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Cork · 2004-10-21 19:43:11

Does anybody get cheesed off with mobile phone upgrade offers? 10 off the handset and 10 less call credit type of thing? It is really the stuff of nonsense.

21-10-2004 7:43pm

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Does anybody get cheesed off with mobile phone upgrade offers?

10 off the handset and 10 less call credit type of thing?

It is really the stuff of nonsense.

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#2 21-10-2004 7:48pm

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It's pay as you go, what do you expect?

If you want cheap upgrades, get a bill phone.

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#3 21-10-2004 8:07pm

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seamus wrote:

It's pay as you go, what do you expect?

If you want cheap upgrades, get a bill phone.

I agree but they could make a bit more of an effort.

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#4 21-10-2004 8:14pm

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Do you actually have any understanding how business works?

Tell ya what, how about they increase call prices by 10% and drop the cost of phones by 10%?

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#5 21-10-2004 8:21pm

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The reason for this is pretty simple. With Pay as You Go there is nothing sticking you to the operator.
You could do what I did for example, bought a Meteor phone, unlocked it, and am now using it on O2. If Pay as you Go phones were cheap then the mobile companies would lose quite a bit of money subsidising the costs of the handsets.

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