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  Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2025-01-20 23:32 +0000
    Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 07:50 +0000
      Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 08:24 +0000
        Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-21 09:50 +0000
          Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 10:12 +0000
    Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2025-01-21 08:38 +0000
      Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2025-01-21 11:25 +0000
        Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2025-01-21 12:14 +0000
    Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-21 08:45 +0000
      Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2025-01-21 13:37 +0000
        Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2025-01-21 16:04 +0000
          Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2025-01-21 16:23 +0000
            Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2025-01-21 21:27 +0000
              Re: Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-22 07:39 +0000

#45541 — Tesco mobile - what is with the high prices?

I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main 
number.

I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
ID mobile and Talkmobile.

They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.

Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal 
2 GB per month for £10.
They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an 
unlimited deal.

Am I missing something?
These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the 
opposition.

Now wondering if they negotiate to retain an account.

Cheers



Dave R


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#45542

David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main 
> number.
> 
> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
> 
> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
> 
> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal 
> 2 GB per month for £10.
> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an 
> unlimited deal.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the 
> opposition.
> 
> Now wondering if they negotiate to retain an account.

They probably want out of the market as they don't get much value out of
it. 

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#45543

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main 
>> number.
>> 
>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>> 
>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>> 
>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal 
>> 2 GB per month for £10.
>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an 
>> unlimited deal.
>> 
>> Am I missing something?
>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the 
>> opposition.
>> 
>> Now wondering if they negotiate to retain an account.
> 
> They probably want out of the market as they don't get much value out of
> it. 
> 
> 
A year ago they signed a deal renewing their 50:50 partnership with VMO2
for another ten years. 
All operators are desperately trying to wring more money out of their
customers at the moment. Operating costs (energy, wages) have gone up.
Capital investment costs have risen with the rise in borrowing rates. They
used to make money by attracting new customers in a growing market. But now
everyone who ever wants a mobile now has one so it’s now a mature market. 

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#45546

On 21/01/2025 08:24, Tweed wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main
>>> number.
>>>
>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>
>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>
>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal
>>> 2 GB per month for £10.
>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>> unlimited deal.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something?
>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the
>>> opposition.
>>>
>>> Now wondering if they negotiate to retain an account.
>>
>> They probably want out of the market as they don't get much value out of
>> it.
>>
>>
> A year ago they signed a deal renewing their 50:50 partnership with VMO2
> for another ten years.
> All operators are desperately trying to wring more money out of their
> customers at the moment. Operating costs (energy, wages) have gone up.
> Capital investment costs have risen with the rise in borrowing rates. They
> used to make money by attracting new customers in a growing market. But now
> everyone who ever wants a mobile now has one so it’s now a mature market.

Perhaps also with people (reportedly) dumping landlines there is an 
additional market for internet use via a mobile. And if that usage 
requires unlimited or high-usage GB perhaps there's some profit to be had.

-- 
Jeff

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#45547

Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 21/01/2025 08:24, Tweed wrote:
>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> David <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main
>>>> number.
>>>> 
>>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>> 
>>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>> 
>>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal
>>>> 2 GB per month for £10.
>>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>>> unlimited deal.
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the
>>>> opposition.
>>>> 
>>>> Now wondering if they negotiate to retain an account.
>>> 
>>> They probably want out of the market as they don't get much value out of
>>> it.
>>> 
>>> 
>> A year ago they signed a deal renewing their 50:50 partnership with VMO2
>> for another ten years.
>> All operators are desperately trying to wring more money out of their
>> customers at the moment. Operating costs (energy, wages) have gone up.
>> Capital investment costs have risen with the rise in borrowing rates. They
>> used to make money by attracting new customers in a growing market. But now
>> everyone who ever wants a mobile now has one so it’s now a mature market.
> 
> Perhaps also with people (reportedly) dumping landlines there is an 
> additional market for internet use via a mobile. And if that usage 
> requires unlimited or high-usage GB perhaps there's some profit to be had.
> 

That’s a difficult market. People who use the mobile network as a landline
replacement are your most resource consuming customers. Get too many of
those and your local cell site starts to saturate. That’s why there’s such
a price jump to get an unlimited plan. The networks rely on people with
limited Gb plans actually not using most of their allowance each month. 

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#45544

David <wibble@btinternet.com> Wrote in message:

> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main 
> number.
> 
> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
> 
> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
> 
> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal 
> 2 GB per month for £10.
> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an 
> unlimited deal.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the 
> opposition.

I assume their market is older and/or non technical people who are
 reassured by the brand, want to deal with human beings at their
 Tesco stores, and (initially anyway) want voice and texts. People
 like my brother - which I why I sent him there to buy a 4g phone
 and a 'lite' plan. They set it all up for him. 

(I'm now trying to persuade him to carry it with him.)
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#45548

On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:38:28 +0000 (GMT)
Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> wrote:

> David <wibble@btinternet.com> Wrote in message:
> 
> > I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my
> > main number.
> > 
> > I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
> > ID mobile and Talkmobile.
> > 
> > They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
> > 
> > Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their
> > cheapest deal 2 GB per month for £10.
> > They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an 
> > unlimited deal.
> > 
> > Am I missing something?
> > These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell
> > against the opposition.  
> 
> I assume their market is older and/or non technical people who are
>  reassured by the brand, want to deal with human beings at their
>  Tesco stores, and (initially anyway) want voice and texts. People
>  like my brother - which I why I sent him there to buy a 4g phone
>  and a 'lite' plan. They set it all up for him. 
> 
> (I'm now trying to persuade him to carry it with him.)

If he doesn't want to be tied to the damned thing all the time, don't
badger him! We are few enough as it is.

-- 
Davey.

