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So far what i know is the the shop tarriffs are only going to change first, The online tarrifs are going to change in a month or so and PAYG in Sep (Poss Later)

Tell orange that you want a Tarriff like T-mobile or 3 for even better deals, They might not b able ot match but give you a better deal than there own online tarrifs.

Be carful tho, Orange are saying to a lot of there customers that they will be on a 18 month tarriff (T-mobile flex t tarrifs are 18 months) but even some of there own tarriffs when you upgrade.

They also wont give you any of the freebies like new customers get.

There is one way to work round this (I havnt tried it but been told on good grounds that it works) Say you are leaving, see what deal they offer, if you dont like them ask them to transfer to Pay as you go. In 30 days you will get a new sim card with you mobile no on. Make a few calls in a couple of days, ring Orange sales and they will treat you as a new customer.

You get to keep you number and have the freebies.

This is now how Orange seems to work (Backwards)

Like i say dont quote me on it,
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Posted: 2006-03-29 00:06:26
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@ darrengf,

Yeah, we know there's no such thing as the perfect network; I've had two O2 contracts and one T-Mobile contract and one Orange contract.
At the end of the day, as a punter, all I want is the best possible value for my money; networks can call their tarriffs what they like and we can have a bit of a laugh at some of these, they can receive praise for having better customer service than the next network...that's all fine.
However, for me, the one who's going to give me the most, be it Orange or any other network, is gonna get my vote. Simple as that.
At the moment, with the current incentives and price plans, Orange is not 'where it's at' for me...
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Posted: 2006-03-29 00:09:05
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@ darrengf: Ah ok. We'll my boy-friend is not considering to go back to the Orange shop as they don't inc text in thier tariff but do offer other things like free 1/2 price line rental for 6 months (which my boy-friend already had when he first took his contract out!), 10% off line-rental, ect to existing customers which is tempting within itself.

But as i said before, my boy-friend really needs to get value and save money on his contract. The one that he is currently on isn't benefiting him enough plus i don't think it's not worth what is paying for.

I know myself as when i first got my contract with Orange direct, i was on a plan that gave me 120 xmins with 30 inc texts on top i paid for 120 text bundles (£8 per month), 4MB Orange World Access bundle (£4 per month) and Orange Insurance (£5 per month) on a 12 month contract. But as i found out i was a mixture of a medium-high talker and texter and i used up all my xmins (excess of 200+ xmins a month) and text quite alot too (anything from 150-200+ texts a month). As a result, i ended up paying high bills for my additional calls and texting plus everthing else i was paying for! So after examining my bills from the previous 1.5 years i checked all the tariffs previous to my upgrade and found one that would be right for me (300 mins and 500 texts) and kept the Orange insurance and 4mb Orange World Access bundle. It did reduced my phone bill to a 1/4 less than i was paying before but was tied in another 18 month contract with them which i didn't mind. I'm now happy with my contract as i have vaule for money in what is offered and paying for.

I want my boy-friend to experience the same and not choose the wrong tariff and get stuck in a contract for another 18 months, ending up being in square one again. I guess he needs to upgrade soon-ish to see get a chance to remain on the old tariffs before they change to these new ones!
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[ This Message was edited by: Frubin on 2006-03-28 23:55 ]
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Posted: 2006-03-29 00:32:54
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Been with Orange for 9 (mostly happy) years. Liked teh advanced services they offered and customer services on the whole is pretty good.

HOWEVER....

Examples of new tariffs given arent very competitive (we'll see if it is a joke on 1st April). They won't match Flext or Stop the Clock - only 12 month contracts.

Not impressed that they are going to charge for itemised billing. If someone is going to charge me for something, I want to know what they are charging me for. If they offered more minutes and texts like Flext then their costs would be reduced as included calls don't need to be itemised. (Interestingly, if you have a non itemised bill but have online account access, the online account is itemised - wonder if this will change?).

Not impressed with delivery reports charge. Text messages have gone up 20% (that should factor in any charge for delivery reports). I remember when text messages were just 4p! If 100 million text messages are sent everyday, surely there are some economies of scale!

Customising the phones is silly. If all phones act the same, you are only buying a phone for it's external cosmetic looks.

Orange seem to be losing it a bit. They have removed key benefits such as Wildfire, Orange Answering Service and the like and raised their prices. I pay a premium for Orange Premier (soon to be Panther) but I can get the same deal for over £30 less each month with T-Mobile. It doesn't make any sense to stay with Orange.
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Posted: 2006-03-29 16:49:59
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On 2006-03-29 16:49:59, DVS wrote:

Customising the phones is silly. If all phones act the same, you are only buying a phone for it's external cosmetic looks.



soon to be sorted!

fatreg
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Posted: 2006-03-31 00:03:42
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My boy-friend finally upgraded yesterday! Got some the same tariff as me and a Nokia N70 for free. Glad he has sorted it now plus it will reduce his phone bill dramatically!

At least he don't need to worry about these new Orange tariffs either untill he upgrades again in 18 months time, but you never know what may Orange changed again by then!
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[ This Message was edited by: Frubin on 2006-03-31 08:41 ]
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Posted: 2006-03-31 09:37:46
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roll on tomorrow

fatreg
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Posted: 2006-03-31 22:30:40
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Found details of the new tariffs at The Link:
http://www.thelink.com/martpr[....]l/Network-Orange-NetworkOffers

Not even remotely competitive. Premier (now Panther) is the same except there is now a 400 minute version but all of them still only have 100 text messages. Panther for the person who wants all the extras - extra bills!
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Posted: 2006-03-31 22:40:49
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Well Im sorry make it easier for people
The new ruddy tarriffs are more complicated than the others

God how many now have you got to choose from

Delivery Reports are 1p

GPRS Bundels are still the same and Photos are
25p up to 50kb
50p up to 100kb




[ This Message was edited by: darrengf on 2006-03-31 21:59 ]

[ This Message was edited by: darrengf on 2006-03-31 23:05 ]
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Posted: 2006-03-31 22:46:13
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Here's a link to their new, special 'web exclusive' deals... and no, they still don't come close to what Flext offers:
http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/yourplan/online

[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2006-04-01 10:33 ]
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Posted: 2006-04-01 11:31:24
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