"Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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> ivor@despammed.invalid declared for all the world to
> hear...
> > I don't understand it. Why not just reduce the price by
> > £x instead of charging £y and then giving the customer
> > £x back..?
>
> Because with a mobile phone contract the dealer does not
> get the commission until several months after the sale.
>
> Also, if the price initially is zero how can you reduce
> it?

If the price was *really* zero I doubt you'd *need* to entice customers
onto it..!

Ivor