| Mobile phones aren't going away anytime soon, | | | | people from all walks of life. Be honest with |
| and it's common for people to have more than | | | | yourself. |
| one. Finding the cheapest mobile phone deal isn't | | | | Step 4 - Now the fun begins. Make yourself your |
| always easy with all of the competition, but let | | | | favourite drink and start looking through the |
| me see if I can help. I used to run a mobile phone | | | | websites offering mobile phones. Do a search for |
| store, and learnt a thing or two. | | | | "Cheap mobile phone deals" and you'll find many |
| Step 1 - know what you want. If you're looking | | | | pages. Try to aim for review or comparison |
| for just a cheap mobile phone to make calls on | | | | pages - they do a lot of the work for you. Once |
| thats fine. You're buying on running cost alone. If | | | | again you are only comparing each deal with the |
| you're buying on features or fashion then you | | | | cheapest. You should easily beat the best of the |
| need to have at worst a short list of 3 phones | | | | mobile phone store offers online. By now you |
| that fit the bill. | | | | should have a very clear idea about the phone |
| Step 2 - check out the local stores. You should be | | | | that you want and the tariff you're looking for. |
| able to get a handset in your hand and compare | | | | Simply sign up online! |
| deals that are on offer. This may get confusing, | | | | Step 5 - make a note of when the contract |
| but in reality you only need to compare each deal | | | | comes to an end, and also mark of the dates of |
| against the cheapest. As one becomes cheaper | | | | any cash back deals you did - you will often have |
| than the last or one after, you ca discard the | | | | to claim it back at allotted times or lose it. About |
| more expensive deals. | | | | 2 weeks before the end of your contract, search |
| Step 3 - make sure the deals will match your | | | | around again. Deals change all of the time I'm |
| usage. I often found customers would fool | | | | afraid, and your mobile phone provider won't |
| themselves about how much they would use the | | | | automatically put you onto their cheapest deal. |
| phone. This was a common affliction affecting | | | | |