[O2 shop] XDA Exec on Data 5 tariff - minimum term cost £162.79

[TigaSefi]

raging... i went with brochure in hand this morning. took it into the nearest o2 store, the guy sounded optimistic but asked if he could show his manager- came back 5 minutes late with the brochure with the £99.99 bit scored out with black marker pen!!! told me no store in glasgow would honour it.

he was a **** of the highest order.

Gutted.....I was gonna say don't let them have it in any way possible. I think you should make a call to head office and make a complaint. :mad:

[redrhino]

raging... i went with brochure in hand this morning. took it into the nearest o2 store, the guy sounded optimistic but asked if he could show his manager- came back 5 minutes late with the brochure with the £99.99 bit scored out with black marker pen!!! told me no store in glasgow would honour it.

he was a **** of the highest order.

Thats out of order if you ask me, assuming your brochure was not blacked out when you went in. If their brochure doesnt have e&oe on it then they cant change what isnt theirs, ie your brochure.

[Unlighty]

Unlighty - Could I take it off your hands, if you keep the sim. Ill pay for the line rental and what you want for the phone?

That might be a goer - what are you offering in total?

[ranieri]

I've decided that Im going to bring mine back to the shop!

Couldnt be bothered with it, its next to impossible to use as a phone!

I'll give you £100 for it + the line rental for the year

[dombards]

9 x 12 = £108 for the line rental
£99 for the phone

= £208 and what ever you want on top?

Plus if you traded in a old phone you will get a bonus £50 in 28 days from O2

[rycman]

£1 /MB over the 5mb allowance. I use googlemail over gprs/3g on it and it recognises you are on a mobile device and sends it as text only. Would have to use it a lot to get to the 5mb limit using it.

does anyone know if these Data 5 sims can accept calls???

cheers, dan

[Unlighty]

Probably just going to return it to the shop, or sell it for about £330 inc.

[dombards]

Nixdorfer - which o2 store did you go into in manchester??

[redrhino]

Unlightly, you need to take your trade to the classified or you'll get a row from the mods.

[Unlighty]

Sorry!

Have stuck it up in classifieds for anyone interested!

[Azh_fx]

does anyone know if these Data 5 sims can accept calls???

cheers, dan

yes they can, both the data 5's can but only with something enabled you can make calls on one of the data 5's

[Dunkie]

Nixdorfer - which o2 store did you go into in manchester??


Dombards

I was told manchester fort would have some execs in today and I was in Tuesday and was told they would honour the price today (friday) if I came back, but I ended up getting one from the Trafford Center.

Might be worth a bash, I spoke to an Asian Guy but I cant remember his name, and he did check with his manager that it would be alright to do on friday, but it seems O2 are taking a stand on it. I would give it a try though and just blag that you were told to come back today......

Good luck

Dunk

[letuongthuy2000]

Dombards,

No stock at store on Cross street (stock back on Tuesday next week). The manager of Arndale centre shop (Elio) is very nice and would honour the offer easily (he told me he would get one for his mom when I showed him the offer :D). You could give them a ring to check the stock before you get there.

Good luck
TTL

[dombards]

Thanks for the info guys, Ill go and give it a try now.

[dombards]

Just tried both stores in manchester and both are out of stock, Trafford centre have 11 but they will not honour the deal, if though other store are still doing so they will not. Looks like if you havent got one by now then your not getting one. :brickwall

[vonlance]

popped back into the branch i got my fone from as they only offered me 0.01 for the trade in.
this is incorrect, it WILL appear at a penny but the rebate will be for the full 50 quid. i hope! (let u know if/when i get cheque)

spoke to the manager the nite be4 and he seemed more than willing to accept the fone which was amazing as he was turning me down when i went for the contract!

anyhows, as i popped in they got a lackey.sorry. worker sticking labels on the sale booklets so i reckon if you dont have an unmarked catalogue, you won't get one sat morn...

i managed to grab one while the muppet's back was turned though so PM if anyone wants to try their luck...

i will most prob be selling my fone as well as the imate jam i have now is a lot more convenient to carry around...

can't argue with a bargain though!

p.s. i don't think they will be honoring the deal in the branch i went to again. just a heads up it was the high holborn branch just outside holborn tube station.

[Dunkie]

Guys before selling them on

try and install the vga hack and then use the opera browser it may change your minds :D

mine is now my new laptop as it can run citrix and terminal services hehe

try it out and see!!!

dunk

[Bananaman_007]

I think the general problem is its to big for everyday use, i would consider going for the mini if you are going to use it to call/text.

