HOT! Just a shame Voda have atrocious CS and slow network

I am so pleased that Vodafone has decided to do this.

I'm on the One Plan. Three want to double what I pay from £15 to £30 per month and limit my tethering to 12GB..

Now I can tell 3 to get lost and move to Vodafone and with cashback pay less than £15 per month for 20GB and unlimited calls and texts and get a year of Spotify or Netflix. If I don't get the cashback, it is still a great deal.

3 must be regretting sending all those letters now.

The Vodafone website even says 'Great news for Three customers. Offer ends 3 March 2016'

Serves 3 right for treating their customers appallingly.

Best three could do was unlimited calls, texts 4GB for £11 or unlimited calls, text, data for £20.

If you're with 3, don't forget to claim your six months of free Deezer before you use your PAC

http://try.deezer.com/three-web/

I've also just discovered that you get access to BT wifi premium hotspots, which is a nice extra, especially if you don't have BT Broadband.

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/internet/wi-fi/index.htm

Vodafone trying to attract all the three customers who have had their price plans increased and unlimited tethering stopped. I'm still on the one plan £14 includes unlimited net + tethering, until that is I receive a letter in the post telling me that deal is finished. I'll make use of it until then.

3rd of March = 3/3. :man:

This is a good deal considering Spotify is included as well, have some heat.

If I do a speed test at my house, right by the front door I get 0.5MB/s down and 2MB/s Up. If I walk 10 minutes it goes to 18MB/s Down and 4MB/s up. Thats better than my broadband. Terrible reception in my area.. Shame as this is a reat deal

Is this Vodafone as when you go through there own site it's £40 a month is this site them or third party

shame i have no trust on vodafone data speeds.

always win against my friend on vodafone with my three plan.

otherwise this is a good deal. I'll give heat, but not for me sadly.

Agree it looks real but why is it not on the Vodafone.co.uk website

I took this plan last week at £30 that's why I'm asking to see if if I can get the reduction

For some reason it doesn't appear from the main Vodafone front page, but this is a legit Vodafone site.

you only get 6 months of Sky Sports with this one....

Ok thanks for posting just that I'm going to phone them to try get the reduction on my plan

20% corporate discount as well so £16 not bad but Vodafone puts me right off

HOT! Just a shame Voda have atrocious CS and slow network

Usually you can buy the deal and then apply for corporate discount afterwards. I've applied a discount like that to some good deals in the past. Cashback has always paid out like that for me too.

Network is too slow where I live. Luckily EE are ok so I might grab that deal.

Hot ... I'm paying £16 for 6gb

Looks like £78 of topcashback also!

Hot!
Does anyone know how long this offer is on for?

Vodafone trying to attract all the three customers who have had their price plans increased and unlimited tethering stopped. I'm still on the one plan £14 includes unlimited net + tethering, until that is I receive a letter in the post telling me that deal is finished. I'll make use of it until then.

Why isnt this not on the main vodafone site as i am due a ugrade on my sim only deal but cant upgrade to this maybe just order a new sim and transfer my number over

can anyone confirm the corporate discount can apply to discounted sim deals?

I have just spoke to an advisor on chat and they said the corporate discount is for non offer SIMS

In any case the corporate discount will not work if using a cashback company and it works outs just a bit cheaper to take the £50 cashback rather than a 20% discount over 12 months

Of course cashback isnt guaranted - but shame you cant do both

Actually just upgrade to it so now from £30 per month for the same deal to £20 per month for the same deal LOL LOL have some heat for this

Great deal, especially if you're already paying for a Spotify account, heat!

I just logged into my Vodafone account and upgrade to this deal so its all good now sweet deal.

Has anyone had the cashback track?

That is a good deal. I'm paying £18 for the same mins/texts with 6gb data with voda.

just got this after some messing around also for that got first month free

great find hot hot

I'm due for an upgrade in a few months time. Happy with my Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 so will go sim only when the time comes. I will throw this offer at them whether it has expired or not by then. Would be £16 for myself thanks to working for JLR. Heat given.

hmm, I cant see it on the upgrades list - any hints?

just to counter the "slow speed" comments. I get 48mbps down and 16mbps up constantly on vodafone 4G. so much so, I turn off wifi at work as the broadband here tops out at about 8 down and 1 up. luckily I get fibre at home else I'd use 4g there too. when I was on EE, i would have full signal but no connection, even texts wouldn't send.

£40PM? This £20 pm is what the standard price should be and even then its not a bargain. Im still using my 100gb pm payg superfast EE sims which effectively work out at £2.50pm.

The corporate discount is such a joke if it cant be used on offers like this. The standard Vodafone prices are just so uncompetitive that 20% discount on standard prices is still ridiculously expensive.

this looks a good deal to me

No Netflix? I thought they brought Netflix back into their deals

Edit: Just purchase the £40 plan, it'll show as £20 at checkout.

It's on vf site so corporate discount should be fine

Showing £20 on Vodafone.co.uk as well now

Hot. Just bought this as my Three contract expires next month. My flatmate gets 20mbps down in our flat so speed should be fine.

I think vea only applies to standard prices, this is reduced so I don't think it'll apply

How does corporate discount work?

I remember when Vodafone used to be the go to network provider.......

They'll probably one of the worst now, sorry cold.

great deal, signed up just now!

Very good deal. Heat added

Care to share?

-2

I get 20% off contracts over £20 so depends I would think.

drat. Got the BT deal at £16pm the other day. That one doesn't have official tethering and wifi calling. Not a huge deal breaker but what to do :smiley:

Great Deal! I get this 20GB SIMO for Free (Employee Discount) But worth it alone for Spotify or Netflix

Perfect timing. In still within 14 days of a £10pm 4GB contract and I use Spotify premium heavily. Vodafone are the only people with signal in my house so I am stuck with them.

I spoke to an online representative and they stated that the VEA scheme would not apply to this deal as it states in the terms and conditions that it does not apply to any sim only deals purchased which are already discounted and this one has 50% off already...
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/business/buying-with-vodafone/employee-offers/vodafone-advantage/
Also, topcashback states £78.75 for the £17 and £22 a month contracts not £17-£22 a month, but it does state £52.50 is available for all 12 month contracts.
I can't see any cashback offers on quidco that would apply to this deal.

12 Month SIM Only: £17 & £22 a month

I have emailed veas direct as vf support is not usually spot on with there info

Heat added.

I am so pleased that Vodafone has decided to do this.

I'm on the One Plan. Three want to double what I pay from £15 to £30 per month and limit my tethering to 12GB..

Now I can tell 3 to get lost and move to Vodafone and with cashback pay less than £15 per month for 20GB and unlimited calls and texts and get a year of Spotify or Netflix. If I don't get the cashback, it is still a great deal.

3 must be regretting sending all those letters now.

The Vodafone website even says 'Great news for Three customers. Offer ends 3 March 2016'

Serves 3 right for treating their customers appallingly.

Best three could do was unlimited calls, texts 4GB for £11 or unlimited calls, text, data for £20.

If you're with 3, don't forget to claim your six months of free Deezer before you use your PAC

http://try.deezer.com/three-web/

I've also just discovered that you get access to BT wifi premium hotspots, which is a nice extra, especially if you don't have BT Broadband.

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/internet/wi-fi/index.htm

Are the Netflix, Spotify and NOW TV accounts, full accounts? i.e. are they exactly the same as paying the 9.99 and 6.99 respectively? Can they be used on any devices? or limited to the mobile phone?

It's the full package. You can either apply them to a new or EXISTING account.

I'd like to know if they're compatible with chromecast (without merely casting the screen)

this doesnt include Netflix?

Also, I recently signed up to the offer when it was £30pm! Do you think I can speak to Voda about this?

I just called three told them about this Vodafone .. and they offered me £18pm for unlimited mins unlimited texts and 8gb of a 1 month rolling contract.. this was after speaking to the manager called an "exclusive deal" .. Three clearly care about the competition rather than their loyal customers what a joke

I haves been with Vodafone - but recently their service has been shocking, so I had discussed with them and they arranged a "Prime Contact" in the UK which they advise they usually charge for but had given free due to the fact I had been having issues, well since last week I have called left messages and had no joy with call backs and when I finally get through to someone all I do is get passed around the building, they have also failed to reply to my emails from last week.

I am sorry to say- there standards have dropped drastically and maybe the reason for the deals "fire sale!" due to the loss of so many customers. I am so disappointed...... but time for me to move to another network (just remembered it feels at the moment like the issues I had years ago on three network!!!!!!..... where are my options???? BT, EE, O2) all we want is a good price with good service .... can it be so difficult?

Thanks, this is tempting, i am a Three One Plan customer - £15 a month unlimited data and tether. just waiting for that letter to come through :disappointed:

I also pay for Spotify and Netflix so this would work out cheaper, but signal is Awful on Vodafone in my experience. Oh well, it will be a good bargaining chip in my negotiations with Three, at least.

Amazing! I was paying £32 for half that data and ended my contract early (1 month) and am now on the £20 deal. As I use this for tethering too when Im travelling to Ireland its a massive saving (I use the Ireland Plus add-on too so all usage in Irl is part of my normal allowance)

Nowhere on the simstore does it state that its discounted.
I'd definitely question that.

That must be recent - it was listed last week as an option on Red Value bundles

Sure it's recent, it's either that or the fact it was the most expensive package. I was certainly able to grab over 10 one year netflix codes by copying the code from the netflix URL each time.

I'm seeing Netflix as an option now...

Perhaps it was temporarily removed to rectify the flaw.

Happy days then.

VEA works on this deal - I just tried it

For those that signed up within the last 2 weeks - I just contacted Vodafone and they have switched me onto the £20pm contract now.

They need to speak to the 'Returns' department.

Cracking deal upgraded on my online account offer is there

Just asked Three for the PAC code.. will use my friends Boots discount and get 20% off.. so potentially £16 per month! Same as what Three moved me to after the dreaded "letter" with 8gb data!
Hopefully receptions good.. the coverage maps look really good to be fair for home/work! Fingers crossed!
Cheers OP!

Dammit cant see the Netflix option i dont use spotify or any of the others. If they have Netflixthen im sold! Three can stick it with treating their customers like poop!

Netflix show on link below:
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/bundles-and-sims/sim-only-deals/b/index.htm

Seems topcashback is £17 AND £22 tariffs. Not for this one which is £20. The other offers on topcashback say 'to' instead of '&'

Anyone?

Says 6 months sky sports on the ops link but 12 months on the Vodafone link

Can someone explain to me how I would go about getting cashback on this deal via TopCashBack. I have never used them before so know nearly nothing.

Cold because of this:
Beware that Vodafone is the only major network that doesn't cap data, so if you go over your 20GB limit it's £6.50 for every 500MB (inc. VAT) of extra UK data you use. This is automatic, too, so please keep a close eye on your allowances guys, otherwise it'll sting you in the long run.
- preecey

Can confirm the 20% discount works if you are at an eligible company, although I have a 30% code doesn't work... can't be greedy I guess :neutral_face:

I just called and they confirmed you can still get Netflix even if its not showing on the site at the moment

Thanks for the info. I will wait a little while to see what happens. If it doesn't work there is always the "All 12 month contracts" offer for £52 back.

Thanks. Upgraded despite being only half way through my current sim only contract :-)

Is it this price pernanently ir just for 12 months?

I got this

Sorry, but we can't sell you a Pay monthly product at the moment as your existing bundle uses up your monthly credit allowance. Your current vodafone credit limit is £0.00. You can still buy Pay as you go products.

£7.50 a month worth of Netflix (which I already have), £16 with employee discount and the chance for a generous cashback.....might be enough to tempt me to jump from my still running one plan

Cheers op, HOT!

I'd jump at this if it wasn't for Vodafone.

I have three issues with Vodafone:

1. Inept customer service teams
2. Terrible 3G/4G coverage in South Wales compared to EE
3. Their reluctance to cap data

Voted hot anyway, because it really is good value for money for what you get - providing that you:

1. Don't need to ever call customer services
2. Have decent coverage in your area
3. Keep a close eye on your allowances AND set a data warning in iOS OR set a conservative data limit in Android/Windows Phone to allow for discrepancies e.g. a limit of 19950MB should be fine

I know the final cost is still showing as £20 but the VEA discount is a bit weird:



It's showing as Netflix on the main page so it better be included.

John

I have gone for this. I was on the one plan with 3 and their customer service was cr%p. They seemed to have my card marked :smiley:

They would only offer me AYCE data for £30 as stated in the letter or a deal that was advertised on the website for 4gb data, no in-between. I was then transferred to retentions and the deals were the same. I then emailed Exec office due to the way customer services lied stating they did not have a complaints dept, kept me on hold repeating over again what a great deal the 4gb plan was (which anyone can buy on the website), then said I will transfer you to complaints and cut me off!!

Exec office were worse, smarmy and abrupt. Said I will send you a letter stating what we have discussed but if you are considering speaking to Ofcom I would not waste your time as this is a business decision and they will not interfere. Awful, awful service.

I have 2 other plans with 3 and as soon as they are at the end of their term I will never darken their door again :smiley:

I have heard the customer service is bad with Vodafone but to be honest I do not have high hopes for any of them now.

My cashback has tracked with TCB but at £0.00

I'm pretty sure they are not allowing employee discount and that's why there is a slight glitch. Please keep me updated on this.

Thats brilliant thanks, have you previously used the VEA scheme? I presuming that this is something that is already on your account?

It says it has the entertainment package on it so I would have thought so!

Just ordered. Went for the 52£ cashback option though as can't see how that won't track!

Effectively £6 a month after spotify and cashback deductions.

I've been with Virgin for about 8 years but sick of waiting for 4G. All they say is 'it is coming within the next few months'.

Virgin seems to be the only one that 4G covers my house too!

Thanks OP, heat!

`Inclusive calls to the UK from Europe Zone`, anybody know if you can use the inclusive Data in the Europe Zone as well with this package.

No u can't use the data inclusive abroad.
U can't apply any other discounts to any offer that already has a discount

Very good deal tho especially if u use Spotify

From my own experience VEA can be hit and miss. They can argue that this contract has already been discounted. But if they palm u off the first time, u can complain again and again if you have the patience for it. More often than not, u can get somewhere with them but no guarantee. For example, I took out a discounted 6gb contract £30 down to £27. Applied for VEA and they rejected it for that reason. Got through to a very helpful member of staff and she gave me 26% off rather than standard 20%. They even messed up my billing twice but they wiped the Slate clean for those bills too. I'm only paying average of fiver a month now with quidco, goodwill payments and discount. Can't fault them for trying to make their customers happy but can be frustrating over the phone depending on who you get. Also the chat facility can handle most things. Better than ee in this respect.

It wasn't on my account (last year I got a good discount without it) so I put the code in and it accepted it, I think it's a decent deal for £20 so the VEA is a bonus for me.

John

Have you got any idea how long the VEA email takes to go through to your work email address in order to get the discount?
I want the VEA discount to push me towards Voda instead of taking three's offer of unlimited everything for £20pm

Is anyone else having trouble getting this deal when I add to basket and fill out details they text me a code and after I enter it the web page says there is a fault and they are trying to fix it?

The VEA mail took about two minutes after requesting it although I wouldn't buy this deal on the basis of getting the discount as it seems it isn't guaranteed.

John

Hi all,VEA cannot be added to any other discounts. The price plan shows £40 then half price discount shows on the receipt. This is a cracking deal and if you have problems online or on the phone go into your local store.

I have rang up vodafone directly who have confirmed that the VEA scheme won't work on this deal. However the lady on the phone offered me 1 month free, with a little haggling, I have managed to get this deal with 2 months free.

Might be worth calling as VEA and cashback aren't guaranteed...

i work for Vodafone and can confirm the corporate discount is for price plans without a discount already. This sim only will have a 50% discount already.

after 12 months can you haggle another 12 months entertainment?

Anyone know how to get Spotify, the link suggests that it is not free but chargeable when you follow 97613 link

This seems like a really great deal. The only thing that really puts me off is not being able to use data whilst abroad and having to pay 45p a minute to use voicemail.

I couldn't get three to offer me this deal after I received the 'letter'. I don't really want to stay with them after that but it would be interesting to know if there's some method of getting the offer. I've been a customer with them for years.

Voicemail is included.

What? 45p for voice mail? That's strange!

Okay, perhaps I misread it when I was looking at the more detail section.

