Google Pixel 4A - euro 179 on Vodafone

melikebanana

hampton wrote: »

Bought today at 3 pm used my vodafone number at 6 pm received a message on email -
Thanks for shopping with Vodafone.

Your FREE delivery of your selected purchases will be delivered by An Post.

Good luck everyone

How did you manage to do it with an existing number? Any time I try to use my VF number and account the discount disappears.

Rock Paper Scissors

Just ordered there.

How long does it normally take to get despatch email guys?

Skuxx

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Just ordered there.

How long does it normally take to get despatch email guys?

Did you get the confirmation email?

Rock Paper Scissors

Skuxx wrote: »

Did you get the confirmation email?

Yes, does that mean the order is successful?

Skuxx

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Yes, does that mean the order is successful?

Going by this thread I wouldn't be overly confident of anything until the phone is in your hand, but you've some chance!!

luvlyjubbly

6 orders across 2 accounts, all cancelled! Everytime got the order confirmation email. I'm a Vodafone customer and health insurance customer! Just trying to get one of them for my nephew. Absolute shambles

Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors wrote: »

Yes, does that mean the order is successful?

Confirmation of the order isn't guaranteed you'll get one, a lot of them get cancelled. Some people got dispatch email, but I didn't. Keep a check on it on the Vodafone site, if you see added shipping number to your order you can be confident it's on the way. Their website e-commerce is beyond a joke.

MeMen2_MoRi_

Got my tracking number.

advertsfox

Order accepted with code VF0013 for €179. Will keep you updated.

corcaigh07

2 confirmed orders (as in money taken) here so far but both cancelled.

Think this website has worn out my resilience, what a steaming pile of crap.

advertsfox

advertsfox wrote: »

Order accepted with code VF0013 for €179. Will keep you updated.

Order dispatched - only took 2 hours to process

fmul9798

Consider doing the lotto..

advertsfox wrote: »

Order dispatched - only took 2 hours to process

Rock Paper Scissors

Worked 1st time

Got despatch email.

Dont even know why I ordered, i guess thats the culture of the BA forum

Why are some orders failing for some people?

advertsfox

fmul9798 wrote: »

Consider doing the lotto..

Wife ordered as well, same for her too. I'll do the Euromillions too.

Redrocket

Ordered last night with promo code VF0013 for 100 euro off, confirmation email within 2 mins, dispatch email this morning 8am.

Cant wait as my pixel 3a charge port is donked, pixel 3a is/was awesome while it lasted.

bidiots

The 4a is a considerable upgrade in terms of size and weight, 'nicer' in the hand.

Great deal in fairness

Saadyst

Mine arrived on the 2nd go Just as my Pixel 2 was on the way out.

FYI for anyone trying to identify patterns - I used the same card, account, browser, email etc. The only thing I noticed different was that there was a new "account" created under orders on the Vodfone site, the failed one just had my surname, the successful one had my full name. I also put my address in manually, as for some reason it kept adding an incorrect area into the delivery address - even though on the Eircode website it looks correct.

Cheers for the great bargain!

AlmightyCushion

luvlyjubbly wrote: »

6 orders across 2 accounts, all cancelled! Everytime got the order confirmation email. I'm a Vodafone customer and health insurance customer! Just trying to get one of them for my nephew. Absolute shambles

5 across multiple accounts for me, all cancelled. Very frustrating in general but even more so as this is a great deal.

AlmightyCushion

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

5 across multiple accounts for me, all cancelled. Very frustrating in general but even more so as this is a great deal.

I feel your pain, I was lucky to be successful on my third attempt

BoredNaMoaner

Mine arrived today in the post this morning although I really wasn't expecting it after reading about all the cancelled orders etc.. I have PAYG number. Signed into my account and ordered the phone. Put in the promo code VF0013 during checkout and received 100 euro off. It was a completely painless transaction, have a lovely new phone for 179 euros and for once I'm grateful to vodafone. Once of the best bargains I got from boards, thanks OP.

Ah-Watch

7 orders for an iPhone SE and finally the last one went through and was delivered this morning. I'm now second guessing myself and might return it and get the 12 instead--- after all that pain

benji79

Interesting to see issues exist with purchasing other phones too

fmul9798

It is pretty clear that the web store is a disgrace. One hopes that they don't use failed orders in the quarterly financial results to the market

Roberto_gas

3 hrs in and order is not yet cancelled....lol what has this got to !

fmul9798

Troll is on a long lunch break.. it is Friday..

Roberto_gas wrote: »

3 hrs in and order is not yet cancelled....lol what has this got to !

AlmightyCushion

As bad as Vodafone's website is their support is even worse. I do not recommend any one contact them ever.

fmul9798

Troll is back from lunch - mine from 12pm has been cancelled. That is 13 for 13 cancelled folks, all with confirmation email.

fmul9798 wrote: »

Troll is on a long lunch break.. it is Friday..

Roberto_gas

fmul9798 wrote: »

Troll is back from lunch - mine from 12pm has been cancelled. That is 13 for 13 cancelled folks, all with confirmation email.

Yeah troll just cancelled it....lol !

AlmightyCushion

fmul9798 wrote: »

Troll is back from lunch - mine from 12pm has been cancelled. That is 13 for 13 cancelled folks, all with confirmation email.

You know the old saying. If at first you don't succeed, drive yourself mental trying over and over again.

fmul9798

Statistic gathering, and the possibility that I'm annoying the troll

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

You know the old saying. If at first you don't succeed, drive yourself mental trying over and over again.

gussieg

no radio, no wireless charging, good camera, the only thing that really makes this phone a bargain is the high price charged for it elsewhere. and it has a decent 730 chip in it.
i got the pixel 3a and to be honest, camera IS great, but rest of phone is just , well , dare i say it , boring.
maybe i just havent stretched its capabilities in all directions, but i really cant justify the 179 stretch.
But thanks its nice to know i couldve , if i really wanted.
And my number is now lost in the vodafone ether , courtesy of the monread rd girl in shop.

gussieg

gussieg wrote: »

no radio, no wireless charging, good camera, the only thing that really makes this phone a bargain is the high price charged for it elsewhere. and it has a decent 730 chip in it.
i got the pixel 3a and to be honest, camera IS great, but rest of phone is just , well , dare i say it , boring.
maybe i just havent stretched its capabilities in all directions, but i really cant justify the 179 stretch.
But thanks its nice to know i couldve , if i really wanted.
And my number is now lost in the vodafone ether , courtesy of the monread rd girl in shop.

You're expecting too much, the pixel 3a and 4a are not flagships, they are very decent mid range phones with very good cameras and as they are made by Google they get software updates regularly for 3 years. The 4a will not be much of an upgrade from a 3a, same camera, slightly faster, more storage.

SnuggyBear

Roberto_gas wrote: »

Yeah troll just cancelled it....lol !

My god

SnuggyBear

gussieg wrote: »

no radio, no wireless charging, good camera, the only thing that really makes this phone a bargain is the high price charged for it elsewhere. and it has a decent 730 chip in it.
i got the pixel 3a and to be honest, camera IS great, but rest of phone is just , well , dare i say it , boring.
maybe i just havent stretched its capabilities in all directions, but i really cant justify the 179 stretch.
But thanks its nice to know i couldve , if i really wanted.
And my number is now lost in the vodafone ether , courtesy of the monread rd girl in shop.

Small with a good camera sells it to me. Yes it's boring but it's a very solid phone and does the basics well.

FastFullBack

fmul9798 wrote: »

Troll is back from lunch - mine from 12pm has been cancelled. That is 13 for 13 cancelled folks, all with confirmation email.

WTF that is crazy

fmul9798

14 for 14 cancelled now - troll is happy for the weekend. On the plus side, maybe I'm improving someone else's odds :-)

Yggr of Asgard

fmul9798 wrote: »

Troll is back from lunch - mine from 12pm has been cancelled. That is 13 for 13 cancelled folks, all with confirmation email.

It might very well be that this is specific to you.

Vodafone even for prepaid is running some checks and if all your orders are canceled there might be a block on you for some reason (past Vodafone history etc.)

