topic Re: Insanely expensive ee plans in Contracts & Billing

Insanely expensive ee plans

Eddie78 — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:21:54 GMT

I am with this network for 12years,they used to be ok, affordable enough ,great coverage .

Why they have such a high prices? It is nuts

I was looking at pixel 7pro 128gb: ee ,they offered me it to upgrade for £54/£100 upfront for 5gb of data. If you do some maths, the monthly payments only for 5gb of data comes at £22,the rest is the phone cost.

My unlimited home broadband is £25,am i missing something

In the other hand i found on "Mobilephonesdirect website " ,the same phone/storage using Vodafone network at £37/month/250GB data, on a 24month contract ,with £59

Few months back,i asked an ee sales advisor, why an iphone at exactly the same price as another android phone costs an extra £8/month on the same plan/tariff,same "upfront ", the advisor said :is because the iPhone is more desirable ". I was blown away

Vodafone runs on 5g same as most of the networks.

I am thinking to move to a different network

Thats the link :👇

upfront.https://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/basket?prop-type=active

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

dpuamuishu — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:46:15 GMT

I have the same issue, the prices are crazy.

Also they won't offer a retention discount on a phone contract even though we have 3 phones with them right now under the same account and have been with them for years. Every other upgrade time I have gotten discounts on their standard costs.

It gets worse, if you ask about buying the phone outright on a plan they want to charge £942 when everyone else, including Google, charge £849.

Oh and I could actually buy the phone directly from Google and then get an EE SIM only contract for a combined monthly cost that is LOWER than their equivalent phone contract cost by over £10 and it comes with more data.

Why on earth would I stay with them for the privilege of paying over £15 a month more than on Vodafone or Three.

The poor call person had no answers and seemed as perplexed as I was.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Chris_B — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:28:06 GMT

@Eddie78 And what’s that costs going directly to Vodaphone. You’re using a 3rd party seller to get that deal and they are aways cheaper than going directly to the network. And is that cost the standard 36 months to purchase the device and 24 months for the tariff ?

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Chris_B — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:29:24 GMT

@dpuamuishu It’s always cheaper to purchase a device outright and go sim only.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Eddie78 — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:36:08 GMT

Amazon offers 12 months plan with 0% intrest and is not a loan

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

dpuamuishu — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:40:25 GMT

No its not, my current contract that is ending was cheaper at the time as was my previous one.

There are are also deals available now with other networks that are at most equivalent in price.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Eddie78 — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:42:26 GMT

Yes, that is a 3rd party seller. I always used to upgrade using Carphone, buymobiles or mobilephonesdirect,but EE decided not to sell through 3rd party sellers as it was always cheaper than their website.

I have no clue why would anyone buy directly from Vodafone, when 3rd party sellers are always cheaper. I understand that some people prefer street retailers as they can try the phone before buying.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

dpuamuishu — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:49:55 GMT

Agreed but all three main alternative networks have significantly cheaper prices directly on their website.

On Three I can get the same phone on a 24month contract with unlimited data cheaper than the 25gb contract EE were offering me as an upgrade. For equivalent data it is much worse, £60/month on EE Vs £45/month on Three. That's direct Three prices not a 3rd party discount site.

I don't even expect EE to beat other prices, they can be more expensive and I would stay but not at the ridiculous cost difference they currently have.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Chris_B — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:48:25 GMT

@dpuamuishu Obviously it depends on what sim tariff you think you need. The cost of the device going directly has no extra charge on it so that’s a saving. Now all that remains it’s the tariff. It’s cheaper to get a device outright and a sim only deal. If you think otherwise then stop looking at the most expensive sim only.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Eddie78 — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 06:42:27 GMT

You're clearly working for ee or you're their number-one fan

We are talking about ee expensive tariffs sim only or phone contract ,no matter, they are more expensive than other providers

My point was, why we should be paying more for less ? 12 years being an ee customer, having 2 contractcs on pay monthly and ee won't even roll over your internet data,greedy company that's all I'm saying.

I hope they will end up like Sky, nobody need them

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Leanne_T — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 08:09:17 GMT

Hi @Eddie78

Thanks for coming here.

If you would like to discuss your available options, please give us a call on 150 and the team will be happy to help.

Leanne.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Chris_B — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 08:14:54 GMT

@Eddie78 So you don’t like what I’ve put so I must work for EE. NOPE I’m a customer just like you.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

bristolian — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:06:58 GMT

There seems to be two comparisons here.

1: EE handset plans versus buying the phone outright & going SIM-only. The latter is usually cheaper, and is a lot easier than in the past.

2: EE plans compared with alternative networks - EE has never claimed to be the cheapest network, just make sure other operators offer a level of network service you are happy with.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Eddie78 — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:39:51 GMT

What I'm pointing is: pixel 7pro is £849 to buy it sim free

On ee contract is £100 upfront at £54/month with 5gb of data. The data tariff itself, without the upfront fee and the phone ,will be £22.70.

A sim only package on ee website is £15 for 5gb of data on 24 months contract

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Jey24 — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:38:56 GMT

EE is way too expensive these guys are offering 1GB 1 month plan For £22 🤣

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

ShuF849 — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 20:36:34 GMT

I'm being offered an upgrade at £50 upfront & £59/month for 25GB of Data, I can't use my Bluelight or BT discount because I'm an existing customer but I can get 300GB of Data with no upfront & only £39/month with O2!(Through a 3rd Party -Affordable Mobiles) makes no sense whatsoever!

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Christopher_G — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:56:49 GMT

Which phone are you looking at, @ShuF849?

Chris

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

ShuF849 — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:10:51 GMT

Iphone 13- the best deal for the 128GB one is £50 upfront & £53/month for "only" 25GB! I've been with Orange/EE for nearly 20 years but there really doesn't seem to be an incentive to stay! This is the first upgrade of this year with my own deal coming to an end in a couple of months & basically if I move one I'll move both!

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

Chris_B — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:01:14 GMT

@Eddie78 And that’s £573 ( £286.50 each year ) over 2 years for the contract allowances. The phone on its own is £749. The tariff isn’t just for the allowance it’s also purchasing the device. And at present that tariff has a £96 saving on it. It might be last years device be it it still sells for £749 from apple.

Re: Insanely expensive ee plans

XRaySpeX — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:08:30 GMT

@Chris_B wrote:

And that’s £573 ( £286.50 each year ) over 2 years

Where's those figures come from?