Buying prepay phone vodafone

Vodafone won't give you the discount without porting a number to them so that's why you need the free SIM, as you don't want to port your actual Eir number over to Vodafone. You'll need an unlocked phone to receive the SMS from Vodafone for porting.

The switching deals can be sometimes very good and other times they can be had for a very similar price on Amazon etc.

As long as the phone is listed on CeX and there is no Vodafone variant on CeX, you can just insert your Eir SIM into the phone when you get it.

They'll sell you the phone but you won't get the switching offer of '€100 off'. Have you checked Amazon for the phone you want?

What phone is it?

It doesn't say which it is on Vodafone's website - 4GB/8GB, but if you saw in store it says 8GB. It should be €80 with the switch offer. Is your current phone network unlocked? so you can put the free SIM into it to get the SMS Vodafone will send for porting. Some Vodafone stores insist on you buying credit with a phone afaik but you don't have to online.

It just didn't go through so they didn't take any money and will release the hold on your card, it'll show back on your card in a few days.

I don't know why that error would happen, that's strange. Give the sales number they've shown a ring to make a new order, the sales number shouldn't be too busy.

Can the sales team not do it over the phone? The order didn't go through so the SIM port shouldn't go ahead.

Did you pick eSIM or physical SIM?, I had a prepay eSIM order not go through before