Which steps? If you mean to get this deal.....

1) Decide if you want the £10 Quidco cash back. If so....start at 2) otherwise go to 7)
2) Set up a Quidco account - decide if you want to pay for the premium privileges. Otherwise just get a free account.
3) From the Quidco main page in the search box enter "mobilephonesdirect"
4) The first search result should be Mobile Phones Direct. Select that
5) You will now be on the Quidco page for Mobile Phones Direct. Click the blue box which says "Visit retailer and get cashback"
6) This will open a new tab at the Mobilephonesdirect web site. The Quidco website will show your visit recorded. Leave both tabs open.
7) On the Mobilephonesdirect website click on SIM only
8 On the next page there is a slider so you can select how much data you need - slide it to 7GB+
9)The List will refresh, you'll see a deal for EE, £34.99pm with £180 cashback.
10) Check that deal and if you're happy with it press buy. Go through the buying process.
11) Mobilephonesdirect will set up an account on their website for you as part of the checkout process.

12) When the SIM turns up, put it in your phone and connect to EE. Make sure it's all working. It will have a temporary number.
13) On the EE website set up an account.
14) If you want to transfer your old number to EE get a PAC code from your previous provider
15) On the EE website go here: https://ee.co.uk/ee-and-me/porting
16) Fill out the porting form. It should go through a couple of days later.

17) The Cashbacks are from Mobilephones direct. It's a simple process. On billing month 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 (i.e. after you get your 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th bills) take a copy of your bill which you can download from the EE web account you set up earlier, log into to the Mobilephonesdirect account you set up when you ordered and fill out the simple form and upload the bill here; https://cashback.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk

Hope that's what you need. If it was something else then hopefully this will help someone somewhere somehow sometime. Somewhat.
That's it. Best of luck.

Just by way of interest, for those with EE mobile andEE home broadband, you are entitled to 10gb Data on there calling plans. I found out when I tried to upgrade to fibre. I was told "as long as you stay with EE, you're entitled to it". Just phone and ask.

"Half price line rental for 3 months

Get 3 Month's half price line rental with this deal! Your discount will automatically be applied by EE. Offer ends 8th March."

So I missed month 6 claim by 2 days... MPD refused to pay out :disappointed:

Get your month 8 submissions in now guys.

Check with EE. You can download previous bills as PDF and verify. Check that it isn't listed as £35 and -£17.50 discount.

Also with 2 phones, if using same bank account- EE *may* be billing them together in the same DD. They do that with 2 of my contracts.

Ive got 2 months so far for £17.50 for the past 2 months but some reason I have been charged £35 this month when it should be £17.50. Should I contact EE or mobile phones direct?

Anyone know how the "discount will be applied from bill 2 onwards" works in reality. I don't want to pay £35 in first month - then £19.99 a month afterwards - when I signed up for £19.99 a month. The EE website doesn't let me login (site issue not me) - the EE app isn't working either. I'm very close to just cancelling the whole thing to be honest.

Cancel it and go to vodaphone 20gb deal for £12 a month after cash back from mobiles.co.uk or other seller. The speeds are terrible (what do you expect for £12pm) compared to EE double data (the best!) but they're twice as good as Three (tested!) and you get 12 months of movies or Spotify included.

Good news.
Can't see cash back being dependent on the amount on the bill - as long as its month 4 should be fine.

The discount shows up as an addon in my EE account, alongside London Underground WiFi - have you checked to see if this has been applied to your account? I assume they say it'll be applied from month 2 because the billing date for month 1 has already passed.

Looks like the 3 months half price part of the deal has expired now.

Purely FYI - Without the three months half price and the £10 Quidco it works out to £20 per month effectively.

Thanks for your reply. I got an email back from them yesterday after filling out the form on their website. It was literally one line and said "The discount will be applied from month 2." Short and sweet. I'll see what happens next month I guess..

I assume this is expired now

Well, while I was holding there was an option to hold your place in the queue and get a call back when you were at the front, in case that's of use to you? I just didn't see the point in case it didn't work, as it's an 03xx number so included in my free minutes. It's one of those hold systems which helpfully tells you your place in the queue so you're not suddenly surprised when they pick up. I just sat in front of the TV with my phone on speaker.

Despite the hold time I'm just pleased it worked out. Given the reviews for MPD and similar companies I was expecting it to be like getting blood from a stone if anything went wrong.

I take it the half price line rental has ended?

I've had the exact same issue, SIM arrived yesterday and today I've been billed the full £34.99. I didn't fancy waiting on hold for 20 mins, so I've used the contact form on their website to try and get in touch.

So I got this deal and everything went through fine, but when I set up my online account with EE it wasn't showing the first three months as being half price as some others have reported.

