Just noticed that the Z5 is available on O2 refresh for £351.99.
Press show more tariffs
Purchase either 4 of the bottom tariffs with the £39.99 upfront fee.
Add to that 24 payments of £13.00 = £312.00 and you have £351.99.
All you need to do is call up when the phone arrives and say you want to cancel the airtime. Once you do this, you will be required to pay the remain amount so the 24 x £13 = £312.00 at once.
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xdq
26 Apr 163#10
A reminder to anyone doing this to check that O2 have actually cancelled your airtime contract after you pay off the phone.
I was told that mine was all cancelled, and they had even cancelled my direct debit, but 6 months later I was denied a mortgage for having defaulted on loan repayments.
After paying for Experian and Equifax credit checks it turned out that O2 had indeed cancelled my direct debit, but hadn't closed the account. So every month counted as a missed payment until the 6 month mark when it became a default/delinquent account.
It took a few weeks for O2 to cancel the account and several phone calls before they refunded my credit check costs. I then had to chase them to make a correction to my credit file to have the default removed. They said just to leave it and the account would show as closed but after speaking to my mortgage provider they told me it would show as MY fault on credit checks and hence still affect my ability to get credit for x years.
I'm not saying don't do this - I've done it a couple of times myself but DO call them after a month to check that the account is properly closed.
goRt
26 Apr 163#2
for info - boot loader is locked on o2 phones
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Rich069
26 Apr 162#1
Not exactly true. You must pay the outstanding amount of the phone off first before doing so.
goRt
26 Apr 163#2
for info - boot loader is locked on o2 phones
cruncher75
26 Apr 162#3
Thats what he/she has said when phone arrives ring up cancel and pay £312 done this many times before
Rich069 to cruncher75
26 Apr 16#8
He's not exactly clear about it though. My point is, make sure you pay off phone first-even day or two before cancelling. People that have had issues with refresh, have had them by paying off at same time-or if you do it the wrong way round, theyll bill you for 24 months airtime.
aramaj36
26 Apr 16#4
Hot
Tomb
26 Apr 16#5
£40 cheaper than SIM free on Amazon.
Not sure whether to vote hot or not with this one.....
just a shame Sony have not included it in the Android N Beta program
xdq
26 Apr 163#10
A reminder to anyone doing this to check that O2 have actually cancelled your airtime contract after you pay off the phone.
I was told that mine was all cancelled, and they had even cancelled my direct debit, but 6 months later I was denied a mortgage for having defaulted on loan repayments.
After paying for Experian and Equifax credit checks it turned out that O2 had indeed cancelled my direct debit, but hadn't closed the account. So every month counted as a missed payment until the 6 month mark when it became a default/delinquent account.
It took a few weeks for O2 to cancel the account and several phone calls before they refunded my credit check costs. I then had to chase them to make a correction to my credit file to have the default removed. They said just to leave it and the account would show as closed but after speaking to my mortgage provider they told me it would show as MY fault on credit checks and hence still affect my ability to get credit for x years.
I'm not saying don't do this - I've done it a couple of times myself but DO call them after a month to check that the account is properly closed.
esskay92 to xdq
27 Apr 16#20
Holy ****. That sounds like a nightmare. Hope you managed to sort it out. I've done the refresh deal myself without any problems but will steer clear in the future. Too much risk and hassle.
freejack2k
26 Apr 16#11
Can't find a Z5 on the site?
Do you mean the Z5 compact?
Musm to freejack2k
26 Apr 16#15
No its the Z5, just click get deal and should take you to it.
hotspur82
26 Apr 16#12
I'm confused. Are you saying you can cancel the 24 month airtime contract? Surely they'd charge you the remaining months?
Jabbypans to hotspur82
26 Apr 16#13
You have your cooling off period, did this bit back on a galaxy s6. Got it for few hundred quid
Why don't the damned links work half the time on this site when you click go to deal
Jabbypans
26 Apr 161#16
Why don't the damned links work half the time on this site when you click go to deal
HankMcSpank
26 Apr 16#18
Can't find the deal on the page linked to :-(
Musm to HankMcSpank
27 Apr 16#19
Go on o2 site, click shop then in the search bar that says: Already know what you want? type z5 and it should come up first.
ronaldmacdonald
27 Apr 16#21
Ok, went with the voda z3c for £170 though. The plastic build on this put me off and the improvements don't seem worthy of £130
HankMcSpank
27 Apr 16#22
Nope, I see no £13pcm deal anywhere for the Z5, The screenshot below is the search result from doing what you said above (click to enlarge)....
Tomb
27 Apr 16#23
You need to click onto the little link that says "more details" and the £13 relates to the "monthly device payment" which is what you would have to pay off after you cancel that "airtime" side of the deal..
HankMcSpank
27 Apr 16#24
When you say click on 'more details' is that on the page from the main OP's link or from the link that I was referencing posted by Musm?
Tomb
27 Apr 161#25
Click on the link from HUKD (Get Deal)
Scroll down the deals on the screen till you can see a "show more" link.
