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    Vodafone Price Differentiation

    The time has come to upgrade my HTC One X for a new phone. Currently on Vodafone, though that may be about to change.

    Had a look at their website, along with that of Phones4U and will probably also look at Carphone Warehouse, and got an idea for pricing. Then logged into my account to find the 'suggested for you' upgrades. They looked rather expensive.

    I opened Vodafone's home page in Internet Explorer whilst having my own account open in Firefox. Each of the plans was £8 more a month than available on Vodafone's homepage for the broadly the same packages (I got 2Gb of WIFI vs 500mb (which I've never used).


    My current plan is rather expensive because I am part of a dying bread that wanted 18 month contracts. I can only assume that this, in Vodafone's eyes, means I'm willing to pay over the odds, and they assumed the same would be true when I renewed.


    Looks like I'll be shifting to another network unless they can provide a very good explanation - and that would likely mean taking another two lines which are outside of contract with me (not that I'm sure that matters).

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    I've been doing the same - I'm on a SIM only plan which is out of contract. The phone I was looking at is about £100 more expensive over a 24 month contract than buying the phone outright and unlocked. I haven't done the sums on other phones, but I guess there will be a similar differential. The best buys at the moment seem to be O2, where choosing carefully, the phone costs the same over 24 months as buying outright. Best value for money phones generally seem to be Blackberry's offerings
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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Is that because you still have some time left on your current contract you have to buy your way out of?

    There is an old rule I rather like: Never attribute to malice something that can be explained by simple incompetence. That would be a really stupid clumsy attempt to gouge you, messing up seems more likely.

    Another way of looking at it, is there another carrier that you trust more? I switched from Three to T-Mobile, my wife is on Vodafone. I have difficulty choosing a good one tbh, though I do like that tethering is allowed on T-mobile.

    As an aside, I have 6 months on my One X before it is trade in time, but am already looking at possible replacements and am starting to think that a cheap sim only contract and just keep the thing might be the way forward. Have you found a worthy replacement?

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Do you realise £8 a month over 18 months is £144, assuming £30 a month you can pay less and but yourself out at 20 months and have saved yourself money over an 18 month contract

    Also P4U and other 3rd party resellers will buy you out at 18 months from a 24 month contract now

    Or just go sim free + sim only, also check Dialaphone, can introduce you for some discount if you want
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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    No contract to buy out, all the plans (comparing apples with apples) were 24 months.

    Beginning to think keep my HTC One X for a little while longer and stick it on a sim only deal.

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    I'm now on £12 a month Giffgaff and purchased my phone out right and much happier for it.

    As for renewing contracts I used to call them up at the end of my contract and lie out of my ass about a great deal the other website/company is offering and more often than not they would match it.

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Vodafone sim only 4g plans are currently extremely competitive. Check those through quidco.

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    No contract to buy out, all the plans (comparing apples with apples) were 24 months.

    Beginning to think keep my HTC One X for a little while longer and stick it on a sim only deal.
    Not just me then

    I haven't even rooted mine, so I expect there is plenty of life left in the platform. Android 4.4 is supposed to be lighter on resources so a switch to cyanogenmod could keep it going for ages. Well, until the battery needs replacing

    I have seen contracts with a basic Android phone that seem to be the same cost as sim-only, so might end up with a backup phone out of it.

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    I recently updated to a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and if I upgraded via vodafone, the contract was £42 PM with £100 for the phone for unlimited mins and saw and 1gb data.

    I upgrade thought phones 4 u and it cost me £37 PM with £80 for the phone for the exact same tarrif.

    Crazy but I don't know why. Seems crazy to me.

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    No contract to buy out, all the plans (comparing apples with apples) were 24 months.

    Beginning to think keep my HTC One X for a little while longer and stick it on a sim only deal.
    I'm saying if you get a 2 year contract after 18 monthe P4u buy you out to start a new one with them
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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by finlay666 View Post
    I'm saying if you get a 2 year contract after 18 monthe P4u buy you out to start a new one with them
    Sorry, was replying to DanceswithUnix's point (suggesting the price increase may be because Vodafone were upgrading me early and therefore buying out the rest of my contract).

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by Dooms View Post
    I'm now on £12 a month Giffgaff and purchased my phone out right and much happier for it.

    As for renewing contracts I used to call them up at the end of my contract and lie out of my ass about a great deal the other website/company is offering and more often than not they would match it.
    That worked in the past, now they actually go to their competitors website and look at the deals you are proposing are 'better' than theirs. They have gotten smarter.
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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by csgohan4 View Post
    That worked in the past, now they actually go to their competitors website and look at the deals you are proposing are 'better' than theirs. They have gotten smarter.
    They can check all they want, it's easy to get better offers simply by phoning them It's your word against theirs when it's over the phone.

    I'm another person that simply went to Giffgaff though. I got tired of the retention nonsense. It's easier to just buy the phone and get a sim only deal for me.
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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    Looks like I'll be shifting to another network unless they can provide a very good explanation - and that would likely mean taking another two lines which are outside of contract with me (not that I'm sure that matters).
    I always had the same thing, my suggested for you plans were much more expensive.

    Phoning them up should do the trick, but otherwise you can start a new contract as a new customer and have them port your number over, plus there's a good chance of Quidco.

    Quote Originally Posted by cheesepiece View Post
    Vodafone sim only 4g plans are currently extremely competitive. Check those through quidco.
    They're still ripping people off. It'll be interesting to see what happens when Three's LTE gets launched

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by noodles2k View Post
    I always had the same thing, my suggested for you plans were much more expensive.

    Phoning them up should do the trick, but otherwise you can start a new contract as a new customer and have them port your number over, plus there's a good chance of Quidco.



    They're still ripping people off. It'll be interesting to see what happens when Three's LTE gets launched
    Only waiting while December to find out.

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    Re: Vodafone Price Differentiation

    Quote Originally Posted by cheesepiece View Post
    Only waiting while December to find out.
    I've already moved and it's ok. They've said that current customers will get 4G without any contract changes. One word of warning though, their customer service is poor.
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