Re: ATTENTION Orange OVP Virgin upgraders

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:45:21 GMT, "Mitchum"
<tvl.emailenquiries@capita.co.uk> wrote:

>| I read they had stopped the upgrade deal. Is it still available?
>|
>
>Just try it and see.....
>
>Have to do it via the website - no point in ringing them as all you get is
>"you can't have an upgrade because you're on OVP Virgin".
>
>http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/h...pgrade/all/all
>
>Need to register if you haven't done so already.
>

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread BUT...

about a year ago people on OVP (£0/month contract)
were able to get cheap upgrades via the Orange web site.
Has anyone tried this again - as another 12 months have gone by?

I tried but I get told to phone them. However, I had problems with
their web site last year so I thought I'd check.

Cheers

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:38:31 +0000, pjlusenet@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

>On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:45:21 GMT, "Mitchum"
><tvl.emailenquiries@capita.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>| I read they had stopped the upgrade deal. Is it still available?
>>|
>>
>>Just try it and see.....
>>
>>Have to do it via the website - no point in ringing them as all you get is
>>"you can't have an upgrade because you're on OVP Virgin".
>>
>>http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/h...pgrade/all/all
>>
>>Need to register if you haven't done so already.
>>
>
>Apologies for resurrecting an old thread BUT...
>
>about a year ago people on OVP (£0/month contract)
>were able to get cheap upgrades via the Orange web site.
>Has anyone tried this again - as another 12 months have gone by?
>
>I tried but I get told to phone them. However, I had problems with
>their web site last year so I thought I'd check.

I tried two days ago on an old contract. My mum uses the SIM in her
phone. Upon checking upgrade options on the website it says you have
to ring them. I called and they said they don't have any phones for
less than £100.

So I went out yesterday and bought a (pink) Orange PAYG phone for £60
for her ('I just want a flippy one!') binned the PAYG SIM and then
stuck the OVP SIM in it. Sorted.
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>>Apologies for resurrecting an old thread BUT...
>>
>>about a year ago people on OVP (£0/month contract)
>>were able to get cheap upgrades via the Orange web site.
>>Has anyone tried this again - as another 12 months have gone by?
>>
>>I tried but I get told to phone them. However, I had problems with
>>their web site last year so I thought I'd check.
>
>I tried two days ago on an old contract. My mum uses the SIM in her
>phone. Upon checking upgrade options on the website it says you have
>to ring them. I called and they said they don't have any phones for
>less than £100.
>
>So I went out yesterday and bought a (pink) Orange PAYG phone for £60
>for her ('I just want a flippy one!') binned the PAYG SIM and then
>stuck the OVP SIM in it. Sorted.

Thanks for the info.

It wasn't just me then!

"BGN" <nickmooney@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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[snip]

> I tried two days ago on an old contract. My mum uses the
> SIM in her phone. Upon checking upgrade options on the
> website it says you have to ring them. I called and they
> said they don't have any phones for less than £100.
>
> So I went out yesterday and bought a (pink) Orange PAYG
> phone for £60 for her ('I just want a flippy one!')
> binned the PAYG SIM and then stuck the OVP SIM in it.
> Sorted.

Now just hope she doesn't lose it. While they will bar the account and SIM
card, they won't bar the IMEI of the handset, as it wasn't bought from
them.

Ivor

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:06:53 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:

>"BGN" <nickmooney@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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>
>[snip]
>
>> I tried two days ago on an old contract. My mum uses the
>> SIM in her phone. Upon checking upgrade options on the
>> website it says you have to ring them. I called and they
>> said they don't have any phones for less than £100.
>>
>> So I went out yesterday and bought a (pink) Orange PAYG
>> phone for £60 for her ('I just want a flippy one!')
>> binned the PAYG SIM and then stuck the OVP SIM in it.
>> Sorted.
>
>Now just hope she doesn't lose it. While they will bar the account and SIM
>card, they won't bar the IMEI of the handset, as it wasn't bought from
>them.

She's not lost a phone yet and I doubt anyone would nick a pink phone.
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Ivor:
>they won't bar the IMEI of the handset, as it wasn't bought from them.
>(Orange)

Does that apply to all operators ? In any case loads of peoples phones
didn't come their provider,
so that would seem to leave a very large hole in the supposed effort to cut
phone thefts.
Regards,
Martin

"Martin²" <never@give.one> wrote in message
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> Ivor:
> > they won't bar the IMEI of the handset, as it wasn't
> > bought from them. (Orange)
>
> Does that apply to all operators ? In any case loads of
> peoples phones didn't come their provider,
> so that would seem to leave a very large hole in the
> supposed effort to cut phone thefts.

It does indeed. When I had a phone stolen a few years ago, I had to get my
MP involved, who wrote a letter to Orange and they agreed to bar my
handset, although by the time this happened the phone was probably long
out of the country. I still have in my possession a letter from said MP in
which I was informed that Orange had agreed to bar the last handset a SIM
was used in, looks like this is another promise they didn't keep.

Ivor