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In stock at Expansys

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Priced at £524.99 inc Vodka and Tonic

mine was today Ships​

....but £28 cheaper at SuperEtrader. Wish I was on commission for that lot - lol.

Ordered one on T-mobile contract £35 month which includes 700 Minutes,Texts,1GB Data £99.99 for the phone and ported number over very nice cant go wrong

but i thought it was exclusive for orange

vafanculo13 said:
but i thought it was exclusive for orange
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Well no, other site`s etc are just bundling a phone and a contract together and are sim free.

Expansys can be so overpriced. It's a very offputting website.

SingaporeAirlines said:
Expansys can be so overpriced. It's a very offputting website.
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Better deal than what orange are supposed to be offering. other sites are putting there prices up already
But i do understand what you mean.

It's in-stock on the UK website, but the USA website is awaiting shipment next week around the 12th or 13th from the UK wharehouse.
I pre-ordered mine from the USA website today.

Hi!
I telephoned Expansys at 2.30pm today, UK time, and they said NOT in stock, expected tomorrow.
So I bought from Clove, delivery tomorrow
Ofiaich

I would rather get it from CPW or Play.

Phoned CPW today whilst at work. They said it's not even loaded on their system.
Although it was obvious, when I raised the prospect of upgrading through them but them getting the Touch HD from their mobiles.co.uk partner, they said no.

SingaporeAirlines said:
Phoned CPW today whilst at work. They said it's not even loaded on their system.
Although it was obvious, when I raised the prospect of upgrading through them but them getting the Touch HD from their mobiles.co.uk partner, they said no.
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Thanks for that as this saves me a call.
It's in their new catalogue for November, so hopefully soon.

I ordered mine from Clove, UK. I live in the US. They shipped mine yesterday and It already came to the US and got stuck in the Customs for clearance. I was hoping to get it today... But I guess I will not get it until Monday or Tuesday now....
I HATE this waiting... so close, yet not in hand.

I received a email comfirming from expansys that they have shipped my Touch HD, looking at the tracking status I will be receving this early morning tomorrow...... Man can't wait any longer it been month since I pre-order my touch HD
Too happy!!!

Did you guys notice?? Yesterday Expansys and a few more webstores upped the price of the HD!!! Bastards...
They did the same when the Touch Pro got out.

Need another source
Okay yesterday I attempted an order from Expansys. Now on the website it looked as if they had more then enough in stock. After placing my order and validating credit card shipping stuff, I found out from their customer service that most of the first shipment went to back orders. So now I'm stuck waiting for the next shipment which can be from Friday til another week or two.
So I ask....Where can I order this device from and plan to get it by this Saturday ... MN USA? Again, If I was to order it right now somewhere ... where would it be that will gurantee arrival before this weekend?
Please Help

Bump.........

Mine was suppose to be here today but Fedex decided not to honor the next day air I paid for. Should be here tomorrow

Purchasing Hero from Expansys

I purchased a Hero on T-Mobile 2 weeks ago and after no replies to numerous emails and been fobbed off on the phone I've still not received it. I've received a couple of auto emails saying that they've had problems getting hold of T-Mobile SIM's hence the delay with promises of dispatches. I've used Expansys in the past and they've usually been pretty good. Anyone else have problems with Expansys?

Are you not buying the phone unlocked...therefore you should have your own SIM...? What do they need of T-Mobile's SIM? Sounds like some bogus response too me.
I was going to buy from them but hear complaints of customer service so went with Clove instead. They were courtious, quick in replying with any questions I had and I think maybe cheaper than Expansys.
Maybe you can can cancel the order with them and order via Clove. Just a thought.

I just bought two more heros from expansys yesterday.
They shipped them today. I would certainly buy from them again. They're also cheaper than clove with 330 UK Pounds.

Bought my unlocked white Hero from Expansys. I had no problems, the customer service was great and delivery really fast (less than 2 days from UK to Estonia).