[Jeraiya]

popped back into the branch i got my fone from as they only offered me 0.01 for the trade in.
this is incorrect, it WILL appear at a penny but the rebate will be for the full 50 quid. i hope! (let u know if/when i get cheque)

spoke to the manager the nite be4 and he seemed more than willing to accept the fone which was amazing as he was turning me down when i went for the contract!

anyhows, as i popped in they got a lackey.sorry. worker sticking labels on the sale booklets so i reckon if you dont have an unmarked catalogue, you won't get one sat morn...

i managed to grab one while the muppet's back was turned though so PM if anyone wants to try their luck...

i will most prob be selling my fone as well as the imate jam i have now is a lot more convenient to carry around...

can't argue with a bargain though!

p.s. i don't think they will be honoring the deal in the branch i went to again. just a heads up it was the high holborn branch just outside holborn tube station.


can you send me the booklet, i'd be really grateful...how much for postage?

cheers fella

[rycman]

Guys before selling them on

try and install the vga hack and then use the opera browser it may change your minds :D

mine is now my new laptop as it can run citrix and terminal services hehe

try it out and see!!!

dunk

[straying...]

dunk, can you access a winXP box which has Remote Desktop activated or do you also have to install T Services on the target machine??

(I'm having problem connecting to my XP desktop with has RD active but not TS but i can connect fine via a different [XP] RD client)

cheers, dan

[RON]

Guys before selling them on

try and install the vga hack and then use the opera browser it may change your minds :D

mine is now my new laptop as it can run citrix and terminal services hehe

try it out and see!!!

dunk
more detail please

[vonlance]

jeraiya,

send me your details, i can't seem to PM anyone.

any help please mods?

[crazyp]

Hi all,

just to let you know my £50 trade in cheque arrived today from a company called fonebak.

There is a list of T+Cs at the bottom and amonst others these include that the phone should be working (and they say they will test it) and that you are limited to 3 trade-ins per 12 month period per household.

[caleb2003]

I went to the Trafford centre yeseterday and a guy called Mark helped me, I opted for the min s but they wouldnt accept trade in whatsoever, he said someon did it last week and the boss wasnt happy.

[flanders457]

I also got my cheque today :)

[:o)]

@crazyp & flanders457 - you got your cheques, but when did you order your phone?

Thanks!

[crazyp]

@crazyp & flanders457 - you got your cheques, but when did you order your phone?

Thanks!

I ordered mine on the same day the bargain was posted - 29th December 05.

Pretty good service....

(actually the cheque arrived at the same time as the response from O2 Business Customer Services - and I quote:

Thank you for your enquiry.

Our Business tariffs are only available to Business customers.

When a new contract commences a credit vet is done on the company name/address and the VAT number. :lol:

[TigaSefi]

i managed to blag 8 unmarked brochures from Southside O2 Centre in Wandsworth. So the first 8 ppl to email me at my address in my profile will get them. :)

[ian-n]

lol. are the brochures going to start appearing on ebay.

[TigaSefi]

hehe tempting :p esp. since it's valid till end of this month ;)

[Jeraiya]

jeraiya,

send me your details, i can't seem to PM anyone.

any help please mods?


Thanks alot,

My email is emir_shelesh@yahoo.co.uk

can you send me an email and then ill send you my details. Let me know how much you want for postage.

cheers :)

[vonlance]

sent u an email to your blueyonder account Jeraiya...

i wont be able to post it til monday morning now. hope thats ok

[TigaSefi]

I have 5 left :)

[Jeraiya]

sent u an email to your blueyonder account Jeraiya...

i wont be able to post it til monday morning now. hope thats ok

My "yahoo" email ;) lol. I haven't recieved it yet though.

No probs for monday, let me know how much for postage.

Many Thanks!

[Kal El]

Got my cheque today. £50.

[Dunkie]

[straying...]

dunk, can you access a winXP box which has Remote Desktop activated or do you also have to install T Services on the target machine??

(I'm having problem connecting to my XP desktop with has RD active but not TS but i can connect fine via a different [XP] RD client)

cheers, dan


Hi

I can access XP pro machines with remote desktop connection active. Just use the terminal services client you get with the handset and put in the IP


Might be worth reducing your firewall settings ?
with the vga mod running its dead easy to use!!

dunk


Our handset (the O2 XDA Exec is also known as a Universal!)

www.xda-developers.com has all the information about it in their forums

if I can help let me know


dunk



edit:


Before you use the vga hack Make sure you know what you are doing as you dont wanna screw your new exec up!!! Read the XDA Developer forums info and decide if its for you ! Thanks
VGA Files are here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=32217

[Neo_X]

Guys before selling them on

try and install the vga hack and then use the opera browser it may change your minds :D

mine is now my new laptop as it can run citrix and terminal services hehe

try it out and see!!!

dunk

Muahaha - I love it - and like I said I've got the Dell X50V, Sony P900 Phone, and now this .. gonna sell me P900 and keep Dell for gaming and Exec as a laptop !!!

Also Opera 8.5 is out (not really for this phone, but its compatible anyway and I went :eek: after browsing sites - rips the pants off Pocket IE - that's all I can say. You will find all the details on forum.xda-developers.com in the opera 8.5 thread and how to ahem... enable it so that you can use it on any windows mobile 5.0... dont forget to map the buttons and other nice bits in the opera.ini and input.ini)

[btm]

yes they can, both the data 5's can but only with something enabled you can make calls on one of the data 5's

Could anybody tell me how to get voice calls enabled on the Data 5 tariff?

