when i buy a pay as you go 02 phone, is the £10 sim a one off payment thing ?

[Anonymous]

when i buy a pay as you go 02 phone (outright from the website), is the £10 sim a one off payment thing, I see it doesnt allow me to add the phone to the basket unless I select a tarrif/bundle/sim ?

I have noticed on the 02 website that in order to be able to get the phone into the purchase/buy basket, I first have to click on a £10 pay as you go deal, hmmmm ?

I am wary about this as the 02 agent said it was pay as you go with "no contract (just as I want)", but it wasnt until afterwards that I noticed this when attempting to purchase the phone that In order to be able to get the actual phone into the purchase/buy basket I first of all had to click on a pay as you go deal, so I seen one for £10 and picked that.

After that the phone was then in the purchase/buy basket, same price, I didnt get charged the extra £10 and the delivery is free too.

Reason why things like this worry me is I dont want tied to or roped into being tied to the £10 per month etc, you know what I mean ?

I could possibly want to have the phone unlocked and use another provider (maybe), thats the whole reason why I want to purchase a phone as a one off payment with no hidden ties per month, know what I mean ?.

Am I simply worrying about nothing here ? ? Is this what 02 do automatically to try and get you to stay with them and use their service etc, I.E - the phone wouldnt be any good to anyone if it didnt have any sim ??

I just want to double check this before I purchase because I dont want tied into anything.

Thanks my friends and sorry for dragging this on and on, lol. xx

(p.s, I still havent purchased yet because of this, so I am desperate for an answer quickly, hope someone can help, thank you all )

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

phone is now ordered, so i will get back to ya all next week when no doubt I will need help to get more answers.

thanks people xx

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Look forward to that @Anonymous  If you did order the M8 we have lots of folk on here who will be able to help...

[MI5]

Two things here to say on this.
1 - a giffgaff sim will 100% work in an O2 locked phone, but you will not be able to get it unlocked by O2 until you have had it for 12 months.
2 - If you buy from giffgaff £419 https://giffgaff.com/htc/htc-one-m8/phone-details it will already be unlocked to use any sim from any network worldwide.

[Anonymous]

O2 payg for the htc one m8 is (unusually) cheaper from o2 @£359.99 compared to £419.99 from GG.

This is the second time this week I have seen o2 payg handsets cheaper than GG.

[MI5]

But it will be unlocked and you can also apply to buy it at £20 a month

[Anonymous]

Absolutely @MI5 but I have noticed a few times now that o2 directly are starting to become a little more price conscious re handset costs for models that are a few months old.

[MI5]

The M9 will be out soon so the'll all be cutting prices before too long to shift the old stock.

[Anonymous]

Vodafone are currently selling this on payg for £285 in their January sale for example.

[MI5]

That is a good price !!

[Anonymous]

Explains why they are out of stock. I spoke to their Live Chat (who I have to say we're very good - o2 are you listening) and they told me more stock is on its way. Given the conversation quality I believe them too.

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Explains why they are out of stock. I spoke to their Live Chat (who I have to say we're very good - o2 are you listening) and they told me more stock is on its way. Given the conversation quality I believe them too.

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Vodaphone Live Chat?? Blimey thats a turn up for the books. One of my friends is with them. The friend who couldnt get a signal and I could when down in Somerset..... She reckons their CS/LiveChat is awful