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 03:42 PM
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