So had Phones4U. Good deal though.

They're gambling on you messing up or not bothering with the cashback.

I've just done a little table to show the equivalent Monthly cost of the below 4 cashback deals they are currently doing (excluding any Quidco).

Price Data Cashback "Monthly Cost"
17.99 2GB 96 7.74125
21.99 4GB 132 8.24125
24.99 6GB 156 8.86625
27.99 8GB 192 8.49125

So, going on that, the 6Gb deal is worse than the 8GB deal. And the 8GB deal is only 75p more per month than the 2Gb one.

I just went for the 8Gb one (assuming it goes through ok, I tried to get a Vodafone one a few months ago, and I failed the Credit Check as I had just cancelled with them, and I was "Still on their system as a customer").

I only last Thursday signed up to the LIFE £10 deal, so will either cancel that under the 14 day rule, or just give my 30 days notice right away, and just pay £10 for the month.

For those that took this contract out at the end of Feb, if my calculations are correct, then you should be getting (or just got) your 4th Month bill.

thank you HOT

just wondering how mobilesphonesdirect are for cash back reliability ?

thanks

So had Phones4U. Good deal though.

I've never done redemption cashback before. I'm looking to transfer over my number via a PAC code from 3 to this sim, will this invalidate any claims?

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Hm can I transfer from T-mobile (EE)? I think i need to transfer out the number and back in don't I?

Ordered. Thanks OP been waiting for a good EE deal to come back.

Too many cashbacks.. O.o
I'll go for the Vodafone deal instead. Plus free Netflix XD

Hot for those who really want EE

Hi guys, could anyone please confirm asap :

I pay £27.99*12 months
And I receive £192 cash back from mobilesphonesdirect?

Please can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

Why dont they just skip the cashback and give there best price?

last week i had greatest deal ever from e2save.co.uk

vodafone **

20gb data + unlimited min & text ( also ) they have offered me 2month unlimited data + free 12 months free hd sky sport app subscription so i can watch live football for free.

after cashback i only paid £10 p/m.

How often do these good cash back offers come around? I only need a new sim in July.

It was posted.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/vodafone-sim-only-with-unlimited-minutes-texts-20gb-data-for-20-12month-10-month-2393542
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/vodafone-pay-monthly-sim-20gb-data-40-automatic-cash-back-120-off-multiple-redemption-2393294

Ask him for the keys to his delorean

from bitter personal experience, redemption = cold

And does topcashback work on this ?

I'm on the latest similar deal with ultd/ultd/10 GB for a £7.99/month (after cashback) and there was an issue with second cashback (after month 6). It was refused (three times) and after contacting CS I was adviced to send them the bill after month 7. Then everything went ok.

Anyway, keep in mind this promo includes EU roaming (talk/text, don't know the details, though), so it's even better than I'm on. If you don't bother sending them (online) every second bill (starting from month 4), it's a no brainer!

Thanks OP! Hopefully there's a similar one around next August when my actual contract is gone.

Thanks I'll give it a go!

always have to be careful with these cashback deals. last time i did one of them, the company went bust and i ended up paying full price with no cashback

How is it £7.65 after cashback? 336-192=144/12=£12/mth. eventual £10 from quidco won't help too much.

is there any code to drop it further?

as per cashback deals - been using them for last 10 years, never had a problem! just don't buy from unknown shops. This one is around for years and online claims are so easy to sent.

i too would have chosen cashback however not all companies are as reliable in paying out.

Where would you get the £10 cash back from?

is thetering allowed with this?

Hi, maybe a bit dim here but is the £7.65 a month based on the cashback paid (and the Quidco cashback) and the fact you get 3 months half price line rental ?
Thanks

This looks like a good deal. The 3 month half price is a EE thing so will happen automatically. Redemption is up to the user. I'm on a Voda redemption deal that ends in April, found it really easy to upload the pdf bill and a few weeks later a cheque comes in the post. My 10g Voda tariff was £27 but I was paying £10 effectivly with the mobiles.co.uk deal. Didn't go anywhere near 10g so the current £20 pm Voda offer is a bit expensive...quite liked the Spotify though. Might give then a ring but this at £7.65 (even with £9.99 Spotify) seems much better.

