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Oh, profits can be very nice, not on one phone of course, but usally these people buy alot of (luxury) phones.
Compared to some other countries, phones in the UK are generally cheap, even simfree, so when they buy an even cheaper subsidised prepay phone, unlock it and sell it as simfree in their country, there can be a large price difference.
This happens in The Netherlands too, prepaid phones are not as cheap here, as in the UK (though still subsidised), but it's easier to get here
and the charger doesn't have to be replaced, when the phone's bought in NL.
People (often from eastern european countries) go to every phone shop in some town, buy all available phones of a certain model, visit a few towns in the neighbourhood and drive home the same day, with maybe 50-60 or more phones.
A special advantage of UK prepaid phones (compared to those in other countries) is : most high-end phones are also available on payandgo after being a few months on the market, in many other countries you can get only low-end phones on payandgo.
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[ This Message was edited by: Marly on 2008-10-30 16:51 ]
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Posted: 2008-10-30 14:16:50
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Someone always has to spoil it for the rest.
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Posted: 2008-10-30 16:45:01
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the Nokia 3220 was the last real phone I had any dealings with and box breaking, we (orange retail) were doing them for £49.99 or £39.99 with a trade in, Hasan the local ring leader would send them back to Russia, Uzbek, Romania and the like, he said he was getting somewhere close to £70 for one, so it's a lucrative business indeed..
as J has pointed out, PAYG are subsidised by the operator as they assume you will spend £x in your lifetime as a customer, sadly this isn't the case for box breakers......
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Posted: 2008-10-31 13:25:00
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Yup, prices in Russia are possibly the most expensive anywhere in the world.
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Posted: 2008-10-31 13:29:11
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Muhammad-Oli Posts: > 500
Ah, I wouldn't be so sure...
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Posted: 2008-10-31 13:31:38
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Do most networks take in trade ins then? I know Vodafone do this for PAYT and Contract customers, they give u a price on a phone and credit the amount to ur account which can be used towards another handset I think. Not bad if u fancey a new phone every 6mths or sumat.
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Posted: 2008-11-07 14:55:00
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As far as i know only O2 do it now and it could stop with them soon too the way things are going. 3UK T Mobile Orange dont do it. Yes Vodafone do it but its not money off the new handset only credit though you can sniff at credit. I asked Vodafone once how much credit i would get if i traded in my old 6300. They said £42. Not bad eh.
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Posted: 2008-11-07 17:16:00
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02 are going from bad to worse that iPhone deal has stung them in some way. Btw how does that credit work if ur a Voda Postpay user? Do I get money of my bill or sumat ! I would like to get a N95-2 of them cos V30 has pissed me of on mine
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Posted: 2008-11-07 20:18:00
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You cant do a trade in, but give em a copy of your student ID and get a 10er off anyways!
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Posted: 2008-11-07 21:01:29
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