Best deal I've seen for ages. Recently given Vodafone another chance, coverage for me anyway is better than o2 these days.

Does anyone know if the Netflix sub can be the top package with 4k?

To my knowledge, You can't get a discount on top of a discount unless your a Vodafone employee..so your 20% VEA will not go through..

You get a coupon code worth £89.88 (12 x £7.49) but you can choose whatever package you want.

Voicemail is free it's part of the package..

Just to let you know the VEA discount will not go through..you can not apply a discount on top of a discount..sorry!

it does says that voicemail its not free Out-of-bundle charges Charge
UK calls to Vodafone mobiles, landlines (starting 01, 02 or 03) and voicemail 45p a minute (inc. VAT)

They confirmed the discount although it won't surprise me if Vodafone now cancel it, the original 50% discount doesn't show on the receipt either. The VEA is a bonus anyway although I noticed others had some success with the Z5 deal and getting both discounts so no harm in trying.

John

used my wife nhs code Bring it down to £16 really good deal tethering is the deal breaker for me.

Ups lol my fault

Good luck with their customer service when you have issues/come to leave/get over charged etc. Absolutely shocking customer service, I wouldn't be with them if they paid me!

It doesnt state on the Vodafone website that this £20 20gb is a "discount" so technically they should honor the discounts you get from work, no? Unless ive missed something!!! (Which maybe the case).

Silly question. How do you compare the network upload and download speeds. I downloaded a couple of apps but they use locations of Newcastle or Carlisle but I live in Perthshire. I would not want to switch if it meant coverage was poor and speeds were worse than Three who I am with now.

Peeing me off now!! Website still not working

wouldn't rate the network at all but a good price for anyone looking for all Spotify at the same time. heat

Brilliant thanks so much

Vodafone are by far the worst provider I have ever dealt with. Terrible customer support and questionable sales teams. I had a string of issues over a number of years with them. Moved to O2 and haven't had an issue in 18months

HEAT!

Superb deal on price & gb.. the signal to use said deal data on Vodafone each month is a completely different
matter! Sure VF think we all still use 1g ;-)

For those complaining about Vodafone customer service, I'm genuinely curious who you rate as having good customer service? I've been with all the networks and can't say I've ever had good service with any of them, O2 have been by far the worst with Orange closely behind them - at least with Vodafone they have a higher CS team that have always sorted issues I've had whereas I could never find the same for O2.

Even that aside, Vodafone and O2 are the only choices where I am anyway.

John

Ok so I'm one of the unlucky bunch being forced to upgrade from Three's ONE plan soon (£14pm!!). Overall, this seems like the next best thing. I just have a 2 questions if anyone can help me out please;

1) How good they are with their retentions offers? (and I am assuming at most it will stay at £20pm after the 12 months and the discount will not be lifted)

2) Do they have an app for using their calls over wifi and abroad?

Thanks in advance :smile:

you CANNOT apply vea to this tariff. netflix is still with voda and discount is for 12 months not continual after the 12 months just to clear it up from an employee

even voda employees wouldn't get a discount on this tariff

even voda employees wouldn't get a discount on this tariff

i sold one today and on receipt it said 12 months half price x

Those with Santander bank accounts might find they've got an offer for Vodafone to give you £40 cash back if you take out a contract of over £17 a month. You have to activate it through the offers bit of the online banking site, closes 18th March but you've to have had two direct debits taken out by then. If you're quick with this, might just make it (you can change your DD date once you sign in to the Vodafone account website thing)

Thanks - do you know if you can just type that code into your existing Netflix account or would you have to create a new Netflix account?

You can apply it to an existing one. When you have credit it'll pause your funding account until the credit is exhausted.

I've used O2 since the Cellnet days and could never rate their CS above appalling, twice they billed me for closed accounts then hassled me for money they actually owed me which went on for months and months - I understand companies make mistakes but to keep making the same mistake over and over again is just poor.

I've never heard of anyone be positive about Three CS and never had any good experiences with them either. EE reception is almost entirely non-existent up here so won't be using them.

At least unlike the others (to my knowledge), Vodafone have a higher CS team that have sorted out any issues on the spot whereas others it's the same nonsense, over and over and over again until finally getting someone who has a clue and sorting it. Certainly their basic CS is completely rubbish but I don't find that any different to any other network (bar EE who I haven't used) and I don't ever hear of anyone having great CS with the other networks either although to be fair other networks do seem to get panned in their own threads as well.

John

3rd of March = 3/3. :man:

Any idea how much discount you get if working for vodafone?

Good indoor data speeds for me.

Christ sake. My current vodafone sim only deal only allows me to upgrade on the 8th... missed this by 5 days. ****.

Anybody know how long this offer is available for? I have two BT mobile contracts which end in may.

Ummm two months before my BT mobile contracts end. I might just pay off BT and get this

Nice one, my contract is due for renewal at the end of Feb. This will do nicely. Cheers OP.

Got a while left for my contract to end!

How would you apply the NHS discount? Can this be done on the Vodafone website when you buy the contract or do you phone them up afterwards?

I'm guessing that the contract has to be under the name of the NHS staff?

Fantastic. Just reached 1000 :smiley:

In that situation it's best to use the web relations team - they've always sorted out issues for me and also had pretty much the same problem with other networks as well but no-one to escalate to. Looking at other networks on here I fee I've answered my own question, it's normal to criticise whatever network the deal is for as the worst ever.

John

I only started my contract in November (12 months sim only) and was able to upgrade to this tariff no problem.

Does anyone know if you can pay the £240 up front or do you have to pay the cost monthly?

Netflix - is it BASIC or STANDARD or PREMIUM ?

Is there a special discount for NHS staff?

I have beeen with Vodafone on contract for 8 years and never have issues with speed or customer service.

All networks have issues in places as none of them offer 100% coverage. It's finding one that doesn't have issues where you are regularly. "Urgh Vodafone", "Three is rubbish", "EE signal is terrible". You won't find a single network that doesn't have complaints about coverage.

Good deal

Might have to forgive Vodafone for being useless kents last Novemeber with me and go with this. I should get a further 20% off too due to colleague offers with the work. Shame it's not a Google Music offer mind you - prefer that to Spotify - but great deal.

No you either call them and send Proof of ID or pop into store to show your NHS ID and they will submit the form for you (confirming they have verified the ID).

Had to be done in first month of contract. I had an issue where call centre advised it was easiest to go in store, but didn't bother to tell me the time limit in doing so. Eventually got it sorted after some complaining.

The NHS employee can use the discount for friends and family (up to 5 total). So you just need to know someone that works for the NHS.

I've had no problems with network and services, but can confirm CS is poor. Lots of being passed around, hung up on and promised call backs that never arrive :/ However, email to CEO gets you someone who sorts things relatively quickly.

Loads of conflicting comments here about various employer discount schemes. Can anyone confirm when ordering does the discount show up on your order or is it like a cashback scheme where you are only notified later whether or not it has been applied. Also any quidco or topcashback tracking been seen. Thank you

http://www.mobiles.co.uk/vodafone-vodafone-pay-monthly-nano-sim.html? £10 a month after cash back even better

"12 months free Spotify, Netflix, Now TV or 6 months free Sky Sports Mobile"
I misunderstood that for a minute and thought you get Spotify and Netflix and Now TV free for 12 months!... not that you had to pick only one of them. doh!

Only really interested in the free sky sports but not sure if worth it if not got a huge need for the data.

Can you use the sky app through any wi Fi and cast to TV

Anyone confirm the cash back

And what the corporate option mentioned

Wow, great find.

Upgraded to this yesterday. Great find thanks

Now this will get me interested..it does not include the entertainment packages but I dont need them anyway

maybe it does will call them at 9am to find out

Signed up a month ago, for a Sim for my mothers phone, and a data sim to use in a 4G router, Sim was £30 and extra data sim that uses the same data was about £5.60. Seriously annoyed that 3 weeks later the price has been reduced to £20 a month, so im tied in and paying £120 extra a year.

Called them up and explained this, nothing they could do, even though i told them i will cancel after 12 months, and i would of been willing to stay with them for at least 3 years, and switch over to them myself, but know they just don't really care at all. Will see what they say after 12 months, and if they are willing to refund £120 and reduce the price further il stay, these companies (all of them) really are vultures.

It does, vodafone 'red value' packages include the entertainment package.

P.S it is a really good deal though, so heat from me.

I queried mobilephonesdirect on this and they told me the sim only plans don't include entertainment deals.

I think it's because it's done via a third party rather than directly.

I would have thought it's the same for mobiles.co.uk.

If I'd not just got a call back from Three retentions offering me AYCE Data, Minutes and Texts for £20 I'd have been all over this like a tramp on chips.

noice. thinking if I should switch from my three one plan ..before I get the letter...hmm

Even better! great find!

Im have the same situation, I don't really need the entertainment packages and to be honest with you I could make do with 3gb of data.

I haven't used a cashback site in ages, the process back in the day was very painful, has the process become any easier? I checked the site and you need to post a copy of your bill on certain dates to get the cashback. Has anybody used mobiles.co.uk and successfully claimed all of their cashback?

It depends, you just to remember to claim it at the specified months.

Or you can choose option 2.

Buy via Vodafone and aim for £78.00 cashback plus 12 months of netflix. You can sell the code for about £75.00 on eBay no problems.

£78 cash back? Which site is offering £78 cash back?

How long do mobiles.co.uk offers last? I currently have BT mobile so I would need to pay those out for approx 2 months.

The mobiles.co.uk deal will last until 3rd of March.

Use Topcashback, I've sent to email to them to confirm the amount we will get. I will pass on that information when they confirm it.

I am just finishing a 12 month sim only deal through mobiles.co.uk where you claim cask back via redemption just dl pdf of bill and upload it to their web site has worked well bit of a pain as long as you are organized and at £25 every other month I wont forget. This deal looks good may use it but vodaphone coverage for my area is iffy as is EE.

How do the entertainment packs work with regard to data does it come out of mobile data allowance or can it be used over non mobile broadband ?? .

Thanks

Zeberdys

update regarding the £10 pounds deal it does include entertainment package as its a red deal so its better than this plus around £5 on tpc or quidco

ohhh just phone them and asked lol

Had to upgrade my 3 plan (One Plan) to a 12GB limited plan (and pay double), but hey! they gave me unlimited internet on my phone.. I know it's crap comparing to the One Plan but still... would've bought this Vodafone deal if it wasn't to the limited internet :disappointed:

HEAT<3

It's a "Red Value" sim, by definition this includes entertainment so it is included.

While the Vodafone £20 offer will be until March 3rd mobiles.co.uk could pull or reduce the cash back at any time. For the sake of it costing £7.50 for 3 weeks I'd act sooner if you will need a contract in the next month.

They gave me the same offer during Xmas for an upgrade (sim only).. Also came with 3 months unlimited data.

if I get the deal through mobile.co.uk, what will happen after 12 months? I dont want to cancel the deal I have just got from 3 , after losing my one plan, and find that after 12 months I am worse off

but is that transcript from vodafone if you buy from them directly? I am asking if you buy form a third party

Tempted by this and 20% corporate discount, but signal is poor where we live and need to use Vodafone SureSignal box when at home :neutral_face:

Did you get the 3rd of March figure based on the fact that the reduced offer on their website is ending on the 3rd of March?

Yes but it's likely since mobiles will want to compete with Vodafone directly. Most likely the cashback amount will change soon though. I just don't see that amount as viable.

super happy as my netflix has just run out and my vodafone contract was due for upgrade! most chuffed and so easy to do on the online chat! all done in under 15 mins! kept my gold number and new contract will take into effect at midnight - just hope the cashback track works too!

Great deal, heat from me but personally I would never deal with Vodafone, no matter how good a deal.

My O2 contact is nearly up for renewal but the only reason I'm staying with O2 is that O2 have an app called TuGo ( allows me to make calls on the London Underground). If Vodafone had a similar app I would jump ship straight away. Hot deal awayhows.

Can anyone confirm after having spoken with mobiles.co.uk that the £10 deal includes Netflix and Eurotraveller?

Are you able to port your number over to either Vodafone direct or going via mobiles.co.uk easily enough?

Currently with 3 on their PAYG Bundle £20 package, would rather get rid of them.

What is Vodafones policy on tethering? I am guessing that it is not included but do they activly block tethering like 3 do?

Does the mobiles.co.uk deal come with Spotify?

i'm paying £30 for this and in contract.. Can i ask for a discount?

all done and got my free netflix whoop!

Looking at this old deal it looks mobiles.co.uk does come with Spotify:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/unlimited-mins-sms-6gb-4g-data-12-months-8-99-per-month-after-cashback-mobiles-co-2186025

Can anyone confirm the deal through mobiles with Netflix?

Don't mind doing the cashback and the bundle for £10 is pretty insane. If it is with Netflix for 12 months too its a no brainer.

Is it me or the cash back for the £10 deal is been removed? Can anyone confirm ty

I wonder if people will get their orders cancelled if it was a misprice?

Spoke to someone online yesterday about upgrading my existing contract and they put it through, only to find out this morning it hadn't been. Quick phone call to customer services and all sorted. Saving me a few quid on my current deal (despite taking it out in October) and practically tripling my data allowance. Might try the VEA when it's been activated to see if can get even more off. Hot!

Let's see if they will honour it tcb tracked at £10.50

what is included in the £10 mobiles.co.uk deal? as I can't see it on there

the deal is not mis-priced. I talk to vodafone on their live chat and they confirmed it for me.

Looks like I ordered just in time.

Ah! Sorry yeah I was refering to the deal rather then the cashback :laughing:

No worries.

I wonder why Vodafone don't offer the option to cap. Do they at least send you alerts if you're near the limit?

This is the mobiles.co.uk one that was removed like 1 minute after I ordered it. It's the same as the the Vodafone deal but includes £120 cashback by redemption.

No you don't. You get 12 months sky sport mobile.

Heat added due to the discount however as Mrs has recently joined Voda wouldn't touch them unless I was gagging. They down measure your usage accurately and 4G is slower than three

Oh crap! thats what I wanted but now its gone

I spoke to Vodafone via their online chat who basically said they have no idea and cannot confirm as it's a 3rd party deal. I've purchased the deal via mobiles.co.uk - once the order is confirmed, I will call up Vodafone to see if it can be added on. Otherwise, I will probably cancel.

I just got my pac code off O2 and they didn't even stop me from having it nor they offered me any deals

I signed up to the 20GB deal just under 2 weeks ago for £30 which was part of the Christmas promotion. Needless to say I was a bit **** when I saw it yesterday for £20. I called them and explained I wasn't happy so they moved me to the cheaper £20 plan plus gave me 3 months totally FREE. so nothing to pay until May. I'm a happy bunny. Plus when I ordered originally there was £80.80 TopCashBack.

I ordered the same deal just 20 minutes ago - I'm sure it's still available. Just keep "loading more deals" until it comes up.

I got 24 months now entertainment pack when purchased 24 month mobile contract through mobiles.co.uk in december..

the 20gb deal shows but the cashback has been removed. It justs shows the normal deal for 20gb at £20 a month like the vodafone website

For those who missed out on the mobiles.co.uk deal, I purchased this deal directly through Vodafone, who gave me £40 account credit when I mentioned that topcahback were offering £50 cashback.
In light of the mobiles.co.uk deal today, I called vodafone up again and told them that someone online was basically offering this deal for £10 per month on the net and they then offered me 30% off the deal bringing it down to £14 a month to ensure I stayed with them!
Might be worth a call if you've already signed up to this!

Mobilephonesdirect.co.uk are offering £192 cash back on the £20 pm deal.

This makes the 20GB plan just £4 a month.

Looks like it topcashback for cash back...

Can't be bothered with cash backs via redemption. I always forget and void the deal.

Looks like e2save are doing the same £10/month cashback offer as mobiles.co.uk - see http://www.e2save.com/sim-only/contract/vodafone/vodafone-micro-sim?network=vodafone&tariffcode=K8CTEFEB16

Can the Netflix be applied to the premium 4 user, 4k accounts? Apologies if this has been answered previously but unable to find a clear answer.

Only seeing £96 cashback here.

BT Mobile has had this for ages - don't get netflix or spotify but do get BT sport. BT mobile runs on the EE network, which I find so much better for data.

Good deal but hardly smokin!