I tried ringing O2 customer service, (without being too explicit) saying I couldn't make voice calls on XDA, with Data 5 tariff.

A helpful man checked, did a sim update and said try in a few hours (said he couldn't see anything wrong though). No difference. I rang again and was told to head to the shop.

The shop assistant started saying that having the data tariff only would not allow voice calls, until I showed him a print out from O2's website, which showed the call rates for data tariff voice calls.

He then agreed to give a replacement SIM, told to wait a day for transfer and retry...still no voice!

Any tips what to ask for? and the best way to get it? :help:

Thanks

[snowball]

i tried yesterday to get the 50 quid trade in. Went back to the store, wouldnt have any of it. They said they'd have to cancel my original transacition and do a new one. I then asked can I still have the phone at the original price. THe answer was no way.

Still a bit annoyed about missing out on the 50 quid trade in. Still not too sure about keeping this phone. hmmm.

Opera is very good on it though.

[reecie]

Could anybody tell me how to get voice calls enabled on the Data 5 tariff?

<SNIP>

Any tips what to ask for? and the best way to get it? :help:

Thanks

You just need to ask for the Data Centric option/version of the Data 5 tariif. It then enables calls out.

[btm]

You just need to ask for the Data Centric option/version of the Data 5 tariif. It then enables calls out.

Thanks, I'll try that

[binning]

i tried yesterday to get the 50 quid trade in. Went back to the store, wouldnt have any of it. They said they'd have to cancel my original transacition and do a new one. I then asked can I still have the phone at the original price. THe answer was no way.

Still a bit annoyed about missing out on the 50 quid trade in. Still not too sure about keeping this phone. hmmm.

Opera is very good on it though.

Rather than return it do another forumite a favour. If you fancy selling I'll buy it off you at cost plus a little extra.

[binning]

BTW - That's
9 x 12 = £108 for the line rental
£99 for the phone

= £207 and what ever you want on top to cover postage,time, etc.

[JMC]

Just been to the Nottingham store. They weren't having any of it, they have updated their brouchers to say £149.99 on any business contract over £30. They also tried to fob me off about needing headed paper although I did shut them up about that by pointing out the website! Bunch of idiots in that store, anyway just a heads up if you are planning on getting one from Nottingham.

In the end I got one from MobileShop as they have it for £99.99 and my work will pay for my contract :)

[ian-n]

Here's what the stickered brochures now say.

XDA Exec is:
- free on any tariff of £60 and above.
- £149.99 on any tariff of £30 and above.
- £229.99 on all other tariffs.

Ouch.

[alob]

Those prices were in the brochure on anothger page, i guess it wa sa true printing error and not just stupidity. shame, i did not get one as i kept dithering if i had a use for it, and now i want one real bad.

[TigaSefi]

alob, i got a brochure if you wanna try ? I'll send it tomorrow :)

[ian-n]

You're right, Page 12 of the brochure does indeed have those prices, hadn't noticed that before.

Nobody online is doing a data-only tariff with this phone, they're all (O2, CPW, OSPS etc) insisting on £25+ voice tariffs and then making you buy data bolt ons at either £1.50 or £3 per mb. This is stupid, there must be loads of people who have a perfectly good small phone for their voice calls and would only ever want a data only contract on their PDA, no point in having two voice contracts.

Think I'll stick to using my 2 year old PDA and hooking it up to the net via bluetooth to my K750i, that is on CPW and they don't seem to ever charge for gprs usage.

[worthit]

Another option (though not as cheap) :suspect:

Go to o2 online > business users > select xda exec (£130) > add Handset tariff (£16.50 per month, but does include 100 anytime xnet mins) works out to

£130 xda exec
£16.50x 12 = £198

£328 in total, still about half the price for handset only, but with 100 mins per month :shrug:

[brown_ambassador]

If anyone has a spare brochure that they could post me tomorrow I would love them forever! Seriously though, just email me and I will give you my contact details and will pay postage or whatever is fair!

[Nixdorfer]

If your local store has started using the stickers like mine you could always do what I did and peel it off :D ...good as new.

Has anyone actually managed to get one at the original £99 since friday? I didn't go for one in the end.

[POET]

Another option (though not as cheap) :suspect:

Go to o2 online > business users > select xda exec (£130) > add Handset tariff (£16.50 per month, but does include 100 anytime xnet mins) works out to

£130 xda exec
£16.50x 12 = £198

£328 in total, still about half the price for handset only, but with 100 mins per month :shrug:

But doesnt that mean you dont get any data allowance?

[thelocalman]

So can someone say exactly how to get one of these for as cheap as you can?

[byronsp]

But doesnt that mean you dont get any data allowance?

Yes but as a plus you get 200 text messages (which can also be used for mms!)

