Vodafone

God knows what's on our hearts, he really does.  Cos although I am not happy with my finance at the moment, He provided me with some help.  I was sitting in the car sorting out my diary etc when my phone lit up whilst on silent and the call was from 08080600832.  From previous experience I somehow knew it was a call centre call but wasn't too sure which one it was.  So I picked up the call and held phone to my ear without saying anything.  Was thinking if this were a cold calling agent I'd waste their time as much as they'd waste mine, cos I've had a fair share of these calls before.  Sometimes a missed call which you call back and get cut off or they give you funny answering machine service.  Anyway, I held on silently for five seconds before an agent introduced himself and said he was calling from Vodafone to discuss with me about my current contract as I am due an upgrade soon.  I totally forgot my 18 month contract was due to end soon.  So I listened to what he had to say and he asked me if I were happy with my current handset (HTC Magic) and I told him I was very pleased with it as it was my first time using Android and it is so good to use, everything so convient with Google etc.  He then told me he could offer me my current tariff (600 Anytime minutes, Unlimited texts, Unlimited mobile internet and Stop the Clock) for half the price on a 12 month contract, if I were to keep the phone.  The first nine months would be £17.50 a month and the last three would be back to £35 a month because my contract was not due to finish until mid-Feb.  That sounded amazing!  However, I was also quite interested to know if I could get a new handset, another HTC phone.  He searched on the system for me and said the latest HTC handset is HTC Desire HD and if I were to get that on an 18 month or 24 month contract I could get the phone for free, but the tariff is back to £35 a month.  I thought about it for a short moment.

I could hear my heart telling me to go for a new flashy shiny gadget.  I could hear my head telling me to save money as my HTC Magic is working perfectly fine!  I could hear the background noise of the Vodafone office in Manchester.  In the end I opted to go for the 12 month half price line rental and it takes effect as of midnight tonight according to Oz on the phone.  So I thank God that my February bill will now be £17.50 and I get the full benefits of my normal tariff without costing me anything.  My phone's working fine, minus a few nicks from accidental drops but everything is hunky-dorey. One year will pass by really quickly and I will have saved £192.50 through the year.  Once I hung up I thanked God for this blessing.  I am very glad I chose to receive this blessing rather than go for a new gadget.  =)