Well, just ordered a Voda PAYG sim. Going to check out what the coverage is really like before committing to a year.

That's merely a misconception. I have BT mobile and believe me tethering works fine. BT Mobile simply say they don't support it - so if you call up about a problem with tethering they don;t need to help. I think only apple phones can have tethering blocked at the network level but not sure if BT even do that.Don;t think android or windows phones have settings to allow networks to do that - tethering is generally managed by the device.

Thread has been hijacked by other £10 offers for mobiles.co.uk get back on the 20 for 40

I am NOT a BT customer. I have this deal with BT mobile (which i guess does indeed now make me a BT customer). whats completely different about it?

Incorrect. The tethering works. BT simply SAY, they don;t support it - meaning that they don;t have to deal with support requests relating to tethering.

No its definitely gone now :- http://www.mobiles.co.uk/vodafone-vodafone-micro-sim.html?tid=K8CTMFEB16#phoneFilter[tariff_network]=&phoneFilter[tariff_network][]=vodafone&phoneFilter[tariff_price]=&phoneFilter[tariff_contractlength]=&phoneFilter[tariff_freeminutes]=&phoneFilter[tariff_data]=6000-20000&phoneFilter[tariff_freetexts]=&phoneFilter[gift_giftcode]=&phoneFilter[gift_giftcode]=

Just phoned mobilephonesdirect and the netflix,spotify or sky sports and it is not included in their deals...

Does the corporate discount work for the £20pm deal

Good, lets get back to the real thread.....

Stayed with three despite a terrible customer support person and went with the all unlimited for £20. They should have offered to switch users to that rather than the crap £30 one. They really crapped the bed with that one.

I've just had a response from TopCashback about the cashback level on this contract:-

"Hi

Unfortunately the £20.00 a month contract is excluded from cashback. "

Has anyone else had a reply?

On iPhones, they can actually determine if you are tethering even if they don't turn the tethering off. So, are you saying that if you tether they will allow it? I know some network say they don't support tethering, but they don't turn it off. However, if you tether they give you a warning letter and if you do it again they cancel the contract or slow down your data to about 300kb/s.

I would be worried because their t&c are ambiguous in this respect.

No Sky, No Spotify, No Netflix - do you get mixed up with which loos to use when you are out and about.

BT Deal is a completely different deal - and it is £21 per month...now stop spamming this deal!

You can NOT apply any vea/corporate discounts to this deal, but at £20 still a good deal

can i buy this sim now but activate it in 2 weeks timea once my existing contract ends?

This is incorrect. I ordered the BT 20GB deal some months ago and had to send it back because my hotspot feature on my iPhone 6 vanished once I put the BT sim in. It updates the phones firmware.

It's a hot deal for sure but slightly misleading.. this was once £30pm and with a bit of poking was available at a discounted £18pm - that's what I've paid for a year since the last super hot VF deal

E2save offer is not valid for the nano sim at the moment, just spoke to the and they looking into it.

i dont own samsung phone but just googled and found this

The Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 Mini are designed for micro-SIM cards only.

Yes, just put the nano in a sim adaptor to make it a micro or standard

I dont three are regretting anything. They want profitable customers, I doubt that they were making money on all these so called "abusers"

but even with 3 month free e2save is cheaper?

look at my deal for the Sony xperia z5 premium that's a pretty good deal compared to O2 direct

Very HOT... I'm with EE now and only 4 months left on my contract but will get this as £20 with 20GB data and unlimited call/text cannot go wrong... Oh yeah

Quick question i'm hoping someone can help me with.

Any way of seeing monthly usage on 3 network? I get unlimited data and absolutely pile through the it every month, and the data usage on my iPhone has not been reset since I got it (looks like I average 10GB a month), but just wondering if there is a way of seeing exactly what i've used each month?

Currently on £15 a month for unlimted SMS and data, but only 200 minutes. Would seriously consider this deal if I clearly never ever reach 20GB data usage just for the unlimted minutes and better 4G coverage in my area.

Cheers

Quick one... I've read half of the pages, and haven't seen a mention of it, BUT...

If I already have a subscription with Spotify, do Vodafone give you a code of equal value to what I'm paying so it's loaded onto my account similar to what a Spotify voucher would do? Or is it for new Spotify customers only?

Cheers

Mine worked out cheaper cause I got £81 Topcashback plus the 3 months free which works out at £141 discount

I can confirm that I recently took out a Vodafone contract via mobile phones direct and the entertainment pack was not included. Upon querying this with Vodafone they told me that it is not available via third party connections.

how can you get cashback and 3 months free? for.cashback you have to.order online right? and for 3 months free you had to call voda?

Or just ring three they will tell you exactly what you have used

Legend, exactly what I was looking for. Cheers!


EDIT: Turns out I used 25GB in June... looks like i'll stick with 3 for now :P

I originally order the 20Gb deal when it was £30 a month via TCB. This was 10 days ago. The TCB was £80.80p. After Vodafone reduced the tariff to £20 I was **** off so called them last night to terminate my original order as I was within 14 days. I was going to take out this new deal. I made out I couldn't afford it as I was still running EE tariff till June. They said they're was no need to end, they will give me 3 months free and reduce tariff to the new £20 one. Happy

I moved to vodafone on Tuesday and I feel the same way, if I ring up and tell them I have seen this they will let me move to it over to this deal??

Either they have misadvertised it, or it is included.

A "Red Value" bundle, is by definition inclusive of entertainment. Otherwise it's just a "Red" contract.

Excellent, my 12m contract with Vodafone on this deal was just coming to an end, and I was paying £30 a month.
Heat from me. Thanks OP

Vodafone's coverage is not very good at work we used to have o2 I travel a fair bit and very rarely did I have no signal now work has changed to Vodafone and often get no signal so bear this in mind before you switch to them personally I wouldn't go near them no matter what the deal was

here: "Enjoy up to 24 months’ access to Spotify Premium when you buy a Red Value Bundle (excluding Red Value 2GB Bundle) or a SIM only Red Value Bundle."

Very specific - if it's called a rev value bundle and its not the 2GB one then it's got entertainment

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/explore/music-tv-and-sports/spotify/

Say you want to terminate. You have 14 days no questions asked to do so. They may offer this to you and if they dont cancel anyway and start again!!

Called Vodafone and mentioned the cashback by redemption deals and they wouldnt offer any further discounts. They also confirmed that cashback would not be payable and that the employee advantage scheme would not apply

you can take the 50 pounds sim only (all contracts) cashback at the bottom of the offers

Just an FYI really:

Spoke to someone via Vodafone's online chat who put me in touch with someone from the upgrade team.

I'm currently 8 months into a 12 month Red Value sim-only deal, which gives me:

6gb
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Minutes
12 months Spotify Premium

for £27 a month.

I managed to upgrade to:

20gb
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Minutes
12 months Spotify Premium

for £20 a month, plus the advisor confirmed I can get 15% this contract via the Vodafone Employee Advantage Programme, taking it down to £17 a month.

Cheers OP!

That conflicts with the post above yours it seems.

rang up and managed to get my contract changed (in the 14 day cooling off period), customer services weren't that bad either!

Have to disagree as I'm currently on Vodafone bought via Mobiles, and I have Spotify.

You got a great deal with them which is comparable to the cashback deals without the hassle

Which dept / number did you call? what was the status of your order?

Mine is now an open order so sim will be arriving tomorrow. I think i was put through to the returns dept but I also went through customer services

I see it says "Your choice of entertainment for 12 months". So you only get one of them, how do you select, is there an option ?

I just called the customer services number 0808 0408 408, I signed up with them last night over the phone and they gave me the 2 months free (£40 account credit).

I then called up today in relation to the mobiles.co.uk deal and they put me through to retentions who gave me the 30% off the monthly cost as I said I was going to cancel and take up the offer with mobiles.co.uk, leaving me at £14 per month.

It works out to £128 for the year, where as the mobiles.co.uk/e2save deals are £120 but you have the hassle of claiming the cashback by redemption.

My account is set up online, I am just awaiting my sim card.

I'd definitely give them a call.

I just spoke to Voda on livechat, and never heard so many nopes.

Earlier today Mobiles.co.uk were offering this deal with an extra £10 a month knocked off via redemption. It didn't last long!

What happens if you need two and only pick Netflix, will it stack to give 2years?

Ah thanks, thought I were going blind for a minute :smiley:

thanks for all the info lukeburtonavfc i will try calling later

£168, no?

Think I may give them a ring later, but I reckon you got lucky with the double discount. As I said, I got shutdown completely on live chat, so not too sure ringing will give better results.

We are pleased to confirm that your order has been successfully processed and will be dispatched shortly from our logistics centre.

Your order details:
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Package 1
Vodafone Pay Monthly Micro SIM - FREE Vodafone 4G Red Value Smartphone Sim Only Promo £20 12m @ £20.00 / month Save £120 Cashback by redemption - FREE Credited by redemption.

:smile:

Once again, will existing Spotify Premium users be given a code to add 'funds' to their existing plan? Or is it for new customers only?

Were you a new customer or an existing customer when you initially signed up last night (as you said you are waiting for your sim)? Did you haggle the £40 credit as a new customer? :neutral_face:

That's the important bit right there. One monumental phone deal!

Just upgraded my contract exactly 14 days ago to 10GB for £28. so this is great as I am just in my 14 day period to change my contract. Thank YOU!!

you cant get discount on it

I am ringing vodafone, they don't have a clue if they can offer TCB

Anyone know why Vodafone only offer wifi calling on the IPhone 6s range? I'm sure the iPhone 5s and above are supported by EE? Would defo go with them if they did!

The £10 per month cashback deal is still available on e2save if you choose micro sim. i need a nano but will just go into the local vodafone shop to get one when my micro sim arrives

The £10 per month cashback deal is still available on e2save if you choose micro sim. i need a nano but will just go into the local vodafone shop to get one when my micro sim arrives

Just to make you aware....

When clicking "Buy now"

Please note that you have opted out of regulated Eurozone roaming rates which can be found at http://www.vodafone.co.uk/travel-guide.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/27/europe-abolishes-mobile-phone-roaming-charges

I think it will show as £20 a month as that's what your paying, the cashback to reduce it to £10 a month is after you've submitted the bills quarterly or whenever they asks for them

But when for example I put a different offer in the basket ie £6.50pm 3gb option it shows up with the discount

So the employee scheme didn't work for me.

They were quick in responding with this


Also called Vodafone and couldn't get any further discounts

Hmmm

Also no cashback at all. So don't expect it.

http://www.e2save.com/mobile-phones/4g/vodafone

From the e2save website

VODAFONE 4G DEALS
"My internet is too fast" – said no one ever! Get up to speed on a Vodafone Red contract and enjoy network benefits like Spotify or Now TV subsciptions.

Might as well order the contract through them. If they wont give you the entertainment bundle you can always cancel within the 14 days cooling off period but with this statement on their website I think you would have a fairly good argument for getting the entertainment package.

Has anyone actually asked e2save directly if they include the Spotify/Netflix etc stuff?

Does this come with the Eurozone txt and calls, I can't see it on the site and someone has mental it, do have to select it?

Hot deal even though Vodafone are rubbish for customer service, coverage and data speed, oh and text messages arriving 48 hours late.

If you opt for Netflix can you screen it through a box to TV like a normal Netflix account (I have never had Netflix)

So it appears my Spotify premium from my old red value deal has been cancelled, I've been moved on to the new one but no free Spotify yet. Hopefully be sorted tomorrow. I will admit there's a habit of little things like this happening but does tend to get sorted

Yeah, porting shouldn't be an issue, are u managing to get the e2save deal?

I got to keep my plan at 15.. But tethering capped at 2gb

As an ex Vodafone employee, just some tips:

You can't add VEA discount as the plan is discounted

When downloading your entertainment package always do it off 3G/4G, not wifi

All Red Value packages include the entertainment package and Eurotraveller calls not texts and minutes.

3/3 Three (Free*) of Three

you didn't have to do anything. Forget the migration retention team, CS complaints are making private deals with people... Because 100,000s customer already upset, left and over providers are capitalizing on their PR #makeitright f*ck up. You had more bargaining chips than you thought!

yes. You're within your rights to

abusers probably use vpn and tether 3 data without three knowing. Non geeky unwitting abuses.. Whell, threeUk should have put in a fair usage policy. Or at least shifted 'legacy' contract users onto a new fair usage. Instead, they are effectively doing what they promised not to do last year - which is to price hike. But using the terms 'phasing out' and 'legacy' ofcom won't touch them. Nevertheless, in my opinion this is all just greed. They are making more money from new customers, absolutely no need to screw existing ones. Especially with their opposing marketing campaign: when stuff sucks #makeitright ha!

Vodaphone charges 45p a minute (inc. VAT) to other UK mobile networks. Just ask yourself do you know anyone else who has a vodaphone sim. Also £6.50 for every 500MB (inc. VAT) of extra UK data you use.

They've cut off Spotify early from my current contract so I've got calls to make. Also the link you are sent when you sign up makes it look like you add spotify as an extra (click to accept £9.99 per month) so may put some people off.

Can anyone explain this please,

If you opt for Netflix can you screen it through a box to TV like a normal Netflix account? Not just watch on phone, I know nothing about Netflix. Thank you.

Very tempted to order this but my phone is a Chinese import that does not have the 800mhz band only the 2600mhz. Is this likely to work with my phone?

I take it tethering is allowed? Thanks.

Thank you,

So there is NO cash back opportunities now? The only one I can see is via Carphone Warehouse w/ £25.00 topcashback.

No, there is no cashback.

To be honest, £20 p/m for 20GB data, unlimited everything else and a year sub which would cost around £120 is a really good deal on it's own. Of course it's always nicer to be cheaper, but it's still a decent deal.

i think you are a bit confused...the unlimited minutes are to any network not just vodafone to vodafone

I am a new customer, jumping ship from three, yes I haggled the £40 credit as I said there was cashback available from topcashback if I purchased it online...

Although, three have offered me unlimited everything for £20 all in per month to stay with them.

Vodafone are now refusing to apply the extra discount that I was told I could have yesterday when I quoting the mobiles/e2save deals...

Not too sure which to stick with.

This deal seems to be more about Three than Vodafone.
Saying that, when Vodafone themselves put "Great news for Three customers" you can't really expect anything else I guess. And also, "Offer ends 3 March 2016", so that's 3.3.2016 (The '3' network started on 3.3.2003). :confused::laughing::laughing:

£128 with the extra £40 account credit.

Although Vodafone have now refused to honour the £14 per month deal I was offered yesterday stating that the most we can discount the deal is by 50% and its already at that price.

Three have offered me unlimited everything for £20, not sure what to do if I'm honest...

They've offered me ultd everything for £20 per month... 12GB tethering (which I don't use anyway), not sure what to do...

Vodafone won't honour the £14 offered to me yesterday and have said either take it at £20 per month or cancel it, up to you...

I have been trying to sign up to this online past 30 minutes.. keep getting error on the last stage.. might have pressed place order button 5/6 times.. lets hope I do not get that many SIMs!

I might try over the phone.. online is a shamble.. I am same as you with Three.. I think Vodafone might have better 4G reception at home and work.. hence that is the decider for me.. I currently don't get 4G neither at home nor work with Three! :disappointed:

Worst case.. I don't get cash back with Quidco.. but £20 per month for 20gb plus Netflix for 12 months sounds decent to me! Will try the VEA later on though.. bonus if it works!

PS. Three did offer me the £20 AYCA package but all the faffing around has put me off Three!

Go to Vodafone. Faster 4G and you can use phone abroad in all EU countries, not just the silly few 3 (Three) offer. Plus entertainment package. Plus no tethering cap.

My contract expires in September, if I upgrade early, I will need to pay £76- atm I get 500 mins, free texts, 500 mins, should I pay the £76 and resort to vodafone?

Although no cap on tethering, you still only have 20gb to play with, which isn't much more than the tethering allowance offered by three.

In addition, you have to pay £3 per day to use your inclusive bundle on vodafone. With three, the feel at home countries are given to you free of charge, which is quite a difference.

Also, no dig at you, but 4G varies by area A LOT. It's great you're getting a great signal, but it doesn't mean everyone will where they are.

