Is this a good deal?

xxJudexx

I've gone with the deal I posted. I should get £60 cashback with it with quidco, so that would make it £99 + (£21.50 x 24) - £60 = £555 over two years.

I liked spondon30's suggestion but it seemed like a lot of hassle, I like an easy life where possible!
Now I just have to see if it goes through, I have never bought anything which has required a credit check before!

MillicentBystander

Selling one phone is a lot of hassle for that sort of saving? I'm suspecting you really just wanted us to confirm your deal was a good one. My SIL does this all the time

PS As spondon30 has demonstrated it's not really a good deal but if you are happy that's fine.

grumbler

xxJudexx wrote: »

... I don't spend my money frivolously, so if i want to treat myself I will...

xxJudexx wrote: »

...I probably could buy the phone outright but it would leave things tight so my only real option is to go for a contract....

xxJudexx wrote: »

...I liked spondon30's suggestion but it seemed like a lot of hassle, I like an easy life where possible!

I think the first statement was a little, say, dishonest or delusional. Combined with the third one it explains the second.

xxJudexx

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Selling one phone is a lot of hassle for that sort of saving? I'm suspecting you really just wanted us to confirm your deal was a good one. My SIL does this all the time

PS As spondon30 has demonstrated it's not really a good deal but if you are happy that's fine.

I'm not very good with phones. The phone I have at the moment I have had for about 6 years and was old when I got it (it only makes calls and sends texts, it's not even in colour!) so I know nothing about the technicalities of sims in different phones.
I just think that if I bought one phone and tried putting a different sim in it and then it didn't work I would be stuck with two phones and a contract for a phone I don't want. I doubt many people go around buying and selling phones just to swap sims and contract packages. I bet there is also a clause in the contract which stipulates what phone you can use with it as you bought it as a package and not as a sim only deal.

MillicentBystander

xxJudexx wrote: »

I'm not very good with phones. The phone I have at the moment I have had for about 6 years and was old when I got it (it only makes calls and sends texts, it's not even in colour!) so I know nothing about the technicalities of sims in different phones.
I just think that if I bought one phone and tried putting a different sim in it and then it didn't work I would be stuck with two phones and a contract for a phone I don't want. I doubt many people go around buying and selling phones just to swap sims and contract packages. I bet there is also a clause in the contract which stipulates what phone you can use with it as you bought it as a package and not as a sim only deal.

Oh dear. Just do what you always intended to do, it really is no skin off my nose....

xxJudexx

grumbler wrote: »

I think the first statement was a little, say, dishonest or delusional. Combined with the third one it explains the second.

Nope, not dishonest or delusional. In fact I can't even remember the last time I bought something for myself. It was probably work clothes three months ago!
As I just said I wouldn't want to risk being stuck in a contract for a phone I don't even want if the sim swapping didn't work. The apple sims are smaller and I would never trust myself to cut the sim correctly. If I did it wrong I would be paying out for nothing.

I can't see why people couldn't just post other like for like deals rather than dodgy work arounds. I like to play things by the book, more fool me I guess but thats just how I do it.

vicx

xxJudexx wrote: »

The apple sims are smaller and I would never trust myself to cut the sim correctly. If I did it wrong I would be paying out for nothing.

The network provider would have sent you a Micro SIM and transferred your number/tariff over free of charge.

grumbler

vicx wrote: »

The network provider would have sent you a Micro SIM and transferred your number/tariff over free of charge.

Some providers do charge for a replacement sim, but a sim cutter costs just £2ish delivered on ebay.

vicx

I am sure OP has gone with the O2 deal? In which case, O2 would have sent the micro SIM free of charge. You can also order online here:

http://freesim.o2.co.uk/tariffs/iphone?campaign=1030&cm_mmc=googleuk-_-O2%20Sim%20Only-_-O2%20Micro%20Sim-_-O2%20%20%20Microsim%20-%20Exact%20o2%20micro%20sim%20Exact&gclid=CLKC7sv9srICFYcNfAodgFgAFQ

xxJudexx

vicx wrote: »

The network provider would have sent you a Micro SIM and transferred your number/tariff over free of charge.

So I'd go in and get a different phone and ask them for a micro sim at the same time? Surely they don't want people doing this? Do people do it a lot? I can easily cancel my order and do that but it just seems really dodgy...