my quest for a mobile phone continues. having selected a handset suitable for my needs, which my advisor approved of (a nokia 6300 as it turns out), i then hit the market looking for a cheap deal.
taking my own advice, i aimed for an independent dealer of good repute, who could not only set me up with the right contract, but whose enticing 'free offers' weren't hedged with too onerous conditions. i ended up with dialaphone; although i'm not getting a completely free deal, the deal i chose offered a reasonable amount of cashback with no 'turn around seven times, touch your nose if there's a full moon, send in your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th bills' hoops to jump through.
not that it went smoothly of course. as i contentedly meandered through the slick online sales process, i was unable to print out the terms and conditions of my contract. and it wasn't because i used safari 3 beta as my browser; i had actually switched to using camino because safari hadn't let me complete any text boxes initially!
senses appropriately sharpened, i then spotted some fine print on the final 'confirm your order page' regarding my precious cashback. apparently it would take the form of amazon vouchers... err, not exactly what i wanted at all, or had been advertised along the way.
fortunately a phone call to their sales team sorted me out, although i did have to plump for a slightly different deal. however as the royal mail continues on its course of industrial action, my phone remains in 'dispatched' limbo: apparently somewhere in transit from dialaphone to me, and frustratingly out of reach of any tracking system.
