Orange Retention Offers

Jon_01

Of course, T and Orange are the same company now...
Last I heard T were going to be the budget end and Orange were looking to get the more high spending customer...

elvis86

My contract expires a month today, am about to call Orange to give 30 days notice. I'm looking to go onto a rolling sim only-type deal. I'm sure I saw on here that someone got a great deal for a fiver a month? However, when I enquired in the Orange shop this afternoon, their rolling sim only deal was £20 a month for 500 mins and unlimited texts?

Anyone got any advice?

Jon_01

elvis86 wrote: »

My contract expires a month today, am about to call Orange to give 30 days notice. I'm looking to go onto a rolling sim only-type deal. I'm sure I saw on here that someone got a great deal for a fiver a month? However, when I enquired in the Orange shop this afternoon, their rolling sim only deal was £20 a month for 500 mins and unlimited texts?

Anyone got any advice?

Depends on how much you spend a month over your plan price. If you go over quite a bit you'll get a good offer (but you'll get a better offer when you're fully out of contact). The more over you go the better deal they'll offer you.

elvis86

Jon_01 wrote: »

Depends on how much you spend a month over your plan price. If you go over quite a bit you'll get a good offer (but you'll get a better offer when you're fully out of contact). The more over you go the better deal they'll offer you.

Just been offerred a HTC Desire for £49.99, 300 mins per month, unlimited texts, 500mb data for £30 a month (18 month contract).

I rarely go over my minutes and texts etc, to be honest. Currently pay £30 a month for 300 mins, unlimited texts and Blackberry data. Ideally I was hoping to pay more like £20 a month and had no intention of paying for a handset..

smartcrab2000

elvis86 wrote: »

Just been offerred a HTC Desire for £49.99, 300 mins per month, unlimited texts, 500mb data for £30 a month (18 month contract).

I rarely go over my minutes and texts etc, to be honest. Currently pay £30 a month for 300 mins, unlimited texts and Blackberry data. Ideally I was hoping to pay more like £20 a month and had no intention of paying for a handset..

Really Bad Deal! Talk to retentions. Is this your finally month. If you are currently paying £30 per month you should get a much much better deal!

elvis86

smartcrab2000 wrote: »

Really Bad Deal! Talk to retentions. Is this your finally month. If you are currently paying £30 per month you should get a much much better deal!

Do you think it would be realistic to aim for a free Desire HD at £20 a month, with the minutes, texts and internet I have now?

smartcrab2000

elvis86 wrote: »

Do you think it would be realistic to aim for a free Desire HD at £20 a month, with the minutes, texts and internet I have now?

Very very realistic!

Gadgetmaster

DoesntEnjoyCapitalism wrote: »

I too am probably going to jump ship to TMobile, Orange were barely competitive last time I renewed through retentions 18months ago and I'm can't see them beating some of the great Tmobile tarrifs that I keep seeing on e2save when my contract ends in 5 weeks.

Cheerio Orange!

Don't forget to go via Quidco / Greasypalm etc for the extra cashback too

Gadgetmaster

elvis86 wrote: »

Just been offerred a HTC Desire for £49.99, 300 mins per month, unlimited texts, 500mb data for £30 a month (18 month contract).

I rarely go over my minutes and texts etc, to be honest. Currently pay £30 a month for 300 mins, unlimited texts and Blackberry data. Ideally I was hoping to pay more like £20 a month and had no intention of paying for a handset..

Terrible deal, I wouldn't expect to pay more than around £15/month for that if you were to stretch to a 24month contract. Is an 18monther essential for you? If you do go for 24 month, I would expect to get the Desire HD rather than just a Desire...why not check my tips on page 220 of this thread and see how you get on. Do let us know, and good luck.

elvis86

Just seen that Carphone Warehouse are offering the Desire HD for free on a 24m contract, £25 a month for 300 mins, unlimited texts and 500mb internet. That's better than Orange retentions were offerring me!:mad:

What do I do now? Surely Orange won't be too fussed if I say I'm going to leave them only to take out a new contract with them via a third party retailer?