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Having realised that I can't afford the extortionate amounts I'm paying on my phone bill, I'm thinking of buying out of my current contract (for the baaargain price of £120 ).
I'm currently paying £36 a month on o2 for 1500 off peak minutes to o2 and landlines, and 550 texts.
I'm looking at an o2 online contract for £25, giving me 150 anytime any network minutes and 750 texts.
I tend to use my phone for about an hour, two hours of calls a month and an ever increasing amount of texts - 631 on my most recent bill.
Just wondering if anyone has any amazingly wonderful recommendations of networks and tariffs that might suit a bit better, really.
Ta muchly.
I'm currently paying £36 a month on o2 for 1500 off peak minutes to o2 and landlines, and 550 texts.
I'm looking at an o2 online contract for £25, giving me 150 anytime any network minutes and 750 texts.
I tend to use my phone for about an hour, two hours of calls a month and an ever increasing amount of texts - 631 on my most recent bill.
Just wondering if anyone has any amazingly wonderful recommendations of networks and tariffs that might suit a bit better, really.
Ta muchly.
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eventually you will get put on a contract for about a tenner a month and then just wait till it runs out then cancel.
eta: that online contract you put up for £25 sounds really good. i pay £25 with o2 online now and get 500 any network off peak minutes and 500 messages but i never use all my minutes and sometimes have to ring people in the day.
how much are you paying for your bills? i assume you're going over your line rental?
Try getting a cheaper line rental, one with less free minutes/texts, and as you send so many texts just get the bolt-ons.
Mine used to be £25 for 100 anytime any network mins and 100 texts. I added 400 bolt on texts for £16. I wasnt using the minutes and still running up bills on texts. I called O2, explained the problem, told them pay and go would be easier and they gave me the 'discount 250' package. 250 anytime/network mins 100 texts for 12.99. I added some bolt ons too on that. Bills have halved now.. Oh and i got a top of the range phone too, but i was due for an upgrade anyway.
Thanks for all the words of wisdom, it's all being taken on board :thumb:
ETA: I tend to pay somewhere in the region of £50 to £80 a month, which doesn't sound that much in comparison to some, and isn't so bad now as I'm working full time, but it's money I could do with. And once I go back to uni in September, there's not a hope in hell I'll be able to afford that much.
Automatically 9 Months half price. None of the faffy bills you send off etc.
i used to be paying around £80-120 for my phone bills but now i pay around £30.
did you quit uni laura?
a) one ringers, expecting me to ring back
or
b) speaking for ages on the phone, not letting me hang up, then moaning about the bills..
whats wrong with a good old landline phone, then having a genie sim for txtings and phone calls when out and about. thats the best away about it
and they can't physically stop you from hanging up on them! i do it to my friends when they ring me and are on pay as you go.
Sell your current handset on ebay or something. Recouperate the line rental you'll pay til the end of the contract.
Then go get a new contract on a plan you do like (best to buy online as you get better deals). with a spankingly new phone!
I was gonna say no to that straight away cos I've only heard of bad experiences with 3 (sorry!), but then I clicked the link and it looks waaaaaay tempting..
Lucy, yeah I quit at the end of November. I'm planning to go to Bishop Grosseteste this September, though.
Jamie - totally hadn't thought about selling the handset on ebay to make up my losses. Geeeenius.
You knows it!