How the fuck do phone companies get away with this shit?
It's a contract and agreed amount over a set period, yet they all claim inflation as the reason, I say GREED no other reason.
If we decide to say I'm going to pay less because of inflation and stop paying as much they'd soon be after us.
So how does 02 justify a £2.50 a month increase?
This doesn't happen with anything else when tied into a term agreement such as a mortgage product for example.
Yet phone companies seem to be able to do whatever they want. |
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"Sky and Virgin do this with their TV packages, its a rip off. Its not like their 'production' costs increase, they are supplying a digital service.
Mrs x"
Exactly
All admin is electronic and probably automated.
Call centres are staffed by well let's just say communication isn't their strong suit.
Content is repetitive and dull.
A quick search reveals 23 million UK based phones subscriptions @ £2:50 increase
That's additional fund's of
57,500,000
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"I guess they get away with it because their customers sign contracts that allow them to get away with it.
Best way to stop them doing it is to port your number to someone else. "
Thats one way to stop my emotive rant in its tracks, common sense, damn it haha,
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I've had my current phone for almost ten years.
I was on a SIM only plan but last time I got a new contract purely to get a new phone, ironically I binned the pile of shit AI controlled bollocks off to the bedside drawer in favour of my old faithful so will be going sim only before the price increase kicks in.
I wonder how long I can keep this coal fired, clockwork phone going for  |
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"I guess they get away with it because their customers sign contracts that allow them to get away with it.
Best way to stop them doing it is to port your number to someone else. "
Shush you with your common sense |
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My contract says they can increase the charge by 5% a year if I recall correctly.
But I'm still paying the same £17 a month for a business account with two lines with unlimited calls, texts and data as I was three or four years ago and the data transfer speeds have improved so I have no complaints. |
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By *I TwoCouple 26 weeks ago
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"How the fuck do phone companies get away with this shit?
It's a contract and agreed amount over a set period, yet they all claim inflation as the reason, I say GREED no other reason.
If we decide to say I'm going to pay less because of inflation and stop paying as much they'd soon be after us.
So how does 02 justify a £2.50 a month increase?
This doesn't happen with anything else when tied into a term agreement such as a mortgage product for example.
Yet phone companies seem to be able to do whatever they want. "
Don't get mad, get even
My contract with o2 runs from April to April, so every year I buy a new contract through uswitch for £10 for 50gb a month, call o2 and transfer my number so it never goes up 🤷♂️ |
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Just buy the phone outright (anyone who buys a phone on a contract is stupid).
Use a fixed price rolling 30 day contract from the likes of Lebara or Smarty. No price increases and free to change when better deals come along.
Although it has to be said that mobile phone contracts are very expensive in the UK, probably because of the government auctions of radio spectrum.
My Lebara France sim gives me 10x the data of my UK one for slightly less cost. |
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Contract?
What contract?
Ive never had anything other than SIM only. Never paid more than £10 and renew in response to a reminder, not automatically.
Let the buggers know they can take you forgranted and they sure will!
They've never hinted that they will increase prices and, historically, the allowance generally improves with time anyway. |
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"Just buy the phone outright (anyone who buys a phone on a contract is stupid)."
"Or perhaps just can't afford the initial outlay"
You can get perfectly good brand new phones for less than £150, available on payment plans. If they can't afford that, they can't afford a phone contract either. |
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"Just buy the phone outright (anyone who buys a phone on a contract is stupid).
Or perhaps just can't afford the initial outlay
You can get perfectly good brand new phones for less than £150, available on payment plans. If they can't afford that, they can't afford a phone contract either."
Exactly.
Perfectly usable phones for a bit over £100. Reasonably good ones about double that.
Anything more is an extravagance which is fine if you can afford it but really stupid if you have to pay through the nose on a multi year contract to make the monthly payments just about affordable. |
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"Just buy the phone outright (anyone who buys a phone on a contract is stupid).
Or perhaps just can't afford the initial outlay
You can get perfectly good brand new phones for less than £150, available on payment plans. If they can't afford that, they can't afford a phone contract either."
If you say so |
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I'm sim only with an unlimited data plan on Three. Always buy my phone outright. It went up by about 50p per month last increase. It seems inane to me to sign up to pay over 18 months or two years for technology that advances so quickly.
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"£8 a month for unlimited calls and 100GB data from ID Mobile. Who needs more than that?
Switching providers is easy these days, as is transferring your number."
We just switched our UK phones to ID, unlimited calls & 40Gig. First three months is £4 then rising to £8, and no price increases. Coverage is just as good as EE. And £70 in vouchers for switching! |
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It's something that is abhorrent and they should manage their expenditure, to avoid it.
By law, they do have to inform you, from the start of this year.jist how much the increase will be. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/bills-and-charges/ofcom-bans-mid-contract-price-rises-linked-to-inflation
I use fixed price SIM only, that don't tie me into any contract. If they changed policy and notify a price increase. I'd leave immediately. Not had any increase in years.
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