dcclanuk
15-03-2009, 13:20
I saw the Samsung Tocco: http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/viewProduct.do?productId=6A454EC0-AB14-4107-ACEA-200EDBFE6FAA
on the £18 a month tarriff, the phone is free, AND if you buy before 31st March, you also get 3 months free, ie £54 back.
This works out to be £15 a month for the 18 months! The phone brand new on ebay is around £150 the cheapest! So you are paying £15 * 18 = £270
£270 - 150 [phone value] = £120, so the cost of the minutes and texts for the month are £6.67!!! [The £18 a month tarriff gives you 200 mins and 500 texts]
I put the above up so that it might help someone wanting to buy a new phone in seeing this deal, but my question is, this £54 extra discount is what makes this deal very appealing to me, and they are saying that you only get it if you buy before 31st March! Now I don't need the mobile YET, but need it like 4 months later! So if this offer has been renewing itself every month then I am unaware, but how likely is it for this offer of £54 off to remain in a few months? Or will an even better offer come since the economic climate is set to worsen?
---------- Post added at 13:14 ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 ----------
Just to add, do VIRGIN MEDIA customers get an even better deal from Virgin Mobile?
---------- Post added at 13:20 ---------- Previous post was at 13:14 ----------
To answer my last question, apparently we get the £18 a month contract for £15 a month anyway, as seen here: http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/bundles/virginmobilehandset.html
HOWEVER, the Tocco is not included- there is actually a very limited option of phones :erm::rolleyes:
on the £18 a month tarriff, the phone is free, AND if you buy before 31st March, you also get 3 months free, ie £54 back.
This works out to be £15 a month for the 18 months! The phone brand new on ebay is around £150 the cheapest! So you are paying £15 * 18 = £270
£270 - 150 [phone value] = £120, so the cost of the minutes and texts for the month are £6.67!!! [The £18 a month tarriff gives you 200 mins and 500 texts]
I put the above up so that it might help someone wanting to buy a new phone in seeing this deal, but my question is, this £54 extra discount is what makes this deal very appealing to me, and they are saying that you only get it if you buy before 31st March! Now I don't need the mobile YET, but need it like 4 months later! So if this offer has been renewing itself every month then I am unaware, but how likely is it for this offer of £54 off to remain in a few months? Or will an even better offer come since the economic climate is set to worsen?
---------- Post added at 13:14 ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 ----------
Just to add, do VIRGIN MEDIA customers get an even better deal from Virgin Mobile?
---------- Post added at 13:20 ---------- Previous post was at 13:14 ----------
To answer my last question, apparently we get the £18 a month contract for £15 a month anyway, as seen here: http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/bundles/virginmobilehandset.html
HOWEVER, the Tocco is not included- there is actually a very limited option of phones :erm::rolleyes: