Page 1 of EXCLUSIVE!: E2Save cheaper than free deals

Okay...so the headline is a bit over-egged. However, suffice it to say that apart from my site, this is the only other place that I intend to post this information. It is certainly not something that has been noted yet by others but it won`t take long for parts of this post to be cut and pasted all over the internet and soon after that I imagine it will be "game over".

Before I begin, let me make an impassioned plea to all MSE and RPoints members on here who would be tempted to spread the word - out of deference to myself AND the DVD Reviewer forums, would you please do the decent thing and acknowledge this post and the DVD Reviewer forums as your source. A little common decency goes a long way.

Anyway, here goes...

Until recently, I always priced any Carphone Warehouse sourced O2 deal on the basis that the itemised billing was mandatory. This was because multiple sources inside the CPW organisation swore blind that it was. However, anecdotal evidence to the contrary soon began to build up (i.e. I had received a number of emails on this subject from readers of my site). It soon got to the point where I decided to confront my sources with the evidence and, sure enough, they capitulated and acknowledged that not only was itemised billing cancellable, it also doesn`t affect your cashback.

Okay, so maybe a number of you knew this already. However, in the face of conflicting info, I had to play it conservatively as I didn`t want to mislead the users of my site in such a way that they could end up losing their cashback entitlement.

Now for the clever bit...E2Save seem to be unique in that they actually include the cost of the itemsied billing in their stated cashback payments for all O2 deals. While I had mandatory itemised billing costed into my prices, this merely compensated for that. However, now that itemised billing is not costed into my prices, all their 12 month free deals are actually coming up at a cost of MINUS £12. This is NOT the case with their sister company, One Stop Phone Shop, who have never included itemised billing in their cashback amounts for ANY network.

Basically what this means is that if you cancel your itemsied billing (which is included by default) when you receive your O2 contract phone, E2Save will actually end up paying you £12 more than you have to pay the network over the term of your contract.

As I said earlier, as soon as this information hits the wider internet I imagine that E2Save will see a spate of itemised billing cancellations and this may be enough for them to reconsider their position. So, if you were tempted by any of E2Save`s better value O2 deals, now may be the time to act before they close the door on this little sweetener.

For those who already know my site, if you want to browse through E2Save`s best value O2 deals, I have a lot of them listed on my site - simply select "E2Save" and "O2" from the relevant dropdown lists in the detailed search console. However, out of deference to the forum`s rules I will stop short of actually posting the URL.

Alternatively, click HERE to go directly to the O2 pages on E2Save`s website (NON-affiliate link).

HtH
Reestit Mutton

Great job as usual.... BUT why can`t you put an affiliate link on the message, but show both link`s like you normally do ?
That method seemed fairer ??

Anyway NJ

K

PS - www.reestitmutton.co.uk/MOBILES/index.php?pg=1&query=popular

Is this only availible with O2 deals, as i bought a orange deal recently


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This item was edited on Thursday, 1st June 2006, 18:03

Yes - E2Save only include itemised billing in their cashback on their O2 deals.

RM