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Vodafone Black Friday Sale

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    #1232
    DopeTech
    Registered Users Posts: 6,757 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    sticker wrote: »
    Can this phone be bought and fully unlocked? Then get a cheap sim...?

    https://n.vodafone.ie/shop/phones/samsung/galaxy-a21s.html?gallery=payg

    It comes unlocked. Yes, get a free eir sim and port that to Vodafone. Then when the phone arrives pop in your current sim or move to whatever network you want. It's also dual sim. They had a €100 off it for BF so many people got it for €39.99 but €89.99 it's still a bargain.


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    #1233
    carbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭carbsy


    Anyone get a Redmi Note 9 yet from Voda?


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    #1234
    Raoul Duke
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Raoul Duke


    This is probably a stupid question, but how do you actually talk to someone over there about a failed order? I don't have a vodafone number, so according to this website, I should call +35312038232 for a non-vodafone phone. However, this number just asks for your number and when you provide a non-vodafone number it says something like "this is not a valid number" and hangs up.

    That same webpage above mentions a "Chat Button", but I can't for the life of me find it.

    So does anyone know a number that I can call please?

    Thanks


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    #1235
    fdevine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭fdevine


    Raoul Duke wrote: »
    This is probably a stupid question, but how do you actually talk to someone over there about a failed order? I don't have a vodafone number, so according to this website, I should call +35312038232 for a non-vodafone phone. However, this number just asks for your number and when you provide a non-vodafone number it says something like "this is not a valid number" and hangs up.

    That same webpage above mentions a "Chat Button", but I can't for the life of me find it.

    So does anyone know a number that I can call please?

    Thanks

    www.vodafone.ie/support

    Chat should pop up in bottom right after a few seconds


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    #1236
    Raoul Duke
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Raoul Duke


    fdevine wrote: »
    www.vodafone.ie/support

    Chat should pop up in bottom right after a few seconds

    Thanks. Do you need to be logged in for it to appear? As it's not coming up for me. I don't have a Vodafone account.

    Edit: I'm making progress on twitter with them

    Edit 2: well I was, until they stopped responding.


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    #1237
    garyskeepers
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭garyskeepers


    I don't understand

    You guys are saying this is unlocked, but I cant seem to order this without coupling it with a mobile plan. In which case you would kinda have to be locked into a contract with Vfone,, is that correct ?


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    #1238
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,915 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    garyskeepers wrote: »
    I don't understand

    You guys are saying this is unlocked, but I cant seem to order this without coupling it with a mobile plan. In which case you would kinda have to be locked into a contract with Vfone,, is that correct ?

    Whichever phone your ordering and want it for another network use a free Eir SIM card. That way you can port that number and keep your own. So you're not locked to Vodafone and continue on whichever plan your using.


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    #1239
    nuttyboy79
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭nuttyboy79


    carbsy wrote: »
    Anyone get a Redmi Note 9 yet from Voda?

    Yes I did


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    #1240
    FGR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭FGR


    So SWMBO insisted on the A41 and isn't too bothered if the phone arrives locked to Vodafone. Hopefully it will be sim free as it would be a shame to have to switch or to rely on third parties to unlock it.

    This isn't a Christmas present so will update with result when it arrives - which should be sometime this week.


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    #1241
    garyskeepers
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭garyskeepers


    GBX wrote: »
    Whichever phone your ordering and want it for another network use a free Eir SIM card. That way you can port that number and keep your own. So you're not locked to Vodafone and continue on whichever plan your using.

    I get ya.. but there is no option to buy the phone without adding a plan, for say €20 per month. I am in contract with Virgin. My phone was stolen so I was looking for another phone.


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    #1242
    gussieg
    Registered Users Posts: 1,078 ✭✭✭gussieg


    garyskeepers wrote: »
    I get ya.. but there is no option to buy the phone without adding a plan, for say €20 per month. I am in contract with Virgin. My phone was stolen so I was looking for another phone.

    These are PAYG deals, so it doesn't matter if it's tied to a free Sim, as you wouldn't be paying it every month anyways, unless you decided to, but Vodafone have been having outages lately. Maybe the mice are chewing through their wires tooðŸ˜


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    #1243
    Ten Pin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,816 ✭✭✭Ten Pin


    I get ya.. but there is no option to buy the phone without adding a plan, for say €20 per month. I am in contract with Virgin. My phone was stolen so I was looking for another phone.