Too much choice giving me a headache also

made a mess of things as had ordered the three deal for £17 per month and when i went to cancel they offered unltd data and 200 mins for £20 a month. I turned this down as was hoping to get the vodafone deal with cashback but this has all expired now.

with the three deal cashback of £50 had also tracked with quidco so could have effectively cost just under £16 per month

my vodafone sim is coming today but probably will cancel - no VEA and my topcashback has tracked at £0 and very unlikely this will be paid

maybe i dont need so much data and will stick with 6GB....

I think you`ll find that you can use your phone abroad in EU countries to call but not for Data.

Mobiles.co.uk sim card came today. Got a text off them saying I could pick a free gift - 1 year Netflix/Spotify/Now TV or a Sky Sports pass. Took Netflix and it worked great, adding £90 onto my Netflix account.

Awesome deal. We pay for Netflix usually anyway so this has saved us £90 a year. As long as I make sure to do my redemption cashback I'm getting 1 year of unlimited calls, texts and 20gb of data for £30 a year/£2.50 a month.

Been chating with vodafone and they confirmed that... the price will be back £40 after 12 months. Because discount is for 12 months. But not to worry. Our upgrade team will help you with g reat discount as that time.. Hope this help!

Vodafone is the worst network around - Achieving a high title of the most complained network too!

When they generate customers bills , I heard the billings team blindfold the each other and throw a dart at a board with scores ranging from £50-£200 then post this bill off to a name picked from a hat.

I've been with them for 5 years (Okay the first 3 years then took a turn, signed another contract on the 2 year mark and it was too late!) and can guarantee it won't be £20, they will find some extra charges lying somewhere and add it on.

The worst network and I would steer clear !

Unlimited minutes is to any network?

How to move O2 number pay you go to this offer?

fair enough if true, was just going off here

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/explore/costs/travelling-abroad/vodafone-eurotraveller/index.htm

Yes it's a bit misleading. The Red Value only includes calls so its not actually Eurotraveller even though they advertise it as such. To get data you need to pay £3 per day.

Three on the other hand give you your contract calls and data for the countries on their list. An unlimited calls/texts 3 contract is pretty expensive though (probably £27-£30 a month sim only - no spotify/netflix). IF you will use spotify/netflix this is a better deal imho. £120 (the difference between this and three) a year gets you 40 days in Europe at £3 a day

Tied in untill May 2016 otherwise I would have left their **** for giffgaff

To be fair I left Voda a couple of years back for the same reason after a year with them. Atrociously clap 3G speeds (no 4G then).
Otherwise Voda is he only network round here with decent indoors reception

That is true, the signal has been good and roaming too. But the CS and the charges are just unjustified and I'd rather have a network where I can cap the limit hence the move to giffgaff, a few people over in my work have the £20 giffgaff bundle and it's great. Will be buying the phones outright too.O2 seem to have good network and giffgaff rents their coverage so when 3 takeover O2 the signal coverage will be greater.

Anyone have any success from retentions from another provider offering anything comparable when asking for a PAC? My EE contract is about to end, pleased with their service so far but I'm a Spotify Premium customer already and this is 5 times my current data!

hot deal from me........just ordered the sim. hopefully I will get some quido out of it or the 20% corporate discount via my work

I received my SIM today, I submitted a 20% corporate discount request and it was rejected within a couple of hours. I think it's fair to say if you are banking on a 20% discount then you might want to cancel the order. I've cancelled mine under the 14 cooling off period terms.

is anyone else having trouble accessing the vodafone website?

I cancelled my EE account for this deal, best the Executive Loyalty Team at EE offered me was unltd calls, unltd txts & 18GB data for £15.99. Was tempted but decided on the Vodafone deal, wanted spotify.

This Vodafone deal comes with Eurotraveller plus which means you can use your unlimited min in ALL of the European Union for Free without triggering the £3 charge. You only trigger the £3 charge if you use your Data and Texts. Three offering free roaming is easy cause they cover very little of the continent and some very obscure countries. Three cover 14 nations compared to Vodafones 39 in Europe. Plus Vodafone offer the ability to use your mins txt and data in World Traveller which is the whole world virtually for £5 a day. Regarding reception, that just depends on every individual and where you live. Three allow tethering of 12gb while Voda is nearly double that at 20GB. You can also upgrade after only 3 months. Vodafone deal is a no brainer.

Considering this or the BT sim only plan that uses ee for £21. I think, I'm right in thinking that Vodafone allows tethering and the BT one doesn't? But ee/BT are able to offer superior 4G?

Also got to way up the BT Sport app vs Netflix, Sky Sports, Spotity or Now TV choice.

No. £3 a day and you can use all your data and texts in the EU. Calls are always free on Eurotraveller Plus

Been in Vodafone shop to set up a contract. Found out this contract will only run for 12 months.
After that it will revert to full price (£40) on a 30 day rolling contract if not cancelled.
I would recommend people beware!! before jumping on this deal.
Do your research first. Vodafone website highly misleading.

Actually it does matter because its not at all clear if the prices goes up after 12 months !!

Ahem......common sense please. The contract is a £40 tariff and as a special offer they are offering 50% off. The contract clearly states for 12 months. Its not 50% off for 14 months or forever. Just the duration of your contract. No doubt when you near the end of contact you can renegotiate for another 12 month good deal.

No phone calls for me despite having two phones with them and I requested PAC code twice since end December .

Tried again today and they wouldn't budge from £15.99 for crappy 2g data.

Finally had enough and being loyal counted for nothing so off to BT I go, which ironically will be buying EE soon

I wouldn't trust the sales advisor. They don't always get things right!!!

How do you get the entertainment package? I have received my SIM today, purchased direct from Vodafone, but there is no code with the delivery, just a welcome leaflet confirming I am entitled to the entertainment pack but no details on how to get it.

You'll get a text within 48 hours

As long as you keep the chat as proof then you're golden :wink:

Guys keep a copy of this chat also. Use it to your advantage.

I have ordered an upgrade on 27th Jan, they have promised me over phone for another 12 months sim only contract £8.50 a month - unlimited minutes & texts, 4GB data, with 4 months free credit, and the sales adviser promised me to send contract details by email. I never received email, again I have contacted them over phone 6 times, web chat 3 times, 2 emails. Vodafone customer service team never keep their promised, as per my experience and frustration I never trust them.

This is good timing, my half price contract from last year only had a month to go, upgraded no problem.

i agree. I've been misadvised a number of times.

Roaming charges will be scrapped in Europe April 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/30/europe-agrees-scrap-mobile-roaming-charges-internet-fast-lane

Not quite. They'll be reduced in April 2016 then scrapped in June 2017.

Just called three to get a pac code for this, got offered £20 for the all you can eat everything package, not quite £15 but it's good enough for me to stay.

Phoned Vodafone Customer Services to satisfy myself that the information I had been given was correct.
Jason (Service adviser) Verified that the contract was only for 12 months and would revert to £40 thereafter on a 30 day rolling contract, if not terminated.The website makes out that the price will stay the same for the length of your initial agreement, as long as you stick within your allowance.. It is just an incentive to sign people up, then 12 months down the line you have to start looking round again.

Voda signal is non existent around North Essex so I'll never be using them. My corporate code doesn't work on this deal but if anyone wants 20% off other SIMS then this should be good for 5 people. Be Quick!
Your Vodafone Advantage code: VA59FP0Z7

They still don't have to honour this past 12 months. At the end of the day they will just quote their terms and conditions. They are the legal entity that really matters in consumer disputes.

been trying to order this all day and keeps giving error after processing order - might just give up, not meant to be

been trying to order this all day and keeps giving error after processing order - might just give up, not meant to be

been trying to order this all day and keeps giving error after processing order - might just give up, not meant to be

If you think that Three have treated you appallingly just wait until Vodafone get their hooks into you.

TOPcashback did not track, called up vodafone, they said they can give me 40 as a credit, then ended up cancelling

They were probably only offering you the current deal which is available to new and existing customers if that was the case.

I also took out the Mobiles.co.uk deal 2 days ago with £120 cashback, and I am able to choose an entertainment pack directly via the VF website, despite it not being mentioned on the 3rd party site. It's standard with a "Red Value" bundle.

tied in with them untill may , but if their that bad why stay for 5 years

is e2save cashback deal finished? as I can't see it

Bit the bullet. Leaving Three after 3 years.
I still haven't got the 4G reception that I should be getting at home or work. They did offer me the £20 unlimited everything 12m tariff when I asked for PAC.
Anyway Vodafone shows promise on the 4G coverage side. Fingers crossed.

I combined this deal with the LG G4 deal from Vodafone.

I had a great experience in the Vodafone shop (Dereham).

I received two months of unlimited data.

Received an £89.88 credit to my Netflix account.

Was paying $2.39 per month for 100GB Google Drive. Now get 100GB free for two years from LG and can either have 200GB or I can cancel my 100GB plan and save £39.55.

I can sell the leather back of the G4 for very good money.

Often, on voice, I nearly exceeded my 'unlimited' voice minutes with 3. I don't need to worry about that any more.

Enjoyed telling 3 what I thought of its attempting to double my bill.

Very pleased. Thanks to OPs.

Absolutely terrible experience trying to change over to this. 2 Vodafone stores and the customer service has left me wondering if I'll even end up with the correct deal. I won't be convinced until the money comes out correctly. I'm convinced I'll still be charged for two packages. Totally ruined the valentine weekend. Wasn't worth bothering with to the point where I wish I had just stayed on my existing 3gb package. Never again. If you've not done it, I would avoid.

themobilesdirect one now has 2 months free unlimited data then back to 20gb. Will have to contact vodaphone and see if they can honor it or better.

Sounds good to me let's see if they keep their word! A good deal none the less

So, has anyone got the 20% Vodafone Corporate discount to work? I haven't seen a definite answer anywhere about this.

I told Three to fork orf as they offered 30 pounds a month, having a larf, changed to Vodafone

Got my PAC code from Three yesterday and went for this deal today.

Probably Would've gone for their offer of 200 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited data and 12gb of tethering for £20 but the Three signal in my new office is nonexistent, so went with Vodafone.

I spoke to online chat and they confirmed they can add the discount - I've got the transcript as well.

Is it true that Vodafone charge for texts that contain Emojis as MMS? Also can someone shed some light on tethering with this

Thank you

Also is the sky sports 6 months because it says 12 on the site and can I watch sky sports on my tv too or just phone

Thank you

dont know if this has been mentioned..your first 2 months of 4g data are unlimited, some promotion being done for new customers...i only found out by checking allowances...called CS And they verified this

I will be happy to buy this again, if you can confirm by calling them as you would have to call them to add the discount, but from my experience of vodafone, there call centres and chat centres are based in south africa and carribean, they almost have no idea what they are talking about

I didn't have any joy haggling with them for anything. When I threatened to leave they were fine about it and promptly cancelled my account. Know have taken up the BT deal. It's good for those who have managed to get anything further from Vodafone

there will be good cash back deals coming up with same data I hope. I prefer to get Vodafone deal. I am gutted that I missed Mobiles.co.UK deal

I had the dreaded letter on Friday :disappointed: So looking for a new contract sim only.

I am looking at this, how do I apply the NHS disc? My wife is a nurse, do I just take her card with me or does she have to be present?

I cant stand 3's network coverage. I hardly ever have any coverage, I have stayed purely because when I do I can stream 4g but I am willing to give that unlimited 4g up. My wife is on vodaphone and she has better coverage then I do.

I don't think you can use corporate discount on this. But it is already a great deal

I would imagine they made use of this deal here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-g4-10-credit-235-vodafone-store-2354244

Yep, that's the deal.

Three will offer you £20 per month unlimited calls, texts, data and 12GB tethering to stay when you get to the PAC team stage. When I received a call from 3 the following day from the 'drag you back' team, they couldn't beat that deal.

I went to Vodafone.

Im being told via live chat that NHS disc doesn't apply? She said it is part of the VEA and does not work for this tariff.

Still correct?

I wouldn't mind that if it wasn't for the dreadful coverage. Dare I have an emergency where I need to call someone.

It was mentioned above you can. Unless that is a different deal all together.

They we're okay at the start over the 3 year mark just went into dog ****... it was too late after signing a 2 year contract after.

Found this link on broadband choices,

https://www.giftcloud.com/uk/affiliates/vodafone/157/capture?anmid=1257&anpid=75150&anprgid=1u5fjmbgud04ofyoouov5e-DCS-365a5ngso*3k3hw2*1ma

What do you think the likelihood is of getting this on top?

Certainly looks worth a go.

10.This Promotion cannot be combined with any other voucher, offer, discount or promotion code and may not be redeemed for cash. If this is used alongside another offer or discount you will not be eligible for the offer.

But the website says:


See http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/mobile/best-sim-only-deals

Anyone know which netfkix package it is that you get?

Thank you

If you were to take this deal and picked Netflix as your entertainment, what happens if you decide to cancel in the 14 days??

1 last thing uf anyone can confirm please. Is it £20 just for 12 months or permanent?
Like t-mobile do every 12 months ring back and renegotiate headache.

Just cancelled my tescomobile sim (from an anytime upgrade deal I got tied into 2 years ago...)

Now to decide which entertainment bundle to add on...

Oh an Quidco is £60 for the next 6 days! Bargainacious

Still havent recieved text for netflix...did this on saturday

I've just posted a new deal that u can get a free £50 amazon voucher with sim only plan on Vodafone (direct) via giftcloud that would be great to go with this deal

if tcb and quidco don't pay due to the limit of the £17 & £22 sim only deal then the free amazon voucher is a good alternative imo

yep but no1 posted it as a deal, so I did

Is the 20gb allowed to use on the tether also?

Thanks

Another move from 3 here for me. Luckily I get 20% discount on this price through work - cracking deal thanks OP!

I signed up to this package 16 days ago as part of their "January Sales" offer for £30 (like a lot of people on this thread).

Then they wait 15 days (so everyone is outside of their 14 day cancellation) and they drop the price by £10.

Its disgusting and I wont ever be going with Vodafone again.

Lost custom for life. Me and my family.

Hmm I cancelled as topcashback tracked at £0 but now it haa been updated as tracking as £89.25

Must be a mistake as that amount is not quoted anywhere

Would be all over this if payment was guaranteed

ah I think I misread that as 17-22, not or... Still seems like a decent deal I suppose..!

just got an email my topcashback
has tracked £73.50 happy days.

My topcashback has tracked at £73.50. i selected the 12month option at £52?

cool. I think everyone expected that when the deal first came about so thought you'd had some cash back track or something!
would've been nice but think we're done out of cash back because of this technicality. there's another post with £50 amazon voucher which is a decent enough alternative

I might have impulsively (HUKD style) bought it already since I want it to come before my Tesco contract runs out next week.

Corporate discount doesn't work for this (I'm sure its been brought up already, but thought I'd mention it to save other people having to search back through comments)

topcashback is showing its now at £42 for that deal but quidco is showing £60

That's just crazy. I renewed my sim only with Vodafone in November, to the 6Gb tarriff for £27, less £5.40 EAP discount. I saw this deal, went in store and they 'upgraded' me to this tarriff within 5 minutes of asking, even though it's a lower price. Shame if they couldn't do that for you.

Received my SIM yesterday. Logged-on to My Vodafone to manage my account and continually got an error saying 'we're working hard to fix the issue'. Contacted CS via online chat and she had absolutely no clue! Wasted about 15 minutes trying to activate my SIM (which didn't need doing), then when she said my SIM is already activated, I reiterated what the problem was and she replied with 'our website is working properly'. What a joke. Eventually, she reset my account details and I was able to log-on. NOW, I get 404 errors on some of the 'my account' links, when trying to change my user name, I get a Java exception error and the billing section makes absolutely no mention of the offer and says my next payment due will be £40 and that my package is £40/month. Considering this is my very first few steps with Vodafone, the experience so far is LOUSY.

Hi, have you had the corporate discount applied successfully, if you bought it?

My cashback tracked still at 17-22 option from topcashback. It would seem topcashback has now had a change of mind in the last 48 hours. Or is this a system glitch from topcashbaack ?

