O2 Upgrade advice

[russx4]

Hi all,

This is in a similar vain to the previous O2 upgrade post. I'm just looking for a bit of advice on how to handle this.

I've come to the end of my 12 months contract (£19/mo but my average bill is about £45/mo so I should probably change contract at the same time).

I rang the upgrade line and was quoted £79.99 for a Nokia N70. I asked if changing my contract to a higher one (e.g. the O2 200 one at £30/mo) would make any difference to the price of the phone as was told it would not.

Is this the best I'll get on the upgrade? Would I be better just cancelling the contract and going to mobileshop or the many others?

I'd appreciate any advice!

Thanks,
Russ

[johnny02004976]

did you specifically want the Nokia N70 mate??

[schmunk]

Nokia N70 on Orange Your Plan 120, £225 for 12 months, inc phone, no cashbacks

(Presuming you don't need to stay on O2)

[russx4]

Hi,

Yeah, I'd like the N70 I think and I guess I would like to stay with O2. I'm just wondering if it's worth any haggling or if there's anything I can do to improve their offer.

Russ

[johnny02004976]

like you said the mobileshop seem to offer some good deals on O2 - get the phone for free to on some of the tariffs.

[manwithnoname]

Don't ask don't get.

Find your best offer from anyone else, then ring the and tell them you'll leave unless they can make you a 'Godfather offer'.

Remember if you want to stay with O2, you say you'll leave - then tell them you want to say if they call your bluff.

[Apex]

Sadly, the £79.99 is a fixed price that we must recover and so no matter what deal you see it will have to be paid for.

[pp05]

Ring them to cancel the contract. Let them do the talking and if they don't say the right words you simply cancel.

Lots of decent deals elsewhere. Voda & Orange got decent minutes for around £30 and free n70.

[Apex]

Like i said before, no matter the deal you will be charged £79.99 for the pnone,

[JonSt]

Apex - Do you guys at 02 have any idea about the pricing of the p990? I currently pay £30 a month, i think i am on 02 200, what would the price be for the handset on that tariff?

[Apex]

No pricing as such at the current time, but if past costings are anything to go by your looking at £109.99 to £149.99 but don't hold me to that has we not got this on the price matrix yet.

Drew