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Then don't use o2 online!

Jalu
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Posted: 2003-04-22 02:11:00
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On 2003-04-20 02:01, pachy wrote:
As @Jalu has pointed out, 12p sms on just talk is not a huge price increase.
If you had been on a £50 top up then the increase is from 5p to 12p. I'd say that is a huge increase. I have a friend who puts £50 on his just talk phone every month and spends virtually all of that on sms (mad I know but that's the way he chooses to use his phone). Now after the new charges come into effect (I believe the £50 voucher peeps get a bit of extra time on the old SMS charges) he would have to be paying over £100 a month on his phone rathe rthan £50. That seems a ludicrous price hike to me - and I expect he will be switching to another network!
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Posted: 2003-04-24 00:48:00
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Why switch to another network?

As far as I can make out from what you have said, Orange used to offer permanent 5p text messages as long as you top up - I don't know any networks that do that. o2 and others will no doubt offer bundles at discounted prices (example, o2 text 200 = £9.99) but I don't think he will get 5p messages anywhere any more.

Jalu
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Posted: 2003-04-24 01:31:00
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@simon69c, you quoted me out of context, the next word in my post was HOWEVER, then i went on to say why what looks like a small increase is a big increase. it seems that you just read the first line. you missed the fact that we AGREE on this issue of Orange charges.

@jalu, i get 5 free texts a day on my just talk Orange sim (using Orange out here package) Orange tried to cut it down to 3 recently & due to customer complaints they reinstalled it back to the original 5 a day, so they do react to pressure, also you seem to make a valid point in one post then get all childish in others, making a fool of yourself, perhaps you could refrain from posting here imediatly after taking your medication
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Posted: 2003-04-24 02:21:00
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I said I don't think changing to another network will help.

You quote an example that THE NETWORK HE IS CURRENTLY ON will do the deal.

I can't see your problem with that.

Jalu
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Posted: 2003-04-24 02:23:00
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I suppose my whole argument all along has been this, if you get a deal with ANY network, then they should honour it.
Changing the prices for NEW customers is no big problem because they know what to expect, but to RADICALLY change charges for existing customers in an economy that has no real inflation at the moment seems/appears to be greedy.
If a network looses peoples trust they loose their custom, you must be aware that many people left o2 because of billing mistakes (allways in o2's favour i might ad) you could say that theres only so many networks to go running to, but with 3g on its way it will open up our options as to where to take our trade.
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Posted: 2003-04-24 02:35:00
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Orange have been trying to get ppl on contract for ages,maybe this is another part of the Iraqi...err,i mean Orange strategy! :-D :-D :-D This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2003-04-24 03:02:00
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@Pachy - yes sorry; I realise that the bulk of your post was in agreement with my point of view on this - I just thought that you hadn't realised that some people's SMS were going up from 5p rather than 10p.

@Jalu - well as an example the o2 online pay as you go talkalot which has a min £10 top-up each month gives 300 inclusive SMS. If you used that just for SMS then they are only 3.3p - a far better option for someone who used to be on Orange £50 top-up 5p texts. It is certainly an alternative my friend will be considering I'm sure - even if he only uses it for SMS and still uses the JT phone for calls (which he barely ever does). Orange are more than likely going to be loosing £50 of revenue from him each month.
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Posted: 2003-04-24 09:46:00
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When it comes down to it, they're all as bad as each other! And no network will intentionally invoke price changes that will harm their profitability - of that you can be sure. Truth be told, in an ever-increasingly flat marfket, they are concentrating on looking after their high-end contract customers and to hell with everyone else.

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there and some of us are bound to get bitten!

Dave - feeling philosophical

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Posted: 2003-04-25 18:35:00
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@simon69c

the cost of txt on o2 Online payasyougo is not 3.3p

You top up with £10 and have 300txt on top of that. You can use the £10 for calls or for txts.
If used for txt @10p each then it averages out to be 2.5p each even cheaper than you first thought

£10/400 = 2.5p
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Posted: 2003-04-25 19:19:00
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