Please can someone share their past experience on this if any, i emailed topcashback support team when i only got £1 track for the £20 vodafone deal and i was specifically told this


Has anyone have had cashback tracked by topcashback and did not get paid out? i ask because i would rather cancel this purchase now and go ahead and make another cashback purchase try from either carephone warehouse via quidco who will payput £63 or giftcloud.com. for £60

Considering vodaphone direct cashback from quidco is no longer avilable. there is now £60 and £63 directly for grab via quidco on carephone warehouse in my link below
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/carphone_warehouse/
Carephone warehouse offers £60 for vodaphone £20 sim only[/url]

and gitcloud https://www.giftcloud.com/uk/affiliates/vodafone/150

Take note, this giftcloud £60 is only for new customers. if you are an existing customer use the £50 link someone else posted before

just got this with first 3 months free (£60 credit on first bill) by ringing Vodafone, my contract was ending on 26th Feb.

Ill give my local story a try - but I had to go in there to collect my SIM and they were frosty nasty pieces of work :disappointed:

Im not an unpleasant chap - so lord knows what crawled up them and died.

But ill give it a chance. I have Employee/Corporate Discount too, and I see theres a mixed reaction to people getting this applied... Will give it a go! Thanks for the advice.

I wasn't aware of the cashback with the carphone warehouse deal.

Hmm got me tempted

Is all this cancelling trashing my credit rating?

I have already cancelled contracts with three and Vodafone in the last week and just waiting fro my bt sim now but may be tempted back to Vodafone

Is Vodafone going to be better than bt? Not too bothered about Netflix

I've had a similar bad experience so far. I also got my first bill at £40, had to call and correct it - which took about half an hour. Also they sent the SIM via DPD, which required a signature. I'm out all day and they charge £5 for weekend delivery! So I picked one up at a Vodafone shop - they were supposed to activate it but it didn't seem to work so I had to call again to get that sorted. I'm porting my number over today - god knows what'll happen. Not a very good first impression I must say! I think they've been overwhelmed with people signing up and can't cope.

If you're with 3, don't forget to claim your six months of free Deezer before you use your PAC

http://try.deezer.com/three-web/

Said the same to me.

Got two bills showing £40 in total wtf

Disgusting how these companies feel they can charge what they like after setting up a direct debit on your account.

Makes me think the GiffGaff always on data for £20 is a better offer.

Ordered. Been with EE for 2 years and this is half the price they could offer me for upgrade!!

How long did the credit check take for you guys? My tesco contract runs out next Monday and delivery of the sim from vodafone apparently takes 2-4 days so a bit wary if it takes ages I'll be a bit stuck...

I've also just discovered that you get access to BT wifi premium hotspots, which is a nice extra, especially if you don't have BT Broadband.

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/internet/wi-fi/index.htm

Great deal! TCB tracked at £89.25! I already had a Spotify Premium account which I've now cancelled to take advantage of Vodafone offer. Works out at £30 a year all things considered!

I have been trying to buy this for 2 days but I keep getting an Oracle Access manager ? any ideas ...
Error

System error. Please re-try your action. If you continue to get this error, please contact the Administrator.

Don't want to tempt fate but my experience has been stress free so far. Ordered via Mobiles.co.uk. SIM arrived two days later. T-Mobile provided PAC during my phone conversation with them. Number ported today. Online access to my Vodafone account shows first bill at £20. I texted 'Entertainment' to 97613 and got the link texted back within 2 minutes. Set up Netflix and my account shows the '£89.88 will be credited to your next bill'.

Ordered. This is hot!!!

Does anyone know their policy for using this sim in an iPad or mifi? I work from home a lot and this would make an ideal backup for my (dodgy) home broadband.

Has anyone managed to get the Amazon gift voucher through broadband choices?

You cannot have Vodafone Advantage or any other discount with this plan. You cannot double discount a plan.

It was mentioned on here that it was only 6 for the sports, I remember reading that.

Can this sports been casted to a larger screen?

no you can only watch it on your mobile, can't mirror the screen or cast it as is DRM protected

Im due an upgrade with vodafone but want to switch to sim only with this deal. Is there anyway i can get quidco topcashback?

Ordered Monday afternoon and picked up my sim from the local store within an hour of ordering, waiting for my 3 number to port today, the 12 months Netflix credit has already been added to my existing account - so far, so good. Was on the One Plan, and had received THE letter, but I'm moving to a new work location shortly and there is no indoor coverage with 3, but good coverage with Vodafone - so the timing couldn't have been better.

Still haven't heard back after ordering this time yesterday. Get the feeling I'm going to be one of the customers who don't like Vodafone at this rate...

Ordered!

Been told its been cancelled by live chat... but hadn't received any email or anything from them. Not sure I want to order again...

Good idea, might do just that...

Huh. Somehow managed to fail the credit check... No idea why. Can't order again for the next 3 months; anyone know if I can actually order via Carphone Warehouse, or whether I'm now essentially stuck..?

Why do you say you can't order for the next 3 months?

I actually ordered with Vodafone last week and cancelled on the weekend as the cashback hadnt tracked properly

then yesterday i put an order through carphone warehouse and this morning was told i failed the credit check

i rang vodafone and they said the account was cancelled but i still owed them £20

i explained that the sim wasnt activated and they will amend the bill

im not sure if the outstanding balance on the account and something to do with the failed credit check

I may wait a few days and try again

Also carphone warehouse cashback with Quidco tracked at £25 rather than £60

Next time may use topcashback

TCB tracked at £25? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I have had an absolute nightmare with Vodafone, offered 2 months free when ordered over the phone instead of using the cashback options available... offered an extra 30% discount not to leave bringing it down to £14 per month only to be told that they cannot honour this and due to the fact I am in the 14 day cooling off period I was pretty much told to leave. After a lot of haggling, I have managed to get 4 months free on this contract after threatening to leave and playing my face up a bit =D, overall £13.33 a month with a free netflix subscription, factor that in and its £5.84 per month, absolute bargain!!!

has anyone had their CPW cashback tracked with Topcashback? if so what amount?

Yeah mine has tracked at £25.25 with TCB. In the past with CPW, mine has tracked low and then gone up when it was later confirmed. So, only worry when it gets confirmed and it's lower than you thought.

Fair enough - decent enough deal in that case then as TPO just screwed me over majorly on data so their '£10' a month cheap deal (or I thought) has just cost me £70! ****.

Mine says tracked from £1 wtf

how did you get NHS discount?

I've just been told by a text chat representative that the advantage scheme is not applicable for this deal. However she said that you get unlimited internet for the first 2 months

Quidco showing sixty pounds cashback on Vodafone SIM only with twenty gig of data so assume it is this deal, however it does not mention free netflix etc. Take it they are not included in the deal

Sorry but I can't see anything in the car phone warehouse more tab about the entertainment pack. I am assuming therefore it is not included unless I am missing something. The link posted did not work. Thank you

Managed to get this with Vodafone directly in the end and they credited my account with £50. They were originally only offering £40 but managed to get a nice adviser

mine tracked on Tcb for 10.50 I sent a claim in for my tracking being low

I got three letter yesterday. Have been paying £15pm for couple years and now they want me on £30pm. This will do nicely.

Hope network coverage is ok at home or looks like I will be getting a home signal box too. Anyone manage to blag a free home signal?

What's the incentive to buy from cpw rather than voda direct?

Is it just the cash back?

I called Three yesterday and the best they would do is unlimited data, unlimited texts and 200 mins for £20.

If they had thrown in unlimited minutes too I would have stayed but I asked for the PAC code.

Am I likely to get a call in the next day or two to improve their offer and tempt me to stay, or is that likely to be it.

I'll probably go for this Vodafone deal but might as well wait until 3/3 as Three will be charging me for my 30 days notice period anyway

Agree with this, once you have your code youre on your own. Got my PAC Tuesday no follow up call

I order 2 sims form e2save, 1 of them coming z invoice that will be for £40/month I spoke at chat vodafone that say I have go to vodafone store and them changing contract. Today I been in store and guy say that I have contact to e2save, because he cant change order for diffrent company. Big joke very terrible customer service I use first time .

Got the dreaded 3 LETTER about One plan was paying £20... wasnt having any of it, sent email to CEO and then got a response saying theyll look into my complaint. complaints team were bit hard to get communications with but now been offered 600mins Unlimtied Texts and AYCE Data at £20.. not sure if i wana take this as sort of fed up. should i still go with Voda?

Ordered yesterday through Quidco (nothing yet shown as tracked) & got a DPD delivery this morning! opening a "My Vodaphone " account was simple and got an app for the phone all working fine. Got a Pac code from Tesco, whom I'm sad to leave after so many years of brilliant service but with lots of work in Europe this year this will be great to have all the data.
A few things I noticed, I did a quick speedtest when I got the sim,
Tesco 4g gave me this, it actually seems slow compared to previous tests.

Vodaphone gave me

So my first test shows it's not as fast as O2 for indoors not that it matters much as I'll be on wifi, but be interesting to see if there is any noticeable difference to the Tesco/O2 coverage when out & about, I've had incredible speeds and great reliability with Tesco for years for only £10 a month so it's a big step to leave such a good service.
Not sure what the Grade difference is shown by Speedtest.net.
The other interesting thing to see is the app shows unlimited UK data :smiley: not that it means unlimited anymore

However my accounts shows 20gb.:smiley: so thanks Op for posting.

I think the first two months are unlimited and 20GB thereafter.

That's right.

Don't forget you get access to BT wifi hotspots as well.

I rang Vodafone about the CPW cashback and they credited my account with £60 too!

I was offered unlimited calls,texts and data to stay by 3 for £20. I didn't take it but that is what is available. Three can do better than they offered you.

You are right about them offering to do better. I guess it depends on who you speak with in the retension department. They seem unpredictable and choosy in who or how they offer better deals. i was with them for 6 years and the action i got was like they didn't care. I didn't care too much about staying either because i never got very liable network in my location . so will be good to try another network like vodafone who seem to have better coverage in my location. I was offered a better deal by vodafone with additional £60 credit to not pay 3 months upfront on this deal.

[/quote]I think the first two months are unlimited and 20GB thereafter.[/quote]That's right.
Don't forget you get access to BT wifi hotspots as well.
I rang Vodafone about the CPW cashback and they credited my account with £60 too![/quote]
wow cool I didn't realise we got unlimited...such a good deal, how come you got cashback from carphone warehouse after you got the sim?

I never got a follow up call from O2 when I got my pac code on Saturday

That's right.
Don't forget you get access to BT wifi hotspots as well.
I rang Vodafone about the CPW cashback and they credited my account with £60 too![/quote]wow cool I didn't realise we got unlimited...such a good deal, how come you got cashback from carphone warehouse after you got the sim?[/quote]I asked Vodafone to leave within the first 14 days so I could go to CPW because of the £60 cashback offered for the same deal. Vodafone offered me £60 account credit to stay. I accepted. Took three minutes.[/quote]
Vodafone is so aggressive in getting new customers now. I don't being one of those customers for now.
Who can refuse an offer of £20/month with £60 credited to make it only £180 for 9 months including spotify or netflix and now u guys talk of BT WIFI-(that even more wow - i wasn't expecting that). i travel alot so the BT WIFI is another additional bonus and i hear you can use the virgin wifi in London underground as well

I'm curious how it works. I'm not one of the high users that has caused all this (ca 6-8 GB and 250 mins per month) but I wanted to stay on AYCE data and unlimited minutes just so I don't have to worry about things. I knew others had been offered that for £20 a month and if they had offered me the same I would have stayed (and would happily have signed up for another 12 months). Clearly 4 - 5 years of loyalty and fair usage counts for nothing. I'm now at the point where I'm glad to be going - I feel very badly treated.
I want to delay signing up to the Vodafone deal until as late as possible as I've still got my 30 days notice with Three - does anyone know if CPW have a time limit on their Quidco offer or does that last til 3/3/ too?

Phoned up vodafone and with a bit of to and fro between the cs agent and his manager, got it for £20/month, first 3 months free and they waived the £2.50 sim delivery charge.

I recieved my Cpw sim today, how do I activate the entertainment pack?

As I understand it Vodafone pay money into your account to fund the subscription of your choice. Before I buy can someone confirm this, as I'm thinking of just choosing the most expensive subscription as Netflix is 7.50 per month but Spotify/Now Tv is 9.99. So theoretically although I want the Netflix subscription should I just sign up for the Spotify and pocket the difference?

Ah, thanks very much. If it is linked to your phone does that mean you can only access it through your device? Probably not too much of a hassle for Spotify but if I go with Netflix I tend to watch it on my xbox. Sorry for all the questions but any idea?

I believe the only one that works through the phone only is Sky Sports Mobile. All the others just work as normal accounts. I'm listening to Spotify on my PC right now... :smiley:

Well I've just had a text from Three saying they don't want to lose me and asking for a convenient time to call and discuss some "exclusive offers" so I'll see what they come up with.
Much as I am really annoyed at what they have done, and a large part of me wants to leave anyway just to teach them a lesson, I know the £15 a month for the All-In-One Plan was a great price and if they can do the same for £20 (as they have already offered to others) I will probably stay with them and avoid the hassle of changing. Better the devil you know - especially as I have no great use for Spotify or Netflix.
In case anyone from Vodafone is reading this, if you were to do a 20GB / month standard package without any entertainment option for £15 per month.....

Brilliant, i'll get on the phone to three now then :smile:, thanks again for the help.

Just called Vodafone and told them carphone are offering me 60 quid cash back. Call took 10 minutes to sort out, first the returns agent said he can't do it and spoke to his manager, his manager said no because the quidco carphone warehouse cashback doesnt show on the site. I asked if i can send him a link to see it on the quidco.com site nad he said he can't access links, so I said well its there and eithr way i'll get it and i'll be on the same network.

So, he put me through to a senior agent or somat and she added 60 quid on to my account

it will work do it.

just been told vodafone has removed Netflix from the entertainment portal.

not very happy with this, as they still advertising on the website.

What's the number you have?

is tht a free text and im sure u can set it up online through my vodafone

Yes I believe it is free and I'm also sure you can do it online

I've been a 3 customer for 10 years (the anniversary was a couple weeks ago) and I spent an age on the phone trying to get them to offer me the unlimited everything on a 12 month contract for £20 and they wouldn't. So I moved to this a couple days ago. Haven't heard anything from 3.

I've been a 3 customer for 10 years (the anniversary was a couple weeks ago) and I spent an age on the phone trying to get them to offer me the unlimited everything on a 12 month contract for £20 and they wouldn't. So I moved to this a couple days ago. Haven't heard anything from 3.

I think the doubling of the tariff negates any notice period.

I wonder if you could get the 60quid amazon voucher and the 60quid tcb from cpw

Can you tether with this plan? If so, how much can you tether?

I spoke with three today from the £15 one plan I was offered
£12pm for unlimited calls and 4gb data on a 12 month
£16pm for unlimited calls and 8gb data on a 1 month rolling contract
I took the £16 tariff knowing that I don't use as much data as I used to having wifi at home and work.
My wife was on the £20 one plan and moved her to the £16pm too.
Saved a bit overall and with the flexibility of a one month rolling.

One thing am unsure of with this voda contract is after the 12 months is over does it go back to £40pm or stay at £20.

I don't know how they choose who they call or not. clearly 6 years of loyalty means nothing to them. When a company who has been seen as the underdog network provider to the other big and they go and Buy O2, this is what happens in the end. they want to compensate for the £10.8 Billion they spent by increasing customer tariff. Ofcourse i have no evidence but less competition points this.

Regarding your 30 days notice. It was my understanding it is from the moment once received their infamous letter of tariff change and increase. i would be watchful here. vodafone offer may not last long if u are relying on the cashback. but do make your decision before 3rd of march

Thanks - I've had a text to say they want to make me an offer so I'm waiting for the call.
If they don't come up with the deal I want then I'll query the notice period and confirm the 30 days notice is not required because of the tariff change.

just rang voda and told them about the cpw deal and advisor told me he would credit my account with £80 so i got 4 months free. i did however had to pay £2.99 for the sim delivery but im fine with that.

Well, I've got my sim, swapped my number and am back with Voda after being an O2 customer for years, and then TPO for a little while (although they've just massively mugged me off on data charges so F them!).

I went for the Netflix option as I use Apple Music anyway, it is worth noting that if you use the Netflix on Wifi (so I was told - don't know how it works) that you *may* get charged and they are only offering it as 'free to watch for 12 months' using their 4G!

This is a great deal - 20GB data, unlimited everything else! £20, wow.

Thanks, thats what i thought. Sticking with three would take that hassle of haggling away. That and the realisation that i dont actually use that much data any more.