Though its the HTC Unlocked version I purchased it on a T-Mobile contract.

Expansys
Also bought 1 unit from Expansys and everything went fine.
I complained for not getting any vouchers (as UK residents do) and never got an answer from them. Will remember that the next time I practice my early adopter skills.

aaasilva said:
Also bought 1 unit from Expansys and everything went fine.
I complained for not getting any vouchers (as UK residents do) and never got an answer from them. Will remember that the next time I practice my early adopter skills.
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You only get the voucher 14 days after purchase:
http://www.expansys.com/i/mktg/htc_hero_voucher_promotion_tsandcs.pdf

slimfady said:
You only get the voucher 14 days after purchase:
http://www.expansys.com/i/mktg/htc_hero_voucher_promotion_tsandcs.pdf
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Not in my case...I bought it as Portuguese so I'm not entitled to have any vouchers. Expansys is a case closed for me. Will buy things in England from now on.

have a lookat handtec.co.uk; bought my Hero sim-free from there, and buy all my Garmin GPS there, too. great prices, great service, no personal connection etc, etc

I ordered my brown Hero from Expansys on the 30th of July at around 14:00. I got it at around 10:30 the very next day. Talk about extreme delivery...
DHL was the deliverer.
I am gonna order more stuff from Expansys in the future...

I pre-ordered mine through Expansys and had no major problems with delivery to Australia. The only minor problem I had was that I had to wait for their hong kong warehouse to get stock from the UK before it was sent to me, so other who ordered theirs through Clove or Handtec got theirs a few days earlier. But now that they're available in many places it shouldn't be a problem...

I've used them 3 times in the past. First time no problem, second two times a total nightmare with - i'll go as far as - bare faced lies.
If they have it in stock, or its a general availability item its fine. If its a pre-order, there's a huge stock shortage or some sort of release date that's not fixed they are a total nightmare. They play alot of tricks with their stock saying its in stock when it isnt, and give you silly excuses why it was delayed and promises of 'it will be shipped tommorow'. They also hike their price when they know its low availability. The second two times I was close to paying their elevated price and getting the phone upto 1 week after other stores had it for less!
(Clove is very good btw)
I would never ever buy from them again, just out of principle.

Got mine from Expansys, great customer service, no issues at all.

kam187 said:
I've used them 3 times in the past. First time no problem, second two times a total nightmare with - i'll go as far as - bare faced lies.
If they have it in stock, or its a general availability item its fine. If its a pre-order, there's a huge stock shortage or some sort of release date that's not fixed they are a total nightmare. They play alot of tricks with their stock saying its in stock when it isnt, and give you silly excuses why it was delayed and promises of 'it will be shipped tommorow'. They also hike their price when they know its low availability. The second two times I was close to paying their elevated price and getting the phone upto 1 week after other stores had it for less!
(Clove is very good btw)
I would never ever buy from them again, just out of principle.
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100% correct. It's the "early adopters" nightmare.

bought mine from expansys, very good and fast service delivered within 2 days Uk to Middle East.

and just now i received my voucher as well
HTC said:
Dear HTC Hero Customer,
I really hope you are happy with your new HTC Hero. When purchasing the phone you qualified for £30 eXpansys vouchers to spend on accessories for your new phone.
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My only regret is why not give vouchers to all customers and why not answer their customer's complaints...why...

I wonder if there's any support issues with HTC buying the brown model in the UK; that's not an official UK model, right? Only the white is available sim-free, officially?

Car phone warehouse sells brown in thier high street shops. And the pink one (yuk!)

aaasilva said:
My only regret is why not give vouchers to all customers and why not answer their customer's complaints...why...
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Expansys UK - when they are good they are very, very good but when they are bad they are horrid!

