Cell C stock shortages isolated
People in Gauteng looking for Cell C’s data bundle promotions that offer 5GB per month for 12 months at a price that has been hailed as “the cheapest broadband in SA” have reported stock shortages on the offer.
One such complaint came from Brett Haggard, who heads up Hypertext Media. He was informed by Cell C employees at three different branches that only the Sandton Cell C franchise had stock of the 60GB Smartdata promotion.
The prepaid and contract versions of the promotion also don’t seem to come from the same stock, so Sandton Cell C could only sell the contract variant as their prepaid stock had been depleted.
Cell C caused quite a stir when they launched their promotional data offering to go with their new HSPA+ mobile network.
The offer which includes 5GB of data per month for 12 months and a USB modem capable of handling 21.1 Mbps HSPA+ speeds was launched at a price of R2,999. Excluding the modem but including the SIM would cost you R1,999.
Later Cell C unveiled contract options, with the same 60GB offer (5GB per month for 12 months), going for R299 per month.
Lars Reichelt, CEO of Cell C, made it clear that the offers were promotional only and that they would carry on “while stocks last.”
When news starts spreading that Cell C franchises no longer have stock it then becomes natural to wonder if the promotion has come to its end.
Spokesperson for Cell C, Karin Fourie, quickly put our concerns to bed by assuring that the promotion is still on and that there is still stock available at other Cell C branches.
“There might be isolated incidents where branches have run out of stock, but they should have new stock by the weekend,” Fourie said.
MyBroadband phoned a few branches in the Pretoria area and found one with only contract promotions remaining, as well as one without stock of the USB modem but with stock of the Smartdata SIM cards.
The Hatfield branch had stock of both prepaid variants of the Smartdata “Speedstick” promotion, but it is understood that Cell C branches are no longer allowed to transfer stock from one to another.
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