The three advisor was keen to say that i dont use more than 4gb anymore (including tethering) as am using wifi almost everywhere, so am better off with the £12 plan and paying £5 for 4gb of data for the odd month that i use all my allowance. What a scary thought when I used to use 10gb+ a month easily!

The unlimited data is only for 2 months. Vodafone give you their test drive for two months before your 20Gb kicks in.

Three is quick to tell us what we use and not what we want. Personally I love haggling as I like to test my negotiation skills every now and then. Choose a package you are happy with.

I'm an existing customer with Vodafone and have contacted them today regarding the car phone warehouse cashback. Spoke to an advisor and they have added 50 pound credit to my account!

i was lucky.... i rang 3 times and each time i was told id get 2 months free but i thought id try 1 last time and it worked within 2 mins!

Sorry for asking what I have no doubt will be a stupid question, but what is the Carphone Warehouse deal, and why did they credit your account with 360?

Two months free what mate?

2 months = £40 i got double that in the end

iPhone has a feature called call forwarding.

If I setup say a call forward to my landline, will it be charged? Or does it come outta my minutes?

Do I need to hang up after 60 mins of use and call again etc?

Yes. Just adds a £89 ish credit onto your netflix account then use as normal :smiley:

where is this £60 CPW deal mentioned please? thanks.

Three made a big mistake...
Hello Vodafone!
Thanks for sharing

Hello do you get the BT wifi woth this? If so how does it work and what are the limitations?

Is it me, or has Vodafone's website been down for a while? Hardly fills you with confidence.

I got my sim thursday and ported over on the Friday however my mobile data is not working, gave it all day, end of the day spoke to a Voda help rep, could barely understand him (I miss Tesco customer services) he went through all the settings , restart phone, take out sim , polish it, give a kiss for good luck , check settings again, nope nothing ok he says I'll restart your data then phone you back, within 5 mins I get a text "your data is now blocked" great! an hour later the guys still hasn't phoned back :disappointed: this time I chat to an online rep (takes forever), I go through the same procedures,(painful as I work in IT and have tried everything already) he finally says he has have fixed it, great what did you fix, he replies "your data is now blocked" !!! what the $£%&^@ I don't want it blocked.. so I go to the MY Vodaphone settings, sure enough there is a data block, I slide it to off, it kindly tells me "we will let you know when it's done", I go to bed..
Today same problem...still no data & data block switch is still on, the online forum I post questions to is useless. A rep tells me I might have to wait till Tuesday for it to work as it's now the weekend! Lots of others with same problem

On top of that I go get a Vodaphone signal but it's only 3g, in fact been out all morning and everywhere was 3g, I'm hoping thats a glitch as I got a full 4g most places round here with O2 (west london). So far I love the deal but I'm not impressed with the service..:confused:

They haven't changed one bit then since I was with them.

Oh Vodafone, you make great own brand phones (Smart Ultra 6) but you still have obscene customer service.

Anyone else having problems with accounts? I ordered Tuesday, and nothing yet. Direct debit set up (obviously) but the order number doesn't seem to exist at all. Nice! Online help are as "useful" as you can imagine. Doesn't bode well for the next 12 months...

I got this deal with TCB through Vodafone rather than CPW. anyone know if this still qualifies for cash back? It's only tracking at £1! Or should I phone and tell them I will cancel and go through CPW to get cash back?

Jamie.

It has been posted several times in the thread that TCB would not payout on Vodafone's deal. You might get lucky and it'll go through, but I would ring Vodafone and tell them you have just see that TCB are doing £60 cashback on the same deal through CPW, and you're thinking of leaving for it. Hopefully, they credit you 3 months. If they don't, then you can cancel and go through CPW

Obviously TCB/Quidco is never guaranteed, so the outcome you most want is Vodafone crediting your account.

Can someone please tell me if you get BT wifi with this deal and how does it work if you do?

What else do you get?

How many devices can the Netflix be watched on and I wonder whether the code could be sold/transferred?

£240- £60 if joined makes it £180 for the year..£15 per month. My contracts end in October.
Decisions decisions. Hehe

The money for Netflix is prepaid to your Netflix account when you open it by Vodafone. So no, you can't sell/transfer the code.

Jesus, some folks *rolls eyes*

I am with Virgin. Not being able to access the website was enough to make my lazy self just stay with Life for the time being.

I'm with VM, and I can get the Vodafone website ok.

Seems to only be certain ip ranges. I can connect fine with a VPN now.

I'm unsure in regards of using 4G and not WiFi, but I can't imagine why that would be true, seems like a rather strange clause if it was. In regards of the account, they credit your account with just short of £90 which is the amount for 12 months on the middle package. You can go to the higher or lower package if you so wish, you'll just more or less months on your account if you do.

I believe from other posts that what is meant is that when signing up to netflix, you have to do it from your phone using mobile data, it does not work if you try signing up using wifi. It must be something to do with confirming your account is with vodafone i presume

I have same problem, **** customer service.

I just called vodafone about my cashback not being tracked so i wont get a penny, i complained and they are telling me they cant fix it because the dont deal with TCB or Quidco , Im so incensed the automated answer on 191 doesnt give me an option maybe i should cancel my account and redo it ? was it for new customers only ?

Somebody has problem with vodafone.co.uk ?? web not working now

There is a problem connecting to vodafone at the moment but i think it only affects virgin media customers. I can connect using ee on my phone but not using wifi supplied by virgin

You don't have to use Vodafone network to use Netflix I'm using the EE Xmas sim at the moment as Wi-Fi hotspot to Chromecast to my TV from my computer or Netflix App on my phone which both work great.

Just so everyone knows me and my brother just phoned up and we're given 2 months free but the 2 months were at £40 each month. This works out at £80 and 4 months free. I double checked and they confirmed my account would have an £80 credit . Works out at £13.35 per month over the year. BARGAIN

Not half! :confused:

Well done mate.

I keep looking at this deal, deciding I am going to go for it, then decide not to. I just signed up with Life at £10 p/m, which I am happy with, but having all that extra data and Spotify for an extra £5* a month keeps making me reconsider.

*Assuming Vodafone knock off £60 to match CPW/TCB cashback.

I have rung vodafone and several occosians but cannot get any sort of discount or free months....

had issues with 4g since i took this deal out a week ago, CS are useless , based god knows where, cant understand a word they say, i rang to tell them my internet wasnt working..the reply i got was " so what would you like me to do ?" got 5 days to cancel...seriously considering it...terrible data speed, even worse customer service....a shame really as the deal was good, if most things actually worked

this is what I have experienced in past with terrible data speeds, and customer service is just appaling
they are worse, I will take out new one with EE or three

Haha

FFS! I wrote a massive response via the HUKD apps and it only posted 'haha'. Great.

To summarise;

1) Yes, I took this deal with the Netflix add-on. I don't have use for any of the others.
2) You MUST sign up for the Netflix (or whatever you choose) via your phone, on 3G/4G otherwise it doesn't make the offer of the 'paid for' access.
3) The Vodafone CS rep told me it was 'best to use the Netflix via the 4G because if I used wifi I may be charged extra'. I guess this is just to keep them on the safe-side?!
4) The Netflix deal is the HD + 2 screens, I've been using it on my iPhone 6S (Vodafone), iPad Mini 3 (O2) and on my HTPC. All logged onto the same account, with no issues at all.
5) As a Brucey Bonus I appear to be getting double cash back - one lot from Vodafone directly via TCB (even though I cancelled as soon as I placed the order as I realised going via CPW would garner more cash back) and the second via CPW.
6) People complaining about poor signal on Vodafone in your area - you can always check before-hand as to how the signal is. It's not a deal if you can't use it!!! Plus you have 14 days to cancel. Use it!

Well I was unable to receive any calls and can't even access there website. So I decided to leave. Asked for my pac code and the agent said they'll text me it. Before they could even do that she disconnected my line

Personally I think the ee with redemption is a better offer...http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sim-only-cash-back-deal-12-month-27-99-8gb-data-unl-texts-mins-ee-mobilephonesdirect-2400011 still cheaper even if you pay the £9.99 for Spotify etc. 10g lower I know and the redemption path too.

Sorry but I laughed then. Not at you, of course, but their ineptitude.

After falling into a couple of, well populated, EE black holes today. I am contemplating this deal again.

If you have a local store, so don't have to deal with ringing CS, are they worth the punt? Or is the CS just poor across the board?

Got my SIM last week and I'll be cancelling and going back to Three. Lousy customer service (they have no clue), never seen a 4G signal yet (and I work in central London) and the 3G signal is unreliable (intermittent loss of signal and poor coverage in general). Vodafone are clearly cheap for a reason.

Hmm. So that's a couple nays, and one possible yay :man:

rang up Vodafone 3 times earlier and not 1 sales rep could match the cpw tcb price

Just noticed on the topcashback website that they now have £80 cashback for this specific deal...

Red Value 20GB SIM Only Bundle Was £40 - now £20! Exclusive Offer!Ends In 6 Days £80.80

Think I might get it now!

http://www.topcashback.co.uk/vodafone_-_personal/

Does anyone know if you need to start Spotify straight away? I have 3 months worth of Google music, so I would prefer not to waste it.

Im still waiting for TCB to reply , I submitted a ticket :disappointed:

Every time It looks tempting I see the reviews....

http://www.reviews.co.uk/company-reviews/store/Vodafone
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.vodafone.co.uk
http://www.s21.com/vodafone.htm


They can't be that bad surely? ...can they? Can anything be actually THAT bad? :confused:

I managed to get £76 credit on my account so works out about £13.66. I was paying £12.90 with 3 for everything unlimited until they started asking for £30. So I'm satisfied.

Signal is perfect, see attachment of 4g speeds. However at times customer support is silly and takes time to get through. However I've only ever had to call to get my voicemail switched off and that was it.

If I have any issues I'll definitely be demanding compensation every single time

I mean to say £13.66, £12.90 and £30 per month in the above post.

Very impressive speed there.

I asked a guy I work beside who's on Vodafone to do a speedtest, and he got 38mb. I got 8mb on 3!

i got tcb within 14 days when I took out a sim only plan on O2 via tcb in January 2015 all tracked and confirmed within 14 days, can't comment on the reliability of it now as not used it for a while

Definitely £84

TCB now showing £80.80 cashback for the 20GB Sim direct from Vodafone.

Thanks for the info mate.

I ended up phoning Vodafone, and they gave me my first two months free, so I thought I would take that as it was guaranteed.

My Top Cashback seems to say I will get £1! Better contact them ASAP.

I'm happy with anything over 10mbps

I haven't used TCB in years as they made my last account dormant when I was living in New Zealand. Good to know. I will keep an eye on it. Thanks

I'd still give them a shout just to clarify.

I told Vodafone to cancel my account as they won't match the 84quid tcb deal n without any fuss they did exactly that without any fight to keep me as a customer

oh and your saying u wouldn't done exactly the same to save yourself some money? that cashback equals to 4 months free line rental, but hey guess your willing to fork out extra 80quid to pay for 4 months line rental then you go ahead pal, so you deal with it!

It's a great deal at £20 PM pay up and stop moaning

hush little boy

He's right. It's a good deal regardless or any further discounts. If you can get em fine, if not leave it. I managed to get £76, others got £60 and someone even got £80. I'm happy.

says it's for 3 customers only??

Update to previous post, I finally got the mobile data sorted, the customer service isn't great, but they did ring and fix it finally. Once fixed my worry of only getting 3G was relieved as it jumped to 4g ! So it wasn't connecting properly for some reason. Putting my old Tesco sim in the phone then replacing it with the Vodaphone sim was the thing that sorted it, well after they finally removed the stuck data block the CS put on. Looking forward to unlimited data over the next 2 months :smiley:
My Quidco hasn't tracked but have filed a claim ...

It's £80 through Vodafone direct on TCB. £63 via CPW on TCB.

Which QuidCO offer is there?

i was going to go for this deal but wanted to hold off to see deals on new S7.
Currently with EE but coverage is not great at home and work and find my battery draining quickly as it searches for signal, also one of the worst for data costs when abroad.
Anyway, looked at the S7 deals on Vodafone as i qualify for a 20% discount through their Employee advantage Scheme,
Finally decided to go for the top S7 package, 25 gig data, unlimited minutes and texts. Also get to make free calls from Europe. Can tether as well. Also get free Virtual Reality headset, and either 24 months of Now TV, Sky Sports or Spotify, or 12 months netflix. This package is normally £55 but should get it for £44 a month. I also went through quidco and it has tracked at £90 cashback, hopefully this will go all the way through.
Vodafone dont give a list of participating employers but i managed to find this list on money saving expert website.
Argos
HBOS
HALIFAX
NATWEST
DPD
NHS
Boots
Hallmark
BHS
GSK
SCOTTISH GAS
MOD
British Army
Topshop
Banks
Mamas and Papas Limited
Sainsbury’s
Thomson Reuters
WPP
Lloyds Banking Group
BDR Thermea
Kraft
Cadbury
Nestle
Ford Retail
Pepsi
Thorntons
MITIE
Colliers International
Gladedale
Agilent
HP
RBS
Blackrock
NCG
Punter Southall
Chubb Insurance
Goldman Sachs
GE
BBC
DTZ
Northern Rail
Hawker Beechcraft
Medtronic
Barclays Capital
Gilead Sciences
Biffa
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
3663
Trelleborg
AXA Tech
Thames Water
NHS Grampian
Centrica
British Gas
HCL
Panasonic
Unipart
Electronic Arts
Berkhamsted School
Ford
Whitbread
Nexus
BLNW
Accenture
Halcrow
JD Sports
HSBC
Hallmark
Cunningham Lindsey
Arriva
Constellation Brands
Innserve
New Look
Expro
Computer Associates
IBM
Reed Elsevier
United Utilities
Resource
Cordia
Visteon
Black and Decker
Maersk
Compass
Ernst and Young
UBS
Cueta Healthcare
DPD
Interlink express
GeoPost
The Scottish Government
Alix Partners
ADP
BP
Carlsberg
Shop Direct
Aston Martin
Global Radio
Capita
DWP

The scheme does not apply if there is already some discount applied to the deal so the sim only deal is excluded.
I did use the online chat and the rep there confirmed the offer i have went for.

Good luck.

I'm in the same boat. I guess if it all goes right then it is probably okay. They seem alright in my local VF store. But I could do without being put into some sort of customer service hell. Asked for a PAC from Three the other day who put me on a month to month contract of £15 for 8GB which I accepted whilst I considered my options...

On paper this is a really good deal.

£84 on TCB
Thats means £156 over 12 months, £13/month
Take off the £89.88 for netflix
Thats £5.51 per month!!! wow

Hmm, very tempted. Even with my discounted Netflix (going to regular price in May though) this is a real good deal.
I understand there is a 14 day period where you can cancel if unsatisfied?
Does that include getting a PAC code to keep number if already ported in?
What happens if you have taken Netflix deal and ask to leave within 14 days?
Come to think of it, its cheap enough if its really bad to pay off contract early and leave if really necessary.

I've taken out a payg sim with them via TCB to test out data in various locations first. Get £6 cashback on £10 credit.
Bought one of their bundles which for the first top-up gives 50Gb to test with :-)

First tests at home side by side with 3 not encouraging. 7mbps Voda on 4g 30mbps on 3uk :-(
Central London will be the real test though as 3 pretty ropey for me up there.

Do you get an email or text when you order? I've tried to order twice but when I click to push the order through I am sent back to a read only screen showing the first 4 info boxes, no buttons and no confirmation of order.

They really don't want me to order this. Tried 4 times now. Online chat guy said "your orders have been cancelled for technical reasons, you have not ordered them correctly" and gave me a number to call.

I decided to just stick with Life. The only thing I really wanted from Vodafone was the extra data, as have the 6 month free Deezer sub just starting and all calls/txts I need, but Life's UK call centres and rolling month contract are enough for me to not bother switching. Probably upgrade to £15 for 6GB data, and that's good enough for me. EE network seems good, and 4G coming soon.

....well, that and Vodafone 'losing' a £5 top up I did on a PAYG sim. Bought a 500mb data bolt on, and no data 24hrs later. I gave up with support and took it as a fiver lost, but a year of possible headaches removed :man:

Aww man should have waited for the £80 Cashback

I cant believe people are even trying to pull this deal apart and see why it isn't a good offer? This actually **** all over any other mobile 'data' deal I've seen recently, especially with the cashback.

