Am I being really silly here.....

[Jonnydd1987]

I was on having a little look at a potential upgrade to the S10 and I cant understand why the "offer" O2 have for an existing customer is as follows:

S10 128GB

30GB

36 months

£41.20 per month

Total: £1482.30

When the following offer is currently on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk

S10 128GB

30GB

24 months

£38 per month (No upfront costs or cashback ****)

Total: £912

Am I missing something or are we being seriously ripped off?

Apologies if this has been covered before.....

[O2Kurt]

Hi Jonny,
the short answer is flexibility but that is a large difference in price can you pm me a link to the deal and ill take a look for you.

kurt

[MI5]

A common question.....
MPD get paid a commission for selling new contracts. They pass part of this commission onto customers to make deals look attractive. They also don't have a network infrastructure to maintain, so can undercut on their resale prices.

[pgn]

And you know, @Jonnydd1987, that the first offer is 36months, the 3rd year of which is not covered by manufacturer's warranty...

Rip-off, really. 

[jonsie]

Total!!