Mobile Phone Tip

[gripper stebson]

Have been with Vodafone for 3-4 years and recently emailed them to cancel as i was wanted to go 'pay as you go' instead.

I was paying a tariff of £30 a month. The guy said that as i had been with Vodafone for some time he would cut it to £10 per month for exactly the same deal.

So if you've been with them, or any other network i would imagine, for sometime CANCEL NOW!!!

I know a few people have mentioned that SKY TV work in a simalar way so i'll be cancelling that next week...

x

 

[Djmiles]

Let us know how the Sky thing goes

 

[Marc]

oohh i'm with vodafone so might give it a go, need to get my bills down alot too (£45 average each month)

 

[northstandnorth]

sky have cut my 42 pound package in half for 3 months and i know they will do it again(tip from money saving expert website)
just phone them up and say you cant afford it and want to cancel your contract, (indian) call centre will put you through to (scottish)"cancellations"whose job is to retain your custom.tell them you cant afford your package(DO NOT SAY ITS CRAP.THE FILMS STINK OR THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS OVER) and they will offer to help by cutting the price in half.

if you are nice and polite,and never commit to cancelling(if you get a guy with a hangover who says "you want to cancel,big deal"
just say you want to think about it and try again for a more user friendly geezer),the M S E website says you might get a whole year at half price(18 months is the longest reported)

 

[Knightsworld]

I cancelled a longstanding contract with O2 a while ago, cause i get a company mobile. When i went to cancel they offered me all sorts of deals to try and get me to stay, i kept telling them no.

In the end they were that desperate to keep me on a contract that they have put me on a 75minutes and 150 texts a month for nothing!!

 

[pasty]

We got a great break with Sky TV. For reasons I'm not going into, we ended up with owing them £95 and not being able to pay it, so we were disconnected. No probs I thought, I wasn't actually that bothered.

3 months later, Mrs P gets a phone call from Sky saying "We notice you are an ex-subscriber, what would would it take for you to come back to us?" Just for a laugh, Mrs P says "Wipe out the £95 we owe you and we'll come back" Reply ? "Certainly Madam, you are now reconnected and you don't owe us any money"

 

[northstandnorth]

pasty
they are loosing money hand over fist and HAVE to keep the subscribers at any cost, give them a couple of months and go for half price

 

[KNC]

They all do it. I had some incredible deal offered with AOL, when I wanted to cancel.

I know NTL do as well.

Just a threat of a cancel, will often get you a better deal.

Crazy

 

[Rangdo]

We got a great break with Sky TV. For reasons I'm not going into, we ended up with owing them £95

Over-subscribing to porn channels?

 

[Eggmundo]

I tried that with NTL last week.
Told them I wanted to cancel my TV/Phone package (hoping to get some free channels ) and came away with free evening and w/e phone calls.
Not what I'd hoped for, bloke seemed to just be going through the motions; i.e couldn't care less.

 

[pasty]

Over-subscribing to porn channels?

Shhh....the other half is reading over my shoulder

 

[John Boy]

I'm on the phone to NTL atm, hoping to get a good deal.

If I suddenly go offline, it means that they haven't offered me a deal, and have actually disconnected me

 

[Juan Albion]

Goodnight, Johnboy.

 

[Easy 10]

When i went to cancel they offered me all sorts of deals to try and get me to stay, i kept telling them no.

In the end they were that desperate to keep me on a contract that they have put me on a 75minutes and 150 texts a month for nothing!!

Thats because of the monstrous bills you keep racking up through those FILTHY pornlines you keep calling for hours.

 

[John Boy]

hehe, the Geordie is falling for it

 

[Marc]

oh BUGGER forgot about this....report back in abit...wish me LUCK!

 

[John Boy]

 

[Marc]

here we go...

 

[Marc]

bugger...failing

 

[John Boy]

bugger...failing

Quickly- mention a rival company...