You could hit them with a GDPR request to see what this potentially is if you want to invest the 5 minutes to send them one.

benji79

Yggr of Asgard wrote: »

It might very well be that this is specific to you.

Vodafone even for prepaid is running some checks and if all your orders are canceled there might be a block on you for some reason (past Vodafone history etc.)

You could hit them with a GDPR request to see what this potentially is if you want to invest the 5 minutes to send them one.

Doubt it. I’ve had 3 cancellations and I definitely have a perfect history with Vodafone for a lot of years

I’m wondering is there some obvious reason why it’s working for some people and not others. Like ordering on a particular browser or device or something

fmul9798

Definitely not history. It is either the site workflow or a troll. I'll submit a GDPR request to give them a gentle prod.

Yggr of Asgard wrote: »

It might very well be that this is specific to you.

Vodafone even for prepaid is running some checks and if all your orders are canceled there might be a block on you for some reason (past Vodafone history etc.)

You could hit them with a GDPR request to see what this potentially is if you want to invest the 5 minutes to send them one.

Rock Paper Scissors

Why are orders being cancelled?

Mine will be here monday, the first thing i will be doing is flashing graphene OS onto it

Rock Paper Scissors

Guys i ordered through logging into my vodafone account and selected to keep my number (existing customer)

Does that mean they will just send me out the phone without a sim?

SnuggyBear

benji79 wrote: »

Doubt it. I’ve had 3 cancellations and I definitely have a perfect history with Vodafone for a lot of years

I’m wondering is there some obvious reason why it’s working for some people and not others. Like ordering on a particular browser or device or something

I've tried different browsers, different email address, different number, ad block turned off, 2 cards. 5 failed orders.

Alkers

gussieg wrote: »

no radio, no wireless charging, good camera, the only thing that really makes this phone a bargain is the high price charged for it elsewhere. and it has a decent 730 chip in it.
i got the pixel 3a and to be honest, camera IS great, but rest of phone is just , well , dare i say it , boring.
maybe i just havent stretched its capabilities in all directions, but i really cant justify the 179 stretch.
But thanks its nice to know i couldve , if i really wanted.
And my number is now lost in the vodafone ether , courtesy of the monread rd girl in shop.

Very decent phone and very snappy to use but I'm finding the battery life quite dissapointing. Was on a site visit today and took 160photos in an hour and used 46% battery

Alkers

Alkers wrote: »

Very decent phone and very snappy to use but I'm finding the battery life quite dissapointing. Was on a site visit today and took 160photos in an hour and used 46% battery

The phone is rated to have a screen-on time of six hours which is pretty reasonable. If you just used your screen to e.g. read some articles you would expect to use 46% of the battery in about three hours. If you're taking photos for an hour instead, you're using up battery with the camera itself (by taking photos), GPS (if you have geotagging on) and the processor (as Pixels do a lot of post-processing with photos).

I wouldn't judge the battery too harshly based off of that.

gussieg

i have zenfone max pro m1 which although not as good a camera , has me spoiled with the big battery, and i find it just great, the pixel 3a outstrips the camera on it, but its decent otherwise. got it for 98 euro on aliexpress. since i got it it updated to android 10, also has a snapdragon in it.

it's a nice phone with a very good camera (once you don't need zoom or wide angle) but the battery life is definitely underwhelming, as was the case with the 3a.

pity they didn't put a bigger battery in the 4a really.

Housefree

glasso wrote: »

it's a nice phone with a very good camera (once you don't need zoom or wide angle) but the battery life is definitely underwhelming, as was the case with the 3a.

pity they didn't put a bigger battery in the 4a really.

The Battery was the main reason I wanted to upgrade from the 4a. Cameras are near enough the same afaik.

griffdaddy

My order has disappeared off an post tracking now, it was in the sorting office last night... Hopefully not a bad sign

Yggr of Asgard

griffdaddy wrote: »

My order has disappeared off an post tracking now, it was in the sorting office last night... Hopefully not a bad sign

Looks like the web tracker of AnPost has a problem today.

I have this with all my AnPost items, they show as "no information" or "searched timed out".

griffdaddy

That's a relief! Fingers crossed