Need more mins at minimum cost

gk172

Ok just had 2 of my 3 bills in for my contracts and here is state of play -

Orange dropped to £15 for 30 mins due to end august
Voda dropped top £15 for 30 mins due to end september
Voda 100 mins 50 texts due to finish jan 06 and cant move tariff as i would loose the good deal i have as its only 12 month and should be 18.

Problem being i am now using more mins than i have for the 2 bills recd which should have came to £30 it came to £80 and the third one was over too so ireally need to get things sorted and my mins sorted out and these calls were all necessary but what should i do? also to confuse things im looking at a new phone come july/august to replace the orange contract and dont think its coming out on orange its the nokia N90 which i think might be on the 3 network but not really sure whether to take out a 3 contract with the cashback but does 3 have the features i require ie rollover mins and message reciepts? or do i cut my losses and pay off the 2 ending within months and take out a higher end contract which i think will have to be for the nokia so as you can see really not sure what to do for the best but do know i need to cut the cost. Any advice please?

andy88_2

I can't see why you cut those contracts to the lowest tariff if you need to use the minutes. You could put them both or one up again, which would add 170 minutes for £15, until you make your mind up in July.

I take the view that if 3 has 500 minutes it doesn't really matter to me whether the minutes roll over.

I don't see the point of cancelling these early; you'll have to pay the rent anyway, so you might as well get the usage.

You could sign up for 18866 and/or 1899 and use their 08081 access numbers free from Orange for mainly landlines (0p/min + 3p/connect on 1899) and save the inclusive minutes for mobiles.

gk172

Gave both orange and vodafone a call this morning and ive upped my orange contract to £16.50 for 200 xnetwork off peak mins a month and my original voadafone contract it has been upped to the 100 mins a month for £20 and free weekend calls to voda or landline, so basically i have managed to up the mins from 160 mins to 400 mins (200 off peak) for only an extra £6.50 a month and hopefully minimise my bills to be closer to what they should, just need to remember what phone has what mins use on it:rolleyes: