CellC Contract your way Disappointment

[Legosa]

Has anybody else noticed that CellC is by no means subsidising the cost of cellphones but in fact ripping you a little off on their contracts. Currently, I see no benefit in going for one of their fixed term contracts (6, 12 , 18 or 24 months) as the price you pay for the phone is almost always more than the prepaid cost for the phone. Would rather go for prepaid or month to month contract (on CellC) and pay for the phone up front, that way you have full flexibility.

For example, the HTC One X is going for around R7k prepaid and on CellC for any contract, between R30/m and R800/m you pay a R370/m subsidy (R8880 over 24 months) for the handset, no discount at all for high end users.

Then even stranger is the Samsung Galaxy S2, on straight up 50, you pay R249/m, but if you want the straight up 100 (extra R50/m on prepaid) you have to fork out R370/m, not R299 as you would expect.

 

[Ecco]

You are correct. They do not subsidise the cost of the handset on the straight up packages. Which is why I bought my phone cash and took out a straight up 200, on a rolling 1 month basis.

 

[Wyzak]

Count yourself lucky if you are actually able to get a contract with them. After massive frustrations and several hours of wasted time to open a R49pm contract I gave up. They activated the wrong contract, couldn't fix it and had to cancel it. But cancellations aren't open over weekends, so I had to come back the next day and the day after that. Told them to stuff it, and cancelled everything. They confirmed that it was cancelled, only to debit money from my account two months later...

 

[Lupus]

I noticed that as well, especially the way people were going oh go Cell C it's cheaper. Strangely enough Vodacom worked out cheaper for more minutes, data and phone then Cell C did, for a phone I wanted.

 

[Creag]

You are correct. They do not subsidise the cost of the handset on the straight up packages. Which is why I bought my phone cash and took out a straight up 200, on a rolling 1 month basis.

Exactly the way to go. Going to get me a S3 (my S1 is getting a little tired now ) and a straight up 200 and enjoy the value and benefits

 

[Ecco]

I noticed that as well, especially the way people were going oh go Cell C it's cheaper. Strangely enough Vodacom worked out cheaper for more minutes, data and phone then Cell C did, for a phone I wanted.

Glad you found a better deal, am sure they are out there. But not many that beat Cell C's rates these days.

 

[Bona Botse]

StraightUp 30 + Upsize Data = win.
"Free minutes" means nothing because the price per second in-bundle is exactly the same as the out-of-bundle.

 

[seedat77]

You are correct. They do not subsidise the cost of the handset on the straight up packages. Which is why I bought my phone cash and took out a straight up 200, on a rolling 1 month basis.

I did the same. The Cell C contracts offer excellent value for money if you don't need a phone.