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2 year contract with 1 year discount, never ending contract!

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Hi, is anyone else out there stuck in a never ending cycle of renewing a 2 year contract with only 1 year of discount?
I've been stuck in this cycle with Onecom and can't see a way out.  They only offer 2 year contracts but the discount they apply is refunded at a later date and only lasts for the first year.  This way you have no choice but to pay 3x the cost for a year to end the contract.  Or, start a new 2 year contract to get another years discount.  Trapped!!!
this doesn't seem fair, but is it allowed?

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  • So bite the bullet, get to the end of the 2 year contract and then port out if you don't like their policies. 
  • PHK
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    Hi, is anyone else out there stuck in a never ending cycle of renewing a 2 year contract with only 1 year of discount?
    I've been stuck in this cycle with Onecom and can't see a way out.  They only offer 2 year contracts but the discount they apply is refunded at a later date and only lasts for the first year.  This way you have no choice but to pay 3x the cost for a year to end the contract.  Or, start a new 2 year contract to get another years discount.  Trapped!!!
    this doesn't seem fair, but is it allowed?
    Onecom is a business to business contract,  so you'll have very little consumer protection.

    If you are a consumer then you should take put a consumer contract elsewhere. 
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