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Mobile Phone "Confusology"

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  • 01-06-2011 5:07am
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    ballooba
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    Just starting another thread for the off-topic posts from this thread. In light of this news article. Be wary of mobile phone company pricing in Australia, it is designed to confuse you and make choosing a plan / provider difficult based on cost.


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    Jumpy
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    Erm. Not for me it wasnt.

    They are all sort of the same, just their phones differ depending on who has the licence to sell them

    I got a Desire HD, for 59 a month. 3Gb data, $700 call/text credit.

    Every other dealer had almost identical deals for other phones.

    I found it less confusing than Ireland by far.


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    I might question why you're buying a phone from a network in the first place. How much did it cost you?

    Also, how are they all the same? Telstra has a gold-plated network, while VHA is almost exclusively urban and overall pretty average.


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    Jumpy
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    I mean the costs not the coverage, Vodafone is pure ****e. I wish I went Telstra but I wanted the HD. Plus Telstra wouldnt even credit check me because I had no employment.
    The phone cost me nothing outright, however my plan is 24 months at 59 a month.


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Jumpy wrote: »
    I mean the costs not the coverage, Vodafone is pure ****e.
    Cost is not the only consideration, that ignores value for money.
    Jumpy wrote: »
    The phone cost me nothing outright, however my plan is 24 months at 59 a month.
    Nothing outright does not mean nothing. You have signed up for 24 months at $59 a month. Which is $1416. I don't know how much it would cost you to get out of that contract but that is likely the minimum you will pay. Personally I never sign up to a contract because it makes me almost powerless to negotiate if there is a problem later.

    This is not an Ireland Vs Australia issue like mentioned above. We don't have the luxury of using Irish operators in Australia or Australian operators in Ireland. I just hope people give a little thought to entering contracts with these companies and how they perceive them.


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