Is A Free Line Rental Deal Right For You?
How to decide if a free line rental deal is for you.
There are a number of questions you need to ask yourself before signing into a contract. You need to be sure if you are the right person for a free line rental deal and whether you can commit to a 12 month contract or even an 18 or 24 month contract. Two years is a long time.
Motorola WX160, 300 minutes to any network and 300 texts. Unlimited internet (1GB fair use policy).
Tariff Name: 300 mins £15 +Internet (24m), Network T-Mobile, 24 Month Contract, 300 Anytime Minutes, 300 Free Text Messages, Motorola WX160, Free Mobile Phone, Total Savings £360, Total Cost After Discounts: £0
Motorola WX160, 300 minutes to any network and unlimited texts.
Tariff Name: 300 mins £15 +Texts (24m), Network T-Mobile, 24 Month Contract, 300 Anytime Minutes, 3000 Free Text Messages, Motorola WX160, Free Mobile Phone, Total Savings £360, Total Cost After Discounts: £0
1. Organisation. In order for you to get your cash back in a free line rental deal, you need to be really organised. Make sure you write down all the dates you need to send off your relevant paperwork and make sure you send it in time to get your money back. Remember, these free line rental deals often have a very narrow time window in which to claim the money back. They make their money on commission which relies on your forgetting to send off the right information at the right time. So keep all the correct documents in the same place and remember where that place is! It is also a good idea to keep copies of all the documents that you will be sending off and send everything recorded delivery.
2. Text and call allowance. Make an accurate estimation of your monthly text and call numbers so that you can choose the tariff that is right for you. It is best to always estimate slightly over your accurate number of texts and minutes used a month as if you go over your tariff you will be charged extra and the extra charges won’t be able to be claimed back. Also, be aware that the extra charges are a lot more than a normal tariff, sometimes double the normal text rate. Now that may only be 10p more per text but if you go over your text limit and aren’t aware, the extra pennies on your extra calls and texts can add up to a lot of pounds!
3. Make sure you go with a respected company. Although most of these 12 month free line rental mobile phone deals are legit, there are some scam companies out there who just aim to take your money and disappear. These are usually easily identified as they will ask for a lot of the money in a one off up front payment. Also, with a respected and well known mobile phone retailer, you can be sure your financial side of the contract is safe in case of a company meltdown to equivalent. The same goes for your contract, if the company was to dissolve, your contract would still be safe.
And finally…
Read the small print. You may have had mobile phone contracts before where they will replace your phone, no questions asked, if it gets lost, stolen or damaged. But not all mobile phone companies that offer long term free line rental will offer this damage/loss garuntee. Also, most of the companies that offer free line rental contracts will have a clause that make you liable for charges if you decide to opt out half way through your contract. They won’t charge you anything extra that what you would have already paid of course. But if you decide you want to change networks and keep the same number, or you get a new number and don’t use the contract your already in, they can charge you the monthly bill, even if you send off the appropriate paperwork.
Free line rental contracts can work, you just need to know how to play the mobile phone companies at their own game in order to get everything 100% free.
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