[brown_ambassador]

If your local store has started using the stickers like mine you could always do what I did and peel it off :D ...good as new.

Has anyone actually managed to get one at the original £99 since friday? I didn't go for one in the end.

I haven't tried yet (Bournemouth area) - am waiting to see if anyone can help me out with a brochure then I'm going to give it a crack. So... does anyone have a spare brochure please???? :)

[TigaSefi]

email me brown ambassador, I'll send one tonight.

[Matt.Wild]

Would a 3 sim work in one of these fones?

[TigaSefi]

There 2 ppl that have emailed me saying they want a brochure, please can you send your home address asap :)

[TigaSefi]

Would a 3 sim work in one of these fones?

It should do as it's a 3G phone too.

[joker3001]

Would a 3 sim work in one of these fones?
Yes they do!

[suniil]

yesterday i poped into O2 lewisham and asked for a sales catalogue, but they said none of them available. I've seen loads under the counter and asked but he said they are taken back from display/circulation due to a mistake!

[worthit]

Mine is playing up, please see here (phone not responding)

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407915

[layzee]

Again I've got a brochure if anyone wants to try it on email me: o2 AT philgarner.net

[Matt.Wild]

Yes they do!

Definatley? I've had info saying they do and others saying they don't :nuts: :D

[sonalpatel99]

I also have a magazine so let me know if anyone wants it and I will post it right out.

[nads]

There 2 ppl that have emailed me saying they want a brochure, please can you send your home address asap :)


Hi Sefi,
That would be m,e sorry about the delay. Sent it now.

[joker3001]

Definatley? I've had info saying they do and others saying they don't :nuts: :D
my wifes sim card worked .. even placed a call!

[krayzk]

Definatley? I've had info saying they do and others saying they don't :nuts: :D
I can confirm that a three sim works in it.
Also have a brochure if of use to anyone, even if they claim no stock, the point of sale all over the store says they will deliver it free if this is the case!!
(Email your address to forum email and post here so people know!)

[joker3001]

Does anyone know if you can change from data tarriff to voice tarriff?
Beats getting another phone!

[brown_ambassador]

Thanks very much to those offering me brochures, as it happened, one phone call and a swift drive down to Bournemouth store nabbed me an XDA Exec with the £50 trade-in on my old LG 8210 with a cracked screen! Lovely!

5Mb data tariff here we come...

[btm]

Does anyone know if you can change from data tarriff to voice tarriff?
Beats getting another phone!

I just did that, (after help from people on here). I went to the shop and asked for my 5MB data tariff to be changed to a data-centric tariff (same price).

The guy at the shop was really helpful (Moh at the Trafford Centre, Manchester), although he did have to cancel my present contract and reissue a new one (new number).

I've tried the phone and I can now make calls (at 25p a minute).

One brick like phone here I come :clap: Now to fill it up with gunk.

[Nixdorfer]

with the data-centric tariff do you still get the 5mb data allowance, is being able to make calls the only difference?

[ought]

If there is an O2 store in centralish London which will honour this deal I would love the catalogue ;o)

Is there?

Ta!

[thelocalman]

So we need a catalogue? Still instore?

[suniil]

Try in oxford street (opp: bond street station) branch, i got it from there. Today i've seen catalogues in the rack, but not sure whether this deal is corrected or not

If there is an O2 store in centralish London which will honour this deal I would love the catalogue ;o)

Is there?

Ta!

[ought]

Ooh really. Will perhaps try that at lunch... Thanks ;o)

[reecie]

with the data-centric tariff do you still get the 5mb data allowance, is being able to make calls the only difference?

Yes :thumbs:

[joker3001]

I just did that, (after help from people on here). I went to the shop and asked for my 5MB data tariff to be changed to a data-centric tariff (same price).
Any idea on the tarriffs and price plans?

[ought]

Has anybody has this deal honoured in the last day or 2?

[suniil]

Let us know how it goes

Ooh really. Will perhaps try that at lunch... Thanks ;o)

[suniil]

Rush everybody who are after this! Bond street branch is honouring the deal. One of my colleague got this just now

[ought]

Shh! I picked up a brochure but can not do the deal until tomorrow lunch time as I want to trade one of my old phones... just not sure which.

[vonlance]

jeraiya

yer brochure went in this mornin's mail

good luck

[Nixdorfer]

Just managed to get an Exec from the Oldham store :D but TBH with the amount of messing and phonecalls it took I'd be very suprised if anyone else manages to now.

I've been in 3 times since since last thurs pestering one of the guys to honour the deal but had to wait for new stock before I could get him to finally agree. But I was so stunned they finally agreed I forgot to do the trade-in till it was too late :( so missed the extra discount. I wasn't gonna push my luck insisting they re-do it all.