I did the online chat support with EE who (as others have reported) told me to talk to MPD as it's a problem at their end. I called MPD on Thursday evening, and although I had to hold for 20 minutes to get a response, I got a nice chap in a British call centre. He apologised, said they'd had a few people having this problem with this deal, and said he'd send an email to EE to get it sorted. He advised it probably wouldn't be sorted until Monday, and that he'd pop me an email once it was sorted.

As promised, on Monday when I logged into my account there was an add-on for 50% off for three months. They've already billed me at full price for the first month, so I expect I'll get the 50% off in months 2, 3 and 4. Hopefully that won't affect my month 4 cashback... Might ring them at some point to check that.

I never did get an email from MPD to confirm that it'd been sorted, but I'm not too fussed about that.

Your contract once setup(hopefully correctly) is with EE so at renewal time its only EE you have to deal with.

If I get this deal and when the time comes to renew do, I have to renew with MFD or can I do that directly through EE?

"The half price is assumed because it's advertised on EE's website"

No. It was on mobilephonesdirect's website. As well as EE. And I and many others got it with no issues.

I have nothing on the Website login, Mobile app or phoning EE to say i have half price line rental addon. EE said its done on setup and what is agreed with the 3rd party. If i had bought directly from EE they could have applied it on the phone but as its done via MPD EE cannot help me.

Why have some people on here recieved tyhe half price addon direct from EE from month 1 and others being told to wait till month 2. Would be good to here from someone who has recieved there month 2 bill.

So who do i believe , EE or the 3rd party.

It says on the checkout page on mobilephonesdirect website that the first three months are half price

a) If they don't provide what they contracted for they're in breach and you can void. It's not at their whim.

b) Mobilephonesdirect half price icon says....."your discount will automatically be applied by EE" so they've probably not set the account up properly with EE - although to be sure you should check your EE accounts online to see if they show the three months half price under add-ons in the plans and add ons section.

c) EE are offering half price for three months on their website so I'd ask the person who told you the offer was "exclusive" what they think the meaning of "exclusive" is. His girlfriend is going to be very upset with him some day......

In this case when phoning MFD they told me I have it and it's from 2nd bill till the 4th. Even though EE dont recognise the offer so how can they apply the discount if they don't know about it . MPD Said it is an exclusive deal not showing up on EE systems

Very suspect

I find that quite convenient for MFD as I would be out of the cooling off period so reckon would be very difficult to get out of contract without

That's my issue with these sorts of deals. The half price is assumed because it's advertised on EE's website. But your buying from a 3rd party reseller, so when you get the bill and its not half price EE can and will fob you off to the 3rd party reseller, in this case Mobilephonesdirect, and MPD will tell you its nothing to do with them it's EE

​I just phoned Mobilephonesdirect and asked to cancel as i was still in my 14 days cooling off period. I also asked for pac code and it will be sent via email in a few days

How easy is it to cancel and what if you have already used your pac code.

​I've just cancelled my EE sim as 1st bill didn't have half price on the 1st bill. Mobilephonesdirect told me that it should of been added to my 1st bill then another said its the 2nd bill.. i don't think they know themselves. Think I'll try again but with the 8gb package instead of 16gb.

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

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

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

The fact that EE have nothing on their system to indicate 3 months half price may me very cautious.

No issues with mine. My first bill showed half price as did the account page.

It definitely says 3 months half price on the mobile phones direct order page. It doesn't specifically say which three months mind you.

Personally I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and wait for the next bill - but it's definitely part of what you bought so they can't wriggle out of it.

I bought the 8gb plan with the £132 cashback, my contract has been activated and I've been sent my first bill, for £27.99. I queried this because it was advertised as half price for 3 months, EE said I needed to speak to mobilephonesdirect, they are saying the half price will be deducted for billing months 2, 3 and 4. This was nowhere in the literature when I signed up and the emails from mobilephonesdirect refer nowhere to half price for 3 months. So I'm both a bit disgruntled and skeptical as to what is going to happen at the moment. Also any calls to mobilephonesdirect involve a lengthy wait, which only exacerbates my annoyance. Anyone else have anything to share with regards to the half price for 3 months part of the deal?

I'm still seeing £180.

Looks like cashbook has been reduced to £132 a good deal still with the eu calls and texts.

​Giffgaff speed reduction:
With Always On you get 6GB of UK data at full 4G speeds and then an unlimited data allowance at a reduced speed (256kbps) from 8am to midnight. From midnight to 7.59am you have an unlimited data allowance at full speed.

a bit slow. not worth having 4G with 256kb speed.

what do you think about this deal https://www.giffgaff.com/freesim-goodybag20?m=0&clickref=1100lnigNm3&pub=awin_publisher&adref=uSwitch+Mobiles&utm_source=uSwitch+Mobiles&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=awin_publisher-uSwitch+Mobiles
is unlimited minutes, text and data. for 20 quid. they only have reduced Internet speed after 6gb. I don't know by how much. any one got experience with them?

