Is it POSSIBLE ?

[John Dorian]

Evening all, actually a serious post coming...which makes a change !!

I'm 13 months into a 20 month contract, which I pay £50 a month on Vodafone, for 1200 minutes STC and unlimited texts...does me fine but when I got the contract, I got a nice little LG Viewty which fitted the bill.

However, my alcohol drink bill needed to be funded whilst at uni, and so I parted with it for £150 and it was scratched too...and went back to my old K800i phone...which is ok, except there is a problem with the coverage on it...and it always hangs up on me. which is INFURIATING.

Anyhoo...O2 are dangling the very pretty iPhone and also the Blackberry Bold 9000 in front of my carrot-chasing, grass is greener eyes and I want a better phone...here is my question to you...the fine bods at NSC...

Can I buy my way out of my Vodafone contract now ? do I have the option to do so ? or if anyone works for a phone shop ie: carphone warehouse, phones4u etc etc, can they advise me on the best way to go ? I have the money now...just would like to get a decent phone and I am aware that if I just went out and bought a pay-as-you-go version of the iPhone or Blackberry, the internet is NOT free on Vodafone...so that is not really a GO-ER....

Ta

 

[One True BHA]

i was expecting a thread on poo

 

[Paxton Dazo]

A Bullseye a month!!!


Do you use them minutes?

 

[John Dorian]

Yes...Unfortunately having a gf in LIVERPOOL when I am in HASTINGS makes me require those minutes and THEN some on the stop the clock, which means I get charged for the first 3 minutes after 7pm til 7am and then thats it...

 

[John Dorian]

i was expecting a thread on poo

I do apologise for the SERIOUS breach of NSC duty at this late hour on a TUESDAY night !!!

 

[ali jenkins]

Some contracts offer you cashback when you sign up, doubt it will be as much as you will be needing to pay it off though!!

 

[One True BHA]

I do apologise for the SERIOUS breach of NSC duty at this late hour on a TUESDAY night !!!

i don't want to see it again, if i'm honest.

but seriously, if you go to phones4u et al. they sometimes offer to pay off your existing contract if it's not too much i think... i might have to look into it myself

 

[John Dorian]

but say if i had 8 months on my contract...

8 X 50 = £400

Would they let me pay them £400 and cancel said contract here and now ?

P.S. I really wanted to put the word, ERGO, into this reply...but couldnt find anywhereto fit it in...bad times.

 

[One True BHA]

P.S. I really wanted to put the word, ERGO, into this reply...but couldnt find anywhereto fit it in...bad times.

quality

you're alright

 

[John Dorian]

i don't want to see it again, if i'm honest.

but seriously, if you go to phones4u et al. they sometimes offer to pay off your existing contract if it's not too much i think... i might have to look into it myself

I THINK ive learnt my lesson...it shall NEVER reappear..what an ERROR !!!

And...In answer to the phone part of the answer, I'm being a bit of a cheeky C*nt as well...because there is a phone deal out there where you can get a free gift...and I fancy gettin myself an XBOX 360 thrown in...so I don't want phones4u to act as tho paying my contract off is their GIFT....

:cheekybastard:

 

[Paxton Dazo]

I pay £20 a month - for Unlimited texts at 600 minutes. I dont expect anyone to care.

But i felt sharing this would make these last couple of TUESDAY NIGHT minutes, glorious.

 

[One True BHA]

because there is a phone deal out there where you can get a free gift...and I fancy gettin myself an XBOX 360 thrown in...so I don't want phones4u to act as tho paying my contract off is their GIFT....

haha i know exactly what you mean. i got a free ipod last time. i want something better this time.

 

[One True BHA]

I pay £20 a month - for Unlimited texts at 600 minutes. I dont expect anyone to care.

But i felt sharing this would make these last couple of TUESDAY NIGHT minutes, glorious.

02 simplicity thing? i want that deal

i currently pay 35 squid for the same as what you get

 

[John Dorian]

quality

you're alright

Why THANKYOU !! How old are you OTBHA ?

:stalkeralert:

 

[One True BHA]

20

 

[csider]

dont think you can get out of it without it costing you some serious cash.

i recently cot a 1yr deal with 3G for a 'dongle' when i tried to get out of it with only 3 months lets as wanted a free laptop they would not budege an inch, even when i said would moveto vodafona loosing them 700 quids worth of rental............good luck.

ps. how the f*** do i do a pound sign...?? its on the 3 button.....help..!!

 

[John Dorian]

not so bad dont blush...i'm only 21 myself, well 22 in january but who is counting ?

might see what 02 can offer tomorrow...or maybe phones4u

 

[Skint Gull]

Normally after the first 6 months you can reduce your contract to the minimum amount, usually 15 or 20 quid

 

[blue'n'white]

I am one month away from ending my 18 month contract with O2 for the nokia N95 (although I could have finished in September).
I pay £35 plus £7.50 insurance. I have God knows how many minutes and never use then and rarely use anything like the number of texts I have available. How f***ing stupid is that !!!
At least the insurance paid for a new phone when mine got broken the other week
I intend to go down to £30 a month for the iPhone3G which is 75 minutes and about 150 texts BUT unlinited web browsing plus £99 for the phone. I am too scared to use the internet at the moment as it costs too bloody much.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

02 simplicity thing? i want that deal

i currently pay 35 squid for the same as what you get

Its a T-Mobile Solo contract..you keep your own phone.