Cheap Pay-as-you-go Deals Article Discussion

BUFF

blagoslovljena said:

Can anyone give me a bit of advice please? My 14 year old daughter has an old iPhone of my mum’s, and a few months ago I put her on Giffgaff’s £6 per month rolling contract as she had eaten her way through a couple of £10 top-ups on their PAYG rate quite quickly, as they’re quite pricey for texts,

Giffgaff PAYG  price is 10p per text ... so ~25 texts per month is ~£2.50 so ~1/2 of what you are paying on a rolling contract. Even her unusual 51 texts in a month would have been cheaper on PAYG.

blagoslovljena

flaneurs_lobster said:

There are still O2 Classic PAYG sims available on eBay for little more than postage, 3p/min calls 2p/text 1p/MB. Needs £10 top-up to activate which doesn't expire. 

 I would never have thought to buy a sim from eBay tbh, but will definitely look into that option thanks! I take it you can’t get them direct from O2 with those call/text rates if you’re suggesting eBay?

blagoslovljena

BUFF said:

Giffgaff PAYG  price is 10p per text ... so ~25 texts per month is ~£2.50 so ~1/2 of what you are paying on a rolling contract. Even her unusual 51 texts in a month would have been cheaper on PAYG.

 I think the one phone call she made did the damage on the credit tbh. You’re right about the texts though. I guess I’m trying to work out the cheapest option across the providers on the O2 network generally, mainly to save cash with all the other bills going up… 😱

BUFF

blagoslovljena said:

 I think the one phone call she made did the damage on the credit tbh. You’re right about the texts though. I guess I’m trying to work out the cheapest option across the providers on the O2 network generally, mainly to save cash with all the other bills going up… 😱

if it's still available to you (O2 & MVNOs using it seem to be trying to do away with traditional PAYG) Tesco Lite? https://www.tescomobile.com/help/usage-and-top-up/pay-as-you-go/pay-as-you-go-tariffs#tabs-3697ced6e2-item-6c12a64b90

flaneurs_lobster

blagoslovljena said:

BUFF said:

Giffgaff PAYG  price is 10p per text ... so ~25 texts per month is ~£2.50 so ~1/2 of what you are paying on a rolling contract. Even her unusual 51 texts in a month would have been cheaper on PAYG.

 I think the one phone call she made did the damage on the credit tbh. You’re right about the texts though. I guess I’m trying to work out the cheapest option across the providers on the O2 network generally, mainly to save cash with all the other bills going up… 😱

Could be worse, I once swapped in a new Giffgaff 5g sim and did a couple of speed tests to check out my shiny new 5g phone. Cost me something over twenty quid in PAYG data charges in about 2 minutes.

Farway

blagoslovljena said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

There are still O2 Classic PAYG sims available on eBay for little more than postage, 3p/min calls 2p/text 1p/MB. Needs £10 top-up to activate which doesn't expire. 

 I would never have thought to buy a sim from eBay tbh, but will definitely look into that option thanks! I take it you can’t get them direct from O2 with those call/text rates if you’re suggesting eBay?

Correct has to be the e bay option. Very quick & easy, and seems some sort of plus for the seller because mine were only 20p each despite headline price,  including postage. Bargain

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323873641211

flaneurs_lobster

Farway said:

blagoslovljena said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

There are still O2 Classic PAYG sims available on eBay for little more than postage, 3p/min calls 2p/text 1p/MB. Needs £10 top-up to activate which doesn't expire. 

 I would never have thought to buy a sim from eBay tbh, but will definitely look into that option thanks! I take it you can’t get them direct from O2 with those call/text rates if you’re suggesting eBay?

Correct has to be the e bay option. Very quick & easy, and seems some sort of plus for the seller because mine were only 20p each despite headline price,  including postage. Bargain

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323873641211

The seller will receive a payment from O2 (no idea how much) when the sim is activated, hence they can (more or less) give the things away.

blagoslovljena

Thanks so much everyone, you’ve all been really helpful! 😊

condoghost

3 is no longer a 'cheap' pay-as-you-go option for sure. There 1-2-3 tariff was the bees knees but then all that changed with calls 10p/min, now from 12/07/2022 it will be a whopping 35p a min - talk about 'daylight robbery'!
Maybe I'm just 'guessing' here but perhaps they're looking to exit the PAYG market by pricing themselves out of it?
Calls increase to 35p/min, 15p a text, 10p per MB of data. You have the right to exit because of these changes and refund requests pf any outstanding credit must be made no later than 17/07/2022, full details got to 3.uk/xi3
Three has gone from the 'Best Out There' to 'Avoid Like The Plague'

fyr

"3" RIP OFF PAYG INCREASE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY:

I was shocked by level of this increase; how does the regulator permit? Way above inflation.
Don't hold out any hope for a refund from 3 of your unused balance by the way;
I had an online chat session yesterday, and call agent said I didn't qualify.
Also 3 provides my home broadband; asked if credit could be moved here; NO AGAIN:(
The only way to get credit transferred is to sign up to a 3 SIM Only contract.
No thanks, will let credit run down, and swap to 1P Mobile.