Martin Lewis: Always do THIS when you buy your mobile phone to save £100s
MARTIN LEWIS appeared on ITV to explain how to save money on your mobile bill in minutes. He listed the best SIM only deals for your needs.
Martin Lewis, Money Saving Expert, 45, said you could save £100s on your mobile bill with a simple trick.
Appearing on ITV show Good Morning Britain, he explained how to cut your mobile phone bill in half through using certain SIM only deals.
“You don’t get a new handset, you just get the little sim to put in your phone,” he said.
“The SIM only market has got seriously competitive, which means if you don’t need a new phone (or can buy one outright) most people can get a mobile at a fraction of the price (just ensure you’re out of contract).
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“And if you’re out of contract, you should be able to call up your existing provider and ask them to unlock it for free.
“And with all of these you can move your phone number across.”
How to save money on your mobile bill
Martin listed the following deals to help mobile phone users save money.
Low users - pay £5/mth. New customers of iD mobile (through broadband choices website) which uses the Three network pay £5/mth for 2.25GB of data, 250 mins & 5,000 texts. It's a 30-day contract, so if you find you're using more you can switch again.
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Medium users - pay £9/mth. Anyone not currently in contract with Virgin Mobile (EE network) can get 5GB, unlimited texts & 1,500 mins (equiv to 50 mins' worth of calls per day) for £9/mth on a 12mth contract.
High users - pay £14/mth. Three (through mobile phone checker website) can get 12GB + unltd mins & texts for £14/mth on a 12mth contract.
On the show, Martin explained a number of discount codes to save money on last season and Christmas stock shops are trying to shift.
He said: "Extra 30 per cent off Urban Outfitters: Go online to Urban Outfitters and enter the code SALEONSALE you can get an extra 30 per cent off everything in the 'up to 75 per cent off' sale (doesn’t work on full-priced items) – making it a max 82 per cent off - until 11.59pm Sunday 4 February."You can also get the extra discount in stores if you quote the code at the checkout.Extra 25% off Nike: Go online to Nike and you can get an extra 25 per cent off items in the 'up to 40 per cent off' sale (not full-priced items) – making it a max 55 per cent off - when you enter the code 25OFF at the checkout until 10.59pm this Sunday (28 January).
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"Extra 20 per cent off Oasis: Go online to Oasis and you can get an extra 20% off selected sale items that are already up to 60 per cent off – so the max discount is 68 per cent when you enter the code SALE20 at the checkout. There’s no end date, only till stocks last so if you want to use it go soon. The code's not valid in stores or on any full-price items.
"Extra 40 per cent off the Body Shop: Go online to The Body Shop and you can get 40% off most full-price and sale items when you enter the code 14664 until 9am this Sunday 28 January. The offer's not available in stores and some items are excluded.
"£10 off £50 Amazon spend: Today only (Thursday 25 January) enter the code BIGTHANKS online atAmazon and you'll get £10 off when you spend £50 or more on selected items, until 11.59pm tonight. You can only use the code on items that are dispatched and sold by Amazon (this will be clearly marked on screen), if you buy items from Amazon Marketplace's third-party sellers, the code won't work.
"It can only be used once per Amazon account and you can't use it on baby products, video games, digital products, gift cards, and delivery charges."