They insisted on taking the brochure off me afterwards though, but it was just one of their "fixed" ones with the sticker taken off again :lol:

[btm]

Any idea on the tarriffs and price plans?

posted earlier ...

http://www.o2.co.uk/business/tariff.../0,,203,00.html

click on "Users buying Data Only tariffs can make voice calls at these rates"

[Jeraiya]

jeraiya

yer brochure went in this mornin's mail

good luck

Thanks so much, really appreciate....

I'll have a good go!

[dombards]

Just for the heads up, just been into the O2 store on Kings street manchester and they have loads of the brochures on display. Checked the page with the offer and nothing has been removed or put over the offer and there was about 30 brochures there. Maybe they have decied to just let it people have now.......

[snowball]

Just for the heads up, just been into the O2 store on Kings street manchester and they have loads of the brochures on display. Checked the page with the offer and nothing has been removed or put over the offer and there was about 30 brochures there. Maybe they have decied to just let it people have now.......


to be honest, I doubt O2 are losing out on this deal. THe value of the phones has dipped considerably since the end of last month, and I would think you can probably get an offline version in a couple of months for a similar price to this O2 'deal'

[drsatish]

Rush everybody who are after this! Bond street branch is honouring the deal. One of my colleague got this just now
Ta for the heads-up. Got mine this morning :clap:
They wouldn't allow me to trade-in any old handset for this though :?:
Satish

[ought]

Got mine, no problems, I was even asked if I wanted 2. Was sorely tempted. And I got to trade in a broken Philips Savvy too ;o)

It is a beautiful looking thing.. and what at classy box it comes in.

Thanks people!

[Mystikal]

I received my cheque for my trade in phone this morning. I choose the XDA Mini S and i thought i would have received £50 but instead £30 cashback.

Thought i'd let anyone else know that may choose to get the XDA Mini S over the XDA Exec or who maybe considering getting one.

I traded in an old sony T68i by the way if that makes any difference?

[Nixdorfer]

yeh the mini only gets £30 trade-in unfortunately :( its in the sales book. Thats why I tried to get the Exec if I could as they work out the same price after trade-in

[drsatish]

Got mine, no problems, I was even asked if I wanted 2. Was sorely tempted. And I got to trade in a broken Philips Savvy too ;o)

It is a beautiful looking thing.. and what at classy box it comes in.

Thanks people!
Was this from the Bond Street shop, and were you able to trade-in an old phone?
Cheers!
Satish

[dombards]

I also got a mini and received the cheque this morning, but in the shop I was told that it would be £50. Rang up the people who issued the cheque and they advised they will send out a cheque for £20. But as I got a exec as well they asked me if I had received a £50 cheque already advised that I hadnt yet but was expecting it she advised it was posted yesterday. Then told me the £20 cheque will be sent out also. :clap:

[binary0110]

to be honest, I doubt O2 are losing out on this deal. THe value of the phones has dipped considerably since the end of last month, and I would think you can probably get an offline version in a couple of months for a similar price to this O2 'deal'

I'm pretty sure they would be very close to losing out on this deal (I certainly doubt that they make any profit) and I don't think this kind of hardware (Windows Mobile 5/VGA screen/keyboard/3G/Wifi etc) would be available offline at this sort of price any time soon when you consider that the equivalent Dell Axim (which lacks a keyboard and built in phone/3G) costs more than £250. Looking back on it I'm pretty sure this was a pricing error rather than a genuine deal.

[ian-n]

I'm pretty sure they would be very close to losing out on this deal (I certainly doubt that they make any profit) and I don't think this kind of hardware (Windows Mobile 5/VGA screen/keyboard/3G/Wifi etc) would be available offline at this sort of price any time soon when you consider that the equivalent Dell Axim (which lacks a keyboard and built in phone/3G) costs more than £250. Looking back on it I'm pretty sure this was a pricing error rather than a genuine deal.

I'm sure they are losing out on each individual XDA sale in the last two weeks - but in the bigger picture they're not. Some guy in my office got one of these (not me :() as a result of this deal and all the other gadget freaks and email addicts are checking it out and looking like buying one, even at the regular price. Accident or not, it's been a great way for O2 to get a load of these out there and in the hands of people that want them and will use them, ahead of Vodafone etc ... plus of course you may up your data tariff or go for another year's worth etc. Overall I think they win, just wish I'd got my act together and got one.

[nads]

Thank you tigasefi for sending me the brochure :D.

[binning]

anyone got a spare brochure and know if this will work in hull?

[snowball]

anyone tried the deal in any sheffield branches?

[krayzk]

anyone got a spare brochure and know if this will work in hull?
Cant tell you if Hull are doing it for sure, but I understand all stores SHOULD honour if you have the catalouge unmarked.
I have one from when I got mine. LMK if you would like it :thumbs:

[binning]

Cant tell you if Hull are doing it for sure, but I understand all stores SHOULD honour if you have the catalouge unmarked.
I have one from when I got mine. LMK if you would like it :thumbs:

Worth a try I suppose. I'd appreciate it if you could send me one. I'll email you my addy.

