Vodafone Smart Chat prepay €9.99

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The missus got her Dunnes Value Club mailing & it contained a voucher for a Vodafone Smart Chat phone for €9.99 to be picked up at any Vodafone Store.Offer available until end of April but stock seems to be hard to come by.

It's no SIII but for a tenner,you can't go wrong.

T&C's seem to state that you need to switch to avail of the offer but we all know the tricks to do that;)

Here's the phone:

http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phones-and-plans/phones/pay-as-you-go/phone-details/vodafone-smart-chat

Basq

Handy for a spare..

.. will keep an eye on my Dunnes vouchers.

madmoe

zerks wrote: »

The missus got her Dunnes Value Club mailing & it contained a voucher for a Vodafone Smart Chat phone for €9.99 to be picked up at any Vodafone Store.Offer available until end of April but stock seems to be hard to come by.

It's no SIII but for a tenner,you can't go wrong.

T&C's seem to state that you need to switch to avail of the offer but we all know the tricks to do that;)

Here's the phone:

http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phones-and-plans/phones/pay-as-you-go/phone-details/vodafone-smart-chat

Would do as a great companion phone to me Galaxy Note II!!

Anyone know if they are easy to unlock!?

Oracle

Could someone scan the voucher and upload it here?

nava

Anyone have a spare voucher? I do not have a Dunnes Value card

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Oracle wrote: »

Could someone scan the voucher and upload it here?

Each one has a unique bar code so I reckon copies won't be accepted.

Basq

zerks wrote: »

Each one has a unique bar code so I reckon copies won't be accepted.

Yeah, let's leave scans off here please.

Boards.ie got grief from a previous coupon being scanned.

Oracle

Basq wrote: »

Yeah, let's leave scans off here please.

Boards.ie got grief from a previous coupon being scanned.

OK no scans on here then .... can someone PM me the coupon.

madmoe

I'd like a coupon as well if somebody is not using it.......

Thanks,
M

Ronin247

If any more available would really appreciate 1 as well.. friend coming from US for a month and I have to sort a phone for her

WarZoneBrother

Would also like a code if someone could PM me it... Been a while since I have had a phone :P

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WarZoneBrother wrote: »

Would also like a code if someone could PM me it... Been a while since I have had a phone :P

They are not codes,there's a coupon amongst the Dunnes Value Club vouchers,I reckon folks will need the original coupon as it is printed on glossy paper to pick up a phone.

Best to ask friends or family who shop in Dunnes if they have one.

My local VF Shop is out of stock already,hope this doesn't turn into one of the Carphone Warehouse deals where half a dozen people manage to get a cheap phone & then stock magically disappears.

U2Flyboy

I'm told by all my local Vodafone shops that theyre out of stock and theyre supplying the Vodafone Smart 2 instead. Is it as good?

Oracle

U2Flyboy wrote: »

I'm told by all my local Vodafone shops that theyre out of stock and theyre supplying the Vodafone Smart 2 instead. Is it as good?

I think it's better, its a full touch screen smartphone without the keypad: http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phones-and-plans/phones/pay-as-you-go/phone-details/vodafone-smart-2-black

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Oracle wrote: »

I think it's better, its a full touch screen smartphone without the keypad: http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phones-and-plans/phones/pay-as-you-go/phone-details/vodafone-smart-2-black

I'm using the original VF Smart & it's a pain,reviews of the new one seem to be much better.

It'll keep me going 'til I get a G4 from China.

Oracle

zerks wrote: »

I'm using the original VF Smart & it's a pain,reviews of the new one seem to be much better .....

.... but you're posting it here so the rest of us can experience the pain?

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Oracle wrote: »

.... but you're posting it here so the rest of us can experience the pain?

No,the one I have is the old VF Smart,they don't even sell it anymore I think.Perhaps I was spoiled by my N8 which is like a Ferrari compared to it.

It looks a bit like the 2nd one that's linked to & has no keyboard,the newer versions have better memory & chipsets.

Oracle

zerks wrote: »

No,the one I have is the old VF Smart,they don't even sell it anymore I think.Perhaps I was spoiled by my N8 which is like a Ferrari compared to it.

It looks a bit like the 2nd one that's linked to & has no keyboard,the newer versions have better memory & chipsets.

Yeah thanks just kidding, to be fair, they both look good. Although the Smart 2 for €10 seems a great deal.
I found t&c's here: http://www.vodafone.ie/terms/comp/#DunnesStores

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MAORISH wrote: »

As of today you have to also buy 20e vodafone credit to get this phone ......

Link?

reaper180

are people availing of this offer yet, i have coupon here but it say valid between 1st april to 30april, mite pop into vf store tomorow

B.A._Baracus

Got the dunnes vouchers myself yesterday. See it here now. Hmmm as the op says it's "when you switch" .. So in a round about way of asking, if one was to use an old meteor sim, or simply buy a new one. They could avail?


or does "switch" simply mean "become a vodafone customer"

Oracle

MAORISH wrote: »

I have no link - I just phone my nearest vodafone shop to check availability and thats what I was told as staff just got an email . Apparently the deal was so popular that vodafone instructed this to be done today ?

The store told me that customers will have to complain to vodafone if not happy as this is not in the original t&c's but store staff have to comply with this email and you have to buy 20e credit.

This doesn’t surprise me from Vodafone. The offer hasn't even officially started and they're already price gouging .... :rolleyes:

deisediva

Local vodafone told me same today told her the phone was used for a child and would not dream of putting €20 into it. She tried to tell me that to activate the phone you have to put €20 into it with sim ported over or the phone would not work :rolleyes:

GreenWolfe

I ported over an old SIM to avail of the offer. They ran out of the Smart Chat so I got a Smart II instead.

I heard nothing in the shop about the €20 credit requirement, not that I'll be using the Vodafone SIM in it anyways.

Joseph

Just got it, they would not let me get it without the 20e credit, even though the terms on their website state nothing about it!

Got it anyway, have a friend PAYG vodafone who will buy the credit from me so no harm done

Goodne

Went into a vodafone store to get the €9.99 phone & was told that the offer had changed because they ran out of stock. The offer is now some other vodafone phone (sorry can't remember the name of it) thats half price making the offer €59.99!

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Goodne wrote: »

Went into a vodafone store to get the €9.99 phone & was told that the offer had changed because they ran out of stock. The offer is now some other vodafone phone (sorry can't remember the name of it) thats half price making the offer €59.99!

Smells like Voda alright. As with the €20 demand to avail of the offer its the usual bait & switch employed by the company to get those unaware of their rights into the store for a wallet stripping (as it was when I worked for them).

TheMilkyPirate

GF went in today and got the smart 2 as they had no stock left of the other phone. It's a grand little phone for her, nice size screen seems nippy enough, camera is crap though. But sher for a tenner you can't go wrong.

deisediva

Went back in today to get the phone its a smart 2 Glam pack. Different girl on today and no mention of the €20 credit so got phone for €9.99 Say it was just the manager yesterday wanting her credit sales up. Got it for my daughter she had the first Smart one and this is a much nicer phone nothing wrong with it for a tenner !!

brightkane

what stores are people getting these in without having to pay for credit?

also are you asked to port a number over to avail?

GreenWolfe

brightkane wrote: »

what stores are people getting these in without having to pay for credit?

also are you asked to port a number over to avail?

Yes, you're asked to port over as part of the deal. I ported over an old, but still active O2 SIM. I got mine without credit in Harbour Place SC, Mullingar.