This will now uncover more deal options.
Look at the one that says 1GB Data, £39.99 upfront, £31 per month.
On it there is an link that says more details. Click it.
You will now see a cost breakdown of the deal....
2. Click onto the 'Show more' link as shown below:
3. Look for this tariff and click 'More details':
Umillion
28 Apr 16#28
For a weirdo you seem to know your stuff and are very helpful lol... Cheers!
mould
29 Apr 16#29
I just bought this but at the last moment the guy confirmed it was LOCKED to o2. That's great - more money to spend unlocking it! Anywhere know where this can be done cheap and fast?
ronaldmacdonald to mould
29 Apr 16#30
It's free to unlock with o2. They are good like that.
mould
29 Apr 16#31
who told you it was free? the guy said it's free after a year.
Musm to mould
29 Apr 16#32
Once the device has been paid off fully, they can unlock the device for free with o2. Just go on the live chat or speak on the phone.
ronaldmacdonald to mould
29 Apr 16#33
Umm. I told myself. I did it in 2 days.
Day 1 get phone, pay it off, request unlock
Day 2 wait / cancel airtime
Day 3 phone unlocked
O2 are good. Just don't listen to them
mould
29 Apr 16#34
ok, did you go through website or via the app? or did you call them. He didn't sound too happy when i mentioned unlocking, lol, maybe why he gave me wrong info
ronaldmacdonald to mould
29 Apr 161#36
I called up, did it in one call. Paid off phone and requested unlock,
Do yourself a favour. Make one outbound and inbound call on the phone when you get it.
mould
29 Apr 16#35
ok thanks I will try and get it for free :smiley:
mould
29 Apr 16#37
what phones are you migrating from? For me its Galaxy S4 and I'm only doing it because I want 32GB memory and android 6 which the S4 wont ever have.
ronaldmacdonald to mould
29 Apr 16#38
Me? Not this. I went for the z3 compact for £150. Gone for an iPhone SE on this deal from a 6splus. Cus I want a small phone that fits in my pocket.
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Opening post
Press show more tariffs
Purchase either 4 of the bottom tariffs with the £39.99 upfront fee.
Add to that 24 payments of £13.00 = £312.00 and you have £351.99.
All you need to do is call up when the phone arrives and say you want to cancel the airtime. Once you do this, you will be required to pay the remain amount so the 24 x £13 = £312.00 at once.
Top comments
I was told that mine was all cancelled, and they had even cancelled my direct debit, but 6 months later I was denied a mortgage for having defaulted on loan repayments.
After paying for Experian and Equifax credit checks it turned out that O2 had indeed cancelled my direct debit, but hadn't closed the account. So every month counted as a missed payment until the 6 month mark when it became a default/delinquent account.
It took a few weeks for O2 to cancel the account and several phone calls before they refunded my credit check costs. I then had to chase them to make a correction to my credit file to have the default removed. They said just to leave it and the account would show as closed but after speaking to my mortgage provider they told me it would show as MY fault on credit checks and hence still affect my ability to get credit for x years.
I'm not saying don't do this - I've done it a couple of times myself but DO call them after a month to check that the account is properly closed.
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Not sure whether to vote hot or not with this one.....
Hmmmmmm
Certainly not knocking the o2 refresh way of getting a new phone - just done it that way for a couple of phones for my kids.
Just spotted this thread.... http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-xperia-z5-sim-free-gold-handset-plus-photobox-bundle-worth-over-90-398-amazon-2437653
I was told that mine was all cancelled, and they had even cancelled my direct debit, but 6 months later I was denied a mortgage for having defaulted on loan repayments.
After paying for Experian and Equifax credit checks it turned out that O2 had indeed cancelled my direct debit, but hadn't closed the account. So every month counted as a missed payment until the 6 month mark when it became a default/delinquent account.
It took a few weeks for O2 to cancel the account and several phone calls before they refunded my credit check costs. I then had to chase them to make a correction to my credit file to have the default removed. They said just to leave it and the account would show as closed but after speaking to my mortgage provider they told me it would show as MY fault on credit checks and hence still affect my ability to get credit for x years.
I'm not saying don't do this - I've done it a couple of times myself but DO call them after a month to check that the account is properly closed.
Do you mean the Z5 compact?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/o2-refresh-new-samsung-galaxy-s6-259-99-bnib-2359958
Scroll down the deals on the screen till you can see a "show more" link.
This will now uncover more deal options.
Look at the one that says 1GB Data, £39.99 upfront, £31 per month.
On it there is an link that says more details. Click it.
You will now see a cost breakdown of the deal....
2. Click onto the 'Show more' link as shown below:
3. Look for this tariff and click 'More details':
Day 1 get phone, pay it off, request unlock
Day 2 wait / cancel airtime
Day 3 phone unlocked
O2 are good. Just don't listen to them
Do yourself a favour. Make one outbound and inbound call on the phone when you get it.