carphone warehouse

robbie02 · 21-05-2015 10:24am #1

Hi,
I heard an advertisement on the radio couple of hours ago, that carphone warehouse were offering 40% off selected prepaid phones in stores, one was the HTC desire at new price of 79.99, and the offer was lasting a week, but went i went into my local store a few minutes ago, they said they didnt hear any such offer on this or any other phone? does anyone know anythi ng about this? maybe the offer doesnt start till next week?

slimjimmc · 21-05-2015 8:12pm

It's on their website, no mention of offer expiry though (that I can see).

hdowney · 22-05-2015 4:09pm

I heard the advert on the radio today. It said stores and online up to 40% prepay smartphones one week only

Murt10 · 24-05-2015 2:44pm

HTC Desire E200 now.

http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/Shop/Phones-Plans/All-Phones/Desire-620

slimjimmc · 24-05-2015 7:23pm

Moving this to Bargain Alerts

Cork guitarist · 27-08-2015 4:56pm

It seems some Carphone Warehouse staff might not be au fait with current deals/products. I changed my phone recently. They told me the deal was for 12 months, 250Mb, leather case in 'extras' pack, but turned out to be 24 months, 125Mb, and the case is not leather.

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 27-08-2015 4:58pm

Cork guitarist wrote: »

It seems some Carphone Warehouse staff might not be au fait with current deals/products. I changed my phone recently. They told me the deal was for 12 months, 250Mb, leather case in 'extras' pack, but turned out to be 24 months, 125Mb, and the case is not leather.

What plan is giving you 125mb of data locked into a 12mth contract?!? I'd be more worried about that than the quality of the case.

Kenny Logins · 27-08-2015 5:06pm

Techmaster wrote: »

What plan is giving you 125mb of data locked into a 12mth contract?!? I'd be more worried about that than the quality of the case.

The new ID Mobile tarriffs starts at 125mb

Cork guitarist · 27-08-2015 5:07pm

I can vary any part of the plan, at an extra cost, but rarely if ever use data on my phone. The case doesn't bother me, but it's nice when people are honest............. Are people still honest?

mightybashful · 27-08-2015 5:10pm

Cork guitarist wrote: »

It seems some Carphone Warehouse staff might not be au fait with current deals/products. I changed my phone recently. They told me the deal was for 12 months, 250Mb, leather case in 'extras' pack, but turned out to be 24 months, 125Mb, and the case is not leather.

You still within your cooling off period?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 27-08-2015 5:40pm

125 mb in a month. It's 1999 all over again. You can't be serious.

Kenny Logins · 27-08-2015 7:58pm

The Honey Monster wrote: »

125 mb in a month. It's 1999 all over again. You can't be serious.

Some people have access to WiFi 90% of the time and don't use much mobile data. I think it's great that you have the option to go that low, if it suits you.

I don't think paying €3 p.m. for it is good though. :pac:

Simi · 27-08-2015 8:17pm

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Some people have access to WiFi 90% of the time and don't use much mobile data. I think it's great that you have the option to go that low, if it suits you.

I don't think paying €3 p.m. for it is good though. :pac:

That's insanity a couple of play store apps updating would wipe that out in seconds! How could you possibly stretch that to 30 days?

Kenny Logins · 28-08-2015 11:54am

Simi wrote: »

That's insanity a couple of play store apps updating would wipe that out in seconds! How could you possibly stretch that to 30 days?

All of my apps are set to update over Wifi. You'd be surprised how little mobile data is used when its usage is generally background stuff while driving or whatever.

Wifi in work, Wifi at home, Wifi in the coffee shop/restaurant.. and so on.

I used just 98mb mobile data on my phone last month. Seriously.

drunkmonkey · 28-08-2015 12:29pm

Your the exception rather than the rule Kenny. Absolute madness taking a small data allowance in this day and age.

CantGetNoSleep · 28-08-2015 12:48pm

Any chance they would repeat the HTC One M7 bargain from earlier this year?

Kenny Logins · 28-08-2015 1:18pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Your the exception rather than the rule Kenny. Absolute madness taking a small data allowance in this day and age.

Missing the point - these low caps, as with low minutes and texts, are to suit your own usage, not "the rule". That's the basis of their tarriff structure. My point is that offering this option isn't as daft as it appears to you, or anyone else that uses mobile data more often.

Kenny Logins · 28-08-2015 1:20pm

BTW, I find it daft that people still listen to CDs and watch DVDs, but they're still catered for.

normanbond · 28-08-2015 7:31pm

Carphone Warehouse also have a very good offer on Sky tv broadband and calls. They also give u a €100 voucher to spend in store. Not sure of exact deal but supposed to be cheaper than dealing direct with Sky

Furzy · 29-08-2015 10:36am

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Any chance they would repeat the HTC One M7 bargain from earlier this year?

That was a bit like a lot of the Argos "bargains". Great price but out of stock everywhere after a couple of hours.

ash2020 · 02-09-2015 9:13pm

normanbond wrote: »

Carphone Warehouse also have a very good offer on Sky tv broadband and calls. They also give u a €100 voucher to spend in store. Not sure of exact deal but supposed to be cheaper than dealing direct with Sky

Can you tell me what store you seen this in please

flutered · 03-09-2015 9:17pm

i got sky broadband from them today, no instore voucher, you will b e asked how much are eircom or however charging you, make sure its a low figure, as the higher the figure you say, the higher the fee from them

benj · 03-09-2015 11:31pm

i joined up to the id network yesterday and to get my data onto my phone, a member of staff had to phone a friend....

AlmightyCushion · 03-09-2015 11:55pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Your the exception rather than the rule Kenny. Absolute madness taking a small data allowance in this day and age.

It's good to have the option though. For example, my Dad uses his phone for calling and texting an insane amount so he has a contract with tonnes of minutes and texts. It also comes with loads of data of which up until about 6 months ago he used exactly zero (he didn't have a smart phone up until then). Even now with his smart phone he uses next to nothing data wise. If he could save a few euro and bring down his data allowance, why not.

bk · 04-09-2015 3:25am

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

It's good to have the option though. For example, my Dad uses his phone for calling and texting an insane amount so he has a contract with tonnes of minutes and texts. It also comes with loads of data of which up until about 6 months ago he used exactly zero (he didn't have a smart phone up until then). Even now with his smart phone he uses next to nothing data wise. If he could save a few euro and bring down his data allowance, why not.

Because relatively speaking ID Mobiles plans are very poor compared to what is already been available from Tesco Mobile for the last two years!

Take you dad for instance, it sounds that for him the best ID plan would be:

€20 - 5000 minutes, 5000 texts, 125/250MB data

But for the last two years from Tesco Mobile he could get:

€15 - Unlimited calls, unlimited texts, 1GB of Data

or 5GB of data for €20

And don't forget you can convert €5 worth of Tesco clubcard points into a free €15 top-up.

ID's plans are just really bad. They are trying to trick people into worse value for money by pretending they are giving them more flexibility.

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