Mobile Phone Deals : A Short Guide | The Communication Blog

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Mobile Phone Deals : A Short Guide

By Mark Walters

The first thing that you should do to get yourself a great mobile phone deal is to look around the mobile phone stores in your local area. The point of this is to do some research - you should not go out with the intention of making a purchase. Take a pen and paper with you and note down the details of the phones that you like best. Politely ignore the sales assistants, who will no doubt be trying their best to persuade you to make a purchase straightaway. By showing a bit of patience, you will do much better than the 'special' deals that they offer you.

Calling up the big mobile phone companies is the next step. Tell them what phone you are interested in and tell them how often you will likely be using it on a monthly basis. Listen to the details of the mobile phone deals that they tell you and write down details of the ones of most interest to you. You will notice straightaway that what they offer is better than what you were being offered when you were browsing the local stores, so progress has already been made.

Write down questions to ask them about particular phones and price plans. They will be really eager to please you, and will be sure to find answers to whatever you want to know. Next comes the hard bargaining stage. Tell them that times are tough and that you are interested but are not sure that you can afford it. This should result in another 5-10% coming off the price. Hold off making your final decision just yet though, even if what they offer seems like a great deal.

Now comes the part of the process that most people forget - using an online price comparison website. You can find the best deals from all of the best mobile phone companies in one place. 90% of the time, there will be a at least one mobile phone deal shown on these comparison websites that beats what you have been offered before, in which case - take it!

If none of the online mobile phone deals beat what you were offered on the phone, then just call them back.

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