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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Fido / August 2004Fido PrePaid amounts changing again?
So I get this SMS to my prepaid account saying check online about new changes to validity periods of refill amounts. http://www.fido.ca/portal/en/packages/prepaid.shtml They're having a "promotion" on $20/$30 amounts, but the $25/60 days refill amount appears to be "while quantities last"? Looks like it's history. Not sure how many prepayers there are out there, but it seems fido keeps shaking us into trying to go post-paid. Actually, the 30$ cards will now last 60 days, and have 200 minutes of airtime. For 5$ more than the 25$ card, you get 117 minutes more. Doesn`t sound like such a bad deal to me. CU > So I get this SMS to my prepaid account saying check online about new > changes to validity periods of refill amounts. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Not sure how many prepayers there are out there, but it seems fido keeps > shaking us into trying to go post-paid. You are right ,it is a better deal at the $0.15/min rate, for 60 days it's a good deal. But what I am wondering is this "Deal" is only valid until the end of the year, so will the $25/60days amount be gone by then, and the $30 amount go back to being for only 30 days. I don't want to give up my phone, but I use it very little but regularily. I used to only refill $25/90 days until they got rid of that last year. Now I refill $25/60 days which works out to $14/month after tax. So if they get rid of it, I'll be paying nearly $20 a month for my very low usage. > Actually, the 30$ cards will now last 60 days, and have 200 minutes of > airtime. For 5$ more than the 25$ card, you get 117 minutes more. Doesn`t [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>Not sure how many prepayers there are out there, but it seems fido keeps >>shaking us into trying to go post-paid. I agree, I also use it very little but regularly and the $25/90 days suited my usage pattern and budget. They really must bring that type of deal back or loose out to bell. I guess Fido is going down the tubes and this pricing strategy will ultimately land Fido out of customers and maybe be bought out by Telus or Bell anyway. It was the cheapest deal in North America. That's why I became a Fido person. It worked out to a fair monthly average price since paying something in the $25 to $30 per month plan rate would be total overkill for my needs. And I hate wasting money:( I already pay outrageously for cable TV that I only have time to watch for 3 minutes per day, usually just the weather channel. Fido seems to be loosing their price advantage versus the other providers and their signal coverage is very poor to nil outside of the city. If I'm going to have to ultimately pay 30 bucks a month I might as well switch to a cell phone provider like bell with better signal coverage and fewer gray areas and drop outs. Oh well, it was good well it lasted :-) > You are right ,it is a better deal at the $0.15/min rate, for 60 days > it's a good deal. But what I am wondering is this "Deal" is only valid [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >>Not sure how many prepayers there are out there, but it seems fido keeps > >>shaking us into trying to go post-paid. > They really must bring that type of deal back or loose out to bell. > > I guess Fido is going down the tubes and this pricing strategy will > ultimately land Fido out of customers and maybe be bought out by Telus or > Bell anyway. Yep.. going down the tubes.. I can hear the slipping on the slope already.. yep.. What have you guys been smoking? The $10 for 30 days voucher has been around for ages and still is around according to the previously posted URL: http://www.fido.ca/portal/en/packages/prepaid.shtml This is probably why the $25/60days is being cancelled because it is a better deal to get $10/30days. > I agree, I also use it very little but regularly and the $25/90 days suited > my usage pattern and budget. [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > >>Not sure how many prepayers there are out there, but it seems fido keeps > > >>shaking us into trying to go post-paid. > What have you guys been smoking? The $10 for 30 days > voucher has been around for ages and still is around [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > This is probably why the $25/60days is being cancelled > because it is a better deal to get $10/30days. My guess is that they cancel it because too many people did the same thing as I: get *both* a $25 (= 60 days) and a $15 (= 15c/min) card at the same time and charge them one after the other, resulting in 15c/min for 60 days for $40, which is a pretty good deal (15c for $20/month). When the current promo ($30/15c/60d) is gone, this will not be possible anymore, for 15c/min you'll have to pay at least $25/month ($10/30d + $15/15d) -- a 25% increase! Just got this email back from Fido: [snipped] We can confirm that both the $25 and $40 vouchers are no longer in production. As these vouchers provided longer validity periods, we have decided to extend the validity periods on two other vouchers: The $30 voucher is now valid for 60 days and the $20 voucher is now validfor 30 days. Finally, we would like to assure you that Fido will honour the $25 and $40 vouchers that were produced and may still available in certain stores. Do not hesitate to purchase these vouchers if you can still find them. We thank you for having taken the time to contact us. As always, your questions and comments are of great value to us. On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:46:51 -0400, Cellular Unlocker says... > Actually, the 30$ cards will now last 60 days, and have 200 minutes of > airtime. For 5$ more than the 25$ card, you get 117 minutes more. Doesn`t > sound like such a bad deal to me. It is the first time I have been pleasantly surprised after visiting the fido's web site to refill my account... (I didn't receive their sms). Since they introduced evenings & weekends plan I've been using it all along (refilling $20 every 20 days) but now it is becoming cheaper. Excellent! I only hope it is not *really* a limited time offer... :( > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:46:51 -0400, Cellular Unlocker says... >> Actually, the 30$ cards will now last 60 days, and have 200 minutes of >> airtime. For 5$ more than the 25$ card, you get 117 minutes more. >> Doesn`t sound like such a bad deal to me. > > Excellent! I only hope it is not *really* a limited time offer... :( When you call *46 and select "1" (Prepaid Account Balance), they'll tell you that the promo is only available until December 31st. |
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