Where can I get free mobile line rental?
Available from online retailers you can often get very special offers when signing up for a pay monthly contract with networks such as Orange, O2, Vodafone, Three (3), T-Mobile, Virgin and others.
The best of these deals offer a free mobile phone with free 12 months line rental. All the major mobile phone brands are available from makes such as Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Sharp, Panasonic, SPV and more.
How can I get free line rental?
These deals are available through a cashback offer. The way in which it works is that you order your phone from the retailer who will then connect you to your chosen tariff and network provider.
So for example you order online a Sony Ericsson K750i on Vodafone Anytime 500 from the Carphone Warehouse on one of their special 12 months free line rental contract deals. The phone is completely free but you will need to intially pay the line rental to Vodafone every month as usual (and as stated in the contract details). However you then send back your 4th, 8th and 12th mobile phone bill when you receive them to the Carphone Warehouse and they will then send you a cheque each time covering the line rental up until that point. By the 12th bill you will have received the full 1 years line rental cost back from them, making the line rental completely free. And if you only use your free text and talk minutes allowance you won't have to pay a penny for having and using a mobile phone for the entire year.
The basic procedure for each online mobile phone retailer is similar but the details may differ in certain ways for example some may offer to pay direct into your bank account instead of by cheque, others may ask for different bills e.g. the 6th and 12th month bill. So it is important that you read and understand the requirements for your cashback deal from the online retailer that you order from.
Why offer free line rental?
If you are wondering why any company would offer these deals for free then that is a very good question.
Firstly the mobile phone industry is very competitive. There are many retailers and all of them are competing for your custom.
Secondly these retailers receive payment (and the phones) from the network providers for signing you up to their network, they can then pass some or most of this onto you in the form of a cash back in order for you to sign up with them.
Lastly not everyone remembers to claim their cashback so those that don't mean that the retailer gets to keep that cash back!
So as long as you use a reputable online retailer such as the ones listed here on mobile43.co.uk, read the instructions on how to claim carefully and send your claim on time, there is no reason why you can't have a free mobile phone, with free calls and texts. Afterall we've been doing it for years!
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