Pre-orders (UK)

Updates: Clove, Unlocked-mobiles, mobiles.co.uk have all started shipping orders. Handtec are expected to by the end of the week. Expansys have 14 in stock. Vodafone and Carphone Warehouse seem to have stock in stores.
Has anyone pre-ordered this phone yet? The prices for the 8gb model are currently:
play.com: £449.99 - due on 19/06
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...apixel-Touch-Screen-Mobile-Phone/Product.html
unlocked-mobiles: £429.89 (£365.86 ex VAT) - due on 14/06
http://www.unlocked-mobiles.com/sim...s-sim-free-unlocked-mobile-phone-p-60773.html
expansys: £479.99 (408.50 ex VAT) - IN STOCK (31 as of now)
http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=198072
clove.co.uk: £452.38 (£385 ex VAT) - due week commencing 14/06
http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct....&product=F2D9CCC2-695B-4BF3-BAB6-010D64B31860
handtec: £428.86 (£364.99 exc VAT) - due week commencing 14/06 **lowest price**
handtec also have the 16gb version for £528.74 (£449.99 ex VAT), but see below.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/2976/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000--8gb--sim-free-unlocked- and http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/2977/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000--16gb--sim-free-unlocked-
mobiles.co.uk: various deals with a Vodafone contract (usually ends up costing around £480-£600 over the length of the contract)
http://www.mobiles.co.uk/vodafone-samsung-galaxy-s.html
Thanks to Archius for the handtech and clove suggestions, and jasonfreeman27 for mobiles.co.uk
Archius also pointed out this US site:
auroracell: $500 no shipping date yet
http://www.auroracell.com/samsung-i9000-galaxy-s-8gb.html
It's a good price, but does not take account of shipping, and tax could be expensive. Bear these things in mind if you are going to buy from them.
On contract, Vodafone will have the 16gb model, and all these prices are for the 8gb (except expansys).
***UPDATED DATES AND EMAILS***
OK, dates have been changing like crazy, and I have tried to keep up. The latest info (as of Monday 14th):
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Unlocked mobiles (email thanks to Ferdimage)
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Dear Customer
Just to advise, all Samsung i9000 Galaxy S orders will begin shipping tomorrow. All pre-orders will be
fulfilled and shipped by close of day on Wednesday.
Our stock is the 8GB version. If you require additional memory, we have a high quality 8GB Sandisk
Micro SD available for 22.40 inc Vat (saving 10%).
http://www.unlocked-mobiles.com/mobi...s/sandisk-8gb-
microsdhc-memory-card-p-11025.html
If you would like to add this to your order, please reply to this email.
Thank you all for your pre-order for the Samsung Galaxy S from Unlocked Mobiles.
Should you have any further questions please advise.
Regards
Unlocked Mobiles
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Clove (emails thanks to Beards)
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Part I:
We were told last week that the shipment would take place on the W/C 21st
Some distributors still believe they will get the shipment this week, but I think this is simply that the sales guys have not been updated.
I have a call in to Samsung to try and establish the exact date and whether any shipment will reach Carphone before the channel - I would be surprised
Lets await their reply later this morning.
Shipment delays on launch are always frustrating, but also very common.
However the more I see of the i9000 the more impressed I am!
Regards
Chris Love
Clove Technology
Part II:
I have just spoken to Samsung and they now do think they will get stock out later this week.
I have asked if all distribution will get stock (we have orders with all of them anyway!) and when the expect it actually to land in the warehouses.
They have confirmed that Carphone DO NOT yet have stock.
Regards
Chris Love
Clove Technology
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Handtec (email thanks to MAJED.y)
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Dear customer,
Your order has been processed and is with our dispatch department.
We are currently waiting on stock to arrive within this week. The moment we receive stock of the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 (8GB), your order would be dispatched immediately and an email to confirm shipping details would also be sent to you.
Regards
Handtec Customer Services
Handtec.co.uk
Tel: 0845 644 7727
Tel International +44 1733298500
Fax: 0845 230 4953
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Handtec (email thanks to hmj2k3) - 16gb Version
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Thanks for your email,
With regards to [the 16gb version] we are still awaiting full confirmation of this however upon the release day we would contact you regarding this, you may wish to take an 8GB model with an 8GB card, or alternatively downgrade to a 8gb version?
Please advise,
Kind regards.
30/05: Just spotted this thread over at modaco: http://android.modaco.com/content/samsung-galaxy-s-s-modaco-com/309557/prices/ No new UK info, but it does have some German pricing.
31/05: Added auroracell and edited post to make it easier to read. Removed paragraph about why I am preordering.
09/06: edited all the new dates in
14/06: added all the emails

