Mobile phones - useful tip (UK)
Story goes like this. My better half had got fed up of the constant cost of a mobile phone she only had for emergencies, so cancelled it and asked Santa for a pay-as-you-go jobbie.
As Santa's duty helper, I spent yesterday traipsing around the shops comparing deals on phones, when in frustration I finally asked the daft question "can't I just turn the wife's old Mitsubishi phone into a pay as you go for a lot less money".
To my surprise, the answer was yes. For the grand price of £25 I got a little card which slots into the old and perfectly serviceable phone, turns it into a pay-as-you-go and credits the thing with £20 of calls.
Net expenditure £5, money saved I can now spend on frilly underwear to go in bottom of stocking: £25+.
I've no idea why the shops don't advertise that such a thing was available; I got this one from Vodaphone, but presumably the other shops do similar things.
[This message has been edited by Genghis the Engineer (edited 11 December 1999).]