is it always cheaper to buy the phone outright?

tumptyteapot

great, I have a plan now, thank you so much everyone!

mobilejunkie

Or you can get a contract with a Desire 610 for £15.35 a month after cashback and 1GB, unlimited minutes and texts.

I don't agree with the sim only concept since all my deals are cashback and although I don't need a phone with them I actually make a profit and get all my bundles free. With a reasonable phone, though you can still get a better deal than sim only plus the cost of the phone.

The contract before cashback is, however £27.50. They may well be other such deals, but that was just a quick check.

tumptyteapot

too late, I've called 02, found out I can't get my PAC code for another 3 days, bought a locked Desire 501 at Tescos for £99, unlocked it for another tenner. So now I need to find a SIM only deal. I get overloaded with all the options and just panic. That £15.35 deal looks really good, wish I'd seen that before!

mobilejunkie

Out of stock right now, but there's a similar deal with a smaller bundle. Like I said, I only do cashback deals and whenever a free one comes up (plus profit) I grab it, regardless of whether I need it at the time or not. I'm down to just 7 at present since 2 ended last month (and one of the 7 was actually a contract now costing 30p a month with a good bundle - though I am still in profit on it and it wasn't actually a cashback contract).

However, if you wait until you want a higher end phone or a larger bundle it's more likely to actually cost something - but not as much as all those people fork out every month for normal contracts.

Paddyshepherd

Hi all,

First of all I've just got an LG G4 on upgrade contract with EE. I ended up with a minimum £200 saving by doing it this way than compared to buying out right for the plan I wanted.

Secondly, I've just discovered quidco, and they have a deal with Carphone warehouse of £65 cashback on EE upgrade or new contracts. I only took out the upgrade a week ago, is it still possible for me to claim cashback on this or do you have to register with quidco beforehand?

mobilejunkie

No and yes.

Paddyshepherd

In what respect? I have noticed the "receipt upload" on quidco, but not anywhere to actually do so. Don't know if this is something I can do? It says cashback can be claimed within 3 months of purchase. Sorry, I'm all a bit new to this.

grumbler

Paddyshepherd wrote: »

I have noticed the "receipt upload" on quidco, but not anywhere to actually do so.

What's "receipt upload"?
If you mean ClicSnap, I don't see CPW there.

It says cashback can be claimed within 3 months of purchase.

Where?
EDIT: I see: "Any cashback claims must be made within 3 months of the sale date. Any claims raised after 3 months of the sale date will be automatically declined."
I guess this refers to untracked transactions.

Normally, to get the cashback you should have upgraded via CPW and went to CPW via Quidco while being logged in.

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Paddyshepherd

I did upgrade via CPW, but I wasn't aware of the cashback before I visited the store. I'm trying to establish if I can still claim the cashback or not? Should I just try their cashback claim form?

Tony5101

you would have had to have been a member of Quidco and clicked through to CPW via the Quidco link - and completed all of your transaction online, to be able to register a claim.
Quidco uses affiliate links to be able to track the transactions that were initiated via their website.
If you didn't do it like that - then no - you won't be able to make a claim.