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Happy_Shrimper

Doh! Onecompare looks like its creaking under the demand!

westferret

Tip to people with virgin broadband get the virgin mobile contract at £10 a month (you have to use your own phone) and you get 300texts and 300 mins that rollover to the next month. It can also be canceled for the next month so your not stuck in the contract for ages. I've got a pay as you go samsung e250 (£50) and that it's a brilliant deal i think.

Fiddler700

If you can't get a contact mobile then the new Fresh rate from Three lets you buy a stretch top up for £15.00 which gives you 300 anytime minutes and 300 3 to 3 calls. Every bit as good as a contract and no credit check.

Unlike a contact, you don't have to pay the £15.00 every month only the months you are going to make a lot of calls.

The calls, if you don't want to buy extra minutes, are a flat 12p per minute to Landlines or Mobiles with free voicemail. I have moved to this and I am saving a fortune compared with my contract.

jnorris235

With T Mobile, I said I didn't really want a new phone - perfectly happy with what I had. With their Flex T rates they gave me an annual (12 month) price of £48 for the last couple of years - in 2006 they increased it a massive 25% to £60! And this was done in the shop, too.

My daughter who spends thousands a year it seems now hands over her old phone to me at the end of her year - so I get a great phone and a superb price.

camaj

Here's my dilema. I rarely use my phone to make calls, I basically let people call me but of course from time to time I need to make the odd call or send the odd txt. However PAYG rates are pretty high for Virgin. Is there a way of getting low cost calls or texts? Most of the PAYG offers are essentially cheaper contracts in that you must spend £10/month to get the bonus(es).

My only thought is to get something with a large cashback on the line rental. Now the bonus here is you get a free phone with it too. I'm pretty happy with my current phone so I'm not bothered about getting a new one. But it seems strange that you can get a free phone and free line-rental (via cashback) but you can't get some kind of very low cost contract that would actually make more money for them. No middle ground really.

ATM my only option seems to be cashback deals, however last time I made a real hash of things so I'm pretty cautious of doing it again. I keep hearing stories of companies that will make it hard for you to get cashback, even refusing legitimate claims.Are there any companies that have a good record with cashback deals?

lizclassic54

we have used e2save which is part a carphone warehouse and we have had all our cashback cheques
I am sure there are other companies but we were reassured by the back up

WEARYONE

I AM REALLY SUSPICIOUS OF THE CASHBACK MOBILE OFFERS BUT NEED TO GET A BETTER DEAL THAN MY PAYG MOBILE,IF ANYONE KNOWS A GOOD DEAL PLEASE COULD YOU REPLY. MANY THANKS

Katie-Kat-Kins

Do not sign up for a cashback deal, I have just been stung by one going bust, even though I have complied with their terms and conditions I have not had any money back and lots of other money savers are in the same boat. See the Fusion Mobiles thread if you are tempted by a cashback deal. I did my homework but will still loose out.

mick1963

ref westferret comment about virgin mobile £10 sim offer below,
I have had it for the last year & found it takes some beating!
but the offer went of in January last, but yes it has come back I rang them yesterday to order anther contract for the wife, And informed them that on the web site it still says £10 per month for 100 minutes & 100 texts But the assured me it has gone up again to

300 minutes & 300 texts & they were going to get the offer up dated on the internet site

its a bargain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

westferret wrote: »

Tip to people with virgin broadband get the virgin mobile contract at £10 a month (you have to use your own phone) and you get 300texts and 300 mins that rollover to the next month. It can also be canceled for the next month so your not stuck in the contract for ages. I've got a pay as you go samsung e250 (£50) and that it's a brilliant deal i think.

mick1963

ref westferret comment about virgin mobile £10 sim offer below,
I have had it for the last year & found it takes some beating!
but the offer went of in January last, but yes it has come back I rang them yesterday to order anther contract for the wife, And informed them that on the web site it still says £10 per month for 100 minutes & 100 texts But the assured me it has gone up again to

300 minutes & 300 texts & they were going to get the offer up dated on the internet site

its a bargain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

westferret wrote: »

Tip to people with virgin broadband get the virgin mobile contract at £10 a month (you have to use your own phone) and you get 300texts and 300 mins that rollover to the next month. It can also be canceled for the next month so your not stuck in the contract for ages. I've got a pay as you go samsung e250 (£50) and that it's a brilliant deal i think.