So, I'm not particularly interested in the iPhone 3G plans themselves - just simply not the right balance of minutes vs. data for me.
So this morning, I went along to my local Vodafone Retail store (I won't say where for now), but it is an actual Vodafone store - one of the ones that is supposed to have stock tomorrow from 9am (not one of the midnight opening stores).
I was interested in confirming that my calculations on the amount of subsidy available if I resigned to a You Choose Plan and also one of the Broadband for Mobile Plans. My calculations are based on the Vodafone Website FAQ here: http://tinyurl.com/6xlftr
As I'm interested in a You Choose 60 and the Broadband 1GB for 24 months - that totals up as a subsidy of $280 off the phone.
My assumptions of this are based on this statement:
There is also a later statement in the page that says:
The Retail Manager at the store however was of the opinion that the two subsidies were not added together and that I'd be eligible only for the "highest subsidy available". This apparently was specifically what he had been briefed by his boss.
When I produced my printed excerpts from the Website he went through into the back room and talked to his boss, came back and photocopied my printout and said that there was confusion and that his boss would be obtaining clarity from further up in the chain. They apparently were basing this interpretation on the later of the two statments I quote above.
I left and said I would ring him later in the day when he had got more information.
So - if you were planning on using a subsidy based on You Choose or other On Account plan and the Broadband Plan subsidies - make sure you check with the store. I'll try and update here later if and when I hear more.
Any Vodafone people here, please feel free to chime in or PM me if you can shed some light on the question.
For me, if they stick to their interpretation this would be a deal breaker for me.
So this morning, I went along to my local Vodafone Retail store (I won't say where for now), but it is an actual Vodafone store - one of the ones that is supposed to have stock tomorrow from 9am (not one of the midnight opening stores).
I was interested in confirming that my calculations on the amount of subsidy available if I resigned to a You Choose Plan and also one of the Broadband for Mobile Plans. My calculations are based on the Vodafone Website FAQ here: http://tinyurl.com/6xlftr
As I'm interested in a You Choose 60 and the Broadband 1GB for 24 months - that totals up as a subsidy of $280 off the phone.
My assumptions of this are based on this statement:
If you sign up to a You Choose plan and a compatible Broadband plan for mobile, you will receive a subsidy on the iPhone equal to the value of the On Account plan you select, plus the Broadband plan for mobile subsidy.
There is also a later statement in the page that says:
Please note: You will only receive the Broadband plan subsidy if you sign up to the Broadband plan at the same time that you resign to the standard On Account plan.
The Retail Manager at the store however was of the opinion that the two subsidies were not added together and that I'd be eligible only for the "highest subsidy available". This apparently was specifically what he had been briefed by his boss.
When I produced my printed excerpts from the Website he went through into the back room and talked to his boss, came back and photocopied my printout and said that there was confusion and that his boss would be obtaining clarity from further up in the chain. They apparently were basing this interpretation on the later of the two statments I quote above.
I left and said I would ring him later in the day when he had got more information.
So - if you were planning on using a subsidy based on You Choose or other On Account plan and the Broadband Plan subsidies - make sure you check with the store. I'll try and update here later if and when I hear more.
Any Vodafone people here, please feel free to chime in or PM me if you can shed some light on the question.
For me, if they stick to their interpretation this would be a deal breaker for me.
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