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  1. #1
    Sean
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    Email from EasyMobile:

    What a result for the England team, and its an even better result for you!
    We are so excited that England have gone through to the next round, we
    are giving all of our customers a day of free calls & texts.

    For one day, we are switching off our UK call and text charges! We are
    offering you the opportunity to phone & text your friends, family & work
    colleagues for free!

    Yes you can believe your eyes!
    All calls & texts made on to standard UK landline & Mobile phones are
    free. Now you can phone your mates to discuss tactics, or just catch up
    with your friends!

    Whatever you want to say, it will cost you nothing.




    See More: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls +Texts




  2. #2
    Martin Jay
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    In message <[email protected]>, Sean
    <[email protected]> writes
    >Email from EasyMobile:
    >
    >What a result for the England team, and its an even better result for you!
    >We are so excited that England have gone through to the next round, we
    >are giving all of our customers a day of free calls & texts.


    It just gets better and better. They're virtually paying us for being
    customers.
    --
    Martin Jay
    Phone/SMS: +44 7740 191877
    Fax: +44 870 915 2124



  3. #3
    Marky K
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    "Martin Jay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > In message <[email protected]>, Sean They're virtually
    > paying us for being customers.


    Probably what they'd have to do, IMHO.





  4. #4

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:31:22 +0100, Martin Jay
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >It just gets better and better. They're virtually paying us for being
    >customers.


    So why don't they drop the 75p per month line rental for low users?

    --

    Iain
    the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones
    http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html
    Browse now while stocks last!



  5. #5
    Ivor Jones
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts



    "Martin Jay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]
    > In message <[email protected]>, Sean
    > <[email protected]> writes
    > > Email from EasyMobile:
    > >
    > > What a result for the England team, and its an even
    > > better result for you! We are so excited that England
    > > have gone through to the next round, we are giving all
    > > of our customers a day of free calls & texts.

    >
    > It just gets better and better. They're virtually paying
    > us for being customers.


    They can probably afford to, with all those 50p charges they're extorting
    from low users.

    Ivor





  6. #6
    Ivor Jones
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts



    "Ivor Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]
    > "Martin Jay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]
    > > In message <[email protected]>, Sean
    > > <[email protected]> writes
    > > > Email from EasyMobile:
    > > >
    > > > What a result for the England team, and its an even
    > > > better result for you! We are so excited that England
    > > > have gone through to the next round, we are giving all
    > > > of our customers a day of free calls & texts.

    > >
    > > It just gets better and better. They're virtually
    > > paying us for being customers.

    >
    > They can probably afford to, with all those 50p charges
    > they're extorting from low users.


    Sorry, I meant 75p charges..!

    Ivor





  7. #7
    Martin Jay
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    In message <[email protected]>,
    [email protected] writes
    >On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:31:22 +0100, Martin Jay
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >>It just gets better and better. They're virtually paying us for being
    >>customers.


    >So why don't they drop the 75p per month line rental for low users?


    I suppose they expect some usage on the account, even if they have to
    pay for it.

    It's gone midnight. I've made a call. Just waiting for the online
    billing to notice so I can check to see if it really was free.
    --
    Martin Jay
    Phone/SMS: +44 7740 191877
    Fax: +44 870 915 2124



  8. #8
    J B
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    "Martin Jay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    > billing to notice so I can check to see if it really was free.


    "Cor baby that's really free" - remember that one???

    ;-)


    --

    J B





  9. #9
    zacnici
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts


    J B wrote:

    > "Cor baby that's really free" - remember that one???


    John Ottway and Wild Willy Barrett if I remember correctly. On TOTP
    John was playing and singing stood on a crate and a big bearded Hells
    Angel was stood beside him hand jiving, (Wild Willy?)

    Regards




  10. #10
    zacnici
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    Easy would be really mega if they
    - Dropped the minimum usage / 75p charge
    - Dropped the rate down to match Tmobile at 12p minute
    - Retained £3 Mb data charge
    - Copied Orange GPRS for £4 4Mb month option
    - Copied Orange for £1 'unlimited' day GPRS use




  11. #11
    andy
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts


    zacnici wrote:
    > Easy would be really mega if they ...


    They've already sold us £72 credit for £2, then chucked in a load of
    extra free calls, so I'm not asking for more right now

    But you wonder just how long they will carry the bets of these
    marketing losses, and how soon the captured customers will churn when
    the offers tail off

    In Denmark they achieved over 10% of the market in a year, but it seems
    rather slower here for some reason




  12. #12
    Lumpy
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    > They've already sold us £72 credit for £2, then chucked in a load of
    > extra free calls, so I'm not asking for more right now


    Quite right. I've received about as much credit, and I've found the
    service to be relaible. The pricing is good for me - most of my phone
    use is texting, and the Easy rate is very attractive.

