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Three - The One SIM only and delayed contract

Coffee n cakeCoffee n cake Posts: 1,106
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I posted this on another forum, but I hope you can help me, please.

I'm very interested in the Three Network= The One, for unlimited data plus tethering, however my contract with Virgin ends in Nov-Dec this year.

Is it possible to delay the beginning of my contract by one or two months? Just to leave my current contract for a little bit longer and then buy my way out for less £££.

I went to my local 3 store and the sales assistant there muttered something about I could start paying in October (would that be in advanced?) but he wasn't very clear on what he was saying and was mumbling a bit, so I'm not sure what he meant or whether to believe him.

Here is a link to the contract (for £15 pm)

http://store.three.co.uk/SIM_Only/Voice_Pay_Monthly?includedInternetAllowanceInMB=All-you-can-eat&includedVoiceMinutes=2000.0&id=1183

Thanks for your replies.

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    grumpyoldbatgrumpyoldbat Posts: 3,663
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    If you sign up for a contract now. Three will take the first payment within a couple of weeks of you signing up, and it'll be a bit over 1 month's payment depending on when it's processed.
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    alan1302alan1302 Posts: 6,336
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    Why not just sign up when you want it rather than now?
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    Coffee n cakeCoffee n cake Posts: 1,106
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    alan1302 wrote: »
    Why not just sign up when you want it rather than now?

    As I understand it, it is limited time only
    So if I don't take it now, I'll lose my chance.
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    TheBigMTheBigM Posts: 13,125
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    Coffee n cake wrote: »
    As I understand it, it is limited time only
    So if I don't take it now, I'll lose my chance.

    Well, we're all under the impression that the new prices are permanent.
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    Coffee n cakeCoffee n cake Posts: 1,106
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    TheBigM wrote: »
    Well, we're all under the impression that the new prices are permanent.

    That would be great, that would give me time to finish off my current contract.

    I asked in the 3 store. The sales assistant told me that they hadn't been given an end date but that in his opinion/experience it would probably end with the month.

    Maybe I'm being naïve, getting sucked in, in the "I'll miss out" strategy!
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    Chris1973Chris1973 Posts: 670
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    The problem is, that if Three do suddenly end / change their existing 'deal' for whatever reason, there is nothing else offered by any other network which comes close, especially if you want to use tethering.
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    jabbamk1jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942
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    Ah, the typical salesman "it ends today" talk.

    From what I've been told its permanent.
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