Best Sim-only Deals guide Discussion

jmm8997

1 hour online chat with Three customer services this morning.

Beginning You: I'm currently paying £11.40 per month for 30Gb.

You: The next closest offer on Three is £12 for 4Gb. End Agent: To summarize our conversation, you have taken a Lite plan with 60GB data with unlimited minutes and texts for £6 a month for 12months. Along with this you also have 70 days Free EU roaming passes. 1 hour saving over £60. If Three had let me stick to the original cost, they would have lost out on £0.60 per month, but now they have lost out on £6.00 per month!

robatwork

jmm8997 said:

1 hour online chat with Three customer services this morning.

Beginning You: I'm currently paying £11.40 per month for 30Gb.

You: The next closest offer on Three is £12 for 4Gb. End Agent: To summarize our conversation, you have taken a Lite plan with 60GB data with unlimited minutes and texts for £6 a month for 12months. Along with this you also have 70 days Free EU roaming passes. 1 hour saving over £60. If Three had let me stick to the original cost, they would have lost out on £0.60 per month, but now they have lost out on £6.00 per month!

Top notch negotiation, end of month must be a good time to negotiate!

Bahrainkid

If my experience is anything to go by avoid talkhome. I applied to Home Energy for the Sim only deal via MSE website at the end of last year but it's gone badly wrong since then: I haven't received the Sim, they have billed me twice on Paypal, the customer relations chat has not resolved the issue. (Wait until tomorrow I was advised.) And now my virus checker blocks the link from the MSE website to the Home Energy website. Should MSE be promoting such a company?

robatwork

Can you post that link here please?

sliver

Just tried to order the 90p for months then £6.90 Lebara deal, dye to expire at 11 59pm today and its trying to charge me the full price.
Lebara say its expired. Anyone know what the problem is?

https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/msm/p/441209?utm_source=impactradius&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=2096376&utm_content=&utm_clickid=xCWy1ZTTvxyKUa73tL2Hsws0UkswW8x1nxn1w40&utm_iradid=917923&utm_clickref=&default=page&irgwc=1

virgo17

sliver said:

Just tried to order the 90p for months then £6.90 Lebara deal, dye to expire at 11 59pm today and its trying to charge me the full price.
Lebara say its expired. Anyone know what the problem is?

How long have you had the Lebara SIM in use for?

dc_scotland

At what point are you being told it has already expired ?  I have gone as far as I can in the process with no mention of expiry.

KBZL

Any idea on what the difference is on EE between "25GB SIM" and "25GB Essentials"? £18.50 pcm vs £26.50. I can't find any breakdown of the difference on their website and the bullet point lists are identical.

flaneurs_lobster

KBZL said:

Any idea on what the difference is on EE between "25GB SIM" and "25GB Essentials"? £18.50 pcm vs £26.50. I can't find any breakdown of the difference on their website and the bullet point lists are identical.

Not certain but think the "cheaper" price is for a 24 mth contract, the other is for a rolling 1 month.

Both are still expensive, but discounted EE deals are hard to find (unless you have BT/EE broadband).

muffinhead

KBZL said:

Any idea on what the difference is on EE between "25GB SIM" and "25GB Essentials"? £18.50 pcm vs £26.50. I can't find any breakdown of the difference on their website and the bullet point lists are identical.

If you want 25GB on EE you could try 1p Mobile for £10. They have full EE network access with VoLTE, WiFi calling, no speed cap and inclusive EU roaming:

https://www.1pmobile.com/siminfo?simtype=SB25