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E72 unlocked for €199

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    #92
    Maxroam: Pat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭Maxroam: Pat


    we have sold a huge amount at this price
    As I said there are lots more specials on there and there will be lots more
    We have limited numbers at low prices of each model, anyone who started purchase at €99 were fully delivered this price.
    Keep an eye on the site as there will be constant offers
    Sorry if there was any confusion


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    #93
    mp3kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 146 ✭✭mp3kid


    Maxroam: Pat wrote: »
    Hi
    we will have numerous specials ongoing
    all our prices will change on a constant basis
    we will have a special on there for €20 in the next hour, it all depends upon demand

    There was no indication that your prices were "ongoing specials",
    or that they'll increase by 50% once theres a demand established.

    Maxroam have shot themselves in the foot here.


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    #94
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,564 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    mp3kid wrote: »
    There was no indication that your prices were "ongoing specials",
    or that they'll increase by 50% once theres a demand established.

    Maxroam have shot themselves in the foot here.

    Why, no-one should expect a special offer to last forever....


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    #95
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,127 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Are these phones refurbs, 120 for a new e71 is seriously cheap


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    #96
    jk86
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭jk86


    How are customers expected to know what items are on special offer and are likely to go up in price without warning? Guess?? I can't see anything indicating that these are time limited offers


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    #97
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,468 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    Maxroam: Pat wrote: »
    we have sold a huge amount at this price
    As I said there are lots more specials on there and there will be lots more
    We have limited numbers at low prices of each model, anyone who started purchase at €99 were fully delivered this price.
    Keep an eye on the site as there will be constant offers
    Sorry if there was any confusion

    This is the third time I've asked Pat.

    Are these new or refurb units?


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    #98
    JAMM222
    Registered Users Posts: 737 ✭✭✭JAMM222


    very bad business practice very short sighted if you had any sense you would bring the price back to 99 for a limited time and give people a chance... you are obviously making a loss on the samsung jet but if you were smart enough you could make it back on a different phone:eek:


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    #99
    mp3kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 146 ✭✭mp3kid


    GerardKeating wrote: »
    Why, no-one should expect a special offer to last forever....

    Where on the website did it state "Special offer" ?


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    #100
    omega666
    Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭omega666


    mp3kid wrote: »
    Where on the website did it state "Special offer" ?

    He stated it in the first page of this thread

    "We have a number of special offers at present
    all of these phones are never locked (no issues where in the world you use them or what SIMS you enter)"


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    #101
    mise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭mise


    Hmmm... I don't really understand the problem some people have here..

    Buy the item at the price indicated on the site if you think it's good, don't if not..

    I go into my local shop and buy a pack of digestives for €1, next week I go in and the same biscuits have gone up to €1.30 so I buy them somewhere else if I don't want to pay €1.30...


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    #102
    neonitrix
    Registered Users Posts: 620 ✭✭✭neonitrix


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    This is the third time I've asked Pat.

    Are these new or refurb units?

    I would like to know this aswell as i bought a samsung jet


    Neonitrix


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    #103
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    I would also like to know if they are refurb units?


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    #104
    babo9
    Registered Users Posts: 605 ✭✭✭babo9


    Regardless if it's a special offer or not, what's the big deal?
    Online merchants change their prices all the time, look at Amazon!

    Sure if I was planning on buying it and the price changed I'd be annoyed too, but prices change, what can you do.

    Perhaps there could (possibly should) have been some sort of warning,by Pat on here or otherwise, considering most of the sales were prob via this thread and they were actively involved on here too.

    But the fact is prices change, tough really...


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    #105
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    omega666 wrote: »
    He stated it in the first page of this thread

    "We have a number of special offers at present
    all of these phones are never locked (no issues where in the world you use them or what SIMS you enter)"

    The poster was asking on the website, not on this discussion forum ;)

    Mise is right about the pricing strategy though - it's just good old capitalism - supply and demand. The airline industry does it often with seating tickets (if they notice people are buying more seats they can choose to raise prices).

    Some people however, were making the point that (if they were making a profit on the 99 euro price) that being able to sell more phones, build up consumer trust/goodwill/reputation might be more important than the extra profit they may make from the 50% increase in price. Word of mouth is especially important these days on the online marketplace when as Mise says - people can choose to take their custom elsewhere.

