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Title: Orange prices going up
Post by: Liftedd on 05 December 2011, 19:15
Think i might of herd about this before, cant remember if it was on here or not..
Any who..

Orange txt'd me saying, we,re increasing the price of your monthly plan by 4.34% from the 1st of February 2012.
Has anyone else had this, if this isnt in the contract can i refuse to pay?
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Jord_GTI on 05 December 2011, 19:19



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Mobile phones giant Orange is being bombarded with complaints about its 4.3 per cent price increase announced last week, which will hit eight million customers.
The news was delivered in a chirpy text message, below, which also sparked anger.
The increase will apply from January 8 and affects only those on ‘fixed’ pay-monthly plans. A clause hidden in the small print on contracts allows the operator to raise charges by up to the rate of inflation.


Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2069833/Fury-Oranges-4-3-price-rise-hit-New-Year.html#ixzz1fgoSyWry



I'm with orange on a pay monthly and haven't had a text though.
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Jord_GTI on 05 December 2011, 19:20
mistake
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: dom on 05 December 2011, 19:21
I got the text too, they aren't breaching terms of contract so you have to pay. Read the link in the text, it explains all.
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: WillGTTDi150 on 05 December 2011, 19:22
Yeah I got the same message the other day.....

It's in the terms and conditions http://link.orangeworld.co.uk/studio/paymchanges/planupdate/

I shall be cancelling mine soon as I'm three months overdue an upgrade
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: clipperjay on 05 December 2011, 19:29
TBH most of the people I've known have switched there plans, and it works out cheaper in the longer contracts to just get the cheapest sim card and buy a phone out right.
Sticking with the one company does not pay anymore at all! unless you are tied in!

Orange did this to me with broadband after aquiring Wanadoopoo! It doubled over night so I said bye! 
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Liftedd on 05 December 2011, 19:32
Thats ridiculous! My contract is sh*t, When i first got it i never had reception anywhere. Its abit better now, but i can never connect to the internet its soo slow  :sad:  
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Liftedd on 05 December 2011, 19:36
TBH most of the people I've known have switched there plans, and it works out cheaper in the longer contracts to just get the cheapest sim card and buy a phone out right.
Sticking with the one company does not pay anymore at all! unless you are tied in!

Orange did this to me with broadband after aquiring Wanadoopoo! It doubled over night so I said bye! 

Yeah i was with wanna-doo when orange brought them. I changed too had soo many problems with them, you would of fort id learned my lesson had to go with orange didnt i...  :sad:
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: clipperjay on 05 December 2011, 19:51
I switched to O2 because there customer service number is 0800 Orange the fu*kers used to be like 0845! Its like they enjoyed problems so you got charged  :lipsrsealed:
9MB I started with now they put there prices up and only get 4MB through the exchange so I'm moving now also.
My mobile is Vodafone and been with them for over 17 years it used to be £8 for 300 mins as times gone on Because I stayed with them it costs me £25 but I get unlimited text, unlimited web browsing, 1000 minutes landline, 1000 minutes anytime mobile network. I had to kill someone for that, but you always reach a celling which is about after 10 years and Don't get anymore discount to speak about!
I hate how when your discounts are up i.e 12months you need to contact them before it runs out! Which is actually 9-10mths before it runs out otherwise it defaults back to normal tariff once I had to pay £110 because I wasn't aware :rolleyes: Fu*ck*ers the lot of them!
 
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Liftedd on 05 December 2011, 20:04
I switched to O2 becuase there customer service number is 0800 Orange the fu*kers used to be like 0845! Its like they enjoyed problems so you got charged  :lipsrsealed:
9MB I started with now they put there prices up and only get 4MB through the exchange so I'm moving now also.
My mobile is Vodafone and been with them for over 17 years it used to be £8 for 300 mins as times gone on Becuase I stayed with them it costs me £25 but I get unlimited text, unlimited web browsing, 1000 minutes landline, 1000 minutes anytime mobile network. I had to kill someone for that, but you always reach a celling which is about after 10 years and Don't get anymore discount to speak about!
I hate how when your discounts are up i.e 12months you need to contact them before it runs out! Which is actually 9-10mths before it runs out otherwise it defaults back to normal tariff once I had to pay £110 because I wasn't aware :rolleyes: Fu*ck*ers the lot of them!
 

aha i would kill someone for that! they always try and get you with something. Wish i could find a decent phone and/or broadband deal everytime i change they go down hill B*st*rds  :grin: changed from 02 to orange because all the hype turns out orange are sh!t  :sad: changed from post office broadband..
(i know i know post office, had discount because my mum worked for them, turns out they were amazing!)
Then i changed to bt  :sad:
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: clipperjay on 05 December 2011, 20:30
I think you should look at cable opti fiber its the way forward!
The issues I have with a BT line no matter how good your ADSL connection is all it takes is one more person down your road and you loose afew blips. 5 years ago it was fine todays high way traffic is too much for the old BT system to handle. Hopefully I will be getting over 30MB soon by friday actually O2 can suck on eggs!
As for sims Talk Talk sims are realy good £10 pay as you go can easily get you another £20 for free when you top up!
They gave me 60 mins free international calls which I use for international dialing of course!
What the regulators did to BT the other companies are experiencing now themselves  :evil: 
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Wazzzer on 05 December 2011, 21:15
I think you should look at cable opti fiber its the way forward!

You do realise that we live on the IoW?
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: patc on 05 December 2011, 21:32
Got my text too.  Will NOT be renewing contract in April.
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: clipperjay on 05 December 2011, 21:45
I think you should look at cable opti fiber its the way forward!

You do realise that we live on the IoW?

i swear half of the IOW are on this site

fatherless sons can't run a simple cable to your door in IOW poor show :tongue:
Do you have electricity  :evil:
Isn't there a jail on an island off the coast, bet they have cable?  :laugh:
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: dom on 05 December 2011, 21:55
To be fair, the increase means mine goes up by £0.77 a month.....I can live with that! I've been with orange for about 3 years now and have found them pretty faultless!

I pay £18 a month for unlimited data, unlimited texts and 500mins, plus I got my HTC Desire HD free :smiley:
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Wazzzer on 06 December 2011, 17:50
I think you should look at cable opti fiber its the way forward!

You do realise that we live on the IoW?

i swear half of the IOW are on this site

fatherless sons can't run a simple cable to your door in IOW poor show :tongue:
Do you have electricity  :evil:
Isn't there a jail on an island off the coast, bet they have cable?  :laugh:

At least I'm not out in the sticks, they don't even have BB capabilities out there!
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: Guy on 06 December 2011, 19:32
i'm with orange... still got 10 months left on my 24 month contract

I think it sucks that they are changing prices halfway through, I have been with Orange since 1994 but will look to change to a different carrier at renewal.
Title: Re: Orange prices going up
Post by: clipperjay on 06 December 2011, 19:37
I remember a thread about upgrading phones by Orange last year, and you could get a new phone due to a mistake they made in the contract and older customers could get a second upgrade, funny thing that thread back then everyone went to Orange and renewed their contracts got tied in for another 24 months and now any upgrades you subsequently recieved is and paying for it now :embarassed: :rolleyes: