They absolutely rubbish to deal with. Everything takes ages and loads of phone calls and patience. Can't wait for my contract to finish in 12 months time

Good luck with calling EE directly to get a better than advertised deal, never worked for me or my wife. Cash back claims process is easy and due to the massive saving should not be very hard to find a few minutes to do at each point.

Was considering going for the 6GB data for £10.99 after redemption few days ago. This is much better. Thanks OP.

How hard is claiming the cashback? do they always pay out?

They absolutely rubbish to deal with. Everything takes ages and loads of phone calls and patience. Can't wait for my contract to finish in 12 months time

I get this for a tenner a month direct from ee. It's always worth calling then direct to see what they can offer as they would have to pay these 3rd party companies more than it would be to sell it to you direct for cheaper.

going to call ee today as my contact has less than 30 days to run and see what they can offer me and I'll post it later.

I have the same deal direct from EE as retention for £13 a month (don't think you get 4g extra with the above deal though)

Good luck with calling EE directly to get a better than advertised deal, never worked for me or my wife. Cash back claims process is easy and due to the massive saving should not be very hard to find a few minutes to do at each point.

Cheers OP, this might be the one for me. T-mobile didn't offer me anything when i rang for my Pac on monday.

£10 TCB as well i think + a 6gb deal for £3.99 after cashback

I avoided cash back for years but then decided to go for it on my last phone - unfortunately with Phones4U just before they went bust so all I got was a "sorry" letter. With this deal just keep in mind the £28.99 a month is a large amount to be stuck with if the cashback doesnt work!

Does this include tethering?

Yeah, you're right... my mistake!

SFJnet makes a good point though.. i have no issue claiming for the money back in installments, but i suppose its about taking the risk of the business going down the pan. I wouldnt have expected Phone4U going into liquidation

​EE don't mind tethering, as it is still part of your limited data allowance.

I'm considering doing this as my contract is soon up, whats the process of transferring my number? I am already on EE do I have to transfer it out then back in?

does EE allow data capping? I was going to put my daughter on the recent Vodafone 20gb SIM only but they don't have any way you can cap this.

that's great thanks for this

I'm on 4g extra,and have had 75 MBS ,don't really now the limits of both though

32 mb for normal 4g and 72 mb i get on my other 4gee sim and if central london it touches 100mb which is not needed as are not unlimited data but yes still better than some networks.

Thank you and heated.
I'm on a three contract that's about to expire that has 2GB internet, 200 minutes and unlimited texts for £10, but after cashback this beats it.
Three signal seems to be patchy too in rural areas, though it was alright for me for two years. Before that I was with T-Mobile and their coverage was pretty decent.

Is it 4g or 4g+

Is it 4G or 4G+ contract?

EE? I wouldn't touch them with yours. Three all the way.

seems like a great deal, thanks op

Seems like a really good deal

An EE marketing scam where they cap the speed of people on lower value tariffs :wink:.

As for these going bust, they're the same group as Carphone warehouse. And, given the cynics couldn't be blamed for suggesting phones4u were pushed out of the market, I doubt these folks are going anywhere any time soon.

ayce minutes, data and txt £27/Month + 8gb hot spot allowance, 4G free 12mth contract from three if you have signal. That also includes feel at home usage abroad.

where did you see they are part of carphone warehouse?

Yes new contracts now have tethering gone up from 4gb

I'm currently on payg with EE, if I get this deal, how would I go about keeping my number?

Cashback is always paid in time, highly recommend

Got this deal direct via retentions a few weeks back

If you are an existing EE customer and want to get this deal from mobilesphonedirect you have to start a new connection with EE if you want to keep your number.I was an EE customer and I took a sim only contract for 12 months with mobilephonesdirect and I had to port my number to Vodafone in order to keep it. Anyway Vodafone is far behind EE and I live in London.

My mistake. If you are an existing EE customer and want to keep your number it is not possible. You have to start a new connection with a different provider to keep your number

Well, you could just port out to any other payg network and port it back to EE the next day. Simple.

