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I got mine through the Car Phone warehouse two weeks ago and gave the O2 Sim card to my sister.
Good thing is that few phones in the CPWH are locked. I love the phone.
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Posted: 2005-09-25 23:59:04
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Hi Joan
Well, I did get one in the end but not from Vodafone...
I rang and asked for an upgrade. He said, yep, sure £150 please. I said no thanks!
I then rang back and he quoted me the same price. I told him that I could get it cheaper elsewhere and was quite happy to change networks so he cut it to £75 but then told me that that they couldn't send it until Oct 10th at the earliest.
So, I went into Phones4U where I got my phone last year and they said they could do the upgrade then and there. To get it free I would have had to increase my tariff from £35 p/mnth to £43 p/mnth but could change it back down after 3 months, thus making the phone £27.
BUT, when I agreed to this she then was told by 'management' that it wasn't released on Voda yet and they weren't sure when it would be.
So, I took the other option which was change to O2 for free phone and £35 p/mnth tariff which included more texts and mins than I had from Voda. So I think I'm happy.
I did feel though that Voda were no longer falling for the threats to move network. He did go through some spiel with me about it but I couldn't make sense of what he was saying. I spoke to about 3 different people and got the £75 quote each time so I guess that was their best price.
But, despite the things I read about Phones4U, I have got three top top range phones from them for free and have found them really helpful and knowledgable so a positive vote for them!
But so far (and Mac issues aside) I love the phone. Any doubts I had are completely gone. It's gorg!
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Posted: 2005-09-26 12:56:01
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My W800i arrived this morning!
It looks like a quality phone, a big step up from the K700i in features, build quality and sound quality.
I can't wait for my new 500 xnet anytime minutes + 30 text tariff to kick in next month for £25 /month
[ This Message was edited by: OdieS on 2005-09-26 12:12 ]
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Posted: 2005-09-26 13:11:16
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@Odie That's the tarif I got - Im quite happy with it seeing as how the W800 is such a nice piece of kit
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Posted: 2005-09-26 23:40:11
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Thanks Gooner girl. Good shopping. Unfortunately, O2 doesn't work very well at my place, so I'll probably end up switching to orange.
@jakester @odie - I can't see that deal on the orange site. sounds perfect. Where did you find it?
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Posted: 2005-09-28 07:35:52
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joan: It's not available to new customers, it's a retention deal offered to customers who are up for renewal and threaten to leave. Basically it's a 'secret' OVP tariff to match 3G and you only get offered through retentions.
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Posted: 2005-09-28 08:58:21
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wow! they actually treat existing loyal customers better than new ones!
seems enough reason to join them anyway
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Posted: 2005-09-28 14:18:15
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It's luck of the draw really, others have reported not being offered anything by Orange and even I was told "want me to cancel your account then" the first time I threatened to leave if I wasn't offered a better deal.
Retentions (and upgrade) offers are usually based on examining how much you spend on average, taking into account your monthly line rental and more importantly how much money *over* the line rental you spend (e.g someone with a 30 tariff that spends 10 extra on calls a month is not as good as someone on a 10 tariff that spends 30 extra on calls, even though they both spend 40 quid a month)
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Posted: 2005-09-28 14:25:11
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Joan
Don't know if this is any good to you, but my best friend has just got one on Vodafone through dialaphone.co.uk.
W800i - free
Line rental - £35 p/m
275 mins
500 text
Stop the Clock (talk for 60 mins, pay for 3)
3 months free line rental
18 month contract though.
If I had seen this I wouldn't have changed to O2.....
Anyway, thought I'd pass it on.
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Posted: 2005-09-28 14:33:07
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Thanks Gooner Girl,
If i can get that deal, I'll probably stay. I've been looking at the orange 300min/100 text for £30 deal, but have been reasonably happy with vodafone.
now just have to find a deal like that online so i can bully vodafone into matching (the orange phone cost £30)
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Posted: 2005-09-29 08:29:27
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