Good deal. Heat added. I have done refresh deals nearly 5 times now. Cancelling the contract was a pain even after paying for the device. Plenty of calls n chats with CS..

I done it once myself few years ago for a iphone 5s I think , and it was a nightmare. I heard that doing this refresh deals and cancelling contracts affects your credit rating? is this true?

From other posts it looks like people might have been unlucky and the payments weren't fully canceled, but they only noticed when they had an issue on their credit report. If you check your O2 account when the bill was due to go out you should be OK.

That or they tried to take out a bunch at once and it looked a bit sus.

Yes. It's true.. i realised it after my credit score went below sea level :disappointed:

Just ordered. It will be a good screen for my Dji phantom 3 drone.

But it's like cheating

Only 1gb ram though. Has anyone used this tablet before?

Do they not tie you into the 24 month contract? Can someone explain this better

Anyone know if this can be updated past Kitkat? I saw that they started life on Jellybean....

Trying to deal with O2 CS is usually akin to pulling your own teeth out with a pair of rusty pliers and no anaesthetic.

Done refresh twice. No problems for me.

Did a refresh deal this week, called customer service and as soon as I asked to unlock and pay off the device they knew exactly what I was up to and said people are doing it all the time. All gone through ok up to now but still waiting for the unlock.

Credit scores are made up by credit history companies in order to sell you their other products which will magically improve it. Noddle reckons mine is poor which is quite amusing. Banks and other lenders use their own criteria to lend and never see this fictitious score.

What tends to happen is that they will try and take the full 24 month cost of the contract when you cancel even though they say they won't. If you manually stop the direct debit prior to this then it will destroy your credit rating when they try and fail to illegally take your money (ironic really) until you get them to sort it out, which is a hassle.

If you let the money go out then you can just get it back from them but that (in my case) took 30 working days, escalating it to the complaints team and then handing it over to my bank to deal with. Not ideal losing £550 for 30 days though (in my case)

Obviously the 3rd option is it all goes fine. But given that their system is designed to take the money by default, there's a high chance of problems I'd say. It all depends on how competent the customer service person you speak to is when you do the cancellation.

How can you tell how much your paying for the device as it only says £6 per month

If you go through to the tarrifs, choose the cheapest refresh one, and it's £9.99 up front for the tablet then £1 a month for 24 months so total of £33.99 as per op. The airtime part of the contract is £5 a month.

don't you atleast have to pay one months line rental?

OK thanks

Really not worth the hours on the phone to cs

Is this model a better choice?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/alcatel-pixi3-8-4g-tablet-grade-a-like-new-refurb-black-white-24-o2-2478443?p=28392286

How do you go about unlocking these?

Do you have to pay the first months rental?

I think if you pay off the device contract, don't use any of the data and cancel the data contract within 14 days you might be able to get away without paying the 1st month of data.

In this case though, it's only a fiver, so its not going to be the end of the world if you do have to pay one month.

Done a few refresh deals in the past,never straight forward,my last one,resulted in being charged even though i cancelled,never used sim etc,hours on phone to terrible CS,and give up on my refund...refresh is hit and miss

Anyone got one yet?
Anyone been able to get it unlocked?
Cheers

Is the tablet any good?

very much depends on what you use it for... for a 1gb ram, it won't be any good on gaming but it's great otherwise

Anyone else receive this email from O2?

Heed my warning. Myself and my wife took the iPhone 6 refresh deal which we were told was cancelled (Monday) we have today been sent a bill for £600 which is o2s mistake which they've said we have to pay and be refunded 14 days later or it'll show as a missed payment on our credit file. It's not worth the hassle for a cheap phone.

Did you get your code?

Anyone got a decent straightforward guide to updating from 4. 4

I get this when I try and setup the direct debit, it's telling me it will take £2 for 24 months, so they will take £48 so the deal has changed?

Need help?
If you have any questions about Direct Debit please contact us. Once you complete your order, you can update your payment details at any time in My O2.
How and when will my monthly payments be taken?
Your monthly payment of £7.00 will be taken as 2 Direct Debits of £2.00 and £5.00 for 24 months.


I agree to Direct Debit terms and conditions.
I don't need permission from anyone else to set up a Direct Debit on this account.
Upfront payment

You have an upfront payment of £9.99 to pay (including delivery).

like cheating? excuse me? when you see how we are royally ripped off by phone companies and the gazillion profits they make from contracts? Hahahahaha!! Some numpty thought it up as a device to tie you in but didn't think it through. As the man said boo and hope boo!

yes, now this tablet is more expensive. before is cheaper. you still have right to cancel order if is at cooling period.