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Where would you sign up for a new phone plan?  

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Hey guys this is just for a marketing/consumer behaviour assignment. Wondering where you guys would sign up for a new mobile contract and phone. Focusing on melbourne/victoria buyers so posted here.

Do you like sitting down on those couches in Yes Optus's new lay out stores, do you like the free xbox's or mp3's when signing up with strathfield or jb hi fi or do you like the convenience of ordering your new contract and phone over the phone or internet?

Had a bad experience with any of these? i phone never came in on the specified date because sold out prior and went emo tenfold? Guy at the local telstra doesn't know shiet and keeps staring at your missus's boobs? What are your reasons?

i know theres a few choices so just pick whatever relates to you

any input would be awesome. thanks!

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saff_cossie Grand Master

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Personally for the couple I have had, I prefer to go to the supplier directly, in my case Telstra and Optus. Telstra was chosen for coverage and nothing else and Optus was chosen for the availability of plans and the iPhone plus I was pissed off with Telstra for their high excess charges and useless staff each time I spoke to someone.

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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found a corker deal with TPG, and i'm in the middle of switching. I've got the sim, but haven't activated yet and haven't canceled with optus yet, but i'm practically up and running with TPG, which is Soul, which i guess is just optus in the end :laugh:

i did mine over the net as i think that was the only way of doing it with TPG.

$19.99, $300 cap, NO CONTRACT, just pay by the month. Got my number brought over from optus. Happy camper. I'm currently $49 cap with Optus for like $230 calls, so TPG was a no brainer especially with no lock-in contract. leave whenever i want.

Hope i haven't missed something, and there's some catch 22 :cool:

jakez88 Veteran

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^^^really? but thats just for sim/the plan right? no fone? if fone which fone lol?

bout to finish off my contract also with soul in a month so looking to get a good deal as they have been ripping me off quite abit lol.

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SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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i BYO'd phone, so don't know about the deals with phones... there were some to choose from though, check it out at TPG if you're keen :laugh:

so yeah, for me it's just sim/plan. I think it's the cheapest NO CONTRACT plan going, well, cap plan anyway. Other has $19, $300 caps but they're 24month lock in

JamesK Experienced

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Same ^^ although not as viable now but when the market was strong it saved my a lot of money to buy my phones in HK and go into no contracts, here but since we crashed you don't save that much anymore plus I haven't held onto a phone for over a year for ages, it's just not worth holding on to when I can trade my phone in and get 2/3rds my money back and pay 1/3 for the newest one

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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How can you not have Crazy Johns??? :/

i got my first contract there, since that expired 7+ years ago, ive just been out of contract and buy my phones outright when i want a new one and that leaves me to swap plans etc without locking into anything

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

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yep, i think i've had 1, maybe 2 contracts during my mobile history, like the freedom to move if something good comes up. And i saw this TPG ad on the back of a bus, and i'm in, activated the account tonight. Should be up and running in about 24-48 hours.

what plan you got at the moment Ash?

krzysiu Grand Master

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Been with soul (bdigital) for almost 3 contract legnths (so almost 6 years), Usually just upgrade plan/phone when the time comes. Im on a $49 cap with $300 worth of calls.

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Matty1989 Enthusiast

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If any one is ater a plan i actualy work for a phone company and can provide both ortus and telstra coverage you must have a registered abn for me to sighn u up though we have a full range of cap plans and more if u have more than one phone we can set up free calls between all mobiles as well as back to bas conditions apply if intrested please contact me on 0466440058 or [email protected]

dezz Grand Master

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If any one is ater a plan i actualy work for a phone company and can provide both ortus and telstra coverage you must have a registered abn for me to sighn u up though we have a full range of cap plans and more if u have more than one phone we can set up free calls between all mobiles as well as back to bas conditions apply if intrested please contact me on 0466440058 or [email protected]

Hi,

Stop bumping 6 month old threads.

Regards,

Everyone.

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