Phones4u goes belly up

[Deleted member 35268]

As a Vodafone customer, i'm pretty disgusted with their behaviour on this. I shall not be renewing the 3 contracts I have next time. EE wont get a look in either. Who does that leave me with exactly?

 

[ColinJ]

As a Vodafone customer, i'm pretty disgusted with their behaviour on this. I shall not be renewing the 3 contracts I have next time. EE wont get a look in either. Who does that leave me with exactly?

Keep your phones and get Giffgaff sims for them. GG use the O2 network.

 

[brodiej]

As a Vodafone customer, i'm pretty disgusted with their behaviour on this. I shall not be renewing the 3 contracts I have next time. EE wont get a look in either. Who does that leave me with exactly?

I'm with giffgaff - it's cheaper than my old supplier (EE) and much better service etc

They don't have shops or a call centre - everything is online

EDIT - Colin says the same!

 

[ColinJ]

Ha ha - for once, I win the posting race!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Keep your phones and get Giffgaff sims for them. GG use the O2 network.

I wanted to use GiggGaff but I can get a signal here, the only signal I can get is with EE and that is only with a signal booster they provided me with.

Just before my contract was due I bought a Moto G on Tesco Mobile then unlocked it with a £1.99 code from ebay so total phone and unlock total cost £126.99 and hands down the best phone I have ever had.

When EE called me asking about contract renewal I still had 2 months to run on the current contract which was £36 per month, they cancelled that so I saved £72 on the 2 months to go and gave me the same Mins Texts etc and I got to keep my Unlimited Data on Sim Only for £14.99 per month for 12 months

 

[Deleted member 26715]

There is a BIG issue in the telecoms business currently the margins are HUGE for the mobile operators but they are being squeezed by new technology & need to recoup, they really have no clue that the world has moved on. On a standard PAYG sim you are going to be paying about 20p per minute to have a conversation based on minute billing to a UK landline. I can terminate that same call for less than 0.01p based on seconds billing.

On another note saying go to GiffGaff or Tesco's both who are MNVO's (Mobile Network Virtual Operators) based on the O2 network are no safer than Phones4U as if O2 decide they will will leave the market both are stuffed.

Alan...

 

[CopperBrompton]

I think that the whole mobile phone arrangement is just an easy way of getting more money out of the Punters (Us). They should sell the phones and then get a sim card without all this paying so much per month.

You've been able to do this for years. I always buy my phones outright, then have a SIM-only deal. Over the typical 2-3 years I keep a phone, it works out cheaper, and I'm free to change tariff or network at a month's notice.

The phone charges should be monitored by the Government authority

They are.

for the actual time you are talking, texting etc. As it is at the moment if you try to do that they charge high rates so that you will buy the packages they offer.

Again, you're perfectly at liberty to do this. You'd be nuts to do it[1], but you can if you wish.

[1] I pay £15/month for unlimited calls, texts and data, waaaay cheaper than when I was paying by the call/text/MB.

 

[classic33]

EE was owned by the Carphone Warehouse, but went to the wall a few years ago.

 

[swee'pea99]

Which deal makes best sense for you depends on your usage. Sounds obvious, but my guess would be that 80%+ of people are paying way over the odds for packages that provide way more capacity than they will ever use. My little coven makes limited use of the phone and does most webbery at home, using the wifi: all four of us are amply provided for on the most basic packages I wheedled out of ee - total cost, a tad over £30/month altogether.

If you're out of contract, ring customer services and say you want your MAC code (it's the one thing that makes them sit up & pay attention). When they ask why, tell them it's 'cos your mate's with blah and they're only paying blah. You could be very (pleasantly) surprised by the offer they make to persuade you not to jump ship.

 

[ColinJ]

I wanted to use GiggGaff but I can get a signal here, the only signal I can get is with EE and that is only with a signal booster they provided me with.

I was on Orange and never got a good signal at home. GG works very well here and in most places I have been, other than those where you can't get a signal on any network.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I was on Orange and never got a good signal at home. GG works very well here and in most places I have been, other than those where you can't get a signal on any network.

I was on o2 for years and years but then they re-positioned the mast and now I cant get a reliable signal.

When I went to T-Mobile I got a full 3G signal but when EE took over T-Mobile & Orange they decommissioned half of the towers so now I need a signal booster box in my house so I can get a signal.

Non of the other providers have a good signal either.

It is not like I am out of town either I am literally 10 mins walk from the center of town but they have created a signal black spot here now.

 

[Over The Hill]

I just get a phone and keep it until my kids disown say I am too embarrassing to be seen with and so have to get a new one.

 

[JoeyB]

I promote GiffGaff wherever I can for sim only. They are great unless you need to use tethering or 4G (although that is coming very soon).

 

[surfdude]

anyone been down to offer an ex employee £50 for a s5

 

[Cycling Dan]

EE was owned by the Carphone Warehouse, but went to the wall a few years ago.

No it wasn't