What do you want from your goodybag and giffgaff?

aaron1867

I don’t know what plans people are on, but what do you want? Something similar to 02 rewards? Priority? Data?

I am on the £25 goodybag and I just want endless data without restrictions.

Add your suggestion here!

benjamin567

aaron1867 giffgaff payback will always be better than O2 rewards or anything similar.

I have broadband at home, so I don’t need unlimited data - I usually go for the £10 goodybag.

If you want unlimited data then look at Smarty.

i_am_sy

aaron1867

Yes I too would like everything for nothing.

mrjeeves

aaron1867

I’d usually go with the £10 goodybag, but have swapped down to the £8 during COVID.

Smarty have the best deal for unlimited data at the moment, at £18/mth for 12 months, then £20/mth after.

endorphin

aaron1867 I am on the £25 goodybag and I just want endless data without restrictions.

I’m sure everyone would want that but what’s in it for giffgaff apart from going into administration? They’re not a charity after all and must show a reasonable profit to their owners.

keithctaylor

aaron1867 I'm very happy at the moment, and only use the 500MB data goodybag at the moment.
But I'm thinking of switching to "unlimited" when my home broadband contract ends. Then tether my laptop.

I see you want "data without restrictions". Does that mean the data throttling makes it unusable in your experience?

blade50007

aaron1867 the £12 goodybag does me its great value

pinkunykorn

aaron1867 £6 goody bag is awesome for me to use for a whole month. ❤

richybhoy36

aaron1867 Hi I'm quite happy with my £6 goodybqg as I have a Sky mobile dual sim and am pleased with my giffgaff service !

orangeman33

aaron1867
There have been several posts regarding this topic. Personally I think the cheaper Goodybags could include more data.
giffgaff used to do a unlimited data goodybag however it was stopped as people were abusing it apparently.

newcrazymember2018

aaron1867 I have the £8 goody bag which is the one I get most of the time. I used to get the £7.50 goody bag when I first joined but I don’t mind the extra 50p I pay now, is worth it for the unlimited calls. During lock down I had the £6 goody bag because I didn’t really need data because I have WiFi at home. I want the flexibility of being able to change how much I pay from one month to the next and that’s what we get with giffgaff.

bobrobinson

aaron1867

Im on the £15 goodybag and that does me fine.
I dont need anymore data as i have quite a sociable life outside the internet.
All the best Bob 😄

persco

That won’t happen here or anytime soon am afraid. My bundle coupled with WiFi works perfect for me. In fact due to lockdown and due to work, been reliant on mostly WiFi that am running on airtime credit.

I like the flexibility of giffgaff that am able to do that.

timro66

I’m on the £6 goodiebag but I also have unlimited broadband as well so the data is not really important to me, but if I need more I’ll just upgrade.

scrupps

Usually get the £10 goodybag, but during lockdown have had the £8 for a couple of months.

The average data use on mobile is around 3gb - and I’m probably less than that.

I have broadband at home and so use WiFi a lot of the time.

giffgaff works well for me and I like the payback as a ‘perk’.

My wish list: better PAYG rates (for my Dad) - currently they are a bit of a rip off. Something to be done about using your phone abroad - again currently a bit of a rip off.

woodyuk

keithctaylor whether or not giffgaff always on data would be suitable for you will depend entirely on how much data you use in a month.

The first 80GB each month will be fine for doing anything with your laptop (subject to the O2 signal in your area) but once you’ve used those 80GBs the reduced daytime speed will just about allow you to check your email and do very basic web browsing on your laptop with some websites taking a long time to load and you won’t be able to stream anything.

So it’s all down to useage,if 80GBs a month will do you then you may as well just buy the £20 goodybag each month and save a fiver but if you’re going to be using more than 80Gbs then giffgaff isn’t a realistic replacement for your home broadband although there are other networks who would fit the bill.

keithctaylor

woodyuk reduced daytime speed will just about allow you to check your email and do very basic web browsing on your laptop with some websites taking a long time to load and you won’t be able to stream anything

That’s what I worried about. So thanks for clarifying reduced speed means essentially useless. I won’t be upgrading giffgaff now as 80GB is unlikely to last me a week.

johnrooney80

A monthly kebab or spicy chicken pizza and can of 7up or Sprite would be lovely jubbly.. but 100gb for 20 quid would be great, use just over 89gb a month, dont like buying 2 bags a month, so current in use of smarty, but am loyal so switch it up next month, do the $25 one.. 😊👍

scrupps

keithctaylor giffgaff isn’t a good home broadband replacement. 80gb can soon be used up at home with streaming (Netflix etc). Also, the speeds you get via mobile are usually less than that via fibre broadband and also less stable.

davek89

I’m quite happy with my £8 goodybag. I have unlimited broadband at home, and don’t have a long commute so I don’t really need lots of data. What I want is a reliable network at a reasonable price.
I was with EE for years, and found that the perks and rewards they offered actually weren’t all that good, and I didn’t make much use of them. Payback is the best loyalty reward scheme I’ve ever used - by being active on the forum giffgaff are essentially paying me to be on their network.

gorecki

I agree. The cheaper goody bags are not good value compared to the competition. giffgaff need to revise their offer as they are falling behind.

gorecki

giffgaff don’t even appear on any Best Buy tables anymore:
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-sim-only-contracts/#mid

wagstaffes

gorecki you need to look on the PAYG bundles table.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/best-pay-as-you-go-sim-cards/
Although, I don’t know why Smarty’s £10/30GB plan isn’t on there because that’s a great deal.