Go for the 500MB deal with £99.99 upfront and £22 monthly
Airtime - £14
Device plan - £8
The phone element of contract is £8/month x 24=£192
plus the £99.99 you paid upfront.
Total - 192 + 99.99 = 291.99
Step by step guide for this deal
1) Follow the get deal button, purchase the £99.99 + £22*24 tariff.
2) Receive your phone and sim card.
3) Put the sim card into your phone and go onto myO2 (app or website) and from there request the unlock code.
4) Call 202 from the same sim card as it will make things much easier, go straight to the I want to leave o2 department or something like that (I think it's thinking of leaving us? Press something) as that will connect you with the right people much quicker.
5) Tell the person you want to pay your device in full and cancel the airtime. They will ask you why, tell them you don't think the airtime is a good value for money, but you want to keep the phone because you think it's an outstanding value for money. They will ask you for card details, you tell those details and that's it, they cancel it for you in about an hour.
6) You own the phone from that point, assumed that you have done this straightaway, there won't be any charges, otherwise you will have to pay as much airtime as you have used.
7) Unlock code will come through in about 2 to 48 hours.
Top comments
NewBoots
7 Jan 1711#29
Not nonsense as this happened to me so it's worth warning people.
omarmahmood
7 Jan 176#1
"In b4 the storm" as you would say.. Heat :wink:
reddeviluk
7 Jan 174#22
Be aware that you may be charged for the full contract upfront and it'll take a month or two to get the refund for the airtime.....so only do it if you can afford this.
shaggy
8 Jan 173#89
The most you can buy in your own name is 2 no matter how good a credit history you have. He's just a troll so ignore him and move on...
All comments (155)
omarmahmood
7 Jan 176#1
"In b4 the storm" as you would say.. Heat :wink:
simplicity96
7 Jan 17#2
Dont o2 ever refuse these? Given it has been on here a fair few times on how to circumvent their system?
shaft1973 to simplicity96
7 Jan 17#9
no
Abbottwaa
7 Jan 17#3
Good deal.... Just realised it's not brand new.
vassy4u to Abbottwaa
7 Jan 172#5
Brand new yet to be this cheap unfortunately :disappointed:
Unless some code appears like previously
omarmahmood to Abbottwaa
7 Jan 172#6
It's "perfectly fine" :smirk:
eatmorefish to Abbottwaa
7 Jan 172#40
"perfectly fine" lol. Sound like something Del boy would say.
So disappointing to see a hot deal on a phone only to find its an O2 "deal". Who'd risk their credit rating for a phone? Clearly some people.
Graham1979
7 Jan 171#4
Cracking price for awesome phone
mr321
7 Jan 17#7
Any negative effects on credit rating?
callum84 to mr321
7 Jan 17#16
Depends what else your applying for. Onviously you will take an initital hit as you do applying for any type of credit.
Its only positive in the long run as adds a paid in full loan agreement to your history.
grayslick to mr321
7 Jan 172#18
my credit rating has been destroyed by O2 refresh errors, currently fighting them to remove a default that never existed
loofer to mr321
7 Jan 17#37
Not negative per se. Just credit searches on application, 2 lines of credit if you go ahead and then both paid off if that's what you do.
It's not bad but it's just how other lenders may interpret it (non profitable debtor)
inoxx
7 Jan 17#8
any warranties with these?
shaft1973 to inoxx
7 Jan 171#11
12 months
harryben1 to inoxx
7 Jan 171#12
The above comment and is perfectly fine... perfectly fine? :wink:
shaft1973
7 Jan 171#10
got brand new for 288 just before xmas for the lad on a deal like this on here
vassy4u
7 Jan 171#13
I was the one who posted that deal.. :stuck_out_tongue: there was a code available then but not now :disappointed:
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Opening post
Go for the 500MB deal with £99.99 upfront and £22 monthly
Airtime - £14
Device plan - £8
The phone element of contract is £8/month x 24=£192
plus the £99.99 you paid upfront.
Total - 192 + 99.99 = 291.99
Step by step guide for this deal
1) Follow the get deal button, purchase the £99.99 + £22*24 tariff.
2) Receive your phone and sim card.
3) Put the sim card into your phone and go onto myO2 (app or website) and from there request the unlock code.
4) Call 202 from the same sim card as it will make things much easier, go straight to the I want to leave o2 department or something like that (I think it's thinking of leaving us? Press something) as that will connect you with the right people much quicker.
5) Tell the person you want to pay your device in full and cancel the airtime. They will ask you why, tell them you don't think the airtime is a good value for money, but you want to keep the phone because you think it's an outstanding value for money. They will ask you for card details, you tell those details and that's it, they cancel it for you in about an hour.
6) You own the phone from that point, assumed that you have done this straightaway, there won't be any charges, otherwise you will have to pay as much airtime as you have used.
7) Unlock code will come through in about 2 to 48 hours.
Top comments
All comments (155)
Unless some code appears like previously
So disappointing to see a hot deal on a phone only to find its an O2 "deal". Who'd risk their credit rating for a phone? Clearly some people.
Its only positive in the long run as adds a paid in full loan agreement to your history.
It's not bad but it's just how other lenders may interpret it (non profitable debtor)