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#45549

On 21/01/2025 11:25, Davey wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:38:28 +0000 (GMT)
> Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> wrote:
> 
>> David <wibble@btinternet.com> Wrote in message:
>>
>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my
>>> main number.
>>>
>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>
>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>
>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their
>>> cheapest deal 2 GB per month for £10.
>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>> unlimited deal.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something?
>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell
>>> against the opposition.
>>
>> I assume their market is older and/or non technical people who are
>>   reassured by the brand, want to deal with human beings at their
>>   Tesco stores, and (initially anyway) want voice and texts. People
>>   like my brother - which I why I sent him there to buy a 4g phone
>>   and a 'lite' plan. They set it all up for him.
>>
>> (I'm now trying to persuade him to carry it with him.)
> 
> If he doesn't want to be tied to the damned thing all the time, don't
> badger him! We are few enough as it is.
> 


I gave my wife a new phone for Christmas and its not been out of the 
house yet

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#45545

David wrote:

> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my main
> number.
> 
> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
> 
> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
> 
> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest deal
> 2 GB per month for £10.
> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
> unlimited deal.
> 
> Am I missing something?
> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against the
> opposition.
You can get 50GB for £10 if you go direct to O2

<https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/sim_only_deals/>

Click the options if you want a specific network, or prioritise prive vs 
amount of data ...

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#45550

On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:45:11 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

> David wrote:
> 
>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my
>> main number.
>> 
>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>> 
>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>> 
>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest
>> deal 2 GB per month for £10.
>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>> unlimited deal.
>> 
>> Am I missing something?
>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against
>> the opposition.
> You can get 50GB for £10 if you go direct to O2
> 
> <https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/sim_only_deals/>
> 
> Click the options if you want a specific network, or prioritise prive vs
> amount of data ...

Thanks.
Interesting.
The only downside is the price rises every year, starting this April.

Plenty of deals for the O2 network in general.
I try to keep SIMs on different networks to increase the coverage around 
the country.

Cheers



Dave R


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#45551

On 21/01/2025 13:37, David wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:45:11 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:
> 
>> David wrote:
>>
>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my
>>> main number.
>>>
>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>
>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>
>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest
>>> deal 2 GB per month for £10.
>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>> unlimited deal.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something?
>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against
>>> the opposition.
>> You can get 50GB for £10 if you go direct to O2
>>
>> <https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/sim_only_deals/>
>>
>> Click the options if you want a specific network, or prioritise prive vs
>> amount of data ...


Very odd, only if you go "direct to O2" via the uSwitch link. Just go to 
O2 and you are not offered anything like that.


> 
> Thanks.
> Interesting.
> The only downside is the price rises every year, starting this April.
> 
> Plenty of deals for the O2 network in general.
> I try to keep SIMs on different networks to increase the coverage around
> the country.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Dave R
> 
> 
Dave

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#45552

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
> On 21/01/2025 13:37, David wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:45:11 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:
>> 
>>> David wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my
>>>> main number.
>>>> 
>>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>> 
>>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>> 
>>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest
>>>> deal 2 GB per month for £10.
>>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>>> unlimited deal.
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against
>>>> the opposition.
>>> You can get 50GB for £10 if you go direct to O2
>>> 
>>> <https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/sim_only_deals/>
>>> 
>>> Click the options if you want a specific network, or prioritise prive vs
>>> amount of data ...
> 
> 
> Very odd, only if you go "direct to O2" via the uSwitch link. Just go to 
> O2 and you are not offered anything like that.
> 
Seems to be standard practice these days. Spusu also offer better deals if
you get to their site via a switching site. 

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#45553

On 21/01/2025 16:23, Tweed wrote:
> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
>> On 21/01/2025 13:37, David wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:45:11 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>
>>>> David wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my
>>>>> main number.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>>>
>>>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest
>>>>> deal 2 GB per month for £10.
>>>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>>>> unlimited deal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against
>>>>> the opposition.
>>>> You can get 50GB for £10 if you go direct to O2
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/sim_only_deals/>
>>>>
>>>> Click the options if you want a specific network, or prioritise prive vs
>>>> amount of data ...
>>
>>
>> Very odd, only if you go "direct to O2" via the uSwitch link. Just go to
>> O2 and you are not offered anything like that.
>>
> Seems to be standard practice these days. Spusu also offer better deals if
> you get to their site via a switching site.
> 
> 
> 
What is the world coming to! Looks like I can nearly half my monthly 
bill....

Dave

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#45555

David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
> On 21/01/2025 16:23, Tweed wrote:
>> David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 21/01/2025 13:37, David wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:45:11 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> David wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've been with Tesco Mobile pay monthly for years and years, for my
>>>>>> main number.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have a 2nd SIM in my phone, and a SIM in my tablet.
>>>>>> ID mobile and Talkmobile.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> They both give (IIRC) 50 GB data for under £10 per month.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tesco (just looked at their web site) seem to offer as their cheapest
>>>>>> deal 2 GB per month for £10.
>>>>>> They don't seem to go as high as 50 GB per month, but top out at an
>>>>>> unlimited deal.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am I missing something?
>>>>>> These deals look so uncompetitive that I'm surprised they sell against
>>>>>> the opposition.
>>>>> You can get 50GB for £10 if you go direct to O2
>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/sim_only_deals/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Click the options if you want a specific network, or prioritise prive vs
>>>>> amount of data ...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Very odd, only if you go "direct to O2" via the uSwitch link. Just go to
>>> O2 and you are not offered anything like that.
>>> 
>> Seems to be standard practice these days. Spusu also offer better deals if
>> you get to their site via a switching site.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> What is the world coming to! Looks like I can nearly half my monthly 
> bill....

It's been like this for many years. 

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