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Hi
Orange keep on phoning me wanting me to upgrade, my contracts not up till May but they want me to earlier cos I'm a loyal customer or summit!
I currently have a Sony W810i and I really like it, what would you reccomend? Orange says the K800i but whats the W88o1 like?
Thanks
Orange keep on phoning me wanting me to upgrade, my contracts not up till May but they want me to earlier cos I'm a loyal customer or summit!
I currently have a Sony W810i and I really like it, what would you reccomend? Orange says the K800i but whats the W88o1 like?
Thanks
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I think they are trying to get you to upgrade now so they keep your contract on
For the record, I really like the k800i
But in the end i said i'd think about it:D
I threaten to leave most years
lol
Yeah it's a different group of salespeople if you are planning on canceling. They have more power to give you deals, I think. If you actually say you've bought another contract with another company already (as I did last year), then say "ah well I might cancel that one if you give me this"... that works too.
You sure it's really Orange calling you and not a middleman company?
I've had a few random phone calls from people wanting me to switch to Orange - obviously some big commissions to be had.
Or else... last week my friend (on her Orange phone) recieved a call from another mobile number, saying he was from Orange and did she want to take out insurance cover for her phone. She replied that she already had insurance and he quickly ended the phone call. When we called the number back, he answered "Hello, [insert random company name], how can I help?".
Luckily my mates quite forceful (and works in a call centre so knows how they work, since he claimed that's where he was) and asked him to not call her again or she'd get the police involved, but as far as we can see it was a scam of some sort. It's happened to someone else a girl in our class knows as well, but I think she said she was on O2 so who knows...
Not saying yours was a scam like, just saw Diamonds comment and thought I'd give out a warning to everyone in general. Make sure it's Orange you're talking to
Yeah, be careful of that.
If you take a contract out through a third party dealer, the contract is tehnically with them rather than Orange itself. That means that if you're offered cashback or HPLR then it's the responsibility of the dealer to honour, rather than Orange.
In my professional opinion you're as well phoning Orange about a month before you upgrade, because a lot of these dealers claim to be from the phone company when they aren't. Also, if the dealer stops trading (this happens a lot) then you won't get cashback or line rental, and you're still held to the contract.
I keep on getting calls, then Orange started to call me too, I answered it once and they said they'd also been trying to contact me but they have stopped now.
The W850i yeh I'm not too fussed on that to be honest.
I'm gonna leave it want the K800i in silver if it comes on Orange!
Thanks for your help!
For the record i have the k800i and speak VERY highly of it, however the newwer version of it is due out in the next couple of months but the ONLY difference is the actual physical appearance of the phone. The buttons are different.
You MIGHT at a stretch even find shopping about a bit would find you a better deal than they can offer, shopping about is ALWAYS worth it.
I prefer the 18 month contract. You usually get more text and time for your money, and I can't really be arsed with the hassle of sorting a new contract out anyway, so I might as well do it less often. I've gotta get a new one this month. Think I'm gonna go for the Samsung Z720.
Absolutely nothing wrong with 18 month deals / contracts. I am merely saying that Networks quite often are sly and use underhand tactics to get you onto an 18 month contract without telling you it's an 18 month deal, most often done with upgrades, people who are already with them.
Can't wait now, cos gone over my 500 messages in a week so need the new contract to start asap!!! I liked the W880i or whatever it is but it doesn't have a radio and I use the radio often so think I'll get the K800i, gonna have it for 18 months tho but its all good! hopeully get £100 credit free too so that'll be a bonus!!!
I've got the W880i in silver. Is gorgeous and I love it. Didn't like it in the black and orange though which is what most networks are doing it in. But yeah if you want a radio it's not for you. I never used that function on my old phone though so wasn't an issue for me. K800i is too bulky for my liking.
How did you get it in silver?????
I think thats the one I'm going for like, I don't use the radio that much to be honest, maybe 5 times in a year!!! so maybe better to get the W880i!!!
Carphone warehouse do it in silver for the t-mobile or o2 networks and a few other places online are the same. Vodafone are meant to be doing it in store. O2 say they won't ever be getting it, orange say they may online but not in store.