Hi,

If your not using the phone would you consider disconnecting it & buying the mobile broadband from any mobile phone operator?? 3G used to be the cheapest, you paid around €100 for your modem & €20 a month then. Just go into any carphone warehouse & pick up a brochure & you'll see the pricelist in the back for all operators & what they offer you each month. Plus they can check your area for you to see if you have enough coverage in your area to avail of the mobile broadband.

jennie

thanks for that will go to carphone warehouse tomorrow :)
can i cancel my eircom even if i havent been with them 12 months?

Well I can't see why they wouldn't let you cancel it, seen as they cut you off anyway when your late paying a bill!!

Also I looked in to Perlico a while back & for a basic package for broadband & unlimited irish calls it was it was wayyyyy cheaper than Eircom, the saving was unreal... & the do special offers a fair bit too

:( we couldn't switch tho cos himself has a business listing with eircom & if he moves he'll lose that, even tho we're paying mad money for the broadband when it's as slow at times & keeps disconnecting!

Re the mobile broadband
 

Hi Just said i reply in relation to the mobile broadband, i was on the 3g site a couple of days ago getting the broadband. I was charged €1 as an adminstration charge,which you've to pay online with your credit/debit card, modem was free and it's €19.99 per month, you just set up a direct debit to pay it. And it's delivered mega quick too. So you're not waiting ages. Hope this proves usefull. Susan

Some of them offer Bill pay at the PO as well.

thanks for that but wont go back to 3G.i had them for 1 month and had nothing but trouble and such slow internet.when i cancelled within the allotted time i was told i wouldnt be charged and i canceled my direct debit.but twice they went into my account and took out money!!
i still have an ongoing investigation about this.

saving money
 

Hi Betsy,
Your Eircom bill shouldnt be around 80 euro when you dont use it, it should be the phone line charge which is 20 something euro . I changed to BT a couple of years ago both our phoneline and wireless broadband and we are pleased with the service it costs 40 something euro per month which includes phone line rental, calls and broadband.

I would advise talking to the Revenue about this, www.revenue.ie

Your best bet is ask the motor tax office anyone taxing a transit for a year for €265 probably has it classed as a mobile workshop. If it's a crew cab transit you have it could explain the cost, they don't see them as a van they get classed as passenger carrying vehicles same as a car & cos the van weighs so much you fall in the high bracket

Woohoo
 

Once again, I placed the monthly pet order online, on account of buying off the English site & paying in sterling plus a 10% discount (I cheated the discount again lol I managed to get 1 for 1 on the cost cos of it tho), Plus free delivery.

I got 33 items off the English site where as I would have only got 3 off the Irish site for the same price. So lots of spoilt happy pets next week & a happy purse as I have been saving up all my spare change the past month to stock up on the 4 leggys.

Thank u Jennie, i will try to find best way...

Hi jennie
Can u pls give me the name of the site?
Thanks!

Cheap Pet Food Site
 

Hi,

The name is www.zooplus.co.uk. Never use the Irish site, things are over priced & some the same as what you'd pay in a shop here & you only get a 5% discount on your first order where as the English one gives you a 10% discount. The discount worked wonders for me the exchange rate was horrible when I ordered but thanks to the discount it left it one for one on the price.

Examples: I got a bag of dog food €38.80 on the irish site where as £28.99 on the Uk one, automatic saving of €10, I got a multi-pack of hamster bedding (3 bags per multi pack) for the same price of just one pack out of the pet shop, therefore 3 for the price of 1 here. Everything I got on it was a bargain. & 10 free 9KG bags of litter type stuff to use for the hamsters as they don't sell the woodchip.


Also anyone interested in ordering from zooplus, if I refer ppl they'll give you a £3 voucher to use on the site

Thanks jennie! Off to have a gander now!

I know!! Ignore those "Save Private Euro" posters you see every where... go north instead lol