[binning]

Just checked. your email addy isn't available to me. Can you email me?

[krayzk]

Just checked. your email addy isn't available to me. Can you email me?
Just emaled you now :thumbs: If you just reply your address I'll get it sent ASAP.

[binning]

Just emaled you now :thumbs: If you just reply your address I'll get it sent ASAP.

YGM. Thanks Krayzk

[Matt.Wild]

Has anyone tried in Bristol yet?

[rycman]

Has anyone tried in Bristol yet?

Yep, the Galleries were fine with it (albeit at the start date of this bargain) although I didnt have my trade-in with me at the time so ended up going to a different store...

[DJWillis]

Has anyone tried in Bristol yet?

Galleries and Bath are now NOT doing the deal (told by H/O apparently), a friend just tried and failed.

I used Bath a week ago and they where great so they may still be flexible if you have the right brochure. Ring them 1st maybe?

[darthballs]

Nabbed one of these in East Ham this morning and big thanks to Tigasefi for the brochure :thumbs: :thumbs:

[Nixdorfer]

Been in the trafford centre on tonite, the brochures are on the shelves with no alterations but the guy said they won't honour it anymore. No probs having the XDA Mini S on that tariff though which is the one my mate fancies anyway

[slugelise]

Nixdorfer - do you mean they will still do the XDA Mini S for £79.99 with the £30 trade in and for £9 per month data 5 contract at the trafford centre? If so I'm off there.

[suniil]

Removed - as we don't allow any mention of that site on here.

[Jeraiya]

jeraiya

yer brochure went in this mornin's mail

good luck


Thanks for sending the brochure!! I managed to get one from the croydon branch!!

Been busy trying to figure out all the features!

[snowball]

Thanks for sending the brochure!! I managed to get one from the croydon branch!!

Been busy trying to figure out all the features!


did you have to argue a lot to get the deal? I tried to get another one for someone else today but they werent having it, even with the sticker taken off the brochure,

[LiGhTfast]

removed as we do not allow any mention of that site on here


Cheers mate just ordered!

been after one of these for a bit now but the 18month contract scared me off

[Nixdorfer]

Slugelise

thats right, its not a special deal or anything as the XDA Mini is that price normally in the book on any tariff under £45/month so the Data 5 qualifies. The guy was happy to sell us one and even advised us its the cheapest way to get the phone. My mate just wanted to try one out before he decided so may call back tomorrow for one. They said they had about 20 in stock at the time.

[suniil]

Sorry never knew that!

Removed - as we don't allow any mention of that site on here.

[Quinten]

:thumbs: to the OP! Never thought I stood a chance after so many days/weeks passed since o2 pulled the plug on these... Went into the Aylesbury shop today and there was a whole stack of brochures. And what do you know, no sticker, no modifications to the misprint. So I took a deep breath and approached the salesbod to start the negotiations :)

An hour later I walked out with one XDA Exec on the Data 5 tariff :D. The store manager wasnt a happy bud after he first told me he couldn't honour it, then told me to call o2 CS, after which he dissappeared to the backroom where he phoned HQ. And they told him to honour it :D. 5 mins later and all the brochures were being 'manhandled' by a black biro to cross out the misprint.

Result!

[cornishman]

Quinten you must of walked in there after me.. lol I also got a brouchure but the sales assistant was busy so didnt have time to wait about..

Do you know if they had a few in stock ? I am going to pop in there tomorrow and try my luck, hopefully the store manager will still honour the deal.

Cheers

[Quinten]

Do you know if they had a few in stock ? I am going to pop in there tomorrow and try my luck, hopefully the store manager will still honour the deal.

Cheers

Pretty sure they have stock left, but I suspect you're going to have a nice battle on your hands with the manager ;) Keep persisting though :thumbs:

[Jeraiya]

did you have to argue a lot to get the deal? I tried to get another one for someone else today but they werent having it, even with the sticker taken off the brochure,


Nah, there was no problem. Just asked the guy for the Exec on the data tariff pointed and to it in the book. He went away into the store room came back and said,
"Are you aware that there will be a charge £99.99 for the exec."

Maybe they stopped it pretty soon after i got it....did you try the one in the whitgift centre or outside? I got mine from the whitgift centre.

[sam2142]

Well i got my exec on friday from wandsworth arndale shopping centre south side. Had to give all my best to bargain with the manager to get one. Finally she gave in at 119.99 with trade-in for data 5 plan. It's a step-up from my Dell Axim x30 thats for sure, just like a mini laptop :thumbs:

Sam

[nujjy]

Tried this on O2 Solihull. They said it would be £229.99, but they would accept a £50 trade in, making it £179.99. I was pretty annoyed since I had come in-store on Sunday and the girl I spoke to said that it would be £99.99. It's just 'On Sundays, we can't connect people to Data Tariffs'.

