Freetalk Dixons/Currys online bargin price? [CLOSED]

macell

Have just been down to my local Currys. The blue and green boxes do exist. In their minds there are two distinct products - the annual plan at an inclusive £79.99, and a monthly plan at £19.99 plus a monthly subscription of £6.99. They weren't aware of any other up & coming promotions.
The web offer might be a mistake - but I'm going to give it a shot & order one today.

sparky61

Does this offer of free calls only apply if the person you're ringing is also on the same plan?

I found this on the page.

If you, your family and friends are all Freetalk users, then you will never pay for a call again, no matter where they are in the world as it uses the Internet to make the call.
· If you have Broadband, you pay a monthly fee to get your telephone line activated. After that, you don’t have to pay for how long you’re on the Internet or for any websites you visit.
· Freetalk uses Broadband to make and receive calls, just like you accessing websites with your PC.
· Freetalk sends the call to the other Freetalk box over the Internet, which costs you nothing!

Alfie_E

aScottishBloke wrote:

Check the link on PCWorld home page, quite clearly states that 19.99 package is on a monthly subscrption package. The advert you refer to implies the same to me Perhaps just a question of interpretation.

Well spotted. When I did the rounds of the Dixons Store Group websites on Thursday, the Freetalk products weren’t appearing on the PC World website. Clearly, taking their time and getting it right – product code 559198 doesn’t appear on a search for “Freetalk”.

Product code 791701, Freetalk Monthly, is now appearing on the Dixons website, but the Freetalk One-Year is still appearing on searches for “Freetalk”. That must make product codes 559198 and 975698 both the same Freetalk One-Year, with product code 559198 being offered at £19.99 and a little note in the title to the staff that they should indeed be selling the one-year package on that code.

ultrak3wl wrote:

I'm using a similar service over NTL 2MB broadband and it works great, would struggle over a dialup though.

I too am on ntl. For those on cable, a VoIP telephone adapter does give you the opportunity to dispense with a telephone line, and the cost of line rental. (Note, currently, the only VoIP provider to provide emergency calls is Vonage. But, I can see that changing, for the reason Vonage found they ended up having to, in the US.)

BritBrat wrote:

How does that tie in with a current broadband connection using a router?

My understanding is that you do one of the following.

• You plug the VoIP adapter directly into the modem, and use the NAT router within the adapter. If the VoIP adapter doesn’t have enough ports, you can always plug the router into the adapter.
• You plug the VoIP adapter into your current router. If your current router supports Universal Plug and Play, the adapter should be able to get your current router to forward the ports it needs automatically.

caverncity

pricefighter wrote:

The 19.99p price is for the adaptor only you then pay 6.99p monthly.The 79.99p price is for the whole kit and caboodle.

Before you buy this product read this thread here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread/html?t=94556

If this is the case then why when you add to basket it states 1 year adapter


Description1.FREETALK FREETALK FREETALK 1YR ADAPTER- DO SELL ON THIS CODE USE OUFIT CODE 975698


also the picture shows the year adapter where as on the currys site the picture is different and when added to basket it states

Your chosen item(s)


Description1.FREETALK FREETALK FREETALK MONTHLY PACKAGE


I am going to have a go at this but will be printing off the pages.

Browntoa

found this on pcworld

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0307736056.1128192590@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddfldjighjcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&sku=791701&category_oid=&fm=undefined&sm=undefined&tm=undefined

available for delivery and Click and collect

but reading the description I take it that this is to buy the kit only ??

you need to pay month by month as the other poster says

caverncity

Dixons P+P £6.99
PC World P+P £3.99
Currys P+P £3.99

All the same company, dispatched from the same wharehouse so why Dixons charging more.

Godspeed

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=559198

?

Alfie_E

I have my dispatch email, which confirms the contract.

thepearce

Alfie_E wrote:

I have my dispatch email, which confirms the contract.

Excellent. Please can you post what you actually receive when you take delivery...... I've had a dabble as well and could avaoid the delivery charge cancellikng early if they are sending out the monthly sub boxes.

Cheers.

Thanks to the OP too..... here's hoping.

seth

rasanmoney wrote:

i have just ordered 2, lets see if they turn up at £19.99


on the whole if this costs only 19.99 for the whole year for Unlimited FREE local and national calls (over broad band, )surley this is a great bargain.


i think this is a pricing error.

Not such a great deal 1899.com offer free uk call from a PC to any uk landline nationwide. They also offer the same for calls to germany and holland: Free.

If you use their service via a normal phone there is a 3p connection fee, but the call is free after the connection.