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MSE News: Talk Talk customers to be hit with price hikes
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I don`t think it`s a good idea to put private conversations in a post.
The next thing you know is online chat will be done away with and then everyone will suffer.
It`s the best method to speak to TT for obvious reasons, you`ve got an exact record of what was said for future reference if they try to "alter" what was said.
Maybe you`ll edit your post for the above reason.
I tried phoning, not having had much success using the chat method and they offered 12m line rental for £132 matching the EE price with £1.75 per month broadband for 12m - hope that helps someone.
I understand from them that the free three months means that you can't have the £120 advance line rental. You can have one or the other - but not both, they say.
So if you take the free 3 months now, when you come to pay for a year in advance it will have increased from £120 to £144 - taking away most of the saving to be had from the free three months!
Had almost decided to switch - that's probably changed my mind, though!
Any better deals around than the Post Office at the moment for phone only?
Well on Saturday my mother switched to the cracking Post Office Homephone deal and was advised line will be active from 24/11.Yes she received three months free line rental(saving £39) and will see how much the actual yearly line rental will cost.At the moment it is £120 pa
As there is no contract with the Post Office she is free to leave after if the line rental was to increase giving the notice required
I must say that Talk Talk made huge efforts on webchat to try and
keep here with them
They wanted to reduce the line rental to match the PO so offered
£50.20 however were unable to match the free weekends calls to 40international countries and free mobile calls all for just 5.75 per month
This is a decent deal for non broadband customers and people who are happy to pay their paper bill without extra charges for the paper bill and paying over the counter
She however is happy with DD and paperless
I do expect the PO to get quiet a bit of business however while the other main players inflate those line rental charges,it is worth pointing out that the yearly PO line rental is quiet a good saving as it stands
There is also a £20 recommandation sign up bonus(£10 each)if you know of others intrested
Thanks for the follow-up - it's useful. Just out of curiosity, I'd be interested to know if it's possible for your mother, now she's signed up, to take advantage of the £120 pa Line Rental saver, in view of the following increase (they told me it wasn't possible, but that could be wrong):
We're changing some of our prices from 5th January 2015
HomePhone pricing
HomePhone Line Rental will rise from £13 to £15 a month.
Line Rental Saver will increase from £120 to £144 pa. This will only affect customers when their current Line Rental saver payment expires. . If you would like to add Line Rental Saver to your account please call us – you can lock in the equivalent of £10/month line rental for the next year if you take this out before 5th Jan 2015.
The Evening & Weekend call package will go up by 25p to £1.50 per month.
The adviser said to buy the line rental saver after however we will
go back to them to book it before the price increase
Thank you for the tip
They may even not increase the anytime call package for us too
We will ask in a few days time and write back here
In summary a 15 month deal could be possible for £120 line rental
which is I think a very good deal.
Today letter received stating " a contract breakage charge is applicable" for £37.71p as well as the "upfront" monthly fees,despite several phone calls today,not one of their "reps" can give me an answer,except saying "I have cancelled my contract"....."YUP I have,but I have cancelled under the regulations and the 30 day rule"........they keep saying "whats that".......arggghhhhh!!!!
Any ideas on the cheapest way to get wi fi only?