Signed up - I had gone with the recently posted Life contract for £13.50 per month with 6GB of data (30 day rolling), but that's only 3G piggybacking from EE. This seems an excellent deal - good work OP! ....now if anyone knows where I can pick up a LG G4 that would be appreciated.

currently on the 15 quid three deal from a few years back. very tempted to get this. any downside going through these people rather than EE directly.. aside from the price?

I've just done a little table to show the equivalent Monthly cost of the below 4 cashback deals they are currently doing (excluding any Quidco).

Price Data Cashback "Monthly Cost"
17.99 2GB 96 7.74125
21.99 4GB 132 8.24125
24.99 6GB 156 8.86625
27.99 8GB 192 8.49125

So, going on that, the 6Gb deal is worse than the 8GB deal. And the 8GB deal is only 75p more per month than the 2Gb one.

I just went for the 8Gb one (assuming it goes through ok, I tried to get a Vodafone one a few months ago, and I failed the Credit Check as I had just cancelled with them, and I was "Still on their system as a customer").

I only last Thursday signed up to the LIFE £10 deal, so will either cancel that under the 14 day rule, or just give my 30 days notice right away, and just pay £10 for the month.

This is very nice deal, just a shame that I am with o2 till 17 april

​Thanks, much appreciated.

or if your on virgin media take their package from £12 ult text and calls + 4GB data as they use we anyway

Nice deal, I did this last all last year, forgot to send one claim in so lost that but this time I'll just diarise it properly.
The claim process is pretty painless, 5mins to log into EE, download your bill as a pdf and upload it on the MPD site.
I just ported out to O2 for a month (got the priority app now) and will be going back, with this particular deal I reckon!

Does EE give out any perks like vodafone

Sorry for being an amateur on this. I'm getting a little confused by how to claim cashback. So my contract started today (22/02/16) , is that right I can create a reminder to fill up claim form in 22/06 , 22/08, etc ?

Perhaps they think that a 12 month deal at under £8 doesn't need many perks. Saying that, without the cashback its not a particularly good deal but neither is the £27 Voda 10g tarrif I am on at the moment, but with cashback it works out at £10pm so is pretty good (and it included 12 month Netflix or Spotify). I wasn't expecting something as good this time but this EE one is pretty close (as long as you have EE coverage).

cash back deals are risky. Have had to issue court proceedings to get money back. I would avoid.

I was wondering the same thing. It says you can claim cash back in months 4,6,8 etc. my interpretation of that is you can claim cash back in month 4 so if your contract started on the 22/02/16 you could submit your first claim on the 23/05/16 which is just when month three finished and month 4 starts.

I stand open to correction on that though.

Month 4 effectively means your fourth bill - to them anyway - they accepted these bills from me each time. Makes it easy to keep track of

When does this deal end? On a one month rolling contract with 3 which ends in the 1st of March

Does this contract start immediately as soon as we place the order? Or can we place the order now and then start the contract later. Because, my current provider needs 30 days to cancel the service....

Mine started the day after I placed the order online.

They shouldn't start the contract until we activate the sim

Line rental not showin as half price anymore

Line rental not showing as half price and the free roaming has gone. I spoke to them and they said some special deals only last half a day. Even without these elements it still a good deal if you want EE and are happy with cashback.

It seems like the other "icons" (to show fast data and roaming) have also gone, so maybe just an error.

The EE site says the 1/2 price offer is on till 22nd March.

If you sign up to a 12 month SIM only Extra plan on EE from 10 February 2016 to 22 March 2016 you will be eligible for a 50% discount off the monthly cost of your SIM only Extra plan for the first three months.

My LIFE SIM came yesterday, I just called up and cancelled (said it hadn't turned up quick enough), and the chap said as I was within the 14 day period they would do so, and refund the £10.

I spoke to MFD and they said our deals change quickly, I mentioned it being on the EE site and until 22nd march 2016 but she said that their special deals differ at times especially with regard to cashback etc. For me the half price 3 months is a maybe!

