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Who gets offered the best deal?

Who would generally get the better deal?

The person brand new to a phone company or the person upgrading from payg to a contract?

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  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    Who would generally get the better deal?

    The person brand new to a phone company or the person upgrading from payg to a contract?

    It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to work that out, new customer of course, just had my house insurance renewal, it had gone up £100, go online to do a comparison and the same company is the £100 cheaper go figure.
  • bengalknights
    bengalknights Posts: 5,022 Forumite
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    New customers can make use of cashback which old customers cant without cancelling and re signing up on alot of things.
  • new customers are better for operators, that's the sad truth. That's why sometime it is good to change mobile provider to the one that's the cheapest for you. It's a bit of a hassle, but porting number takes 10 minutes and is effective the next day.
  • I possibly didn't word the question correctly.

    The fact that I'm already with the company but on payg, would that make any difference in me getting a better / worse deal?
  • allan673
    allan673 Posts: 1,213 Forumite
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    no difference at all.
  • bengalknights
    bengalknights Posts: 5,022 Forumite
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    I possibly didn't word the question correctly.

    The fact that I'm already with the company but on payg, would that make any difference in me getting a better / worse deal?

    No difference but you would have the option of using cashback available to you by signing up as a new customer.
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