, mine has just arrived.

I'm sure this has been asked but is it unlocked already or do I have to have it done?

Thanks ant.

It's on o2 so will be unlocked. The deal just gets better :j

codeye_2

Mine seems to be locked to O2, I have only tried my orange contract and a virgin pay as u go. Good job the wife as a o2 contract!

tonydee

Road_Hog wrote:

I very much doubt it, if the market price for these is £150, then they will not be making anything at £99. You can then take off £6 for Quidco, making it £93, plus a lot of people will have managed to use a code getting it done to an average selling price of about £90, assuming some did not use a code successfully or Quidco. The've got to pay for the delivery too. Plus some people will take it on the interest free payments, which they have to fund as well.

There isn't that sort of mark up, if there was, people with lower overheads would undercut them.

My view is that, it is on the run up to Christmas, it is their mistake in their catologue and they have decided they don't want the bad publicity. They'll take a hit, hopefully get some new customers and a bit of good PR in the run up to Christmas period.

Just remind us how much it costs to make a phone again?

The technology is already there so you will be amazed at what shops can bulk order these for.

letuongthuy2000

Just to confirm that the phone is locked to O2 (as mine is). Any way, it's a good price even for a locked phone. Thanks OP again.

stressedoutmum

Woo hoo my phone came today - only ordered it Tuesday. Its more a metallic red/orangey colour than it is pink but still lovely and for £79.99 (got 20% off with discount code) I am definitely not complaining. Great start to the weekend :j :j

stressedoutmum

Probably a silly question but I've got my new phone and its SIM card but I cant find the telephone number for my new phone - anyone know where it is. The box only gives IMEI No, Sim No and MSISDN?

antiville

stressedoutmum wrote:

Probably a silly question but I've got my new phone and its SIM card but I cant find the telephone number for my new phone - anyone know where it is. The box only gives IMEI No, Sim No and MSISDN?

The MSISDN number is the phone number:D

stressedoutmum

Thank you - I would never have gotten that - have been through the box and contents about 3 times looking for it. Doh !!:rotfl: