THREE query

50Twuncle

Is there any advantage to going via CARPHONE WAREHOUSE to take out a new £12.90 SIM deal with THREE ?
We have a THREE store in our town - Should I go straight to them ?

ZhugeEX

Since when did Carphone Warehouse do Three contracts?

Buzby

None - you go through Quidco or other Cashback outfit and enjoy the £50 or so discount.

50Twuncle

Buzby wrote: »

None - you go through Quidco or other Cashback outfit and enjoy the £50 or so discount.

Quidco - no longer list THREE
I don't think that anyone offers cashback on three any longer !!

50Twuncle

ZhugeEX wrote: »

Since when did Carphone Warehouse do Three contracts?

You are correct - where did I get that one from ?

50Twuncle

Do any of the phone shops offer a discounted price on THREE ?

ZhugeEX

50Twuncle wrote: »

Do any of the phone shops offer a discounted price on THREE ?

Nope. Three have mainly moved away from third party dealers/cashback. In fact in this article here they say that over 90% of their sales come directly through their direct sales channels rather than from third parties. A huge difference to few years ago when it was only 15% of their sales.

Guess it's cutting back on costs / building their own controlled sales environment etc...

Mobile Today
Two weeks ago, Mobile reported that Three had split from Phones 4u. Dyson revealed this morning that 89% of its sales were direct, whether through retail, online or telesales. This contrasted sharply with 2007, when 85% of its sales were third party.

jakethepeguk

I would definately, go to a three shop 50T.
I have just had a nightmare, using their phone sales team.
they sent me a sim out, but had not actually set up an account.
I have spent over a week, arguing with the customer service team, informing them, they had not set up the account before sending out my sim.
To cut a long story short, I went into a Three shop, and had a sim, activated within 30 mins. I also got an additional 2000 3-3 minutes, (my wife has a contract with them), something they would not offer me on the phone.
Now I just have the headache of cancelling the original sim, once they send it out to me, (they have had to re-issue the original).

50Twuncle

jakethepeguk wrote: »

I would definately, go to a three shop 50T.
I have just had a nightmare, using their phone sales team.
they sent me a sim out, but had not actually set up an account.
I have spent over a week, arguing with the customer service team, informing them, they had not set up the account before sending out my sim.
To cut a long story short, I went into a Three shop, and had a sim, activated within 30 mins. I also got an additional 2000 3-3 minutes, (my wife has a contract with them), something they would not offer me on the phone.
Now I just have the headache of cancelling the original sim, once they send it out to me, (they have had to re-issue the original).

Thanks - I will do that

50Twuncle

50Twuncle wrote: »

Thanks - I will do that

Will a three store implement a PAC code there and then?

corf999

pretty sure they did for me several years ago when I left vodafone, I switched to sim only in store.