*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

dropsofjupiter

Good evening all, need to catch up so please excuse me if I've missed anything important. Good luck with moving and new placements and jobs and babies, from what I saw on my whizz through!

Just wanted to have a little moan I'm afraid, I came to the end of my mobile contact (a month or so ago if truth be told but I hate ringing Orange so have been putting it off) and so finally rang them to see about lowering my bill. I was offered one of their standard packages, albeit with a £5 discount, however the data amount included within it was about half what I use every month, as the bloke offering it would know as he had just looked at my usage to pick a package! I told them that I could get a better deal elsewhere and they didn't even try and keep me as a customer, just sent me on my way with my PAC code and a bunch of terms and conditions! Bit put out on the whole

msgigglewick

I use giff gaff sims for the teens £12 a month for unlimited text and data and i think 300 mins...its not a contract as such as you just pay for the month they have diff packages available too

Ruth_honey

dropsofjupiter wrote: »

Good evening all, need to catch up so please excuse me if I've missed anything important. Good luck with moving and new placements and jobs and babies, from what I saw on my whizz through!

Just wanted to have a little moan I'm afraid, I came to the end of my mobile contact (a month or so ago if truth be told but I hate ringing Orange so have been putting it off) and so finally rang them to see about lowering my bill. I was offered one of their standard packages, albeit with a £5 discount, however the data amount included within it was about half what I use every month, as the bloke offering it would know as he had just looked at my usage to pick a package! I told them that I could get a better deal elsewhere and they didn't even try and keep me as a customer, just sent me on my way with my PAC code and a bunch of terms and conditions! Bit put out on the whole

Their loss. If they can't even try and keep a customer, then more fool them. Heard good things about Giff Gaff, but I'm with tesco mobile & have been for years. Best thing I ever did was switch to PAYG & tesco are very cheap for how I use my phone. Worth a look to see if they would be good for you. I love the fact they don't keep bombarding you with texts constantly (like I had with orange!).

Linda-Lou

Agree with Ruth_ honey re Tesco mobile. Before DH and I were married, we both had contract phones, as used to call / text each other a lot!
Best MSE thing we did after we got married was to get PAYG phones. We have nice but basic phones, just use for calls and texts, no fancy stuff! £10 lasts me ages, at least 2 months, sometimes more.

Had a good flurry of snow here this morning. DH, bless him, offered to take me to / collect me from work, as he knows how much it freaks me out. Every year I tell myself I will not be scared of driving in it, but every year I fail!

Bedtime now, night all, sleep tight xxx

Ruth_honey

Linda-Lou wrote: »

Agree with Ruth_ honey re Tesco mobile. Before DH and I were married, we both had contract phones, as used to call / text each other a lot!
Best MSE thing we did after we got married was to get PAYG phones. We have nice but basic phones, just use for calls and texts, no fancy stuff! £10 lasts me ages, at least 2 months, sometimes more.

Same here. Are you on the value/basic tariff? I pay 4p per text! :T

Betsie2010

craftymummy Do visit the Pavilion while you're in Brighton. I live close to there and had never visited but my parents had and recommended it, it's great for couple of hours. And there are often vouchers for it as well. If you park at the marina you can walk into Brighton along the sea front. Keep to the path otherwise you'll come across the naturist beach, as I did with my daughter ! :embarasse
Parking is really dear in town and the traffic wardens are very hot on towing away!!:(
I love walking along the pier with a bag of chips - cheap date I am :rotfl:

dropsofjupiter

Thank you ladies for your always helpful advice, feel better now

FeistyFidget

Dropsofjupiter, I'm with virgin media. I pay £7.99 a month, for 500mb of Internet, 500 texts and 500 mins (with unlimited calls to virgin mobiles and landlines). I got this on a 24 month contract with my pick of the latest phones. I know my package is somewhat low (it's my business mobile) but they have other ones with great prices hth

craftymummy_2

Betsie2010 wrote: »

craftymummy Do visit the Pavilion while you're in Brighton. I live close to there and had never visited but my parents had and recommended it, it's great for couple of hours. And there are often vouchers for it as well. If you park at the marina you can walk into Brighton along the sea front. Keep to the path otherwise you'll come across the naturist beach, as I did with my daughter ! :embarasse
Parking is really dear in town and the traffic wardens are very hot on towing away!!:(
I love walking along the pier with a bag of chips - cheap date I am :rotfl:

Betsy thank you for this!! :T I'm writing down all the ideas so we're going to have an action packed weekend. Just hope the weather will be kind to us.

Own_My_Own

Hi, Haven't been on as we just haven't done anything.

Thought you might like to see how big our little boy has got.