It lives!

December 2nd, 2003 - 16:20 | 7 comments

Due to popular demand, I return!

I had a good time in York. Kate and I saw “Love Actually” and “Master and Commander” as well as going to a youth theatre production. York looks very pretty in all its Christmas livery, and with Sunday evening’s fog I hopefully got some atmospheric photos. Due to a complete lack of forethought we spent hours on Sunday trying to find an advent calendar that wasn’t The Hulk, Fimbles or Barbie. We eventually discovered a pretty one at the back of Alders, and snapped it up.

I got back today at about half past 3. There were over 200 emails waiting for me, most of them spam/mailing list, as well as two magazines, a newsletter and a shiny blue box from O2. I went through my emails and opened the letter before finally turning my full attention to the little cube containing my new phone. At the top of the box was my invoice, then a welcome note from O2 explaining the full details of my contract. All very professional and nice. Underneath was the Nokia box. I pulled this out, then noticed something strange on the packaging. Hoping it wasa mistake, I opened the box to find a 7250i. A nice phone to be sure, but not what I had ordered, and £150 cheaper, despite the correct phone and total being on the invoice

I think I’m going to ditch O2, since it would appear that they suck!

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7 Responses to “It lives!”

1 Nodster Dec 2nd, 2003 at 5:01 pm

goddamnit nooo stay with o2 its just ur blinkin phone ;P
2 Ed Dec 2nd, 2003 at 9:52 pm

O2 sucks imho:
1. They’re web site is about as well designed as a … actually tbh honest I can’t think of ANY website that is worse.
2. They have poor coverage in Oxford at least.

on the other hand: a lot of people are on O2.. which does make life cheaper. Orange are catching up with their online box/square deals though.
Everyone come back to orange.
3 Simon Dec 3rd, 2003 at 12:13 am

Well, my family is on o2, and people moved to o2, so there is no way i am moving off o2, at least until the rest of you bugger off…but even then, 100 free anytime anyone minutes which i don’t use much anyway…i get cheap calls no matter, so, in fact, o2 is good enough for me
4 Nodster Dec 3rd, 2003 at 12:59 am

Same as simon, o2 have been great to me. i can call any network for free with my minutes.. few networks do that. i only pay for the occassional weird numbers.
5 Ben Dec 3rd, 2003 at 10:31 am

While it’s true that the majority of us are on O2, the truth of the matter is, that as soon as something goes wrong you’re completely up sh!t creek with no canoe, no paddle and no hope.

My sister’s number got cloned and someone ran up a ?400 bill. This was back at the start of term, and they still haven’t sorted it out…now she’s cut off!

Bottom line: O2 are cheap in every way
6 Simon Dec 3rd, 2003 at 7:08 pm

Lets face it, the tele-COMMUNICATION industry is not renowned for its customer service, mostly due to a lack of COMMUNICATION with its customers. Anyway, a mobile phone is a luxury not a right and its necessity is debatable. Just chill. Mind you, if they f*cked me over for ?400 I’ll have their heads mounted after I have cut off their bollocks, fed them to them, and then chopped off their heads
7 Andrew Dec 3rd, 2003 at 8:09 pm

blimey, that was kinda un-Simon-like! what’s rattled your cage?

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