Thanks for unlocked-mobiles.com I haven't seen that website before. For international (canada) it's very cheap.
There is also clove.co.uk which has it for a good price.
I will be pre-ordering probably.. and most probably this week.
I will maybe use unlocked-mobiles to order, however I heard that Royal Mail is not the best service to use.
In my opinion the Galaxy i9000's ROM is nearly full featured. Root will definitely help but it seems already great, and it's one of the reasons I will be choosing this over other phones. Also the good large screen that is good against the sun's reflection.
Edit: Actually it seems complicated to order internationally with unlocked-mobiles. I'll stick to expansys.ca or clove.

Archius said:
Thanks for unlocked-mobiles.com I haven't seen that website before. For international (canada) it's very cheap.
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Just to let you know that I have never used them before, so don't know how reliable/etc they are. As I say, I emailed them last night and they got back to me before noon today, so at least their customer service is pretty good.

For me it is easy to recommend Chris Love's Clove Technology.
I've known Chris for the best part of 20yrs and have never come across any other seller who is committed so highly to his customer base.
Clove are a reliable Family run business where they extend their family approach out to their customers.
They may not be the cheapest but you can guarantee if your phone develops a problem you can easily turn to Clove.

I heard also that Clove has great customer service and very reliable even for international shipping.

I've pre-ordered mine on www.mobiles.co.uk/vodafone-samsung-galaxy-s.html. Picked a £15 contract on Vodafone with £229 down payment. Unlocked of course. They are quoting stock for June 4th, as I ordered mine about 5 mins after they put up the pre-order I hope to be on the first batch

TravUK said:
I've pre-ordered mine on [mobiles.co.uk]. Picked a £15 contract on Vodafone with £229 down payment. Unlocked of course. They are quoting stock for June 4th, as I ordered mine about 5 mins after they put up the pre-order I hope to be on the first batch
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Awesome! I would love to get one as early as that! I have been waiting since it was announced, and I am so impatient...
I am put off Vodafone as their "unlimited" internet is 500mb/month, while t-mobile is 1gb (does anyone know if they will give 3gb if you tell them you are using an android device, even if they don't sell it to you? They have a 3gb allowance for android in their fair usage policy)
Do mobiles.co.uk sell unlocked phones? That would be neat, because I hate branding and the apps that the networks install. Hence why I am favouring unlocked (sim-free) phones now rather than waiting for the contracts to be announced.

Yep, all their mobiles are unbranded and unlocked. Am not too worried about the internet allowance, I tend to do the big stuff within WiFi range. But I think those caps will have to grow as more people start using android phones.

I'm so jealous right now even though i got a nexus one this phone is amazing i really hope T-mobile USA gets this.

mykenyc said:
I'm so jealous right now even though i got a nexus one this phone is amazing i really hope T-mobile USA gets this.
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I read somewhere that Samsung are releasing a T959-or similar which is a Galaxy S without the i9000 label. Usually the Samsung Txxx phones are T-mobile USA, apparently. So it's looking good for a T-mobile release over there.
Rumours are that all your 4 (?) major carriers are getting it. I hope something similar happens here: Nothing like good competition to bring prices down...

I pre-ordered mine from Clove a few days back...

