Vodafone

[smite]

After being an o2 Customer for quite some time (cellnet before that) and regularly upgrading my phone each year with a new contract i thought that would be the best place to go.

WRONG.

Because i am not a large user and dropped the tariff one lower in november they would not let me upgrade my phone with the normal upgrade cost (on the SE S700i) of £70 they wanted just under £200.
When pointing out that i have been with o2 and it's previous company for around 10 years the snot nosed little git said well maybe you shouldn't have dropped your tariff (smug little Sh*t) But if i was to give the nice people at o2 a ring im sure they may come to some arrangement. . . . . Bollox to your arrangement lets see what Vodafone do.... i said in dismay...to myself.

So i tottles off down to Vodafone where i nice pleasant and helpful young fella asked me if i needed some assistance.....to which i asked are you going to F**k me around like o2?


What a pleasant fella he laughed ... oh did he laugh and replied "No sir (Sir me ) we will try and help you as much as possible"......well he didn't actually say that im just making him look good because he wasn't o2.

So for £18 a month (what i was previuosly paying on o2) i get:

100 free mins any network.. anytime.
100 free text messages
free weekend calls to any vodafone (and i beleive local landlines...not 100%)

And my loverly Sony Ericsson for ................................... £50

God bless Vodafone...




As i wanted to keep my mobile number i had to phone the crappy 02 and request a PAC code to give to Vodafone, now other Mobile phone companies will give you the PAC code there and then or send it on a text within 10 mins (so says the nice friendly fella at vodafone ...what a smashing chap) but NO o2 will send it in the post and i should recieve it within 5 days.....when asked could they send it by text i got told "No Sir we don't do that". Not a problem i will still get the deal but i have to phone the Nice, Friendly smart looking chap at Vodafone as soon as i get it.

My next though was right the Bas****s my missus phone is my name if they want to be i can aswell. So when i got home i phoned up o2 and requested the PAC code for the missus phone ...seeing as she uses hers a lot her tariff is a lot higher they wanted to keep that phone asking all questions of why i wanted to leave o2 and with 2 phones in one day. After a brief reply of just give me the gotdamn PAC code i was no longer an o2 customer (and with my temper neither was the missus )

Best bit 10 mins later beep beep one gotdamnsoddin PAC code from o2 for the missus phone THE B*****DS.


So she now has the Sony ericsson K700 with free car holder and Sony Ericsson Bluetooth headset (which i now have and she can't find ...bless) for FREE and on the same deal.






So far the reception on Vodafone compared to o2 is superb, i have never had the signal bars below 3 of 5, on o2 it was crap.
The phone is Excellent.



Anyway i know that this is a long post BUT i just wanted to get it off my chest and you had to have it

o2 = SUX
Vodafone = Heavenly




Smite  :ph34r:

[DarkAngel]

I swaped to vodaphone today too they did a better deal then orange, they wanted £250 to upgrade my phone even though ive been with them 3 years. Well vodaphone is the same price and i got to choose my number sweet . Plus half price line rental for 3 months lovely one's, i used to h8 vodaphone but the company has been completely changed a few months ago and everything is good Now how do i cancel my orange phone?  

[Gh0st Face Killah]

Could have told you that for free Smite. I have been with vodaphone for years and they have always been most helpful. The coverage is excellent and everytime I go and see them they try to give me a package that gives me more free time/messages and costs me less. Really can't complain about that sort of service at all!!

[Anonymous]

I'm with O2 on an old deal and there's no way I'm changing. I get:

0 texts
400 (yes 400) free minutes off peak and anytime weekend each month.

for...












wait for it......















£9/month

[smite]

Cheapskate

[Anonymous]

Well it's the wife's phone and she uses it so rarely you have to send her a letter to tell her to check her email which says "TURN YER FRIGGIN PHONE ON I'M TRYING TO RING YOU!"

[A Twig]

Same story here Smitey, sick of getting ripped off for crap 02 coverage, I switched to vodafone, havent looked back!

[suicidal_monkey]

Originally posted by smite@Jan 26 2005, 09:18 PM
Cheapskate

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well, I'm with 3 and I get 500 texts and 50 anytime anynetwork minutes for ... £12.50/month :narnar:

I could've gotten 500 anytime/anynetwork minutes and 50 texts instead for the same price, but I don't make many calls Ah well, now all I need is a decent handset (got a free motorola a835 with the deal, and am tired of its bulk!)