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Not sure if anyone here knew but Orange have stopped doing trade in's on pay as you go. I was with my brother he was upgrading and they said no,blame the box breakers for that. Very annoying for him that was he was hoping of getting 10 quid off though he did get 50 quid off a Nokia 6500 slide cos of his top ups. Does anyone know when they introduced this? Its so annoying like whats happened with O2 pre pay upgrades cos of other people spoiling it for others.
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Posted: 2008-10-26 17:18:00
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Once again, blame the foreigners, blame the box breakers.
They always ruin it for their own stupid gain :/
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Posted: 2008-10-26 17:22:54
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Yes its very unfair though at least my brother got alot off anyway due to his top ups after long period.
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Posted: 2008-10-26 17:38:00
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What do you mean by the term, boxbreakers?
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Posted: 2008-10-26 19:07:17
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Have to wait for Daedalus to answer that one i have no idea.
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Posted: 2008-10-26 22:22:00
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Boxbreakers: Those who purchase a pay as you go phone from a mobile phone store with the intention of unlocking and then selling on minus the network/sim card, usually abroad.
This results in the network losing most of the handsets subsidery. Pay as you go handsets prices are reduced by the networks as they assume you're going to be topping the phone up and therefore spending money with them, hence the often compulsary top up.
The compulsary top up was introducted because of box breakers, the £20 compulsary top up when buying with cash was introduced at The Carphone Warehouse because of box breakers, and now Orange have stopped trade ins because of box breakers.
They spoil it for the rest of us, without a care in the world.
I should point out too, 9 times out of 10, a box breaker is foreign and is unlocking them and selling them abroad, at a profit, as their business. There's nothing happy and fluffy about it, they're not doing it as presents for their relatives etc back in their country, they do this for profit.
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Posted: 2008-10-27 00:25:50
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Very very bad INDEED.
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Posted: 2008-10-27 01:47:00
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So your saying I'm bad if I buy an orange PAYG phone and import it here and dispose of the sim?
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Posted: 2008-10-27 05:08:16
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Depends I spose, if you're doing it for financial gain then yes you are, if it's a one off for a friend or family, but you're only going to do it once that's not so bad, but it's not helping either.
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Posted: 2008-10-27 09:20:33
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Well now I know what a box breaker is.
How much profit would someone make on doing this. Surely it cant be that much .
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Posted: 2008-10-30 13:06:16
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