Free phone + free line rental? Is there a catch?

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• stud u like Posts: 42,100

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  19/03/07 - 23:17 #2

  There is no such thing as a free lunch.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 444

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  20/03/07 - 04:04 #3

  You hit the nail on the head there, they rely on the premise that a fair percentage of people will forget to claim the cheque back, that and the fact that they hope you'll use more than your monthly allowance (Which a lot of people do) and the tariff for calls outside of contracted minutes is normally pretty steep.
  
  Look at the 3g offer for 500 xnet mins / 500 txts at £15 / month for life.

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• Stunty Posts: 45,688

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  20/03/07 - 07:45 #4

  Contrary to that theory though..... if you do remember to claim your cheque back (normally you have a 60 day window at the 4, 8 and 12 month period to do so), you stay within your allowance of minutes and you remember to cancel your contract with a months notice at the end of the 12 months, there is no catch.
  
  The phone companies do rely on the customer to slip and then charges apply, but if you are canny and disciplined the deal is real.
  
  The 'no such thing as a free lunch', which is a term I use and firmly believe, in this instance is availalble :eek: but you will not get a bang up to date phone or if you use your phone incessantly you are liable to exceed you allowance of minutes. These deals don't come up that often, a total free contract, and are not really highlighted as totally free but they can be if you want to make it so.

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• lincsat Posts: 1,843

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  20/03/07 - 16:06 #5

  I got a similar deal from Mobileshop about 18 Months ago, the cashback comes in instalments about 45 days (which has increased to 60 days) after the claim date - still waiting for my last payment to arrive and it's overdue.
  
  They seem a good deal, but you must keep to the same airtime priceplan and submit claims at the correct time.

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