Assume you are outside or missed the post...not a fair to start the contract as soon as we place the order....contract should when they activate our line...thats how with Broadbands...

Got my sim today and started the process to port my number.

Got my sim today and started the process to port my number.

My EE contract finishes on 1st April. Is it worth bargaining with EE retentions team and get the above deal?

Just got my sim today. Register my EE account online and the half price discount has been applied for the first three months even though I singed up after the icon disappeared from the mobilephones direct website. Just did a speed test as well and getting almost 60mbps at home.

Very happy so far.

This is great news! How soon did you order after the icon disappeared? Does your online account show the EE Extra benefits (double speed 4G and roaming)?

I'm ordering tomorrow if so :-D

I wonder if half price for the first three months still works, maybe the discount is auto added by EE, they wouldn't know where the SIM originally came from I suppose.

Just spoken to them. No half price now but still double speed 4G. makes the theoretical net (12*27.99=335.88-10 TCB/Quidco-192 cashback =133.88/12=£11.16)

Brilliant thanks for coming back with that update. I've taken a punt and will hope for the best!

EDIT: TopCashBack tracked at £10.10 within 2 minutes of purchase :-D

I signed up the day after icon disappeared and have got the 3 months half price but no international roaming.

It included eu calls and texts within the plan, think 250 of each or something like that.

Fair play, wished I'd jumped on it rather than eking out my month with 02 now...

The cash back deals on EE disappeared in Jan after BT EE merge. Glad to see similar deals are now back. Would be great if anyone who took up this offer in the last a couple of days could confirm on the 3 month half price.

I've just ordered. If the 3 months half price has definitely stopped, then I've worked out with the £192 cashback and £10 TCB (which tracked instantly) it's £11.15 a month. Still a price I'm very happy with, anything near it for me is iD Mobile (tempted but horrific CS reviews), Life Mobile (no 4G) and TalkTalk Mobile (I refuse to anything that Vodafone are involved with).

I think it's a great price for a direct connection to a decent network. If I get the 3 months half price then even better, I'll report back when I get delivery and register, Monday I suspect.

Got my sim the other day and ported my number, so far its all ok.

Received an email from MPD saying that security checks couldn't be completed (unusual as I signed up to credit card 6 months ago and was given a £8.2k limit). So my connection is delayed whilst they process my ID documents.

Still, that's kind of convenient as I have 16 days left of my goodybag :-D

Thanks!

Both Mrs Marx and myself signed up for this deal - looks good. Sims arrived, activated and looks like both plans have the three months half price too (but I signed up the evening before the icons disappeared).

Cheers!

Any updates on whether the 3 months half price is still valid?

Answering my own question..

Phoned up and was told the 3 months half price and Europe minutes still included.

Have gone for this deal.Topcashback £10 + £192 redemption cashback. Always got the cashback on these type of deals. Hopefully will get the extra 3 months half price, but still a good deal without!

Just to update, my SIM arrived today. I've registered on EE and my account shows 3 months 50% off. Doesn't appear to have the roaming offer, but the 3 months half price was my main concern and it's definitely there. I ordered on Saturday.

Not sure if the SIM card is activated though, when I insert it into my iPhone I get "No SIM Card installed". I'll wait until tomorrow before calling them... don't need it until next week as that's when I can get my PAC from Three.

So the bills we need to submit are 4,6,8 and 10, so would month 4 be Junes bill, 6 would be Augusts, 8 would be October and 10 would be December ?

My contracted started 23/02/16

Went for this deal 01/03 and it still says waiting for Network's decision! Excellent credit history but making me nervous as to what is holding it up!!

Thanks, yes I see it now and I've noticed it was discussed earlier on page 4 I think.

Wouldn't worry too much. I ordered on Saturday morning and my order sat on that status all weekend until Monday afternoon when I git an email saying it was being dispatched.

My contract also started then, and I have already had a Bill from EE with the wording on it saying something like "Welcome to your first bill", and a bill date of the 23rd. So I take it from that that the 4th bill will be from the 23rd May (2nd 23rd march, 3rd 23rd April).

