Vodafone deals

i have been on to vodafone all day to switch from three bill to prepay. no one could understand my request. I thought i want to switch to prepay vodafone take my money was simple enough reason.

i want to get a phone on offer thats expiring tonight. They eventually set me up as a pre pay (back and forth in simple words to switch from other network bill to vodafone prepay)

i have been told wait 3hrs max for sim to activate then try ordering the phone online again? My local store are not answering phone.

I am afraid I will miss the offer

So after 5 hrs of speaking with approx 12 people a guy set up my number on a new sim. I said can I purchase the phone now. He said I would have to wait 2-3 hrs max.

I was worried about this as didn't want to miss the offer so I went into a shop. No stock but basically told me the way it was handled online should not have been the way. I need to ring them again. The way they do it you purchase the sim and phone together.

Again talking to 6 different people since 4.30pm being passed from one section to another cos no one could answer my query.

I was told my sim would now activate in 48-72 hrs but as I sent the request in I would still get the offer. I was Told I could go online and order the phone under a new number to issue separately.

So seems odd but I got an email to say my first sim is dispatched and then I tried the phone purchase again. This was the third time today attempt. Previous two times it didn't go through and told to contact customer care.

So fourth or maybe fifth time I ordered the phone as a new customer.

So we will see if they both arrive and I have a stress free transition 🤣🤣

Haha thanks well i was willing to try one more time but that was my next step if it didn't work.

I would definitely opt that way if I had of known it was going to be such a hassle

We will see what the week brings and if I am fully successful

Why buy it from you for the same price to buy new from the store?

Anyone know would the nokia g42 be sim-locked? Or are most phones unlocked these days

Going mad using Eir where I live atm. Used to be Vodafone but swapped for a package deal last year. Now that VF have a €20 5G PAYG deal, I'm happy enough to swap back again.

Question though: how often do the decent Switch & Save offers come up?

Would be nice to get a good phone deal when coming back, but don't want to wait another 2-3 months for an offer while I crack up over unbearably poor Eir signal...