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Fones Direct - Anyone use them?

  • 07-08-2008 12:48pm
    #1
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭


    Was browsing for a new phone when I came across this site seems to good to be true, phones are very cheap on it?!

    Jozi


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  • #2
    helios
    Closed Accounts Posts: 858 ✭✭✭helios


    You know what they say about things that are too good to be true...


  • #3
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,702 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    whats cheap? most are on contracts


  • #4
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    This is a form of bait and switch, they show the lowest price which would only apply if you were a 1000 minute a month contract, when most people would have to pay much more.


  • #5
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    ardmacha wrote: »
    This is a form of bait and switch, they show the lowest price which would only apply if you were a 1000 minute a month contract, when most people would have to pay much more.

    you make it sound so dodgy. it's what all phone shops do


  • #6
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    you make it sound so dodgy. it's what all phone shops do

    All I ask is that they show also the max price you might have to pay, as well as the min.
    e.g. from €29 to €119.


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  • #7
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    Grand so. Most phones are contract phones then.

    Of to ebay it is! Anyone got a good seller they can recommend? Found this ebay shop http://stores.ebay.co.uk/E-Cell-Global , anyone use/recommend them?


  • #8
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,816 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    there's a few irish sites you could try....

    http://www.phonesonline.ie/
    http://www.fmmobiles.ie/shop/index.php
    http://www.irishmobile.ie/


  • #9
    helios
    Closed Accounts Posts: 858 ✭✭✭helios


    Phonesonline.ie is good, friendly as well.


  • #10
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,526 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    jozi wrote: »
    Grand so. Most phones are contract phones then.

    Of to ebay it is! Anyone got a good seller they can recommend? Found this ebay shop http://stores.ebay.co.uk/E-Cell-Global , anyone use/recommend them?
    Stay away from e-cell. They are diabolical. I bought a phone from them and it took 6 weeks to arrive, and that was after i tracked down there business details online and practically harrassed their CEO with calls to make sure it was sent out. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.


  • #11
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    Quazzie2002 wrote: »
    Stay away from e-cell. They are diabolical. I bought a phone from them and it took 6 weeks to arrive, and that was after i tracked down there business details online and practically harrassed their CEO with calls to make sure it was sent out. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

    Thanks for the user experience, i'll stay away so!

    Will check the other link given, thanks


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  • #12
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    I still stick to www.expansys.ie - no complaints from me and quick to deal with issues :)


  • #13
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    The phone I'm looking at is a SE W760i, little bit cheaper to get from uk ebay sellers than expansys. I've never used ebay so a little soso about buying of it, friend tells me there's no better place to get a phone.


  • #14
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,702 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    Quazzie2002 wrote: »
    Stay away from e-cell. They are diabolical. I bought a phone from them and it took 6 weeks to arrive, and that was after i tracked down there business details online and practically harrassed their CEO with calls to make sure it was sent out. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

    yep, you will get it eventually but it takes ages

    avoid them :mad:


  • #15
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,816 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    jozi wrote: »
    The phone I'm looking at is a SE W760i

    Would you not be better off getting a Sony W910i from an Irish Store.....it's a very nice phone....


  • #16
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    It's features are nice but I don't like the look of it, not sure what it is about them.


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