back to ephebe's point about the phone working out cheaper buying it sim free for �500 than over 12 months
What kind of call charges as yould you have ?
will you be using a "pay as you go" card ? - surely not.
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I have an Orange OVP Virgin sim. Call charges are as follows:
Line rental: �0 /month
calls (first five minutes / day): 15p each
calls (after 5 minutes /day) : 5p each
Anwerphone: free
if you want a better breakdown, take a look here:
http://www.smalltalk.co.uk/virgin.htm
I don't make too many outgoing calls, but I receive a lot of calls. Monthly bills are usually under �10.
Thats why buying sim free is certainly better for me.
Andy.
so orange havn't got the P800's in.
does anyone know when the will?
The Eshop is saying the phone will be released 24th Feb....
Nobody seems to know at Orange what's going on. :evil: :evil:
The point is (as far as I'm concerned anyway) that Networks subsidise most phones, on either upgrade or from a new contract.
So, I shall be getting whatever phone I can from the upgrade department (most likely a 7650) and then selling it brand new sealed and boxed on ebay to offset the �500 charge for the P800. That way I get the subsidy and one of the first phones.
For now I need to get my t68 replaced by the insurance company so I can flog that on ebay (or if they get me a mineral grey t68m I shall probably keep it 😊...
Should knock my p800 down to about �250 whilst still staying on the same contract (�30 a month for unlimited GPRS 😉
Just pre-ordered mine from Eshop,don't want to sign a new contract from Orange or anybody else.
paid for it on Barclaycard, hopefully the handset only price will drop elswhere within 2 months & I'll claim the difference on their price promise scheme.
[quote="Andy_P"]
Should knock my p800 down to about �250 whilst still staying on the same contract (�30 a month for unlimited GPRS 😉[/quote]
Who is the provider Andy?
for what, the GPRS? Singlepoint Vodaphone.
(Obviously the P800 is to be purchased SIM Free)
i think orange do a unmetered gprs option for business customers may be its that hes refering too.
I myself well get it on contract and simply cancel my existing agreement as i want to change my numbers. The other reason is insurance - on orange or o2 business first tarrif u get free insurance/orange care 😊
Just need to actually find an Orange shop that has the phone....
lol durzel dont even get me started on that one! never have i known a consumer product hardware launch to occur with no hardware 2 sell!
Yousaf 😊
It would be funny if it weren't so frustrating. The three individual times I have rung Orange Direct I have been told:
a) The phone is released and Orange shops should already have it
b) The phone hasn't been released, no confirmed date for release
c) The phone hasn't been released, possibly due 24th (not confirmed)
The plus side is it seems the two Orange shops I've spoken to, whilst neither of them have got the phones in stock, they've been apparently been told that they've should expect them in deliveries this week.
i was told this week by one orange shop, and in 4-5 weeks by another!
Same for me here in Leicester Will,one of the smaller stores told me that it had been released & that our flagship store would be have the stock in first..but when I spoke to the monkey 😉 at the flagship store, he said that the phone was expected in within 3 weeks.
What you guys are saying echoes my experience exactly. Nobody seems to have a clue wtf is going on with this phone.
This afternoon I have been into all the major network shops in Maidenhead (except O2 which was closed for lunch - go figure) and no-one could give me any firm opinion on when it would be available - and that was if they'd even heard of it!
The other frustrating thing is that I was planning to buy it sim free from Clove Technology (a PDA specialist in Bournemouth) and then take out a new contract. However, none of the networks or CPW will sell a phone or contract without the other. I guess I could get a freebie phone as a spare.
(Very) Frustrated of Berkshire.
[quote="Yousaf"]i think orange do a unmetered gprs option for business customers may be its that hes refering too.[/quote]
No it's definately Singlepoint Vodaphone as I said 😊
Long story but there's only two of us in the country apparently who have it!
You guys should all ring up forward cellular. 0807 44 44 47
They've had them in for 2 weeks now.
ive had mine for days
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 😃
to be honest id be prepared 2 buy it sim free from forward cellular but theres no guarantee that the sim free version works with line 2. I know the t68i did but apparently the delay of the orange p800 has partley beed due to making it line 2 compatible from what ive read on this and other forums 😞
Yep Nookie, they're round the corner from me,but they sell the handset with a Vodafone tarriff. If you wanna buy the handset from them sim free it will cost you �635. I'd rather wait...
A quick update for those of you waiting on the SE e-shop.
Justin is now saying that they are expecting them in on the 24th. Different from yesterday when he said that it could be any day between 17th and 24th.
I'm pretty sure that Emma has said all along that they'll be in on the 24th. Looks like they have the same hymn sheet now.
(Has anyone spoken to anybody else at the e-shop, or is it just Justin & Emma?)
Andy.
same as you have said
I do find Justin very helpful but Emma is like, well she has a bad attitude (maybe just me)
its like I'm left feeling that I have inconvenienced her
it shouldn't be like that.........she is in customer service/sales
she should get a job doing something else
Oh, i don't know about that. Emma took my order. She seemed perfectly nice, and very helpful.
Andy
perhaps she has had a few bad days......maybe a lot of people ringing up complaining about the constant p800 delays got to her
I find Justin is cool though
local orange shop said today, this week and that they would have a demo saturday... 😮
hello
nk8: nice 😊
I asked Justin when I phoned once how many people there were there as I had spoken to him several times - he said 5 😊 I have spoken to someone else apart from those two though - can't remember their name.
I was under the assumption that if Orange were getting deliveries from SE by friday, the eshop might be the same? If only they could ship it straight to me from SE rather than via the eshop to save a couple of days 😊
And Ive told a couple of mates that I should have it by the weekend... Sounding unlikely but hey I'm ready to be surprised.
Added: Just found out I have somewhere important to be on Saturday where I shall definately need to show it off... If my P800 hasn't arrived by Friday I might have to blag an import...
Update on orange website for a more detailed look at the P800
www.orange.co.uk/p800
Latest from Orange shop online, phone is due in stores any day now. This has been confirmed by 2 Orange stores in Leicester(who know what they're takin about.) that the phones should be in on Thursday/or Friday's delivery. again we'll see if they can deliver the goods.
Just phoned forward cellular who have stopped selling them as SIM free.
He said that he will be selling them for "much less than that" in March (which is "a week away" 😊
:agrue:
If I don't get one before Saturday now I'm going to cry :roll:
Much less than their current SIM free price (�635??), or much less than the SE e-shop sim free price?
The wait is terrible.
He definately meant less than �635, but whether "much" less is less than �500, I don't know.
Out of interest, does anyone know where the SE Eshop is based? If they came in on Friday I'd rather drive there in the afternoon to collect it than wait till Monday if it was somewhere reasonably close..
Company paid petrol and the fact that I live in the Midlands has something to do with it... a childish trait of wanting my new toy now probably has more...
😉