    I'd like Virgin to compete more with the Easy tarrif, and my
    correspendence with Virgin leads me to believe there may be something
    happening in September (I'm reading between the lines of emails I've
    received).

    I have found easy customer service to be very good, on par with Virgin,
    and way ahead of T-Mobile...

    And these promotional days are good for me. The remind me a bit of One
    2 One and their free calls on Christmas Day (about 10 years ago).

    > But you wonder just how long they will carry the bets of these
    > marketing losses, and how soon the captured customers will churn when
    > the offers tail off


    How does their relationship with T-Mobile work? Do such promotions
    really result in a loss, and if so, who is really losing - Easy or
    T-Mob.

    Maybe customers only churn whenthey explicitly request being cut off
    from the service...

    > In Denmark they achieved over 10% of the market in a year, but it seems
    > rather slower here for some reason


    The market here is so confusing. Orange, T-Mob, Virgin, Voda, O2,
    Fresh, Tesco, Easy, contracts, PAYG, hybrid tarrifs... It's mind
    boggling at times. How are things in the Danish market? Maybe Easy is
    the Danish Virgin...?

    Lumpy




  13. #13
    J B
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    > So why don't they drop the 75p per month line rental for low users?


    I've just checked my third easy phone, which I got with the first 'giveaway'
    a while back.

    There's been *no* use on it yet, but it still has the full £23 (?) credit
    on, so when do they take the 75p?


    --

    J B





  14. #14
    zacnici
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts

    andy wrote:
    > They've already sold us £72 credit for £2, then chucked in a load of
    > extra free calls, so I'm not asking for more right now


    I know, bit of a cheek of me at the moment cos I'm using oddles of
    airtime that cost me £1 and today have made free calls

    > But you wonder just how long they will carry the bets of these
    > marketing losses, and how soon the captured customers will churn when
    > the offers tail off


    Exactly hence my thoughts at what would be a mega package when the
    deals expire

    > In Denmark they achieved over 10% of the market in a year, but it seems
    > rather slower here for some reason


    I think because we have a rather saturated market and user inertia.

    I've got a pocketful of SIMs, Orange for data. Tmobile for xnet. Voda
    for Passport and Stop the Clock. Virgin for roaming GPRS. Cellnet/O2
    cos I have a legacy paid up for life All Time 50 (50 minutes month for
    lifewith no further fees - £60 off ebay 4 years ago). I would like to
    simplify things hence my thoughts about Easy - or indeed any other
    telco.

    I'm using Easy on an XDA as it gives the best combination for me on
    data and xnet. I also use my Cellnet/O2 Alltime 50 SIM (peak) and Voda
    (off peak) for voice on a dual sim'd K700i. If Easy instead of giving
    all this airtime away gave me 12p (or less) xnet calling and Orange
    data rates (part way there) that would be cool as I could then drop my
    Orange and Tmobile SIMs.

    Easy have shown that they are willing to change some of their pricing
    structures so who knows.

    It would be cool not to have the 75p charge but there again I think it
    not unreasonable to make 11 mins of chargeable calls a month. For those
    who only have the SIM for emergency use, fine, but the cost of
    servicing a number that is rarely used is passed on to those who use
    the service rather more often. I am a tight arse myself but I find some
    posts in this and other NG's incredible, e.g. one poster had a SIM in a
    drawer !! and wanted to keep the number active, he had no incoming
    calls and didn't want to make a five second call every six months or
    whatever because that would cost him 5p! yet he expects the telcos to
    pick up the cost of servicing his number which is not used and pass it
    on to us. In the US if you don't put credit on after 90 days they close
    the account and reuse the number (bit iffy).

    Regards




  15. #15
    andy
    Guest

    Re: easyMobile Lucky Day! Monday the 26th of June 2006 - Free calls + Texts


    Lumpy wrote:
    > > In Denmark they achieved over 10% of the market in a year, but it seems
    > > rather slower here for some reason

    >
    > The market here is so confusing. Orange, T-Mob, Virgin, Voda, O2,
    > Fresh, Tesco, Easy, contracts, PAYG, hybrid tarrifs... It's mind
    > boggling at times. How are things in the Danish market? Maybe Easy is
    > the Danish Virgin...?


    Sorry, I was misleading slightly. The Danish network is TDC Mobil, and
    it is they who have signed a brand licencing deal with Easy, but
    haven't yet managed to match their growth there.




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