Yes - you can watch Netflix on any device as Vodafone credits just under £90 to your account for the '2 Screens + HD' pack.

Tempted by this deal but got a couple of questions, apologies if they’ve been asked already but I’m not reading 38 pages 

1) I’ve got three months left on my current 18 month contract with Vodafone. Am I able to switch over to this deal now and pay whatever difference I owe them up to the end of the contract?
2) If the answer above is no. I assume there is nothing to stop me having two Vodafone SIM’s running on the one account and I just PAC over my mobile number when the 18 month contract ends?

I searched for EE on the same site and their score is similarly poor. I have friends on EE who would recommend the network, so I assume it's the classic "only the unhappy people write reviews" and I just went for this Vodafone deal.

Hey thanks for your reply -how do you get them to remove it? Would this possibily effect the cashback?

Oh, I know all the major networks take a kicking, but Voda just seemed to get that and more :wink:

No idea. Rang up this morning and spoke to a really helpful friendly guy. He is putting the order through. I also opened up topcashback at the same time and went through to the site so hoping it will track or at least I can provide the order number to TCB.

My Top Cashback still seems to be tracking at £1. Not sure if I should cancel and just do it through Quidco instead/

What are you trying to remove?!

Can you buy this as a limited company and still get cashback?

newfoundglory stated the price of netflix, and then said that the cost would be £5.51 per month. So I'm wondering are you able to get credit for not having the netflix service on the account?

Actually I don't think it will work for me on the cashback, my order number starts FBL- and not WEB-

That's not nfg meant, He (assuming it's a he!) factored in the cost of netflix to reach £5.51 as a value of just the sim minutes/texts/data. He's not paying £5.51 and that £89.98 'credit' is applied to his netflix account so that he gets 12 months of netflix, not his vodafone bill. He'll be paying £13/month to vodafone.

This kind of determination of value only really makes sense if you are already or plan to be a netflix subscriber.

Well I've rang Vodafone twice now and quoted topcashback and they've said its a 3rd party site not affiliated and wouldn't offer me any of the discount like others have received, wondering if its best to go quidco cpw or topcashback Vodafone, anyone got any suggestions?? I was ringing Vodafone on their free joining number

On the 4th time of trying they did actually listen and like others i managed to grab £40 off (2 free months) i know its not the £60 or £80 but its far less hassle and just credits my account with £40 so no worry of not getting any of the money, im sure if id pushed i could have probably got the £60 tbh :smiley:

I also have a feeling they do care as the cashback does come from there so they'd rather give you abit less directly which saves the hassle of it not tracking

Went for it, I phoned up 3 and - seeing as I pay for Netflix anyway - I said he would need to get as close as possible to £12.50 a month, which they couldn't do (although they did offer unlimited everything for £20 per month if that helps anyone moving from 3) and as I only get H+ in my area I decided to move.
Signed up through Topcashback which is showing with a purchase price of £1 and £0 cashback, but hopefully that goes through, and my existing Netflix account will be credited at my next billing date. And to top it all off I get much better data coverage with Vodafone (rural area North of Glasgow) so overall this has been a great deal for me.
Thanks op.

[/quote]Which QuidCO offer is there?[/quote]Its £60 for Vodaphone SIO

Is there any kind of fair usage or traffic management on this 20gb - I know it sounds like an odd question but the 3 folks called and suggested that if I stream a lot of video (which I do - easily 10gb a month) then they'll traffic manage your streaming to 2G speeds- browsing still OK.

Has anyone else noticed a delay in notifications and account syncing?

I have noticed my whatsapp messages are sometimes only refreshed when I go into the app

Those of you who went with this deal - how long did your SIM take to activate? I ordered online yesterday morning and picked up the SIM from a local store in the afternoon. I have a signal but when I try to make a call from it it basically behaves like a PAYG SIM that hasn't been topped up (I just get a recorded message saying balance is too low blah blah blah). There were no "welcome" text messages or anything of the sort either.

I tried their online chat and was told it should be active "within 24 hours" but I can't tell if there are telling porkies or not, and reading some people's experience with their CS is making me nervous already :confused:

Word of warning for those with an iPhone 5 expecting to pick up 4G data speeds. I switched from Three yesterday and have only been able to access 3G and consequently data speed has been a lot slower than what I've been used to. Just popped into a Voda shop to check what was wrong only to be told that the Vodafone 4G frequency is not compatible with an iPhone 5.

Sorry voted cold by accident! Disgruntled 3 customer here too. Sorry to make you suffer for my continued interest. I blame my pudgy thumbs!

My credit check was declined when I ordered from CPW on Monday. I phoned Vodafone yesterday morning and "Aaron" offered to contact the credit team to check what had happened and come back to me. We got cut off, so I phoned again at lunchtime and spoke to "Shannon". She checked my notes and said she would contact the credit team for me and come back. Before I went home from work yesterday, I called again and "Aoife" confirmed that Shannon had emailed the credit team but that there was no response back. I called again at lunchtime today - didn't get the name of the agent - but there is still no reply back from the second line team. The agent promised to call me back today or tomorrow at the latest to let me know whether the credit check was declined in error, or if not, why it was turned down.

For info, I have a blemish free credit record, built over 30 years, with no defaults, late payments, non payments, or adverse decisions. I have a £100,000 mortgage, a sizeable car loan, two debit cards and a credit card, all paid up and fully serviced. I have utilities relationships with all the usual suspects - phone, broadband, TV, electricity, council etc - and am on the electoral roll. I have NEVER been declined for credit by any company.

I would like to take out the Vodafone SIM only deal, but I'll not break my heart if it doesn't happen. However, it is clear from this thread and other sources online, that Vodafone credit checking is not much more scientific than throwing dice or spinning the wheel at the funfair.

I'm beginning to think I've had a lucky escape.....

Can anyone confirm that Topcashback works with this deal?

And do I select: "12 Month SIM Only: £27.00+ a month"?

Thanks

Just ordered thanks.heat

Well done.

I was offered this deal right away. It's weird how people can have such different experiences dealing with the same company.

Can anyone confirm that Topcashback works with this deal?

And do I select: "12 Month SIM Only: £27.00+ a month"?

Thanks

Just got my PAC from three, I've been on the one plan for years and they have just sent me a letter telling me I will be moving to a £30pm sim only contract. All I could get was unlimited minutes and texts with 4GB data for £12 or £30 for unlimited everything!! Twice as much as I've been paying for the last few years. I have another two contracts with them and been a customer for years and that's the thanks I get. Two calls both over 2 hours for nothing, I really hope they go under.

I took the £12 deal at first hoping to add the £3 bolt on for unlimited data but guess what? They no longer the that bolt on!

thanks. Can the 20% discount be used in conjunction with the topcashback offer?

good man, thanks for your help!!

Could I get some help I went for this deal without realising you can get the topcashback on it? Is there any way I can? Ty

never used topcashback before....ordered this but it's not showing as pending on my topcashback account...does it take a while to show as pending or should it show straight away?

I only just ordered around 8. Will speak with customer service in the morning. Thanks anyway

Thank you very much. Thanks again

Just to let you all know VODAFONE sent me a bill for two days usage of £20. Which was strange, so they added it as credit. So I've had £80 on credit.

So basically they adjusted that bill. Officially I have 4 months free.

20x12=240
240-80=160
160/12=£13.33pm

Can't go wrong with this to be honest. I was paying £12.90 with three all you can eat data, 600 mins and 5000 text.

I have to admit waiting times for customer service is ****. I once waited 20 mins and the call back option never works. The live chat is better than talking on phone in my experience.

The only hiccup I had was the number transfer taking till midnight three and o2 were quicker. Then my voicemail wasn't working, so had to call about that

4g speed are perfect as I get 50mbps down and 20mbps up. Lowest down I got was 8mbps. So I'm pleased. Probably a network you can stay with seen as though they easily match rivals.

It doesn't support 800mhz (band 20) so won't work on the new Three 4G bandwidth either. But even if it did Three might not support it. My Sony Xperia Z3 supports 800mhz but Three hasn't added them to supported handsets on that bandwidth so I can't get VoLTE anyway.

Moving to Voda anyway. Not that I don't expect to see VoLTE on their network for a while.

How long before you got an email confirmation of the order? I ordered last night and had some troubles and not got an email to confirm yet (i did make note of the order number it gave just in case it failed somehow)

hot - just ordered for my Samsung s7. get £80 cashback. will pay it directly to Vodafone, so wont have to pay anything for 4 months :smiley:

Didn't today and my Tcb has tracked but at £0 has this happened with anyone else?

Is that normal? Did it this morning and I guess it is good it has tracked at least they can't say it didn't but when should it change to the £80 offer?

The order starts with WEB so I guess this is is a good sign.

Just to bear in mind everyone:

This deal is going to revert back to £40 after 12 months period.

Can you port a number at anytime? Thinking of getting this as i'm currently with Giffgaff, but im going away for 3 weeks and i won't be in to set it up until i get home. So if i were to order this now and get it delivered next week and then set it up 2 weeks later can i still pac over my old number or is there a time limit to how old vodafone contract can be?

Been with giffgaff six years so pretty much been my only sim provider.

I upgraded to this yesterday, but today have been told I can't have Netflix or NowTV only Spotify or Sky Sports. Was told by CS they're not offering Netflix/NowTV to everyone - despite it being all over the page and order when placed.

Currently arguing with them over this and insisting that they can't just change what's on offer after I upgraded.

really? I'll be cancelling if they do that to me

How long does it take for the SIM to arrive in the post?

Complain they can't just stop offering something they advertise. I just had a chat with sales and Netflix is still available according to "Kim"

I've had two online chats and two phonecalls with CS so far today and the latest is that it "should" be available for me within 48 hours... So I will have to wait and see what happens...

Already made it very clear to them that if their policy is to advertise four options but change this after completing then I will be cancelling my contract and informing Trading Standards of this practice. I will watch my inbox for the next 48 hours I guess...

Doesn't inspire me with a lot of confidence! I'm looking to move from Three so its a toss between Voda and EE at the moment. I dropped by the voda store to try and conduct some speed test but all the phones are locked down. Might have to grab a pay and go sim.

Hope you get it sorted.

I called 3 today to get the PAC code and they offered me AYCE data, texts and minutes for £20. I said I need time to think.

I want peace of mind with unlimited data. I don't do much tethering so not bothered if it's 12 gb limit on tethering.

This deal or 3?

How do Three tell if you are using the data for tethering? is there a workaround on an Android phone?

HI all, been reading lots of the recent pages... so TCB are crediting now? It says £84 clear as day on their site so I don't see how they could get out of it.

What's holding me back are the complaints of slow London speeds. Is anyone here in London and happy with their 4G?

very slow at Stratford though, but so is three. too many people, not enough bandwidth?

I too have had 5 promises over 3 days that someone would escalate my declined credit check to a second level team, and come back to me. You can guess how many calls I've had - yep, none.

My cut off for this is tomorrow when I get home. If I haven't heard from Vodafone, then I will consider it a lucky escape and walk away. To be honest, there isn't that much in it for me, when I compare the offer versus the Three retention one.

With TCB, I would get it for £13.26/month net, but as I am in the Republic of Ireland quite a bit, I would add the £5/month Ireland Plus. So £18.26 vs £20 in favour of Vodafone. The differences are that for that extra £1.74, I can use the Three SIM in any of the feel at home countries. But Vodafone gives me calls to the UK and includes Netflix/Spotify etc.

Either looks good though. It's interesting that O2 and EE haven't made any effort to compete against these tariffs.

Just come to end my contract on iPhone 5s. Waiting on iPhone 7. So thought I'd go sim only in meantime and saved my self £15 pm plus continued my Spotify for another 12 months with no cost.

One thing worth noting. If like me you work for corporate you may be able to bag another 20% off so only £16 pm.

Www. Vodafone.co.uk/vea

Really? mmm, so if I happened to use a VPN on my laptop to tunnel the traffic through, they wouldn't know I was tethering?

Ordered. TCB tracked at £0 though. Has anyone tracked the correct cashback amount?

If they credit your account, does that mean you can just not purchase Netflix and the monthly bills will be deducted from the credit?

I think they credit your netflix account.

Mmmm... Did you choose the entertainment bundle as you were checking out or do you do it once the SIM arrives? I may have missed it if it was the former.

I believe you get a text on the new SIM when it arrives, that takes you through the process of selecting your bundle.

This place sometimes...

Well im ever so sorry, i dont quite have enough time to read 40 pages worth of comments and so i thought i would just ask someone else. Im so sorry if this offended you, please accept my apologies.

Good bye 3 one plan hello VodaFone :-) Hot

My TCB isn't showing at all on my claims/account, despite only using the link to visit the Vodafone page, anyone else had this?

Vodafone credit your Netflix account. If you don't want it then don't use it? No, this cannot be exchanged for Clubcard points, or turned into £250 sterling or exchanged for 10,000 bags of 10p Jelly Babies.

Damn, I'd prefer the jelly babies please... :innocent:

Have you got in touch with TCB?

Raised a ticket with customer care but it's 'on ice'.

I applied this morning, as a new customer, and its all gone horribly wrong!

Account created but application failed.

Called up sales, took 10 mins to tell me it had been declined - discussion over.

20 mins later, received a mysterious call stating I was adding a number to a family bundle?
I was very confused, didn't realize it was from voda and hung up.

Called sales back a second time, they had a closer look, and my address wont validate!?
After some messing around, submitted over the phone - declined again.
Now been 'escalated'

Should have taken note of the voda reviews, probably got a load of credit searches now.

3 offered me One plan for £20 when I asked for the PAC. They are offering AYCE data, minutes and texts. I'm staying with them at least for one more year. Peace of mind :smirk:

So what the best way to get this offer?

Via TCB or Quidco or neither and then call Voda who will credit you the money?

Think it stays on that status for around seven days I suspect. I would raise a support ticket too, can't sit around waiting for them to investigate. I'll probably hold off going for this until TCB sort themselves out.

But it only runs on TCB for a couple of more days and Voda finish the deal next Thursday I think.
As its black and white on TCB site for this specific plan, I can't see they can decline it.
What worries me is the amount of rejections we're seeing on here which results in a phone call that then means its not an online transaction = no TCB. Deliberate? Lets be honest, its not in Vodas favour to make all deals go through smoothy is it. Must stop having these untrusting thoughts ;-)

Would be interested to hear if anyone has managed to go direct and get the £84 credited to the account. Might ask on chat later.

Oh btw, I did ask online chat and they said netflix IS still part of the deal.

I've had a real nightmare with this. Joined on Tuesday and still not active sim card or account details loaded online. Countless calls/tweets/live chats/visits to store to no avail.

Is anyone else having issues?

Not a good introduction to the business as a new customer :disappointed:

Not sure I follow? I assumed you chose which service you wanted, then you gave them your account details for NF and they would credit you account the value of 12 months worth. Can anyone explain the process for this just so its clear before I pull the trigger. At the moment, it feels as if the barrel is pointing at my foot!

When you sign up, they usually send you a link to a Vodafone offers page which (after you've logged in) displays the options available for your "Entertainment Package", you select one and it gets processed (in theory). When I did this the page only displayed Spotify and Sky Sports as options, no sign of Netflix or NowTV.

Contacted them over Online chat and was initially told when I queried this (copied from the transcript) - "i am sorry, netflix is not a part of our subscription now" and "I would like to inform you that we now , do not give the option of the net flix to every customer,we only provide that to selected customer, because of that you might not be able to see that option"

Still waiting for them to fix this, even after two online chats and two phonecalls with CS.

My SIM just arrived today through normal post, didn't have to sign for it. I ordered on Wednesday morning but had to ring up as the order wouldn't go through online. I am guessing I have missed out on the cashback.
I had my call today from Three as a final go at getting me to stay on for unlimited phone data/12GB tethering for £20.

If I could reliably hide the tethering I would consider it...

Hmm, seems the best bet might me to see if Vodafone will honour cashback directly by crediting account.
Anyone had any luck directly with Voda and the higher cashback amount?
Or maybe, if it fails going via TCB and you have to ring them, ask to confirm deal hasn't gone though then say not interested as will miss out on CB and see if they offer the credit?

I trust there are some out there that have had success with this, right?

Still no TCB from yesterday and when I went to order a second line today (wanted to see if first one worked ok) surprise I had same as others, unable to process online so had to call which they then processed the order for me ie dropping the link back to TCB/Quidco, as some have noted I suspect this is deliberate to stop the hundreds of claims going through.

