One are of the monthly budget that people always seem to overspend is on the mobile phone. We see people making the following top mistakes.
1. Paying for too many minutes and not using them.
2. Paying for too few minutes and then going over their minutes and paying through the nose for extra minutes.
3. Not checking around for a better plan.
With a little bit of homework people can find some pretty terrific deals on phones and plans. Here are a couple special offers we hunted down that are worth a look.
£20.00 a month, Nokia 6120, 500 anytime any network minutes & 100 texts.
£20.00 a month, Nokia 6120, 100 anytime any network minutes & 1000 texts.
£35 a month for 12 months, Nokia N95, 400 minutes & 500 texts - on O2.
£35 a month for 12 months, Samsung G600, 400 minutes & 500 texts & half price line rental for 6 months - on O2.
£35 a month for 18 months, Nokia N95 , 600 minutes & 500 texts - on O2.
£30 a month for 12 months, Samsung G600, 200 minutes & 200 texts & half price line rental for 6 months - on O2.
If You've Got The Time
But looking for a good deal on a new mobile phone contract does not mean you have to switch carriers. Sometimes doing your homework and finding the latest offer your carrier has and then calling and asking to be switched to that new plan can make all the price difference in the world.
Phone providers also have rate plans that they don't advertise and you might be able to negotiate your way into one of these plans if you do a bit of hunting around. By investigating the rates and plans available you can then go back to your current company, with real world examples, and ask specifically for a plan with your current carrier that can beat the competing offer. Often that tactic works, as long as you are armed with specific information about real plans that others are actually offering.
Here are a few more helpful sites to check for deals if you've got a few more minutes. Use the advice you've learned here, take a few minutes to do some research and you can save yourself a lot of £.
Additional Links Worth Investigating
The Phone Spot
Nokia
Dial-A-Phone
Carphone Warehouse
3 Mobile