Fair point.

I'm currently on £18 which will rise and I've seen someone get it matched at that.

Problem I have now is that I probably wouldn't touch 16gb and EE have better coverage and much higher speed rates!

​sorry, 3. kind of wrong post I get that (just looking for a new deal) just needed to rant also

​should be fair I guess. but as they are in truth offering me the same package at twice the price I don't find it acceptable and would be happier paying say giffgaff the same money on a 30 day basis with better coverage in my area anyway. I've been with 3 (along with others) for 4 years or more and they wouldn't even send me a signal booster even though I get zero signal at home/work/family houses. and it took me 1hr45m to get my pac.

​people still use it on android devices. 5 to 10 gb per month and they won't bother you.

​people say it does if you not on iPhone. And don't over use it. up to 10gb.

​who did you talk to EE or 3?

Isn't unlimited data for £20 decent? I'm going to ring today.

​Thanks

​Thank you so much. This is exactly what I was asking for

after 25 mins on hold and a 10 minute barter was offered ; unlimited data for 20pm, 12g for 17pm or 4g for 14pm. no thanks

Which steps? If you mean to get this deal.....

1) Decide if you want the £10 Quidco cash back. If so....start at 2) otherwise go to 7)
2) Set up a Quidco account - decide if you want to pay for the premium privileges. Otherwise just get a free account.
3) From the Quidco main page in the search box enter "mobilephonesdirect"
4) The first search result should be Mobile Phones Direct. Select that
5) You will now be on the Quidco page for Mobile Phones Direct. Click the blue box which says "Visit retailer and get cashback"
6) This will open a new tab at the Mobilephonesdirect web site. The Quidco website will show your visit recorded. Leave both tabs open.
7) On the Mobilephonesdirect website click on SIM only
8 On the next page there is a slider so you can select how much data you need - slide it to 7GB+
9)The List will refresh, you'll see a deal for EE, £34.99pm with £180 cashback.
10) Check that deal and if you're happy with it press buy. Go through the buying process.
11) Mobilephonesdirect will set up an account on their website for you as part of the checkout process.

12) When the SIM turns up, put it in your phone and connect to EE. Make sure it's all working. It will have a temporary number.
13) On the EE website set up an account.
14) If you want to transfer your old number to EE get a PAC code from your previous provider
15) On the EE website go here: https://ee.co.uk/ee-and-me/porting
16) Fill out the porting form. It should go through a couple of days later.

17) The Cashbacks are from Mobilephones direct. It's a simple process. On billing month 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 (i.e. after you get your 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th bills) take a copy of your bill which you can download from the EE web account you set up earlier, log into to the Mobilephonesdirect account you set up when you ordered and fill out the simple form and upload the bill here; https://cashback.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk

Hope that's what you need. If it was something else then hopefully this will help someone somewhere somehow sometime. Somewhat.
That's it. Best of luck.

got my letter from 3 today. "you're £10pm will automatically become £30pm" but don't worry that includes a £3 discount for being a loyal customer. GFY 3, I'm on the phone right now to get my pac. :neutral_face:

Can anyone explain the steps in a way someone like me who's never had one of these deals can understand? Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

does it allow tethering?

For those looking at BT mobile, please know that you cannot use personal hotspot. Deal breaker for me.

Prohibited use
You must not allow our service to be used:
for machine to machine communication (this means the communication between two or more machines without a person);
or


to create your own personal hotspot which provides internet access to other devices which may be used by yourself or others (this is sometimes known as 'tethering');

Three have just kicked me off the one plan deal!! It was sooo good!!! I might go for his one, unless anyone knows if I can get more out of them

Omg!! Three just took me off the one plan deal, and offered me unlimited data 600 min unlimited text for £18 on 30 day, I about to take it! I'm going to push them for your deal.. If I don't get it, I'll get this cash back deal

​"EE EXTRA PLANS - ROAMING BENEFITS
Get inclusive minutes and texts in Europe as part of your 4GEE Extra plan"
Beware - No data included.

Data is NOT included in EU. Major fail by EE

"Offer ends 22nd March" on my screen

Would the ee 100gb deals come back?