Exactly what I've done in the past. Also a good way to park your number for a few weeks if no deals about when your existing contract/offer expires.

Are they a separate brand or a separate limited company owned by the same group that owns CPW?

who is mobile phon direct owned by? dont want them going bust

Very tempting

Just go giff gaff 6gb 4g, after 4g runs out switches to 3g never get capped on data

Vodafone don't do tethering ?

How long have people's orders said 'awaiting decision from network' ?

I've only just ordered this morning, so cant say at mo, but keep us updated if you could! Ta

It says this about the wait
"We are currently processing your order and / or awaiting a decision from the network for your application. We will notify you by email as soon as we have received a decision. Most of the time we get a decision instantly so we can ship your handset to you for free next day delivery. There are some circumstances where you may be referred by the network, in which case it could take up to 48 hours to reach a decision. Either way we will notify you by email as soon as we hear anything."

is it nano sim card or just micro or is it combi?

Unfortunately your credit request has been declined by EE. We have cancelled your order within our system, please note that we have not taken any money from your credit/debit card.

We apologise for any inconvenience and we thank you for your custom.

Kind Regards,

Mobile Phones Direct

When did you order Drake22

Gone through fine and dispatched!

yesterday

Thanks for posting. I've taken the plunge! :smiley:

I'm moving from unlimited 3G data (Virgin) to 10gb 4G, so I hope I don't regret it. :wink:

My TCB has tracked already.

Just ordered, will update if it goes through

Gone through fine

This deal is just pure heat!

I'm current on T-mobile sim only pay monthly. If i wanted to change to this deal, how would I go about on keeping my number?

So tempted, anyone else had experience with the cashback on these types of contract before?

Why is everyone talking about TCB, Quidco offers £10 as well - Is TCB better than Quidco?

I've had to cancel mine as third party companies cant check against Business accounts with EE... so they are unable to credit check against my existing Tmobile Business account. He also said i wont be able to place a new order using my details as it'll just keep getting into this loop. Also, changing a business account to a personal account puts a 30 day hold onto my account with EE so i need to use somene elses details to order .... running round the houses with this one!

I got my despatch email today.

Does porting from Virgin count as porting from EE? (They use the same network, don't they?)

I had email back "Unfortunately your credit request has been declined by EE. We have cancelled your order within our system, please note that we have not taken any money from your credit/debit card.
"
I didn't know whats happened so I have mailed to mobilesphones.

They answered:
"I have checked your order and it looks like the network have declined your application for a contract.
As we are a third party company we are not allowed to know the reason why you have been declined.
Therefore we have had to cancel your order on this basis, if you wish to know the reason for the decline you would need to contact the network direct."

It's strange. Dont know why? Couple of months back I had contract 2 years with T-Mobile, after that I jumped into three (pay as you go) and I transfered the old t-mobile (EE) phone nr.
Maybe that why?
Does anyone know how to contact by mail with EE? Cant find. I'm at the moment abroad so no calls :/
Thanks in advance.

Gone for this after BT were being ****. Feeling rather cautious about the cashback element, but should be simple enough.

So so tempted just not sure on cash back

Credit check approved and sim has been despatched.

Think I need a proper read up on how to transfer my number over and amend the bills to reflect the new number etc.

Guys can some one explained how to port number to pay g, do I need to order the payg sim then top up with credit ? which network is best to deal with type of things, my upgrade is due with EE network but there offers are uselss......

How good is the cash back with Mobilephones direct? Ive been offered the same deal via EE for £21.99

nope what is that ?

Been waiting 2 and half days for this to go through, still nothing yet :disappointed:

£25 unless your already a BT customer

Back and forth numerous times with phone calls but my order is being dispatched now. Just need to port my number to another sim now and we're ready to rock. Cheers OP

Not a BT customer, but live in the residence of one. You don't even need to get it delivered to that house, or be the account holder.

Of course there is (as long as you're on PAYG at least). All you need to do is just to call 150 (from your new/temporary phone number) and ask for keeping you previous phone number. It takes 2 to 3 minutes for consultant to do that and another roughly 1 hour to complete the process. You can check if it is complete by texting 'Number' to 150 from time to time.

