Mobile Phone Contracts - Free Gifts

[Joseph Jagger]

Are these deals for real? I saw an Orange contract the other day with a FREE Playstation 3 80GB surely it's worth it just for the Playstation? Is it a con? Is there small print that I am missing?

[sherman]

Even a simple contract for say £30 a month over an 18 month contract is £540. A new PS3 is only £300 so yes it is a con.

[Stu R]

Had loads of them in recent years. 2 XBox 360s,a Wii, and an iPod amongst others. Bear in mind it's highly unlikely they'll be paying retail prices for them, the rest of the cost being absorbed into your contract.

But yes, they are for real.

[RupertTheFridge]

Yep it's a con, 18 month contracts, and they replace any "cash back" clause in the offer as well, so beware you don't get both.

Edited by RupertTheFridge on Tuesday 24th February 02:57

[Urban_Ninja]

I dunno, If you want a new phone contract, its not really a con.

as your getting what you wanted out of a phone, and a FREE PS3.


so no, not really a con tbh.

[Eggle]

It is a con if you think without the gifts, the contract could be £15 a month.
It is a bit like "tick" for the chavs. They get the phone and the toys and pay monthly.....

[Jagdpanther]

Stu R said:

Had loads of them in recent years. 2 XBox 360s,a Wii, and an iPod amongst others. Bear in mind it's highly unlikely they'll be paying retail prices for them, the rest of the cost being absorbed into your contract.

But yes, they are for real.

[Young Ones]Go to bed spotty[/Young Ones}

[Nic Jones]

But if you want the gift then it's not a con, and if after 6/9 months you lower the tariff's then it makes more sense.

I got a Wii with this contract for £35/month, bearing in mind that on the previous contract I was paying £40-£50/month it makes a lot of sense.

Obviously it can be a con if you get lumped onto a contact that you don't really need.

[Jonny671]

I thought they were legit?

Alot of my friends have them and they all got free gifts etc.

I thought it was just because they made alot on the contracts and bought the gifts for little money?

[Mst007]

If you buy from Carphone warehouse/e2save/One Stop etc you`ll find they are real deals. The "cons" on cashback were instigated by smaller privately owned dealers who misjudged the amount of customers who would actually claim the cashback and subsequently went out of business. They are all long gone now.

[Joseph Jagger]

Thanks I'll check em out. Is dialaphone a good company? It's either get a phone with a free gift or get an iPhone with O2

[Meeja]

Mrs Meeja has just changed her phone, and contract.

She was paying £25/month on her previous contract for 14 gazillion minutes and a billion texts every month.

Her new contract is £30/month for the same minutes/texts (plus free answerphone, and 10 free picture messages per month) on an 18 month contract, with a free Wii and Wii Fit.

To buy a brand new Wii with Wii Fit and all of the associated gubbins would cost nearly £300

Effectively the Wii package is costing £90 over the 18 months - so worth it in my opinion, as her contract was up for renewal, and she wanted a Wii/Wii Fit anyway.

[bigTee]

You STILL get all the benefits that the tariff would give you without the free gift don't forget.

The free gift is just taken out of the dealers commission. You don't pay for it - the dealer does.


A £35 a month tariff with x mins and x texts would still be a £35 a month tariff with x mins and x texts with or without the gift.

[rickyhad]

My mrs is doing this in a couple of weeks when her contract runs out to get a Wii fit or a laptop with no difference in her monthly payment. Plus if you get one through quidco you can get cashback on it. Thinks it's with dial-a-phone.

[shirt]

Nic Jones said:

if after 6/9 months you lower the tariff's then it makes more sense.



Obviously it can be a con if you get lumped onto a contact that you don't really need.

check your terms & conditions. i know on t-mob you can't change onto a cheaper tariff until month 17 of the contract.

[bigTee]

just don't go with Vodafone!!!

buggered 300 people off today!!

[ben_reza]

you will get the free gift most times, bro-in-law got a wii with his contract, but it was a good few weeks after he got his phone.

I think you are better off getting the cheapest contract you can tho, especially if you are renewing, and then just go out and buy what you want with the money you save.

Dont get owt for nowt.

[cslgirl]

For £30 a month I got a new sony ericsson phone, £70 cash back offer, £20 off for buying that day and a free HP 550 laptop also 600 free minutes and unlimited texts. It is an 18 month contract but I wanted a laptop anyway. I went through dialaphone.

Edited by cslgirl on Tuesday 24th February 16:55

Edited by cslgirl on Tuesday 24th February 16:55

[Shaw Tarse]

Joseph Jagger said:

Thanks I'll check em out. Is dialaphone a good company? It's either get a phone with a free gift or get an iPhone with O2

I think dialaphone are part of Carphone warehouse/ one of the "known" shops?

[Nickyboy]

I've had 2 from Dialaphone, had an Xbox 360 a couple of years back and a PS3 when i took out my last contract.

I dont see how its a con, the contract i am on now thru them is exactly the same as i could have got from o2 themselves and included itemised billing whereas with o2 was extra. Contract length was the same too.