After a lot of thinking I decided against this deal. My last cashback contract experience went horribly wrong when the company went bust and left me with two expensive 24 months contracts with T mobile with no way out. As I am about to start BT broadband contract I am going to go for their sim card with unlimited minutes and 20GB data at £20/month. With £35 quidco cashback it will work out around £17/month for more data and no hastle of claiming cashback...and I believe BT runs on EE signal but I stand to be corrected on that

If you don't have your broadband with EE, just cite the BT deal which is 500mins/unl txts and 2GB 4G for £8 a month with BT broadband. Then ask what retentions can do. Embellish with asking if you need a PAC code to move to BT, because they bought EE. Be nice, and flexible. They should come up with something.

That's pretty good, I'm looking at BT would rather stay with EE as they offer Wifi Calling.

unl/unl/2GB double speed 4G £10 a month. They offered more data for a bit more, but I wouldn't use it. I have BT broadband hence using the BT deal as leverage, which gives me endless wifi hotspots gratis. Which I use.

I know there are much better data deals out there, but my problem is unique to me, no other network can match the 4G coverage or speed locally. Everyone but EE is pretty pointless- at least for the moment.

I also can't really be doing with waiting for months for quidco to track, pay these guys £35 and then wait however long to claim cashback each time etc.

But this is a great deal if you stay on top of it. Just find what suits you and use another network/deal to bargain with your preferred network. Always works for me.

What did they offer and at what price?

Indeed, always talk to retentions. I went to EE today talking about moving onto the BT offers on right now, despite the fact they are basically the same company :stuck_out_tongue:. Knocked a fiver a month off my current deal for another 12 months.

I hate cash back jump through loops deals - I just want a straight deal , you pay you get kind of thing. No offence to those who find cash back fine tho.
I'm another one who's been given a bad deal from 3 after the one contract ended, they increased my bill by £8 and I cant afford it. Stated they'd sent a letter to let me know - they had not!
Please do you know if there are other deals close to this with out having to link to cash back?

good deal..I might leave 3 after they screwed me with the one plan..the best they offered me was unltd min and 8GB data for £16

Thanks for the info guys, managed to get a fiver off a month off the 6gb plan so i'm happy staying with them now

EE are saying if I leave them I can't keep my number if I go back on EE again?

Could I switch it to a pay as you go sim and then back to EE?

With the "The One Plan" going south and this offer is a good contender to the title. Three rushing on the south journey...

I tried getting the above deal and they woulnd't budge..

I got my PAC code and am shopping around.. Atm the 20Gb BT deal with cashback comes to approx £21pm.

Just by way of interest, for those with EE mobile andEE home broadband, you are entitled to 10gb Data on there calling plans. I found out when I tried to upgrade to fibre. I was told "as long as you stay with EE, you're entitled to it". Just phone and ask.

and I've just ordered BT @ £13

I thought HUKD rules said you had to post the pre-cashback price in the title?

why are these deals allowed to be posted that include quidco and cashbacks etc

https://www.thepeoplesoperator.com/

better deal, no tie in, 30days contact, no messing about with cashback. from £12.50 for 6gb a month

For anyone else doing the maths, the 8Gb data £27.99 per month £132 cashback £10 quidco option works out at £151.90 = £12.66 per month I think

I left them last week and they offered me unlimited data (with 12GB tethering), unlimited minutes + texts for £18 a month on a 30 day rolling contract! I'd only been with them since October! Opted for that Vodafone deal that was on here last week (£20/mth 20GB, unltd mins and texts + Free Netflix for 12 months)

​http://explore.ee.co.uk/4gee-extra-plans-roaming-benefits

​Where did you find this?

Great deal thanks :smile:

There are three £34.99 deals. One with £180 cash back, one with £50 and one without.
Best way to find the deal is to move the data slider at the top to the max - 7gb and you should see a deal for 16gb, £34.99 and £180 cash back (with the 3 months half price icon).

I can't find this deal. Only one I can see with 16gb is £34.99 per month. Can anyone please help?

Can you use this in the we osprey dongle?

you need to list the deal in the title with the precashback price.

It doesn't have the option to put PAC code in.
Any idea how to keep your old number whilst ordering this?

EE say this....

200 mins unlimited text and unlimited data for £17, that's what I was offered by 3. I took it as I don't call loads anyway and I can use what's app using the data. Other wise I would of took this.

"The 16gb Unlimited Mins, Unlimited texts UK and EU"

Is the "EU" component calls and text to EU countries or calls, text and data whilst roaming in EU countries?

According to EE the offer ends 22nd March

when you click on the icon for the 3 months half price, it says offer expires 8 march!!

"Half price line rental for 3 months

Get 3 Month's half price line rental with this deal! Your discount will automatically be applied by EE. Offer ends 8th March."

for some reason I'm still on the original one plan but I feel I've got to keep a close eye on these deals

looks like a cracking deal then

if it allowes tethering it's a superb deal