New mobile for £20 - Would love some MSE style help :)

pinkladymel

My mum wants to buy my dad a mobile for christmas but doesn't want to spend more then about £20 as she doesnt really have much money. I've done lots of searches on here before asking but nothing much has come up. So i beg.. can anyone find me a good deal? I know it's alot to ask and I'm very greatful for any time you can spare me

He would be using it to ring a landline and my mums mobile which is on O2

Thanks for reading
Mel:A

jprice

Got my dad one from phones4u for £20 in the payg clearance section. also, will be getting £5 back on quidco.

A bargain, if you want a payg phone!

tunesurfer

Superdrug had some offers on last week - cant remember but I saw it on MSE somewhere.

hurrah

Have a read of this thread.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=310962

billsavings

Orange have one for £19.95p but you need top it up by £10.

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/alcatel_ot-e205/detail/pay_as_you_go

trace_567

You can get a Sony Ericsson J220i Vodafone pay as you go from amazon for £19.99 including postage. Gutted as bought this 2 weeks ago and it was £24 then.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IBGDZC/pricerunner-21/ref=nosim

deanos

Phones are like printers never buy one unless you know how much its gonna cost you to run, always checkout the tarrifs

thriftyjo

I have got a spare O2 sim card if thats any use????

MUHAMID

in superdrug they are selling MOTOROLA C975 for £10 with £10 free credit on 3.
on virgin cheapest phone is nokia 1110 for 19.99 (plus £3 delivery charge) if u have virgin sim.
also,
in phone4u nokia 1112 for £19.95 with £30 credit:
http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_...Key=156572&s=b

IainCMartin

Why not consider a contract ?

There are phones out there (e2save spring to mind) that can be got on contract where the line rental is refunded by redemption.

Additionally, by going via Quidco the commission for taking out the deal may well cover any shortfall in line rental v refund.

Eg, I have a deal on 3 at the moment - £15 for first 3 months, £30 for next 9

Total £315

I get refunds, by redemption, totalling £279.12

This means, over the year, I pay £35.88

However, I went via Quidco and got £36.50 commission back.

Net gain of 62p, though I do have to pay line rental and then claim back, but it might be an option.

Just wanted to give another possibility beyond paying for a phone, then paying for calls etc.

morganb

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=321980

another thread to look at on here...