NZtechfreak said:
I pre-ordered mine from Clove a few days back...
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Nice one... so did I, right bang on the first day Chris announced it.
CU back in the AndroidForum.

For Germany, Amazon.de has it on pre-order too.

I've pre order from clove as well, lets see when they deliver it.

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I've pre order from clove as well, lets see when they deliver it.
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Strangely enough I contacted Chris Love of Clove only this morning to query the UK release, given what we heard yesterday at the Singapore Live Show where Singapore will be getting the phone first on the 5th June.
Chris came back to me and told me they had JUST received confirmation from Samsung tht a revised date is now as of and I quote from Chris ~ "We have now been given a shipment date of WK23 (W/C 7th June)".
Beards

Beards said:
Strangely enough I contacted Chris Love of Clove only this morning to query the UK release, given what we heard yesterday at the Singapore Live Show where Singapore will be getting the phone first on the 5th June.
Chris came back to me and told me they had JUST received confirmation from Samsung tht a revised date is now as of and I quote from Chris ~ "We have now been given a shipment date of WK23 (W/C 7th June)".
Beards
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Oh that's a really good news as I thought we wont be getting till 20th of June.
Can't wait to get my hands on it. Am getting sick of charging Desire almost every night.

hassan said:
Oh that's a really good news as I thought we wont be getting till 20th of June.
Can't wait to get my hands on it. Am getting sick of charging Desire almost every night.
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Clove are now emailing all people who pre-ordered asking them to confirm they still want to go ahead.
All you need to do is either ring them or click on the email link they will send you.

Good news!
but is the price set yet ?
It's still on the estimated price, I believe.

It is set at £385 + VAT where applicable.

He did email me this morning from clove because I had asked a question and he said it is still an estimated price, because I wanted to pricematch with handtec since it is 20 less. I'll buy from handtec then since both will be sold during June 7 week and it is cheaper and offers fedex shipping 2-4 days (to canada)

Anyone got DHD from t-mobile store?

Hi, has anyone already got a DHD from any T-mobile stores in UK? though it's already available from online, but my address is not accepted (uni address, and it's the only address i can use).
I live in Guildford and when i phoned the stores both in this town and in London they told me there won't be any stock untill November...OMG i can't wait that long!
ps the reason i chose tmobile is they offer unlimited internet in a low price cause i brows alot and don't need too many mins or texts.

Last Friday I was told T-Mobile stores in the UK would 'probably be getting stock within 7 days'. 'though they also said they'll be fulfilling online pre-orders first.. and I still haven't got mine
November is only next week though, so might not be all that long a wait!

can't understand why htc didn't just simply put another evo4 in eu market, DHD's got planty of problems revently, just saw the Engadget Review of DHD, got mostly nagative review.

Go for online shops
Acaelus said:
Last Friday I was told T-Mobile stores in the UK would 'probably be getting stock within 7 days'. 'though they also said they'll be fulfilling online pre-orders first.. and I still haven't got mine
November is only next week though, so might not be all that long a wait!
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Many retail shops do the same, i dont used to go for retail shops because the single mobile price may include shoprent, employee sal, transport charge, EB etc better go for online shops better try this onlinemobileworld.blogspot.com i had good experience with this site

We have been told we should get stock either end of this week or beginning of next week depending on stores delivery schedule

T-mibile stores get delivery on either Wednesday or Friday, I was told today it might arrive on next friday ,if not, it could be anytime in Nov and they even compared 'emself to vodafone(which already got DhD in store before a week) by "V's got DHD early but some devices have prob"

get it from carphonewarehouse or phones4u, they give better deals anyway. £25 a month on t mobile, free phone.

i have owned a t_mobile DHD for about 10 days now, received from T-Mobile in london. Nice phone, battery sucks

Engadget is an Apple`s dog. Don`t trust them.

