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As students, we don't have much cash, so any discounts on anything is useful, right?

I thought here would be a good place to post student-friendly companies who are willing to reduce fees/prices/whatever with a little bit of pleading and mentioning of student poverty.

I'll start it off with vodafone. Told them I wanted to go on payg to reduce my monthly spend as I was soon going to be a student, they immediately offered me cheap line rental with loads of freebies.

Specsavers have also been great with my contact lens subscription, so that I use/pay less.

I'm going to try wanadoo next, will let you know how it goes :)

How about anyone else, where are the best places for pleading student poverty?

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  • sockospice
    sockospice Posts: 551 Forumite
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    Well, so far I've got a month free broadband out of wanadoo. It's a start at least, and a bit more money in the kitty.
  • Savvy_Sue
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,303 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Is there not a sticky at the top of this board for student discounts?
    Signature removed for peace of mind
  • sockospice
    sockospice Posts: 551 Forumite
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    well, they're not really discounts as such, because I'm not talking about the sort of thing that is offered to everyone. More a case of, if you've got the cheek to ask, these companies are sympathetic.
  • i got a decent deal with orange. I went on a contact which came with 125mins a month and they gave me 1000 free texts a month just cus i was a studnet. The deal is for a year but if i wanna keep the deal for up to four years i can. Even though i have just finished as a student :j certainly worth asking about ... if you are cheeky enough :D
  • Garf
    Garf Posts: 100 Forumite
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    Theres a website called Student free stuff or something (google it).

    Try local companies/shops near your university.

    Try NUS online aswell. There is also a worldcard (again google) and you get discounts etc ...
    "Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity"
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