Tesco Contract Mobiles

indiegirl_2

Has anyone used Tesco for a contract mobile? Looking at it, I can get the T-Mobile tariff I want with the bonus of Clubcard points and a spot of cashback (albeit not that much)...
I don't know how long Tesco have been doing other network contract mobiles, would be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on them, and whether or not you deal with Tesco or the network directly (ie are they just an affiliate?)

The_Mobile_Insider

If you're looking at the tescocontractmobilephones.com, then its a website operated on behalf of tesco by dextra solutions (20:20 Mobile Group) ex Caudwell company and one of the largest airtime distributors in the UK.

The business model for this tesco site works on a 100% cashback redemption model which is why the offers are so poor. You also deal with the network direct - Tesco are just reselling network deals on this website the same as Phones4u and Carphone Warehouse.

I'd personally stay clear, you'd get a much better deal elsewhere.

If anyones interested the reason why the deals are so poor is because the profits on all sales are split between dextra and tesco. Tesco demanded a stupid high profit margin / split per sale, which weakens the deal to the customer ... but benefits their bank balance ...well every little helps i guess.