Mine has been fine. Arrived in the post this morning, activated just fine. got lots of texts explaining about how to remove restrictions. got a text about the red bundle. Seems to make calls just fine. Just wondering now whether to go through the PAC process or wait a couple of days...

Well they got back and said its a definite declined application (maybe my credit is just too good?). Got to wait a few days for the Experian report, but my Equifax is clean. The only recent search is the EE deal posted on here middle of the month (although there are 2 others from last year). Strange, maybe the Experian report will reveal something....

Oh dear! Sorry to hear that.

I spoke to another agent, Anthony, earlier just to try to get this closed off one way or another. He firstly tried to tell me that as I had ordered through CPW, it was them I would need to speak to as Vodafone "had nothing to do with any credit check" in such cases. When I responded advising that 5 of his colleagues had advised differently during the week, offering to escalate and come back to me (although none did), he changed his tune and said if I hadn't had a reply, it was because there was no change in the Vodafone decision. He also advised that this would remain the Vodafone position for 90 days.

So that's that then. Off to 3 I go.......

Just cancelled the contract. Was told 24 hours again. It's been 24 hours since Tuesday. Shame as it was a really good deal but the customer service is shockingly bad!

How do I get my free Netflix? I can only find options for Spotify or Now TV - I have Spotify, don't want whatever that other thing is - and am very distressed the Netflix option isn't easily available???

Finally bit the bullet and went for this via TCB. It's tracked at £1 so have contacted them to query this. Will have 14 days to cancel this. Three offered me the AYCE everything with 12gb tethering for £20 but didnt need the minutes ideally wanted to stay at £15/month but they wouldnt budge for any tariff was basically the £20 deal or anything from the website. The netflix part of the deal is what swung it for me so if that has been removed I will be cancelling this.

Ordered this deal yesterday and collected sim from the store. Sim won't receive signal and when going into my Vodafone account online it says no services have been linked to my account ? (Maybe because they are still setting it up) ?? Any ideas guys? TCB hasn't tracked either ?? If I want to cancel all this thing, what do I do ? Can I just go back to the store and cancel this contract and direct debit ?

Looks like their CS is crap. Had a similar experience.

Ordered online to collect from store, received email to collect. Store guy said they cant find the order despite me showing the emails from Vodafone. He wanted me to create a new order from the store, which I declined. Contacted them over phone, who said they have stopped people collecting orders from store (not even bothered to answer my query why they still sending emails to collect from store) and that he will send it via post, for next day delivery. Nothing came for three days, so eventually cancelled.

Saw the TCB cashback, ordered again online. No contact at all or confirmation email except for we need to check a few things more! COntacted them via chat, who said the order cancelled due to credit issue and asked me to ring. Rang them, who magically fixed everything and that my order is accepted. Its been two days again and still no sign of sim. Had an online chat, who said the order is complete and that i need to give a voice authorisation on 191 for it be delivered as it is a costly contract. Bizarre.

Such a shameful customer service.

Addendum (they address me as bro always via online chat!)

I've just found out that the PAC code I got from Three won't work. Possibly I have misunderstood what was said on the phone. Annoyingly they don't text it or send it, just read it out. Anyone know what they usually start with? It should be three letters followed by 6 numbers but I have one starting 8TG.. which is not correct...

Update: Found this thread:- http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1103757

Looks like I mis-heard

It's HTG, not 8TG...

If I pick up a sim in a shop and put it in the phone without activating will it show me signal, including data signal? Thanks

I've been told by Vodafone it was an option when I upgraded on Wednesday, then when it didn't come up was told over Online Chat " i am sorry, netflix is not a part of our subscription now", which when I queried was then told " i have added netflix on your account".

It hadn't appeared later that day so when queried again was told " I would like to inform you that we now , do not give the option of the net flix to every customer,we only provide that to selected customer, because of that you might not be able to see that option", to which I pointed out that it was offered when I took the upgrade, and was then told "I have checked and confirmed that it is added on your account. "

I checked later - it wasn't. So called CS, was told they had sorted it and would send me a new weblink which would include the Netflix option. They sent me the link - it didn't. Called CS again, was told that they would fix it and to expect a new email which would contain a link with the Netflix option within the hour, "although it may take up to 24 hours, or in some cases 48 hours". I am currently 26 hours into that 48, still no email.

Having asked that I don't know if I want to go with this deal after reading comments here and elsewhere.

Poor customer service is only a major problem if you need to use it - unfortunately it seems I'll have to use it from the get go with this offer.

There is a thread on MSE about people being called and offered a free tablet to thank them for their loyalty. What they don't say on the phone is that it comes with a new contract. Seems to be going two years after it was first complained about on the site. Pretty disgusting behaviour from Vodafone.

Edit: that people are having a problem getting Netflix and TCB tracking is also putting me off.

Are you sure you got billed for £40? Mine says a £40 package too but when you download the PDF bill it shows a 50% discount being applied.

I guess I was one of the lucky ones.
I ordered online after going through quidco , but realised the cashback was better through TCB.
After I received my sim I put it in the phone and about a dozen texts appeared.
So I rang vodafone on 191 to cancel and gave the cashback as the reason, they offered me £60 credit to stay.
And because so many people seem to be having problems with cashback I accepted their offer.
Using one of the texts I had received I followed a link to the Enertainment offers, selected Netflix , signed in to my Netflix account and the voucher for £89.88 was applied to my account within a couple of minutes.

I just wish the galaxy s6 offer on O2 refresh had been this uneventfull.

So close to pulling the trigger on this, but after these comments I don't see this company are fit to trade in the uk.
The deal certainly is good (if you can get it).
I also took the payg 50gb sim to try them out and the data speeds in london are impressive compared to three, however, the 50gb failed to materialise and only have 100mb left of 500mb. Tried once to get this resolved with CS and failed. They gave me a link saying I need to register online account but the the link says "We're working hard to fix the issue, so please try again later." I'm sure its been the same for some days.
They registered for me on their side, but still no 50Gb and I have no details to login to account other than on phone with sim in.
With all this and the netflix scam, I think its time to walk away.

The cashback stinks of a dirty trick to get you to phone to lose the cashback. Netflix to intice you in, but not available when you try. Surely Voda are going to get in a whole heap of trouble for this, or more likely they will get away with it!

I rang up and they assured me it would be £20 and the correct amount did come out via direct debit a couple of days ago. Even though when I download the pdf of that bill it still says £40 and no mention of 50% off! I'm hoping they get it right with the next bill.

I wish I had popped out into town to check the coverage before popping my PAC code in the website. not getting any 4G or even 3G anywhere...most odd, the coverage checker says there should be 4G everywhere.

If you're unsure about customer service or signal, get your PAC off 3, sign up with Vodafone via Quidco or TCB and then check that you get Netflix, signal and cashback tracks. Then, and only then use your PAC. If you aren't happy, you can cancel with Vodafone in the first 14 days. 3 are going to charge you 30 days in any case from the date you ask for your PAC, so you might as well wait.

My experience buying this in a Vodafone shop was perfect. I later had £60 credited to my account to match the CPW cashback when I threatened to cancel and reorder, I'm getting billed £20 per month, Netflix credit of just short of £90, no problem with PAC, signal is great and I'm particularly pleased with indoor and rural performance in comparison with 3. I also think BT premium hotspots is a big plus for those who don't have BT Broadband.

So having spent around 2 hours over the last few days either on my phone to CS or Live Chat on their website I finally have got Netflix activated.

Even at minimum wage that would have got me a few month's Netflix subscription...

Ordered the deal online a couple of nights ago through TCB. spoke to someone on online chat who said that my sim card was ready to pick up in store, so I went down there and they had no clue.

I rang customer service who passed me around 4 different departments without telling me they were going to do so. Eventually someone told me that my order hadn’t completed and that they would order me a new one. They said it would be to pick up from store but the email says it will be delivered to my home address so I don’t have a clue what’s going on.....

Customer service nightmare and can only think that TCB won’t come through even if my sim card ever arrives.

Anyone spoken to anyone at Vodafone who knows what's going on?

Not sure what you are on guys, everything worked well for me --- got a pac code from EE, called vodafone, got 3 months free credit attached to my account to the value of £60, received SIM card 48 hours after, got number transferred 48 hours -- TXT Entertainment and received the link to Netflix, signed up and credit shows online - ready to watch movies..... got online account setup and downloaded Vodafone App on Samsung phone and everything just works--- 191 answered within 4 minutes with the right person understanding what I want and needed ( pac code ) and got TXT messages all the way to keep me posted on what was being done, when--- so thank you OP for posting this is a good deal, good signal and fast 4g ( ok EE is slightly faster but who cares, 23mb, 19mb ) it is all the same.

So what's stopping someone signing up with TCB and then ordering the sim via Voda and when it arrives call up to cancel as CPW offering £60 cashback and get that discount added to your account instead of waiting for TCB which may not materialise.

I have my Netflix now - it took 2 live chats and 3 phone calls until someone (in India of all places) generated me a £90 netflix gift voucher!!!!!!!!!!

What if you do not have a Netflix account? Do you need to sign upto Netflix first?

I cann't understand why some people are having problems. I haven't had to deal with CS as I am not porting my number until next week.

My sim arrived. Stuck it in my phone and put my 3 sim in my spare phone. Had to restart and force 4G on the phone, but it's spot on.

I got a text to select the free service, so I chose Netflix. It linked the email I used for my order with Voda via TCB and credited that Netflix account with £89.

All seems to be fine. I just need to keep an eye on TCB to see if they track the £84.

Well my SIM has arrived, contacted agent on chat to see if I could get my Blue Light discount of 20%, verified work email etc.... and he has applied the discount to my account apparently. As yet though, I've not put the SIM into my phone as I'm waiting to see on the TCB and haven't got my PAC code yet. So, without the TCB it is so far costing £16 per month.....

Have TCB said why the cash back is tracking at a lower amount or not tracking at all?

I would rather get the discount confirmed off vodafone than from TCB so wouldn't mind taking this as I am a Three customer who has received the dreaded letter of we are offering you a great deal at double or triple the price.

Yep I agree, I rather Voda just credit my account with £60 then have to chase up TCB. What if after the validation period they suddenly decide not to pay out, it could happen.

If they decide not to pay out they'll get a call from Watchdog or Moneybox.

Cashback is never guaranteed, tho. So I would never factor it into the overall discount.

That said, I have never had TCB let me down, but Vodafone seem to be the sort of company who will do anything to get out of paying.

In this case it's obvious they allowed cashback for this specific deal to counter CPW. This was done to remove any bargaining power from the customer, and enable them to try and get out of paying. For example: All these mysterious orders that don't work via the referral link, but magically go through when they ask you to ring them.

As well as telling me my PUK code over the phone, 3 sent me a text containing the code.

If 3 had offered me the same deal I was on, The One Plan, for £20 I would definitely have stayed with them. I've noticed others on this thread were offered all you can eat everything for £20, but I wasn't offered either of these deals, so I'm with Vodafone now, my number ported over yesterday.

I've done speed tests at home, and where I work, and Vodafone speeds are better there than 3's in both places. I managed to get the NOW TV deal that other don't seem to be getting.

Yeah, to be honest i'm beginning to wonder if voda even bothered to credit check me. Still waiting on Experian, but there is no evidence yet they did at Equifax or Callcredit. I also got a free credit score report and its basically excellent, 5 out of 5, right near the top end, "highly unlikely to be refused for credit and can take advantage of the best deals in the market place".

A lucky escape from a vodafone nightmare i think.

Well, despite my concerns, I've pull the trigger and applied. Not sure If I've been successful yet, but nothing to suggest I haven't.
However, if TCB doesn't track of Netflix isn't available I will cancel 13 days from now. No question. I will not port my number in until all is well and in place. Let the fun times begin ;-)

Just for info, Vodafone use Experian apparently so see what they tell you. Of course, none of the credit reference agencies can tell you that much as all they do is provide info to the retailing company - Vodafone in this case - who then apply their own criteria to determine whether they want you as a customer or not.

It is almost amusing that I can get a substantial mortgage, sizeable car loan, operate these and all utility bills throughout my adult life without a blip, and Vodafone thinks that I am not worth the risk for a £240 SIM contract. Actually, it's almost insulting.

Thought I'd give it a try, filled in all my details and got the following error: "Sorry, but we can't sell you a Pay monthly product at the moment as your existing bundle uses up your monthly credit allowance. Your current vodafone credit limit is £0.00. You can still buy Pay as you go products."

Apparently I failed the credit check, which is very odd - My credit report says my rating is excellent so don't know whats going on there. Got passed around a few people, its being escalated - he said I can put it through over the phone which I didn't want to try as I would get zero cash back.

Upgraded to this - Thanks OP. Anybody have any success with the 20% discount via work? (advantage scheme?) I'm aware you can't dbl discount. Hope I get lucky!

Thanks, they're really incompetent on the phone spent a while trying to find my account.

Was going to give CPW a try but the entertainment pack is only valid for 6 months.

Sorry for quoting myself, but I got that wrong. I forgot I had my phone logged into my VM broadband when I did the test at home.

Vodafone are still much better in the area I work, but 3 are much better where I live.

Exactly the same here. But need speed more at at work than at home ;-)

Same for me.

I tether my phome to my tablet while I'm waiting for a job to come in, so I can surf the net, or watch Netflix, or Now TV etc.

My home broadband is with VM, so I don't use my phone to surf the net there, and if I wanted to I could just hook it up to my VM broadband.

I ordered a PayGo sim earlier this week which just got delivered. Popped it in and disappointingly only get 1 bar 3G and no service everywhere else. Will have to look at EE instead!

I just ordered a second sim on this offer, but processed it through the wrong browser window so TCB didn't track (opened TCB via Chrome, but placed the ordered via Firefox).
Would a missing cashback claim work?
I tried re-ordering again but it failed saying i'd reached my limit (vodafone).
Not sure how best to proceed.

No.


Accept you lost the cashback, and either keep the sim or cancel it.

Man, what a faff. So it turns out I should not have believed the coverage checker which showed good 4G signal inside and out where I live from VF. There is no 4G and barely any 3G. Spoke to VF guy in the shop who basically shrugged and said "yeah it's not very good in the town centre, I don't think anyone has 4G here do they?". Yes mate, Three do, I've been on it for a year.

My fault I suppose for not trying a PAYG SIM first.

Rang VF customer service an a guy has told me he is raising a request to cancel the PAC and it won't go through. I guess I'll find out on Monday. I can't stay on this so I guess I might end up losing my number.

Decided to cancel it and re-order via my wife. Still not showing anything under TCB, but I know I did it correctly this time round at least

I ordered this deal on Thursday, it was delivered on Friday, and up and running inside 10 minutes.

I got the text for the entertainment deal and all four options were showing (I went for Spotify)

TCB has tracked at £1, but it does say clearly on the listing for this deal on TCB that it tracks in 24 hours and will be confirmed within a month, and payable in 30 - 60 days.

All gone very smoothly for me, had no need to contact CS and see no reason why TCB shouldn't payout. It's not unusual for TCB to take a few weeks to show at the amount advertised.

what happens if I cancel in the 14 days to the netflix I already applied?

really . i ordered on thursday and apart from the initial email order confirmation i have heard nothing else- how can it be do different for everyone

I wish I could help, but I don't have a clue tbh. All I can say is that it went very smoothly for me. I hope you get sorted soon.

anyone know when topcashback pays out?

MInes not showing from this morning either yet. Despite their own stats saying tracks within and hour, there is this quote on TCB site:
"Unless otherwise stated expect transactions for this retailer to appear within 24 hours. Transactions are usually confirmed within a month and should become payable within 30 - 60 days after the event date, unless otherwise indicated on the Avg Payment Speed Statistics."

got my sim today thanks

Ordered hope to get Netflix if not will cancel within the 14 days. Currently on 3 £13.00 for 8GB unlimited everything else rolling month contract. If Vodafone all works out will port my number in fingers crossed. TB shows
Retailer Clicks Total Spend Total Cashback Current Rate
Voda 5 £0.00 £0.00 Up to £84.00

Just managed to get the VEA sorted via Customer support. They promised before I joined up so I showed them proof.

I've now: £80 credit on my account and with the discount £16 after the four free months. Works out to:

15*9 = £135.

Not bad