Telepocalypse

Old dog, old tricks

GREAT OFFER FOR ALL TELEPOCALYPSE READERS!

Get a FREE! (YES, FREE!) new, shiny 3G Nokia phone from Carphone Warehouse. FREE 500 anytime minutes!! FREE 100 inclusive texts!!! And pay only £4.99 a month for the first 12 months!!!!

Of course, there's a catch...

You expect to have to pay extra after the 12 months, but what you don't expect is this:

• You can't change your plan. Hope you don't talk a lot...
• A cheque for the value of £50.02 will be sent to you automatically within 28 days of connection. Hope you remember to cash it...
• For months 6 - 12 the £4.99 line rental offer of £160.10 is via redemption. For this you will need to send in your 6th, 12th & 18th airtime bills and you will receive a cheque for £53.37 on each occasion. Hope you remember to send them in...
• Please note that your airtime bills must be sent within 60 days of receipt to claim your chequeback. Hope you're really well-organised...

People should be free to enter into whatever contracts they desire, but the headline price "with £4.99 line rental" just isn't true.

As carriers get desperate, it'll only get worse.

Posted by Martin Geddes at 3:42 PM

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