Discount for Be* customers

[Mousemat]

I've been with Be* for about 10 months now on their £17.50 package and I raised a ticket with them the other day saying that I wanted to switch to the £10 O2 Premium package since I have an O2 mobile.

Be* rang me back later the same day and said that if I wanted to stay with them, they could offer to keep me on my current package and reduce the monthly cost to £12.50 indefinitely. I decided to go with O2 anyway because it was cheaper (especially with the 3 months free that they're offering until 31st January) and I don't need the Be* gaming mode.

For anyone who does want to stick with Be* though, it's a pretty good deal. I thought that maybe someone on here would appreciate a discount.

A word of advice for anyone taking the O2 deal - You'll need a second email address and a different username when you sign up on the O2 website. The system will recognise you as an existing member because of your Be* account but they can't just switch that account over to O2's side of the system.

[jackvdbuk]

i dont get it. arnt these the same people?

[Mousemat]

Be* and O2 share the same hardware and O2 is the parent company, but they're marketed as two seperate providers and they have different pricing structures and services.

[Madafwo]

Be did exactly the same to be when I switched from be to O2 in Brighton, they offered to knock it down to the same amount but I was only getting 9Mb so I was saving £5 when I dropped to O2's 8Mb service

[Mossy]

Although the are the same I would assume they have sales targets to hit and run seperately so a loss even though to the same company would show on their figures.

[moogle]

They're the same but there are options you don't get on one or the other etc.

[Chris P]

Same but not really the same ... I am with Be but wouldnt change to O2 even if they are cheaper.

[jackvdbuk]

Same but not really the same ... I am with Be but wouldnt change to O2 even if they are cheaper.

you dont get that line changing mode thing do ya?

[Mousemat]

you dont get that line changing mode thing do ya?

No, you don't get the Fastpath option.

Same but not really the same ... I am with Be but wouldnt change to O2 even if they are cheaper.

My original post wasn't really about switching (although I did mention it). What I was saying was that if before the 31st of January you tell Be* that O2 can offer you a better deal then Be* will (or did with me anyway) offer you your current package at a permanently discounted rate.