im due an upgrade on t-mobile, well im three months away till the recurring 18 month contract is up, but they allow you an early one for being on a high tarif. (but really its not early, cos they changed the contracts from 12 months to 18 a couple of years back)
i rang up today and asked for the same fone as i got last time, the nokia 8800 carbon arte…..and they said that will be £499 upgrade price, but they havent even got any…they then said we have got the gold one tho, which i thought, yeah that will do, nice and tacky and match my watch, they wanted £999 for that one.

if i wait till the actual time my contract is up in three months i can have the normal one for £300 or the gold one for £800.
very good to me aint they, only been with then 15 years on the highest tariffs as well.

Leave the cunts Noble, that's fucking ridiculous.

yeah deffo time to leave them then.

had the same problem with t-mobile…eventually got the g2 touch for £30. first time they offered it to me for £200+.

keep trying/try closer to your renewal date…i know they restrict upgrades at certain times of the year.

seen the new tesco deal? £30/month for 'unlimited'(£500) calls/txts…no phone though…not sure about internet - but do you even use the internet on the 8800?

http://www.tesco.com/mobilenetwork/paymonthly.aspx?page=5

Try vodafone noble. My Mum used to get £200+ phone bills with several companies because she travels a lot for work. Now she pays something similar to you and gets whatever phone she wants (including similar topper ones) free. I'll try and find out what the tariff is exactly. I think it may be beneficial for her because of the free international calls so if you won't use them then it may not be for you.

If you threaten to leave though I bet they'll suddenly offer it to you for free.

HTC Hero looks alright actually. Better than the HTC diamond I had last year. Was dogshit and I had to ditch it.

Yeah, wasn't really sure what to expect as wasn't really keen on the old HTC stuff with Windows mobile on.

The seven screen android system is really good. Only thing I would say is it's a little heard to figure out at first.

I'm really happy with the handset though and the extra stuff! Just hope Orange's net coverage is decent.

i know all that mate, i used to be in 'the game'. (assistant to the manager of the biggest money taking o2 store in england), but trust me, that dont work anymore, they dont budge at all.
well not on the dearest phone on the planet they dont, ive never tried with any other.

That trick used to work a few years ago now the networks seriously don't give a fuck if you leave or not.

WERD!

they dont give a shit, ive tried the old 'im leaving three different times of the day, keep ringing back making out its the first time ive called to try and get a nice person, but EVERY single time, they have all said 'O.K' thats your choice' when i say im off to another network, to get the phone ive always had, at a sensible price.

truss, the networks dont care about black people.

they only care about payg these days, cos the people above have made them charge to cheap for their pacakages and they more often than not lose money on the phones….so if you going, they wave you off happily and spark up a nice fat la di dar.