Cell C's new Straight Up "contracts"

Although these are very good from a simplicity and price point of view, I think its still a good idea to offer customers discounts when they buy a phone, or take a more expensive contract. It may break the simplicity aspect, but I think a straight up 500 or whatever should give you more than 500 SMSes.
 
Does anyone know if it's possible to pay up-front for the Straight-up contracts? Take a Straight up 100 for example - I'd rather pay R300 up front for 3 months and get it out the way than have to get a contract set up.
 
I agree with Saor. It would be nice if one could pay up front for the whole contract.
 
@Ajax

I saw that, and the part about "your choice of phone". My issue is that they do not say what devices are available, and how I might go about calculating the monthly cost of taking a Nokia 5130 as my upgrade, for example.

Exhibit C

Dependant on deal, they say - but where are the Straight Up deals, and why does Cell C's website still list their old contract bundles?

Who wants to leave a comment on Cell C's FB page?
 
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Yep, quite shoddy really. Don't know if they expect us to call or actually go into the stores just to find out what's going for what? Insane.
 
I went into Cell C in Blue Route this morning. Here's the deal: You can have any phone you want. You take the cash price of the phone, as shown in their normal brochure, and divide by the payment period (e.g., divide by 24 for a 24 month contract). So to get the Samsung Galaxy S2 on Straight Up is about R270/month for the handset plus the cost of the Straight Up itself. That means, for example, the Samsung Galaxy S2 on Straight Up 200 is about R470 a month. :wtf:

That means, from my perspective, that Straight Up is a colossal waste of time. Why pay R470/month for an S2 with 200 minutes + 200 SMSes + 200MB when for R280/month you can get the same phone (on ActiveChat 100) with 100 minutes and 250MB? I don't think Cell C have thought this through very well. As someone else has already said, I think they wanted a catchy slogan more than a package that customers will find attractive.
 
dje said:
That means, from my perspective, that Straight Up is a colossal waste of time. Why pay R470/month for an S2 with 200 minutes + 200 SMSes + 200MB when for R280/month you can get the same phone (on ActiveChat 100) with 100 minutes and 250MB?
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This does not make any sense. Activechat 100 subs is R250 per month without the data. With 250 MB x 24 added and the S2 you pay only R30 more. This means there is a huge discount being applied here.

Therefore there MUST be a discount on Straightup 200 or abouts if you sign for 24 months. Else nobody would go with these contracts.
 
Phoned the call center this morning, the guy advised that on a straight up 200 for 24months with s2 is R315 pm. That brings the phone cost in at R2760.
 
Why am I getting the feeling that they are going to keep this deal firmly aimed at the really crap cheap phones? Quantity above quality and all that?
 
Nokia Lumia 800 is R661 over 12 months and R399 over 24 with the 100 Package. Weird. Phone is worh R6700 over 12 months and R7200 over 24?
 
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rdk400 said:
Phoned the call center this morning, the guy advised that on a straight up 200 for 24months with s2 is R315 pm. That brings the phone cost in at R2760.
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Just got told the S2 is R470 over 24months on Straight up 200, R741 over 12 months.

Seems they have no clue. Well done Cell C
 
They should get this sorted quickly, seems head office didn't think it warranted a simple spreadsheet with cost calculated. Now every branch is just making it up as they go along...
 
rdk400 said:
Phoned the call center this morning, the guy advised that on a straight up 200 for 24months with s2 is R315 pm. That brings the phone cost in at R2760.
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This sounds about right to me if we take into account the price on Active Chat 100. Good deal, if really true.
 
Website showing deals now!
Sorry false alarm, just showing differnt contracts...
 
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I went to Cell C in canal walk this morning. It's R549 x 24 for the S3 on the straight 200. The phone cost works out ~R8400???
They need to have a relook at the handset costs.
 
Yeah, the wait is killing me too. I replied to an email this morning and still no reply :/. They better not disappoint us :).

Edit: nevermind lol
 
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Deals are now available on their site.

Galaxy S2 at R249 on Straightup 50 x24 -> phone price thus R4800.
Galaxy S3 at R499 on Straightup 100 x24 -> phone price thus R9600.
 
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