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Buying a phone

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  • 16-06-2012 5:08pm
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    deisecelt
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭


    Can i negotiate a price drop when buying a phone for €600 in the meteor store or will i just look like a fool!?


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    christmas2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭christmas2012


    the prices are set prices but try it if you think it will work :eek:


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    coylemj
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    That's a lot of money, is it a subsidised (network locked) model? If it's not subsidised then you are buying SIMM-free and should shop around because you can buy anywhere, check out prices on expansys, Amazon etc.


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    MagicMarker
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    deisecelt wrote: »
    Can i negotiate a price drop when buying a phone for €600 in the meteor store or will i just look like a fool!?
    Well you have two choices.

    1. Try and haggle in meteor, and look like a fool.

    2. Pay €600 for a phone, and be a fool.


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    christmas2012
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    fair enough try it i know i should have for my last phone,it cost me 500 euros :eek:


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    Jarren
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    What phone is it ?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    What phone indeed! €600 for this one; €500 for the last one.

    Sorry, but more money than sense! :rolleyes:


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    pleasant Co.
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    Mark Fit Sunlamp wrote: »
    What phone indeed! €600 for this one; €500 for the last one.

    Sorry, but more money than sense! :rolleyes:

    Loads of people pay that kind of money for phones these days, some pay upfront and have no debt, some sign up to a 2yr contract and pay off their debt along with the phone service being provided to them.


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    keithclancy
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Well you have two choices.

    1. Try and haggle in meteor, and look like a fool.

    2. Pay €600 for a phone, and be a fool.

    In fairness its usually tough to get money taken off, but its usually quite easy to get some stuff thrown in, e.g. Phone cover, screen cover, car charger.

    Mainly because the margins on the phones are so tight and the margins on the accessories are so high


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    viclemronny
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    If you're an existing customer, ask to be put through to the retentions department. I did and I got a bit of a better deal. It's about the only way to get a reduction as they are the people with the discretion to alter standard deals. I was dealing with meteor as well.


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