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> There have been many people that have walked from their existing contracts
> when their contract has come to an end.
>
> Whilst many on this newsgroup do so because theyre pretty shrewd at
buying
> contracts with cashback deals and know where to go thanks to people like
> Reestit Mutton, many people dont seem to be aware of how much bargaining
> power they have when completing a standard contract especially if you when
> looking at your spend history you have quite a high spending monthly
amount.
>
> For example, if you go for a phone contract via Dialaphone etc, that
company
> gets paid a huge commision for connecting you. At the end of one year,
the
> network provider does NOT want you to terminate the contract and go back
to
> Dialaphone and get a new contract so they will more than match any offer
you
> get from Dialaphone.
>
> When you come to the end of your contract, you hold all the cards in your
> hand - there are no ties - nothing. Therefore you have nothing to lose if
> you walk. Therefore negotiate a better contract.
>
> Examples of contracts recently negotiated:
>
> - When leaving Singlepoint, Singlepoint offered a free Nokia 3510i +
either
> an offpeak 750 + 50 text or anytime 200 on Vodafone (this is without even
> asking).
>
> - When leaving Vodafone on an evening and weekend offpeak contract, as
they
> did not do offpeak x-net, Vodafone offered an offpeak 300 x-net + 250 text
> for Ł15/month.
>
> - When leaving Orange on an anytime anynetwork 200 contract saying that 3
> gave a better deal to match it, Orange immediately matched the offer
giving
> 750 minutes anytime any-network for Ł35/month.
>
> Bottom line is that if you have a good call history especially if you
spend
> a lot above what you pay on your monthly tariff, you have a lot of room
for
> negotiation especially during times of the year when its not good for the
> mobile industry (i.e. just after New Years) or if a competing network has
an
> especially fantastic offer.
>
> If you cant negotiate anything better than standard deals through normal
> sales channels, then walk. Most of the time, youll get a better offer.
>

> AMO
>
>

> There have been many people that have walked from their existing contracts
> when their contract has come to an end.
> Whilst many on this newsgroup do so because theyre pretty shrewd at buying
> contracts with cashback deals and know where to go thanks to people like
> Reestit Mutton, many people dont seem to be aware of how much bargaining
> power they have when completing a standard contract especially if you when
> looking at your spend history you have quite a high spending monthly amount.

>

> For example, if you go for a phone contract via Dialaphone etc, that company
> gets paid a huge commision for connecting you.

> At the end of one year, the
> network provider does NOT want you to terminate the contract and go back to
> Dialaphone and get a new contract so they will more than match any offer you
> get from Dialaphone.

> Examples of contracts recently negotiated:
>
> - When leaving Singlepoint, Singlepoint offered a free Nokia 3510i + either
> an offpeak 750 + 50 text or anytime 200 on Vodafone (this is without even
> asking).

> Bottom line is that if you have a good call history especially if you spend
> a lot above what you pay on your monthly tariff,

> you have a lot of room for
> negotiation especially during times of the year when its not good for the
> mobile industry (i.e. just after New Years)

> Thats quite standard, a 3510i can be purchased for around Ł50 by the
> networks, leaving plenty of room to give it away on upgrade and still
> make profit.

> Probably indicates you are on the wrong tariff.

> January is almost as busy as December - clearly you dont work in the
> industry.

> NoSpam@SpamFreeWorld.com had a brainwave and did spout the following:
> > For example, if you go for a phone contract via Dialaphone etc, that
company
> > gets paid a huge commision for connecting you.
>
> The commission depends entirely on the tariff connected. Sometimes its
> not very much at all, and dont forget that if youre having a free
> phone then the vast majority of that commission is really paying for
> your handset.
>
> > At the end of one year, the
> > network provider does NOT want you to terminate the contract and go back
to
> > Dialaphone and get a new contract so they will more than match any offer
you
> > get from Dialaphone.
>
> Not always, it depends on the operators policies and your spend history.
> If you went an a Ł15/month tariff and didnt go over your minutes and
> therefore only spent Ł15.month then they would be happy to lose you as a
> customer.
>
> > Examples of contracts recently negotiated:
> >
> > - When leaving Singlepoint, Singlepoint offered a free Nokia 3510i +
either
> > an offpeak 750 + 50 text or anytime 200 on Vodafone (this is without
even
> > asking).
>
> Thats quite standard, a 3510i can be purchased for around Ł50 by the
> networks, leaving plenty of room to give it away on upgrade and still
> make profit.
>
> > Bottom line is that if you have a good call history especially if you
spend
> > a lot above what you pay on your monthly tariff,
>
> Probably indicates you are on the wrong tariff.
>
> > you have a lot of room for
> > negotiation especially during times of the year when its not good for
the
> > mobile industry (i.e. just after New Years)
>
> January is almost as busy as December - clearly you dont work in the
> industry.
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> I like to think that there are
> readers out there that appreciated my post.

> NoSpam@SpamFreeWorld.com had a brainwave and did spout the following:
> > I like to think that there are
> > readers out there that appreciated my post.
>
> Im sure there are.
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> Its a shame that there are people like you on newsgroups. A real