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In the last few years everytime I've spoken to either broadband or mobile suppliers they have also read this term out when detailing the overall costs. The only thing I find shocking about this post is £70 a month? Ouch...
Yeah, £70 is impressive.The only thing I find shocking about this post is £70 a month? Ouch...
If you take a top of the line phone like a Samsung Fold or iPhone 12 Max Pro XXL (or whatever it's called now) on a 2 year deal I could see that being £70pm. It would need to be to pay off a phone like that in two years.Yeah, £70 is impressive.
A Fold maybe but £70pm is £1680 over 2 years. Even if you bought an iPhone 12 Pro Max at RRP, which is £1099, that's pretty much £600 for two years of airtime!If you take a top of the line phone like a Samsung Fold or iPhone 12 Max Pro XXL (or whatever it's called now) on a 2 year deal I could see that being £70pm. It would need to be to pay off a phone like that in two years.
Even if you bought an iPhone 12 Pro Max at RRP, which is £1099, that's pretty much £600 for two years of airtime!
Include all the garbage you can get from Vodafone’s top package like Disney+, Netflix, Apple TV etc and you’re hitting about that.A Fold maybe but £70pm is £1680 over 2 years. Even if you bought an iPhone 12 Pro Max at RRP, which is £1099, that's pretty much £600 for two years of airtime!
It's a total money racket.
Nobody gets told of the increase. It's in the small print. You might be able to get out of the contract if you say you weren't informed when buying it.
That may be the case now but not when I signed upHaving shopped around recently for phones/broadband etc., every single supplier has this price increase warning somewhere on their site very visible before you sign up, usually in the checkout page.
Some providers will increase prices in line with CPI, some increase by CPI+X%, and a very small amount will give a fixed price.
Should their be any price increases outside of this, then you can leave your contract penalty free within 30 days of the price increase.
Yes this is what I thought complete rubbish! it's just greed but nothing I can do about that, I would not have an issue with it if it was not for how they treated me, as if they don't care they know I can't do anything.In the terms and conditions probably, 'government mandatory' complete rubbish!
The only thing the government is going to possibly mandate (presumably via OFCOM) is the maximum they're allowed to increase it by.
I think I'll stick with my £12.50/month 20GB SIM only with Tesco. I really hope that the £70/month is paying for something worthwhile.
Less mandatory, more allowed to charge so why miss the opportunity to make money.
Suppose this is one more advantage of getting the phone interest free with a SIM only plan as you avoid these RPI increases. Certainly can add up if you have a £70 monthly contract and take it out right before the increase.
I was not told when I placed the order, ive not had a phone contact for a few years so I never expected it either the only ones that would increase the price mid contact was virgin and they would always take another look when asked and when I found out I also thought 4.5% was a bit excessive, I wanted to leave or at least get them to take another look, I spoke to 6 people and they refused point-blank to do anything giving me different reasons and I can't leave unless I pay off the contact.I read this thread yesterday and my immediate thought was 4.5% seems excessive - I don’t recall any previous increase in my mobile tariffs being that high, it was usually around 1%. My other thought was I’m sure you were informed in the T&C’s.
I just got en email from Vodafone this morning regarding the April increase and they state a 1.4% increase in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) - is that the same as CPI?
I always assumed anything above the index, no matter how small, entitled you to leave penalty free?
This was my issue and why I was annoyed the CPI is only 0.6%, I was never told when I was sold the contract when they already knew and they are already aware of the climate but they are still happy to take advantageWhen CPI was at 3%, the increases were set at CPI to allow the Telcos to 'keep up with rising costs' (even if their staff were made redundant, got low payrises, or overall investment was low). Now that CPI is 0.7%, somehow the regulator is allowing them to increase contracts by 4.5% and the only logical reasoning can be 'to increase their profits'.
The brown envelopes must never have been fatter.
EDIT - this is the reason I'll never go on contract again.
They are aware of the climate and how things are for most people so why are they taking advantage.Always gets people when going into new contracts. Your wage packet doesn't rise every year does it so why should bills when you sign up to a contract stating it's XXX per month.
I thought the same when I first saw what prices are like now.In the last few years everytime I've spoken to either broadband or mobile suppliers they have also read this term out when detailing the overall costs. The only thing I find shocking about this post is £70 a month? Ouch...
They are aware of the climate and how things are for most people so why are they taking advantage.
70 a month geez
It's almost as if people who spend ludicrous amounts on basic things like a phone are bad with money.
The fact op was ignorant to price rises proves this.
i buy a phone and sim only 50gb data £12 a month, the phone does all the same as the new ones.
I buy SIM free and I'm currently paying £8 a month and I plan on moving to a better deal at around £7 per month with unlimited data, texts and minutes.
I'm seriously thinking about going 5G home broadband at some point too as £28 a month for 375MB is expensive compared to £7 a month and similar speeds. Although I think upload speeds are terrible currently and so is signal I'll wait for them to improve a little.
I also tend to buy and sell phones regularly and when I sell I usually get most of my money back or even make a profit sometimes as I buy really good deals.
I'd hate to see the depreciation on these £1200 phones.
100 percent i am the same, unlimited data for £7 geez your doing better than me . i will be looking for 5G broadband i have not had a phone connected to BT line rental for around 10 years maybe more.
using your head and using quidco and saving money, yes it takes a few more minutes over the year it pays for a break or holiday, better off in your own pocket.
https://www.affordablemobiles.co.uk/sim-only?data=unlimited&s=mrc
£9.75 a month but you get £25-£35 Quidco.
It was £4 a month 2 months ago so it's actually doubled in price.
If you don't need unlimited there are better deals available. For cheaper.