Mobile Phone Contracts

mikem1986

Has anyone got any advice on how to haggle with the mobile phone companies?

my phone contract expires ina few days but i want to stay with 02 and get the new Nokia N95 but ive been informed its going to be about £300 when it comes out? Obvioulsy i dont want to pay this much and i have spent £1500 with them over the last 18 months....

any tips or advice would be gratefully appreciated?

Cheers

monsieur_epargnant

I've had better success personally just getting free SIM cards at the end of contract and signing up again when your ideal phone becomes 'free'. The amount of time they have said NO to me when I've tried the haggling!!

See they make money on the contracts.. not by keeping you for a few months in between 'best deals'.

beetplek

I am with O2 and when it came to renewing my contract they tried the same thing, but i just said that I want to move with Orange and get broadband for free. This motivated them enough to let me have the model of phone just under the one i wanted and give me 400 more text messages, so ive now got 900, and reduce my bill to 15 quid a month.

princess_sarah_2

my sister (on o2) wanted to upgrade to a certain phone. she phoned up o2 and told them what she wanted, but they said no. she then stated that she had been offered a deal for it in-store with another provider, which wasnt actually true, but that got them to change their mind.