Yeah mine is from e2save which is part of carphonewarehouse next day delivery last week and is sim free model on 25 a month for 600mins unlimited tx unlimited internet which t mobile give 3gb allowance on this handset which is a lot. Seems a high demand for this handset. Been a iPhone owner for years and I carnt describe how happy I am with this phone,
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

I have bought one from Carephonewarehouse today. 30£/m, handset for 30£ and plenty good stuff including 90 international (mobile) minutes.

(Q) anyone ordered from phones4u...if so...

The reason I asked is because I ordered my Samsung galaxy note from phones4u on Thursday, as I read on google the release date was the 3rd. I saw it on phones4u with a deal with orange. and I bought it.
Anyhow, I was told the following day (Friday) after calling them that the phone was on pre-order, and it would be with me at 11.11.2011 at the latest!
So basically I am confused, I've read on various forums that others ordered it around the same time and received it the next day, and this is all from phones4u!
Anyone else in a similar situation?

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The reason I asked is because I ordered my Samsung galaxy note from phones4u on Thursday, as I read on google the release date was the 3rd. I saw it on phones4u with a deal with orange. and I bought it.
Anyhow, I was told the following day (Friday) after calling them that the phone was on pre-order, and it would be with me at 11.11.2011 at the latest!
So basically I am confused, I've read on various forums that others ordered it around the same time and received it the next day, and this is all from phones4u!
Anyone else in a similar situation?
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Hey man, did you get your phone yet?
I upgraded my vodafone contract early with phones4u yesterday to the Note (from Galaxy S). They said 3 - 5 working days yada yada. I went on the online chat today just to ask if they had a more accurate date so I could arrange to be in, but the woman told me it's not released until the 17th... I'm assuming she was confusing the Note with the Nexus and gave up in the end.

Got my phone from phones4u. Just walked in to my local store and walked out with the phone, simples. This was on the release day and not online, I think you will have better luck by going in store.

Dialaphone woes
I ordered mine over a week ago from Dialaphone (subsidary of Phones4U) they gave me a delivery date of 11th November, but emailed me late last night to say no stock. Hmm.. I did an anonymous cold call to them earlier in the week, they said same thing but failed to let me know that my phone was never going to arrive today.
Luckily I ordered one from Handtec, and it arrived within 24hrs yesterday. When the Dialaphone one eventually arrives I will tell them to shove it!
Crap customer service, but Handtec saved the day with 100% satisfaction.
PS the SG Note is a dream to use!

Yeah I just walked in to phones4u on release day and bought it there and then on a brand new orange contract.

Phones4u are now saying they're awaiting stock, but still saying the "release date" is the 17th. Oh well. If I'm luck I'll get it by Friday!
Wondering if this is because I'm going through the upgrades section. I know phone companies keep their stock for new customers and for upgrades completely separate sometimes. Suppose it means they can get new customers on to contracts as quickly as possible, and keep those existing customers on hold for a while.
Either way, I can't fecking wait.

Spoke to phones4u this morning, as today (17th November) is the day they claimed that the Galaxy Note was being "released".
I have been told that they've got stock and that it's being delivered to me on Monday, so fingers crossed!
I also asked about email confirmation, as I didn't get any - at all. Apparently this is because the upgrades process is "nearly completely manual". Suppose that would make sense, and also explain why it's difficult to get stock levels accurate.
Really hope it's here by Monday!

I had the same issue going through phones4u to upgrade my orange contract and the online chat system is useless, i was told that there was no stock of the handsets by the online people, but when i spoke to an account manager they said there where plenty and it was orange who did not want me to get the deal phones4u had offered as it was reserved for new customers!!
So basically i told orange i would go to another company ie vodafone or someone like that and they soon changed there tune so now today the 17th i am waiting for royal mail to drop mine off........

still no joy with phones4u. Just phoned them and apparently they've had trouble getting the transaction to go through the till, but it should be being dispatched by special delivery this afternoon. at which point I should FINALLY get some form of email confirmation.
*sigh*