You're welcome. ;-)

Edit:
Net stats (via SpeedTest):
Ping: 23 ms, DL: 87.62 Mbps, UL: 46.54 Mbps

So IT IS 4GEE Extra.

Not bad deal, though. ;-)

I think this deserves to be much hotter.

I'm up and running with my temporary number, waiting for Tuesday when my port from Virgin Mobile should complete. My data speeds are, compared to what I had, amazing.

I'm with three but pee'd off, I have a full 3g signal at home but the tower is so over contended there is literally no internet (slower than dialup) to the point sites time out. I have been reporting this to Three for over 6 months, would this be a reason to request the let my go through breach of contract? Also if I did this, would there be issues porting my number?

I went for it tracked topcashback straight away. I worked out because I have santander 123 account I'll get 11 quid cashback over the year from this too! Bargain. I ordered last night and got a E-mail confirmation this morning saying its been dispatched for next day delivery, my credit score is **** hot though.

I managed to get one also, hopefully it won't be too much of a pain to process the cashback...
Now all we need to hope for is that they stay solvent for at least another year !

How long does a number port take nowadays ?

​same reason for me and got rejected, with Three plan for few years now and believe my credit score is good too so unsure on what criteria they are using to approve the order, as my credit check has never been referred or rejected. well anyway ... Good luck for others who are interested but beware of the approval criteria.

What happens after 12months? look for another deal before you get charged a full month?

​As you're on a contract, you can upgrade or ask them to extend it for another year on the same terms. They may even offer you a special offer to stay.

Really tempted to go for this, my Three £15 add on finishes on 7th September, not sure whether to wait till nearer or snap this deal up before it goes!

Thanks for the reply daydreamer, sim ordered! looks like a great deal..

Ordered this morning, seemed to go through ok and now despatched. Cracking deal if the cash back works out!

Expired

Not available anymore

NOT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best I can get is £192.00 via redemption.

I did expire the deal as it is no longer available.

Just thought I'd post this as a reminder for cashback.

Cash back on 12 month contracts is claimed during billing months 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 from the date of connection or upgrade.

My bill dates are 13th August 2015, 13th September 2015, 13th October 2015, and most recently 13th November 2015, so I'll be submitting my November bill (from the EE website) for my first lot of cashback.

Claims must be received within 60 days from the date shown on the bill, so there's a fair while yet before you have to get it uploaded.

Hope this helps.

I've now had an email stating my claim has been successful and I'll be getting £50.40 desposited in to my account in the next fortnight.

​the deal is expired. Says so at the top of the deal page.

Well if you saw when I actually posted the comment, which was 3 months and 2 weeks ago, you'd find that it was relevant at the time :smiley:

Just to confirm I've had my cashback paid now.

Going to unsubscribe to this thread, I just get annoyed that I missed out on this :disappointed:

​my bad! think it's only me posting anyway so I'll leave it lol :stuck_out_tongue:

Mine was accepted, processing at the moment.

Hi guys. Do you know if I have still chance to claim Cashback and how to do this. Any links etc? Thanks for help in advance

Yeah you can still claim, its within 60 days of when your bill arrives, my cashback was approved yesterday.
Link for cashback

Month 6 bill just uploaded, awaiting confirmation of cashback.

Thanks for reminding - it's high time to do the same. :-)

For those that were refused with cashback claiming they were already claimed with 6th bill (that happened to me three times) - send the following one (7th) and everything will be on, accepted straight away.

Month 8 bill now uploaded for cashback redemption!

A bit late, but Month 10 cashback has now been approved :smiley:

It appears that I'm talking to myself on this thread, but I'll be calling EE tomorrow to give my 30-days notice for cancelling my account.

I've already bought my next sim only deal. Went with BT Mobile. 15GB Data, unlimited minutes and texts for £16 per month. Quidco tracked at £35 and I've also claimed an £80 Amazon voucher.

12 months x £16 = £192
-£35 for Quidco = £157
-£80 Amazon voucher = £77
Effective monthly cost = £6.41