Apple iphone (8gb) price reduced to £169 from tomorrow

pinkgem

myself and my partner each paid £169 for an iphone from carphone warehouse

yesterday we both received £100 vouchers from carphone warehouse. the letter stated it was due to us having paid £269 for them, so obviously sent in error

we took the vouchers in to carphone warehouse and tried to use them on a £99 ipod nano 4gb. the vouchers were not on our accounts in their system. they phoned retail support to find out why they were not on our accounts and they confirmed that they had been sent out in error to some people who paid £169 and that we would not be able to use them.

topper_harl

anyone knows or any news if iphone are coming in stock next week? in CPW or O2?

veruccasalt

I bought an iphone on 30 March and paid the full £269 from CPW. I absolutley adore itand consider it the best money I have spent in a while!

I also signed up for the £35/m contract for O2 for which you get something like 500 mins and 600 texts (or the other way round) which is very competitive with eg a Nokia N95.

WHat I cant get my head around is all you people continuing to post about unlocking these things. We have been specifically asked not to do so by the board guides as you threaten the future of the site. If you want to do this, please take your conversations elsewhere and leave this site for people who play by the rules. By encouraging this, you are 'normalising' it, and whilst I admit I dont know the full ins and outs, by unlocking it, you invalidate your warranty, risk 'bricking' it forever, and are in breach of the terms and conditions.

And as for Apple not wanting to take the bad publicity of bricking your phones, I for one would applaud it for taking a firm stand against people who are in breach of the terms and conditions of the package.

buzzbomb

veruccasalt wrote: »

I bought an iphone on 30 March and paid the full £269 from CPW. I absolutley adore itand consider it the best money I have spent in a while!

I also signed up for the £35/m contract for O2 for which you get something like 500 mins and 600 texts (or the other way round) which is very competitive with eg a Nokia N95.

WHat I cant get my head around is all you people continuing to post about unlocking these things. We have been specifically asked not to do so by the board guides as you threaten the future of the site. If you want to do this, please take your conversations elsewhere and leave this site for people who play by the rules. By encouraging this, you are 'normalising' it, and whilst I admit I dont know the full ins and outs, by unlocking it, you invalidate your warranty, risk 'bricking' it forever, and are in breach of the terms and conditions.

And as for Apple not wanting to take the bad publicity of bricking your phones, I for one would applaud it for taking a firm stand against people who are in breach of the terms and conditions of the package.

Wow, jealous much? I always thought this website was all about saving money but hey-ho. I actually read a bulletin last week from Martin Lewis himself giving tips on how to unlock phones etc: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/unlock-mobile-phone

Also, how can you be in breach of something you haven't signed or agreed to?

norm_diploom

veruccasalt wrote: »

I bought an iphone on 30 March and paid the full £269 from CPW. I absolutley adore itand consider it the best money I have spent in a while!

I also signed up for the £35/m contract for O2 for which you get something like 500 mins and 600 texts (or the other way round) which is very competitive with eg a Nokia N95.

WHat I cant get my head around is all you people continuing to post about unlocking these things. We have been specifically asked not to do so by the board guides as you threaten the future of the site. If you want to do this, please take your conversations elsewhere and leave this site for people who play by the rules. By encouraging this, you are 'normalising' it, and whilst I admit I dont know the full ins and outs, by unlocking it, you invalidate your warranty, risk 'bricking' it forever, and are in breach of the terms and conditions.

And as for Apple not wanting to take the bad publicity of bricking your phones, I for one would applaud it for taking a firm stand against people who are in breach of the terms and conditions of the package.

Appreciate your point about putting the site in jeopardy - and I don't think any of us would knowingly want to do that - but after all this site is about consumer revenge. We are talking about a phone that we have paid good money for, some more than others(!), and we should be able to use it as we see fit and choose our own service providers. What about if I bought the phone purely to use as an ipod, camera, PDA and wireless browser at home - and didn't want a phone contract. Why shouldn't I be able to do that if i have paid the retail price for it?

Browntoa

I think they are glad to shift these at £169 now rather than £50 on PAYG when the new one comes out

veruccasalt

You all conveniently overlooked my first few sentences. I paid the full £269 and absolutley adore it. Why should I be jealous? I paid what I was happy to pay and have absolutely no regrets.

thesheephair

veruccasalt wrote: »

I bought an iphone on 30 March and paid the full £269 from CPW. I absolutley adore itand consider it the best money I have spent in a while!

I also signed up for the £35/m contract for O2 for which you get something like 500 mins and 600 texts (or the other way round) which is very competitive with eg a Nokia N95.

WHat I cant get my head around is all you people continuing to post about unlocking these things. We have been specifically asked not to do so by the board guides as you threaten the future of the site. If you want to do this, please take your conversations elsewhere and leave this site for people who play by the rules. By encouraging this, you are 'normalising' it, and whilst I admit I dont know the full ins and outs, by unlocking it, you invalidate your warranty, risk 'bricking' it forever, and are in breach of the terms and conditions.

And as for Apple not wanting to take the bad publicity of bricking your phones, I for one would applaud it for taking a firm stand against people who are in breach of the terms and conditions of the package.

:rotfl:

1. Why would I want to get sucked into such a marketing scam.
2. I would happily play by the "rules" if they where more sensible about them in the first place, eg 269 + 55p/m contract early on.
3. People have never signed anything when purchasing the iphone
4.you invalidate your warranty, well thats carp, sales of goods act ...law is the law, if the device does not perform as it should then they are in breach.
5. risk 'bricking' it forever....there is no risk atm
6.whilst I admit I dont know the full ins and outs ....then dont say anything surly ?
7.We have been specifically asked not to do so by the board....LOL duh, thye arent going to say, yeah unlock it so we dont get any money, its marketing, its called milking the product rawwww.

So in conclusion........if apple where alot more reasonable in the first place unlocking would have been a very minor issue. You are very easily led by simple marketing rules.....and clearly dont know the ins and outs of the law as you already stated....

sazzywoo

veruccasalt wrote: »

You all conveniently overlooked my first few sentences. I paid the full £269 and absolutley adore it.
Why should I be jealous? I paid what I was happy to pay and have absolutely no regrets.

so why would it bring you so much glee to see others have their phones 'bricked'?

nothing convenient about it, just highlighting your petty comment. more fool you that you're happy to let apple dictate to you. and btw - £35 for 500mins and 600 texts is far from being a good deal, not to mention O2's appauling customer service.

good luck!

k18dan

sazzywoo wrote: »

£35 for 500mins and 600 texts is far from being a good deal

Really?? your for got unlimited data too.... its not an amazing deal but it is very competitive.