Because of all my 'hassle', they agreed to throw in a bluetooth headset as well. I asked for a Jabra one, but they refused, saying that they don't make any profit on those (yeh, that makes sense! :cuckoo: ) and that they could offer me one of those cheap O2 Bluetooth headsets. Slightly annoyed because I genuinely wanted one for business (now I bet someone's going to see that if I really wanted one, I would have paid the extra!). Ah well; maybe next time...

Nujjy.

[green_cat]

It's just 'On Sundays, we can't connect people to Data Tariffs'.


I got mine on a Sunday so I reckon she's wrong there.

[brown_ambassador]

I have to say Bournemouth o2 shop sorted me right out...I've had 3 now at £99.99, with £50 trade-ins, and no need to show a voucher or anything. It was in my company name, otherwise they were quoting £129.99 before trade-in.

Get in there!

[sam2142]

I also got a mini and received the cheque this morning, but in the shop I was told that it would be £50. Rang up the people who issued the cheque and they advised they will send out a cheque for £20. But as I got a exec as well they asked me if I had received a £50 cheque already advised that I hadnt yet but was expecting it she advised it was posted yesterday. Then told me the £20 cheque will be sent out also. :clap:

Hi mate,

Do you have their number as the manager who I got my xda exec from said that I will only get 20 quid from my trade-in phone :( , but looks like I am suppose to get full £50 independent of the trade-in phone. So will give them a call before they send the cheque :thumbs:

Sam

[snowball]

Nah, there was no problem. Just asked the guy for the Exec on the data tariff pointed and to it in the book. He went away into the store room came back and said,
"Are you aware that there will be a charge £99.99 for the exec."

Maybe they stopped it pretty soon after i got it....did you try the one in the whitgift centre or outside? I got mine from the whitgift centre.


lol whats the Whitgift center? I'm in Sheffield.

[dombards]

Hi mate,

Do you have their number as the manager who I got my xda exec from said that I will only get 20 quid from my trade-in phone , but looks like I am suppose to get full £50 independent of the trade-in phone. So will give them a call before they send the cheque

Sam
Ive not got it on me right now but ill have a look when I get home, I received the extra £20 cheque along with another £50 for the exec at the same time. I got the number of the slip that came with the cheque so anybody should be able to give you the number if they have it with them.

[binary0110]

It's just 'On Sundays, we can't connect people to Data Tariffs'.

That is the most ridiculous excuse I've heard so far :lol:

[KennyVader]

lol whats the Whitgift center? I'm in Sheffield.

A hellhole in Croydon

[cornishman]

Thanks to the original poster got mine today in Hemel Hempstead for £99 even took my old and tired Nokia and charger for 50 quid trade in total price £49. The contract is £8 p/m £9.40 with vat for 5mb data tarrif.

Speak with the manger Tarik hes a good fella.

[snowball]

Thanks to the original poster got mine today in Hemel Hempstead for £99 even took my old and tired Nokia and charger for 50 quid trade in total price £49. The contract is £8 p/m £9.40 with vat for 5mb data tarrif.

Speak with the manger Tarik hes a good fella.


good on you . I cant believe O2 are still giving people this deal :eek:

Which sort of leads me to believe they will lower the price soon to this level anyway ?? Either that or you've got managers who just want to reach their sales target quota :?:

[theoriginaldeadphill]

Well they should do as they have issued a deal for January and they should honour it.
I tried today with my uncle and they seem to think they have withdrawn the data 5 tarrif, guess when!? As of yesterday. We were in the shop as of 9am this morning.

Im going to try Hemel as I did get 4 in there before with my mate. They seem to be better people in there anyway!

[binning]

Same here. Got told the data 5 tarrif had been discontinued as a standalone tarrif. Can only be bought as an add on.

[belgarion_v]

Same here. Got told the data 5 tarrif had been discontinued as a standalone tarrif. Can only be bought as an add on.

It still shows on their web site as a stand alone tarrif, but there's no way of selecting a data tarrif in their shop as far as I can find.

Vince

[theoriginaldeadphill]

well im currently on hold with 02 customer services and they dont even seem to know that you can get calls on this tarrif! I had to tell them and they are still unsure. Turns out that its an online tarrif and you have to get it enabled in store! Crazy!

As for the data only tarrif, I have asked her if I could go into an O2 store later and get a mini s on a data 5 contract. She saw no problem with that. Im going to try later and get one, and if they let me my uncle is going to have a field day as he is off to the OFT about this because they reckon they have stopped the tarrif altogether. It will now sound like they are trying to renenge on a deal they have offered. I hope he gets somewhere. Bit poor if they give it to some people and not others. Its their mistake and they surely ought to honour it for the month they have said its on for.

[:o)]

Well they should do as they have issued a deal for January and they should honour it.
I tried today with my uncle and they seem to think they have withdrawn the data 5 tarrif, guess when!? As of yesterday. We were in the shop as of 9am this morning.

Im going to try Hemel as I did get 4 in there before with my mate. They seem to be better people in there anyway!

