"guv" <guv69@msn.com> wrote in message
news:9hltl29cq4ignp1bfvi8u60i07aa9idoae@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:45:18 GMT, "Steve Terry" <g4wwk@tesco.net>
> wrote:
>
>>> Having been caught out by an onlne retailer that went bankrupt and my
>>> current one (buymobilephones.net) that make you wait 3 months (which I
>>> am sure wasnt the case when I signed up!
>>>
>>> Which of the bunch is the quickest payer nowadays? 3 months extra
>>> waiting seems to be taking the piss!
>>>
>>Generally dealers don't get their subsidy from the networks
>>until your contract is 6 months old.
>>So it's not in the dealers interest to take the risk of paying out any
>>cashbacks till then
>
> Cheers Steve, though I wasnt referring to paying cashback upfront.

Neither was he !

>I
> was talking about the amount of time taken after sending in the bills.
> A month isn't unreasonable - but 3 months is IMHO.
>

That's because the more they keep in their accounts, the more interest they
get.
Cashback is best avoided as it is a gamble as to whether the company will
still be in business.