Thanks mate - still curious as it aint no weekend and when I phone them, I get usual robot reply about it can take upto 48 hours - we have to worry about something eh!!

I was going on the basis that as I signed up at the end of the Feb (it goes on date of connection) the 4th bill would be Junes as the first was march, 2nd was April, 3rd was May and 4th was Junes bill.

Just registered my 8gb sim ordered 29th Feb Delivered 3rd March. Billed on 4th march at £13.99 hopefully for 3 months. It is also showing unlimited EU voice minutes and texts. I was going to post picture but not sure how, anyway it a bonus!

Received my SIM on Tuesday and can see 3 months half price as an add-on in My Account, but not unlimited EU roaming calls/text. However when I called to give my PAC from Giffgaff, the CS assistant confirmed that I have 3 months half price AND unlimited EU roaming calls/texts which is brilliant!

Reminders set up to submit my cashback claims - get in!

Regarding the unlimited EU roaming calls/texts. I registered on a desktop computer (not the app), but it also showed in the overview on the bill when downloaded as pdf.

edited.
Waited 1 day for the network to green light the contract. The contract kicks off right away before I even receive the sim card.

Same here x 2 contracts. No SIM yet but they say contract has started. I think they'll be amending that once we have the SIMs and activated etc.

Can anyone explain how this works for someone who is new to this whole cashback thing and smartphone deals like this one in general? Would be greatly appreciated

Tempted

Is the 3 months half price still on? It doesn't say so on their website

EE site says the half price is on until 26th march

Is this only £132 cashback now?

I got this deal 1 week ago. I got the 3 months discount and the tcb. I got 133 meg 4g speeds!

I got this deal and went to setup my online account with EE , only had the London Underground Addon. Phonecall to CustServices (give pac code as well )and they confirmed that i had 3 months half price line rental and 4G extra but not showing in the web panel for me at the moment.

4G Speedtest max i have seen in High Wycombe so far is 60mbs on a Iphone 5s not sure if upgrading my phone in the future would improve things but im happy. Quidco tracked straightway so fingers crossed i dont mess up the cashback. Only reason i went for the 8GB is not really needing the higher 16gb as we have fibre BB at home and not trusting cashback fully so not being lumbered with a expensive monthly if it goes tits up.

Was going to go for this deal as my Voda one is finishing. Requested my PAC code but the following phone call from Voda offered 8gig plus unlimited mins & texts plus 12 months Spotify etc. For £13.50. I don't need 20g for the previous £20 for that package was too much even if a good deal.

Got my first bill from EE on the 8GB tariff and not showing half price. EE Told me nothing on their system for my account told me to speak to Mobiles phones direct.

Mobilesphonesdirect have told me that the half price 3 months through them is slightly different offer where bills 2-4 are half price and its a deal they have agreed with EE (EE will bill me half price those months).

Now im guessing i have to cross my fingers and hope thats true as i have nothing in the emails to indicate half price. Anyone else in the same situation as big factor in taking contract is the 3 months 1/2 and cashback.

Thinking about it you were correct and I was wrong my bad.

Checked my emails from mpd and nothing is mentioned in them re the 3 month half price but if i login in to ee and look for "Your plan and add-ons" the 3 month half price is listed there.

Unfortunately EE login mentions nothing in the your plan / add on and EE on the phone said nothing listed for 1/2 price rental

I reckon that maybe EE stopped honouring the 3 months 1/2 price through 3rd party seller and mobile direct really not sure what to say. I'm tempted to cancel as I don't want to get to the 2nd bill and no discount then I cannot cancel within cooling off.

Worried about getting my PAC if I cancel , anyone cancelled contract through mobiles phone direct and got pac code

HOT

I have just cancelled my contract with MPD due to the 3month 1/2 price rental issue not showing as i thought it would. Hopfeully will be getting a working PAC code and smooth process to cancel

For those that took this contract out at the end of Feb, if my calculations are correct, then you should be getting (or just got) your 4th Month bill.

is the order reference just the order number ?