    On the other hand - bad reputation might hinder a start up company looking to establish itself on the commercial market. I guess the owners have weighed up the pros and cons of their actions and decided that the pros outweighs the cons in raising prices - and the market will decide if that's a good choice or not :P


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    #106
    ki
    Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭ki


    neonitrix wrote: »
    I would like to know this aswell as i bought a samsung jet


    Neonitrix
    briankearon666 wrote: »
    I would also like to know if they are refurb units?


    Likewise, are these new or refurb.?


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    #107
    gilbert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 289 ✭✭gilbert


    just placed order for free items (Cubic Telecom WiFi) and got a email for confirmation, thus hopefully i can get them by post.

    Invoice
    Date Invoice No. Payment method
    4/21/2010 100421D2595 ZeroCostProvider
    Invoiced By
    MAXroam
    Unit1 Webworks
    Eglington St.
    Cork
    Co. Cork
    Ireland
    Invoice to
    MR****
    No****,
    **** lane,
    dublin
    dubiln
    dublin 2
    Ireland

    Qty. Description Unit Price Total
    3 Cubic Telecom WiFi Pass €0.00 €0.00

    Thank you for your business
    Net Total €0.00
    Order Total €0.00


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    #108
    kingaaa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭kingaaa


    went to buy a Jet, hes put it up over 50%!!!!! no thanks mate.


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    #109
    coldfire1x
    Registered Users Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    ki wrote: »
    Likewise, are these new or refurb.?

    +1 - like to know about it before I place the order.


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    #110
    Digitalism
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Digitalism


    Are these NEW or REFURBS??? Eh? give us an answer like...

    Was really interested in thet Jet at €99... not now :(


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    #111
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    Digitalism wrote: »
    Are these NEW or REFURBS??? Eh? give us an answer like...
    He's not online, so give it some time for him to get back to us.


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    #112
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,468 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    briankearon666 wrote: »
    He's not online, so give it some time for him to get back to us.

    He's ignored the question from me twice after coming back on responding to others.

    The fact that Eglinton St. is spelled Eglington St. on the website doen't add to my confidence.


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    #113
    Digitalism
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Digitalism


    What exactly is the free Cubic Telecom WiFi Pass? I ordered it but dont know what it is.


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    #114
    Winters
    Registered Users Posts: 14,761 ✭✭✭✭Winters


    Digitalism wrote: »
    I ordered it but dont know what it is.

    Sounds like Celtic Tiger talk to me right there...


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    #115
    Raiser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    kingaaa wrote: »
    went to buy a Jet, hes put it up over 50%!!!!! no thanks mate.
    Digitalism wrote: »
    Are these NEW or REFURBS??? Eh? give us an answer like...

    Was really interested in thet Jet at €99... not now :(

    Was just about to order two of the Jets at €99 too...... The 50% price hike has soured my Maxroam experience considerably - Prefer to buy from Carphone Warehouse et al instead have never known them to mug People to this extent :(


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    #116
    baldshin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,365 ✭✭✭baldshin


    The jet is 400 in carphone warehouse tied to o2,vodafone or 3 so its still cheap at 150,glad i ordered this mornin though!


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    #117
    Raiser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    baldshin wrote: »
    The jet is 400 in carphone warehouse tied to o2,vodafone or 3 so its still cheap at 150,glad i ordered this mornin though!

    Am also a bit concerned re. this cloud over the refurbs issue.... Seems the Jet is notorious for screen issues - There's People here on Boards on their 3rd one in 6 months.


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    #118
    mise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭mise


    Raiser wrote: »
    Was just about to order two of the Jets at €99 too...... The 50% price hike has soured my Maxroam experience considerably - Prefer to buy from Carphone Warehouse et al instead have never known them to mug People to this extent :(

    What?? Who have Maxroam mugged exactly?? And how have they mugged them??

    If the item is indeed a refurb, and hasn't been advertised as such, well then there is a legitimate reason to take issue..


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    #119
    baldshin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,365 ✭✭✭baldshin


    If it does turn out to be a refurb there should not be a problem returning it, as nowhere in the description does it say refurb. also i'd still prob give mine a go-refurbs are still gauranteed-and i've bought loads of refurbs and never had a problem before.


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    #120
    loopymum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭loopymum


    I saw this bargain alert last night and was going to buy today when the postage was sorted.

    Let me get this straight, they are not out of stock, you are just jacking up the price once the postage came down?

    Very bad form


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    #121
    Maxroam: Pat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭Maxroam: Pat


    All our devices are brand new and not refurb


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