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02 Retentions thread 2

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  • Davey_H wrote: »
    Have my plans been scuppered?????

    I am currently on a 12 months deal with e2Save where I have to send in bills 6,8,10 and 12 before I get my cash back.

    I have just got my 12 months bill and sent it away but yesterday I got a phone call off a e2save rep asking if i wanted a new contract etc with them.

    I said I was looking about and then she must have had access to my o2 account as she asked if I had already upgraded, as it said my new renewal date was september 2010.

    I said I had spoken to o2, then she said I might not get the last cash back if I have already signed a new deal is this right???? Or was she just trying to get me to sign to them.

    If so I will need to cancel my new redemption deal until I get the £96 they owe me... :(

    E2save is part of the carphonewarehouse, and I'm in a similar situation. However, it's the carphonewarehouse that my deal is with, and I also upgraded before the end of the 18th month. I've just received a text from them saying that my claim has been approved, so I don't see why E2save should be any different. I have cancelled my upgrade though because it was a rubbish deal, so that might make a difference, although I'm still not back on the original contract as O2 thought it wasn't worthwhile for 1 month. So in essence I'm in the same position as you.

    Hence, I can't see any way they could get out of paying it to you, as you've already run the course of at least half the last 2 months. I do think it would be fair however if they only agreed to give you half, i.e. month 11, as that was when you upgraded.
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • I currently pay £35 a month, with £10 a month cashback (well I did until O2 messed up a month ago, but that's a different story!) What I would like to know is when am I eligible for a retention deal? The last 2 times I have been told I have to wait until the full 18 months is up. Is this true considering I can just upgrade 1 month early? (i.e. while staying on the same tariff)

    Can I really not get a retention deal until the final day of the 18th month, or are O2 just trying to put me off?
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • Scottfw
    Scottfw Posts: 36 Forumite
    Has anyone had any luck on a retention deal recently for a Sony Xperia X1? If so what was the deal you were offered?
  • Did you pay for the phone or was it free?
    free phone :beer:
  • stokefan
    stokefan Posts: 790 Forumite
    as anyone who has currently got a decent retentions deal managed to get an even better deal at the end of there first retentions deal??
  • steveandel
    steveandel Posts: 247 Forumite
    Decided not to take a new phone in the end as there weren't really any that I wanted, so I settled for the following:

    200 mins
    400 texts
    18 month contract
    £10 per month
    £150 credit

    So £1.67 per month :money::T
  • Alonso14
    Alonso14 Posts: 97 Forumite
    5800 out of stock in retentions - due back in sometime next week. Can someone please post if they find them in stock next week. Cheers
  • redux
    redux Posts: 22,982 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    The 5800 is popular - Nokia told me they've sold over 1 million already in UK
  • baldfrog
    baldfrog Posts: 62 Forumite
    called last night to accept my retentions deal

    no stock of E71

    no stock of Tocco

    no stock of anything by the sounds of it - told to trry again next mon
  • MRC_2
    MRC_2 Posts: 555 Forumite
    baldfrog wrote: »
    called last night to accept my retentions deal

    no stock of E71

    no stock of Tocco

    no stock of anything by the sounds of it - told to trry again next mon

    Yeh, a lot is oos at the minute. C905 was in though yesterday at least!
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