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Title: Retailers embrace cashback Post by: mobaholic on January 26, 2009, 04:09:01 PM Cashback deals feature heavily on the high street this week. Carphone Warehouse has a number of these but have reinvented the deal under a new name; ‘cheque-back’. The decrease in Sim-only prices is also a theme. Cheaper monthly contracts are rife as the retailers continue to put better phones on lower tariffs to attract the crowds. Advertising roundup:- 3 offering unlimited internet on contract phones for 50p a day. 3 is pushing add-ons this week. Customers can get an ‘internet pass’ at 50p per day on many of its contract phones. The ‘pass’ enables the person to use unlimited internet on their phone for a day. See '3's Latest Adverts (http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/dealsgallery.aspx?tid=354) Carphone gives cashback on contract phones The retailer is giving the Sony Ericsson T303 free on a £9 T-Mobile contract – the customer would pay £15 per month but would receive the discount monthly with ‘cheque-backs’. Carphone is giving £100 instant cashback to those taking out a contract on a selection of phones. Phones and prices include; the Nokia 6300 on a £25-per-month contract; the LG Cookie on a £30-per-month contract; and the Nokia 6600 slide for £35 per month. The retailer is also advertising 3 mobile broadband at its cheapest ever at £9 per month, the monthly price is £10 per month but the customer will receive the discount with ‘cheque-backs’ every month. See CPW's latestadverts (http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/dealsgallery.aspx?tid=188) Get selected phones from O2 on £20-per-month contracts and Sim-only £10 per month The store is promoting £20 contracts that include 75 minutes and 250 texts, with the Sony Ericsson W980i, the Samsung Tocco and the Nokia 6220. Sim-only is being pushed at £10 per month for 150 minutes and 300 texts. See O2's Latest Adverts (http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/dealsgallery.aspx?tid=294) Receive up to £120 cashback from Orange on a choice of three handsets There is up to £120 cashback available to Orange customers this month, phones advertised are the Nokia 6300, the Samsung G600 and the LG KF300. Customers who sign up to the £30-per-month contract can receive the £120 as credit on their monthly line rental, thus decreasing it. The network store has the new-look Sony Ericsson T303 butterfly in stock, the phone is available on prepay. Sim-only contracts are being pushed at £15 per month. See Orange's Latest Adverts (http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/dealsgallery.aspx?tid=276) T-Mobile broadband from £10 per month on 7.2MB dongle The network shop is luring in mobile broadband customers with an offer of £10-per-month broadband for the first three months and £15 per month thereafter. The offer is on the 7.2MB speed dongle. See T-Mobile's Latest Adverts (http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/dealsgallery.aspx?tid=290) Vodafone pushes Sim-only rolling contracts and prepay mobile broadband Vodafone’s Sim-only 30-day rolling contract has been reduced to £10 – the offer includes 100 minutes and 500 texts. A prepay mobile broadband offer is being pushed in store to get customers surfing – those who buy the pay-as-you-go dongle will get the first £15 top-up free of charge. The new Nokia touch-screen 5800 XpressMusic is available for pre-order. The Samsung Steel is a big-budget contract push for the store - the phone is now available free on a £15-per-month contract. See Vodafone's Latest Adverts (http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/dealsgallery.aspx?tid=356) |