Want a cell phone...
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Topic: Want a cell phone...
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Want a cell phone...
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 1:23pm
DH has a cellphone with Telecom and it's about time I got one so we can do quick txts to each other instead of having to ring. But I'm not keen to pay a heap LOL. So I've been trying to work out whether it's worth talking to Telecom and Vodafone and seeing if either of them will offer me a free one  It would have to be prepay (cause DH's is on our account), any suggestions on who to go with (I'm inclined to go with Telecom simply because DH/home phone is) and how to get a good deal? -------------  |
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 1:43pm
| You can get Telecom OneBill - where it's included on the home phone bill but you don't have a "plan" as such, you only pay for what you use. DF is on a plan, and I am on OneBill - so we only pay for whatever calls I make plus the $10 TXT - we have recently done a huge change with our plans and it's saved us over $200 a month by working it this way. I prefer it because it means I am always able to ring someone if I need to without having to worry about making sure there's enough money on my phone. Not sure about the free phones thing though... |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 1:51pm
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Yea DH is on OneBill, which is why I'd need to go prepay. ------------- |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 2:01pm
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You can have two cell phones on Onebill. We have both ours on there. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 2:27pm
| I have just swapped back to vodafone but only cos hubby is on vodafone and we can do the best mates thing otherwise i would have stuck to telecom (bout to sell my phone if you want a cheap one!) If DH is on telecom then i would go with them. you can get free phones if you sign up to a 24 month contract. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 8:46pm
I have both 
I have Willie on Best Mates on my Vodafone phone which drives him nuts coz I can call him whenever I like while he is at work I have it on prepay and don't use it to make calls at all.
And I have $10 text on my Telecom phone which is on OneBill and I also use it to make phone calls as I get an itemised bill each month for tax purposes. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 8:55pm
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hmmm Robyn... is it prepay-able and how much are you looking for? PM me - your inbox is full. ------------- |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 9:48pm
| Is it, hmm how did that happen, no one ever PMs me. Umm its a sanyo 7400 and yep its a telecom prepay, really cool number too! everyone likes my number. |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 9:54pm
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Oh they are really good phone's we had one then up graded cause we could have free one's i miss my old one. Go for the same as DH it makes more ecence and plus telecom $10 is the best if you text alot. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 6:46am
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im on the one bill, and df is on vodafone (his is paid for by his boss though).
love the one bill, that way if i have to make an emergency call to someone i know i can without worry about if i ahve credit or not ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 10:20am
I'm on Telecom (its on our phone bill) and DH is on prepay. I switched from V Fone to telecom about 2 years ago now and the difference in the bill is amazing. I was paying $80 a month on Vodafone now $30 a month on Telecom (incl $10 txt). That phone is a great phone DH had one till it got pinched at work  ( I won it when I changed to Telecom with the Lions comp).------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 10:41am
i've always been with vodafone and so has DH but i would recommend going to telecom......now there's something i thought i would never say!
vodafone gives me great discounts on phones, my last one i got a $500 phone for $100, but they never give you free upgrades like telecom do ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 20 July 2007 at 2:34pm
| See i find the opposite, I used to be on vodafone and changed because i was spending so much on topping up but then switched to telecom and realised im texting almost 1000 txts a month (no idea how that is, hubby is horrified) so Im paying for 500 txts at .20c PLUS i make more phonecalls because i can and i dont notice till i get the bill at the end of the month PLUS i realised i spend on average $40 a month ringing hubby from my home phone so Ive switched back to vodafone, getting the best mates thing which means i can ring hubby and txt him as much as i want for $6 a month plus i got that free for 6 months and 2000 txts to vodafone people a month so i should save there aswell cos most of the people i knew who were on telecom have moved or switched aswell so wont be txting telecom as much. I was on telecom for 3 months and in that time averaged $100 at least a month just for my cellphone (dont tell hubby) not including what i was paying to ring hubby from home line so Im thinking if I give myself say $30 a month credit and when that goes to bad, have to wait till the following month I should in theory save myself at least $100 a month! |