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Special free roaming packages - what's the deal?

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  • 17-02-2014 10:35am
    #1
    xabi_a
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭


    Anyone know why the operators make you sign up to these special roaming packages, which are free anyway? Why not make them just the default for everyone?

    I was with Meteor until a while ago and they have this "free roaming in Europe" package. They drove me mad by texting me everytime I went abroad, telling me to text "EUROPE" to sign up. I was already signed up, but never mind.

    Now with Vodafone they ask me why I haven't signed up to their Passport package. It's free, so why should I have to sign up?

    Is there some downside to these packages? Or is it some form of marketing, an excuse to keep making me aware of their "special" offers?


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    #2
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    These "offers" mean that you agree to derograte from EU regulated rates, so you have to sign up. In any case, even if they were a good deal, no mobile phone company would give them to everyone as others will pay more without worrying about it.


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