:lol:

Why did you want 4 for and you buying even more..? LOL

[sam2142]

Wow my £50 came in the post today, so no ringing required cheers OP again for then deal again :thumbs:

[NVRAM]

Was on the phone to O2 CS yesterday...

I was told data 5 is a tariff that must be selected in store and also I had confirmation that ITS A STANDALONE tariff !

When you're getting more than one, do you open a contract for each one or are you just adding another handset to the business account ?

Did they not ask any questions about this ?

one for me and one for the OH would be nice.

Gonna head into town later and give this a try, I have the name and extension of the person I spoke to and also printed the stuff from the website so hopefully that should help a little ;)

[seanmeads]

This made me chuckle!

How many were forum users ? (on the data 5 tariff) :lol:

* Christmas customer boost for O2 *
Mobile phone operator O2 adds 1.75 million new customers in the Christmas period, taking it to 27.4 million users.

Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/business/4638404.stm

[NVRAM]

popped into store today and grabbed myself an unchanged catalogue :)
No sticker on it either

Anyone managed to get this offer recently ?

[theoriginaldeadphill]

:lol:

Why did you want 4 for and you buying even more..? LOL

I didnt have enough handsets and it was my mate that bought 4. Actually he got two and his girlfriend got two as well. I only ever got the one because I actually wanted the handset for a few months now. And now I have it. I think its plain to see he wanted it to make a profit on ebay and did exactly that. He sold the handsets for over £350 so make a good £200 on each phone. I told him he would want one and he ended up keeping one and selling his iPAQ which was 2 years old and sold it for a tenner more than he got it for! He works for natwest so can get some stuff cheap!

My Dad got one because he wanted it for Tom Tom and my uncle wants it because he wants it for that and also for the odd email and browsing. And being as it all pays for itself its a very good deal.

I also being the gadget freak I am wanted to get the mini s on this tarrif but I dont think Ill get anywhere in Watford now for a while after my uncles performance. If you were to use the phrase more than one way of skinning a cat, lets just say I would have done it another way!

[Taz69]

With the Data 5 tariff, do you get a new phone number, I am already on O2 and dont really want to lose my number,

Cheers

Taz

[snowball]

With the Data 5 tariff, do you get a new phone number, I am already on O2 and dont really want to lose my number,

Cheers

Taz


hmm why dont you get this deal on a new contract, and insert your old normal sim in the phone? be done with the Data 5 sim - I havent even taken mine out of the box.

[weirdo109]

Was on the phone to O2 CS yesterday...

I was told data 5 is a tariff that must be selected in store and also I had confirmation that ITS A STANDALONE tariff !

When you're getting more than one, do you open a contract for each one or are you just adding another handset to the business account ?

Did they not ask any questions about this ?

one for me and one for the OH would be nice.

Gonna head into town later and give this a try, I have the name and extension of the person I spoke to and also printed the stuff from the website so hopefully that should help a little ;)

Did the CS rep state that you were entitlted to the offer and that the stores should honour it.
If so any chance of their contact info

Also how did you get on any luck.

I want to get one but don't want to go back to a store that I have already tried without concrete backup info and head office or customer service details.

It's getting close to the end of the month now.

[weirdo109]

Just telephoned the Hemel Hempstead store and was told that the Data 5 tarriff is no longer available as of a few days ago. He said the first available tarriff would be £60

So as a last ditch attempt are there any kind forum members that have one but don't want it and would like to point it in my direction for the price they paid plus a little extra.

[suniil]

... a year gone!

anybody tried to upgrade with a better deal?

:)

[snowball]

... a year gone!

anybody tried to upgrade with a better deal?

:)

:lol: i'd be shocked if they gave anyone on this tarriff a 'good' deal.

[Alan b]

Moving to Mobile Phone Forum

[sam2142]

wow a year hehe. i've long sold my xda for a dell x51v. got the sime in my drawer. So what are the chances of a upgrade?

[krayzk]

wow a year hehe. i've long sold my xda for a dell x51v. got the sime in my drawer. So what are the chances of a upgrade?

:lol: , I have been thinking the same :p

[Punjabi Geezer]

I phoned up to cancel last week, was told I could get 20% knocked off the line rental if I stayed on that tariff with no upgrade or I could chose any other standard deal from their website with 20% off line rental.

[suniil]

result! a standard deal with 20% discount will be a good option

I phoned up to cancel last week, was told I could get 20% knocked off the line rental if I stayed on that tariff with no upgrade or I could chose any other standard deal from their website with 20% off line rental.

[suniil]

no good deals offered!

for disconnection we have to write to (30 days notice)
--------------------
O2 UK - Disconnections,
PO Box 242,
Houghton Regis,
LU5 5WA
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[Punjabi Geezer]

no good deals offered!

for disconnection we have to write to (30 days notice)
--------------------
O2 UK - Disconnections,
PO Box 242,
Houghton Regis,
LU5 5WA
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I wasn't told that I needed to write. I was told they would automatically disconnect on the billing date.