PAYG deal for teenager

Murdina

I am trying to identify best deal for daughter who sends around 1,300 texts a month and maybe 10 calls. Orange mobmates seems to be a good offer so long as best friends are on orange too. Don't want a new handset if can avoid it so if buying one is part of the deal have to factor that cost in. Contract out of the question as far as I am concerned as have seen other parents come to grief - she pays for her own phone top ups as well so it helps her learn to manage money. Comparision sites recommended by Martin all pointed us to contract deals so not much help. Many thanks.

JAYMARSH2005

1300 a month ???? Bloody hell, I have to agree that mob mates is a good deal, I think you get 600 texts free when you sign up aswell, with other networks you usually get 300 texts free a month when you top up with £10 but I would say mob mates would be the best bet.

superjaggybunnet

1300 a month! OMG

How does she find the time to do anything else?

Murdina

Think it was a shock even to her when we worked it out but she can text very fast and has multi tasking down to an art (text, use msn and bebo, do homework etc - and her grades are not so bad!) School does not exactly seem to fall over backwards to deter use of phones so plenty of time in lessons of course.....

anonymousie

Perhaps virgin bundles on a SIM only deal??

That many texts is nearly 50/day. Quite apart from the cost, are you really happy with her sendingthat many (don't know how old she is)- sort of seems that she is using them instead of talking to people .....I wouldn't be happy for my nearly 14yr old to be that onsessed with txting I must say...

Murdina

She is older than that and I am quite happy about it. It would take her about 20 mins max to send 50 texts. They are 90% to boyfriend so mobmates is prob best option as he is on orange too. (for what it is worth she is about to leave a school where she has been v unhappy and bullied - so yes she probably is not communicating much with others in the day understandably so)

Sarah-Jane_2

Don't know if this will help because I don't know what orange mobmates is like - but O2 have free sim cards that give you 1000 free texts if you top up £30 per month. And as she'd have to top up the £30 in the first place to get the free texts she'd have the £30 credit to cover the additional 300 texts.
You get 300 free texts for £10, 500 for £15 or 1000 for £30. Calls are also quite reasonable - 25p a minute for the first 3 minutes and 5p a minute after (to landlines and other o2 mobiles). Not sure on the cost of calling people on other networks.
The offer isn't on at the moment - but I have a few spare sim cards that haven't been used or opened if you'd like them - just message me!
Don't know if that helps at all!!

richardjames73

If the majority of the texts are done at weekends or evenings, you can get unlimited free texts on t-mobile payg for £10 a month top up.

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/eshop/personal/special-offers/pay-as-you-go.do

You could couple this with the text appeal tariff, 3p texts anytime anynetwork, or go on the everyone plan, 12p any network anytime calls, and buy a 1000 text 90 day bundle for £30. Your evening and weekend texts would not be taken from this bundle.
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/personal/pages.do/our-services/messaging/text-what-it-costs