orange broadband deal with currys £300 off laptop (merged)

lynzpower

Inactive wrote: »

Who in their right mind would want to get stitched in to Orange for 2 years?

Orange = Lemon in the world of Broadband.:rolleyes:

I have a BT broadbacnd accoutn I cant get out of

Is thgere anything that says you have to USE this broadband, or do you have to pay for it.

I need a laptop for my 2nd job and this doesnt look bad at all ( all i need is to uplad photos, enter data into excel AND email)

King_Of_Fools

lynzpower wrote: »

Is thgere anything that says you have to USE this broadband, or do you have to pay for it.

I need a laptop for my 2nd job and this doesnt look bad at all ( all i need is to uplad photos, enter data into excel AND email)

Well you do not have to use it but you are committing yourself to a 24 month contract so will have to pay a minimum of £337.26 over the two years so you are paying over the top for the "free" laptop.

yorkshirepud_2

Ok so you may not want to be with orange, look at it another way though.....
As an alternative to finance. To get broadband with them you wont need a credit check. You can buy a laptop for say £500.Pay £200 upfront and then the remaining £300 over the next 2 years whilst getting a broadband connection. Ooh finance i hear you say, but it seems like a reasonable way of spreading the cost of an expensive item over a few years and only paying say an extra £30 ontop of what it would cost to buy it outright. sounds like a free loan and £3o for 2 years broadband

Browntoa

lynzpower wrote: »

I have a BT broadbacnd accoutn I cant get out of

Is thgere anything that says you have to USE this broadband, or do you have to pay for it.

I need a laptop for my 2nd job and this doesnt look bad at all ( all i need is to uplad photos, enter data into excel AND email)

you can't have two "live" broadband accounts on the same line...but if you have 2 lines you caould sign up on the other line...

why not just buy the £292 dell ??

clairel_3

Why is everyone obsessed with this £292 laptop from Dell?!!

The whole point of this offer is that you can get one free (albeit a poor model, but for £19.99 you get something useable, and for £70 you get a pretty good model).

The vast majority of us have to pay around £15 a month min for our broadband anyway, and many of us don't switch that many times in 24 months anyway. So unless there's a stonking great reason not to touch Orange, then why not? Any ideas what is so lemony about Orange?!

meltme

just a quicky........

orange are doing a deal where if you bought a mobile phone on contract of £30 or more you are getting broadband for free!!!!!

NOW........

If you already have broadband with orange/wanadoo then bought a mobile from orange ( £30+ contract) they will waiver your £14.99 broadband contract!!!!!

NOW..........


If you buy the laptop deal then later buy a mobile....... do you get the laptop and broaband for free???????????

clairel_3

If you buy the laptop deal then later buy a mobile....... do you get the laptop and broaband for free???????????

Would be great if so, but I very much doubt it!

Rich_Sibs

I agree that it seems like a good way to spread the payment over 2 years for a laptop... need to do the maths, but it is surely loads cheaper than paying either a store cards 29.9% and will be more competitive than credit card.

Anyone want to try the maths?

squibo

Quick bit of info i dont think was mentioned here yet, Orange was voted the worst ISP by BBC's watchdog programme, and there is also a website dedicated to the fact that its rubbish http://www.orangeproblems.co.uk

Trust me avoid like the plauge

stevemcol

I was with orange (freeserve, wanadoo then orange) for a couple of years with no problems. Still, there must be something in the Watchdog vote.