    It's a PAYG plan that has no obligations or any contract. It's a way for VF to pretend they gained lots of subscribers from competitors when they haven't.

    The important point is to use a SIM to port that you don't need ie get an Eir PAYG SIM and use that SIM phone number to get the offer from VF.


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    #1244
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,915 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    You might pay one month top up for prepay just to get the phone but it's for a dud number as you'll continue using your own number with the replacement SIM card for your own plan.


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    #1245
    bronkobilly
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭bronkobilly


    i see some of vodafone deals are near enough the same as post mobile some of voda phones were cheaper on blackfriday deals but have gone back up


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    #1246
    garyskeepers
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭garyskeepers


    gussieg wrote: »
    These are PAYG deals, so it doesn't matter if it's tied to a free Sim, as you wouldn't be paying it every month anyways, unless you decided to, but Vodafone have been having outages lately. Maybe the mice are chewing through their wires tooðŸ˜




    ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so i can get it for one month then cancel. Happy days.. SO I get the phone and a month worth of contract, just pop my virgin sim card in there and away we go.. happy days.


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    #1247
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,744 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    nuttyboy79 wrote: »
    Yes I did
    Dual SIM? Unlocked??


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    #1248
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,744 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    FGR wrote: »
    So SWMBO insisted on the A41 and isn't too bothered if the phone arrives locked to Vodafone. Hopefully it will be sim free as it would be a shame to have to switch or to rely on third parties to unlock it.

    This isn't a Christmas present so will update with result when it arrives - which should be sometime this week.
    The few phones I've bought from Vodafone & Three the past few years were dual-SIM Samsungs and arrived unlocked.


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    #1249
    carbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭carbsy


    Quackster wrote: »
    Dual SIM? Unlocked??

    I'd like to know this too...


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    #1250
    Henryq.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭Henryq.


    I bought a prepay fone recently

    Do I have to cancel anything after?


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    #1251
    Badabing1
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Badabing1


    Quackster wrote: »
    The few phones I've bought from Vodafone & Three the past few years were dual-SIM Samsungs and arrived unlocked.

    Hi,

    Would it matter if bought in store, is it less likely to be unlocked does anyone know please


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    #1252
    carbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭carbsy


    Badabing1 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Would it matter if bought in store, is it less likely to be unlocked does anyone know please

    I bought a Samsung Galaxy A10 in Vodafone store last year and it was locked. Having said that... I bought the A21S in Carphone Warehouse this year and it was unlocked.


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    #1253
    garyskeepers
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭garyskeepers


    why is it so hard to find live chat on their bloody store..


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    #1254
    carbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭carbsy


    garyskeepers wrote: »
    why is it so hard to find live chat on their bloody store..

    I could never find it on their website. I just installed the awful Vodafone app on my phone and contacted them that way... Then deleted it! :P


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    #1255
    fdevine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭fdevine


    garyskeepers wrote: »
    why is it so hard to find live chat on their bloody store..

    It's not that hard to find.......

    www.vodafone.ie/support

    Chat pops up in bottom right after a few seconds


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    #1256
    jhammer
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭jhammer


    garyskeepers wrote: »
    why is it so hard to find live chat on their bloody store..

    I think you have to be signed in


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    #1257
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,915 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    If you're on Twitter they are helpful there too.

    twitter/VodafoneIreland


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    #1258
    fdevine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭fdevine


    jhammer wrote: »
    I think you have to be signed in

    I've used the chat twice without signing in FWIW


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    #1259
    nuttyboy79
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭nuttyboy79


    Quackster wrote: »
    Dual SIM? Unlocked??
    carbsy wrote: »
    I'd like to know this too...

    Yes to both and proper dual sim with space for a memory card and 2 sims, not a hybrid that you can have either 2 sims or 1 sim and a memory card.


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    #1260
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,744 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    nuttyboy79 wrote: »
    Yes to both and proper dual sim with space for a memory card and 2 sims, not a hybrid that you can have either 2 sims or 1 sim and a memory card.
    Excellent, thanks! Family member is interested in this phone so this is the way to go methinks.


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    #1261
    carbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭carbsy


    BTW the Redmi 9 ( not note ) is virtually identical and €40 less when you port.


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