Orange Retention Offers

naf123

i was on orange for £25 a month for unlimited texts and some minutes (dunno - im deaf and dont use minutes) and a free blackberry because i wanted to type fast but no email was needed. Now 16 months later, my contract was almost up, so i called the rententions department.

after a lot of haggling, a few phone calls, I got 18 month contract that has

A free shiny new blackberry 8120
£15 a month contract for 100 mins and unlimited texts
£6 for 6meg internet and email (blackberry tariff)

total per month £21.

I am more than pleased with myself. You wouldnt get this blackberry anywhere for less than £30 a month!! (unless on 24 months plans) and you will have to pay on top of that for the blackberry tariff! (o2 charges £10 extra for that)

(Its worth haggling. They oringally wanted me to pay 59.99 for a blackberry...i went crazy with them asking why new customers get it for free whilst a loyal customer would have to pay for it and ended the call.)

thanks martin!

bettz

My contract is up with orange im 2 months over now still dont know what phone to get they dont do the phones i'd like n95 8gb or n82 orange dont have alot of good phones at the moment anyway i've been offered a nokia 6500 slide for £20 600 mins unlimited txts 18 months or a k850i for the same still not tempted tho suppose it'll be try and get the best phone which will sell for alot any ideas?

findingmyownway

naf123 wrote: »

i was on orange for £25 a month for unlimited texts and some minutes (dunno - im deaf and dont use minutes) and a free blackberry because i wanted to type fast but no email was needed. Now 16 months later, my contract was almost up, so i called the rententions department.

after a lot of haggling, a few phone calls, I got 18 month contract that has

A free shiny new blackberry 8120
£15 a month contract for 100 mins and unlimited texts
£6 for 6meg internet and email (blackberry tariff)

total per month £21.

I am more than pleased with myself. You wouldnt get this blackberry anywhere for less than £30 a month!! (unless on 24 months plans) and you will have to pay on top of that for the blackberry tariff! (o2 charges £10 extra for that)

(Its worth haggling. They oringally wanted me to pay 59.99 for a blackberry...i went crazy with them asking why new customers get it for free whilst a loyal customer would have to pay for it and ended the call.)

thanks martin!

wow thats great and exactly what i fancy. might give them a call when the boss goes out..

UPDATE:

I was offered 100 mins and 300 texts for £15/month
plus 6MB data for £6/month = £21/total

but she said blackberrry would be £59.99 boo hoo

i told her the tariff sounded quite competitive but that i wasnt prepared to pay for the handset when i could get it free by switching.

so i need to work on that. how did you get unlimited texts out of them?

findingmyownway

bettz wrote: »

My contract is up with orange im 2 months over now still dont know what phone to get they dont do the phones i'd like n95 8gb or n82 orange dont have alot of good phones at the moment anyway i've been offered a nokia 6500 slide for £20 600 mins unlimited txts 18 months or a k850i for the same still not tempted tho suppose it'll be try and get the best phone which will sell for alot any ideas?

The Nokia N series go for quite a lot on Ebay. Or what about the new sony eriscsons?

naf123

you should NOT pay for a handset. You are entitled to a free upgrade. It doesnt make sense that you should pay 59.99 for a blackberry.

Try this...tell them online you can see a dolphin 15 package which is 100 mins and unlimited texts. Why cant you have that?

the truth is, for the last few months of my contract, i have to pay £5 extra, but that would make it £26 a month only for a very very few months.

bettz

I've mentioned the N9 to them a few times they always warn you off the handset bad battery lots of people returning them etc. I was offered the K850i but alot of people are saying the cams not very good when it gets dark as theres problem with the flash

bettz

Just upgraded to a K850i 600 mins & unlimited texts & £15 credit

cd02

bettz > how much a month ?

bettz

£20 could have done it for £15 a month but 100 mins they offered me allsorts free bluetooth headset , memory card , car charger in the end settled for the £15 credit

findingmyownway

naf123 wrote: »

you should NOT pay for a handset. You are entitled to a free upgrade. It doesnt make sense that you should pay 59.99 for a blackberry.

Try this...tell them online you can see a dolphin 15 package which is 100 mins and unlimited texts. Why cant you have that?

the truth is, for the last few months of my contract, i have to pay £5 extra, but that would make it £26 a month only for a very very few months.

whats the extra for??