Celebrating the small wins - I followed the MSE recommendation and saved!

GlasgowPete

Hi - Just sharing a small win I made last week, after following MSE advice on mobile phone contracts and SIMs.
My long-term contract with Tesco Mobile expired a few months ago. Inertia had set-in and I did nothing about upgrading or shopping around. Then I saw the MSE tips and recommendations, and did some easy research of my own.
Using eBay, I now have a new 2023 model phone, from the same manufacturer, running Android v.13 (the one I paid-off through Tesco was the 2018 model, running v.07). It came unused, unopened, in the manufacturers' original packaging, costing 20% less than the store price (even factoring-in P&P).
Separately, I took the MSE special offer on the Lebara 3GB monthly SIM deal, with first six months costing £0.99 per 30 days and £4.40 thereafter (btw, this deal ends tomorrow - 1st August).
Over 12 months the Lebara SIM will save me approx. £68 on what I was paying Tesco.
It's 1GB less data allowance per month than I had with Tesco - but - when I checked my previous monthly data usage with Tesco, during the whole contract I had never used more than 2GB in a month!! I was totally over-estimating my data needs!!
The only downside I can see is missing-out on the Tesco Clubcard points each month!!!! Well worth a few hours browsing. Thank You MSE, for showing me much better options available and motivating me out of my inertia 

jimjames

Great news! I've been with Lebara for over a year and made a massive saving compared to my old contract where I was previously paying for roaming in addition to the monthly fees.