More generous small goody bags?

rozzis

It seems that people who choose the higher priced goody bags are being given more and more data.
Is there not a case for giving us lower users a more generous amount of data, particularly for the £6 goody bag with a stingy 500mb and the £8 one with 2gb?

rickvigorous

rozzis
Like the say in my home country “ I’ll help you hope it”… Don’t expect any miracles… When I joined giffgaff 5 years ago, PAYG was affordable and the the cheapest goody bag 5 pounds…
I am still here because of payback ( being active on the forums pays for my phone bills 🙂 )

neilt23225

rozzis
I agree, I also feel you should be offering a £5 call and text only package for elderly, both my parents don’t want data.

jt_21

rozzis a stingy 500mb

rozzis the £6 goody bag with a stingy 500mb

😂, it used to be only 50mb …., then 100mb and it got to 500mb not an awful lot
rickvigorous totally agree “I’ll help you hope it”

jimvee288

Hi.
They are giving us more data on the high priced goodybags as it is pretty much difficult to use anywhere near the 80gbts of data.. they arn’t daft. I can only get through 30 odd gbts with heavy usage and tethering as well plus using hd you tube resolution.

allan1954

jimvee288 watching the tv uses around 1gb per 45 minutes

mrjeeves

jimvee288 is pretty much difficult to use anywhere near the 80gbts of data.

I agree if I’m using just my phone.

In the past, when I’ve had to tether, I can easily blow through this data.

In fact on my PC at home I often use up to 1 TB (1000 GB) data per month, and, in some cases, closer to 2 or 3. Even Smarty’s unlimited data wouldn’t be enough as it’s actually 1000 GB.

Then just multiply the 1-3 TB data by 5 to match all 5 PCs in my house, then an extra 2 TB for the TVs and Phones…

jimvee288

allan1954
Yes but it will tide easily over to the next month as there are only 31- 30 days in a month.

wagstaffes

neilt23225 do you know that O2 do a £5 PAYG Big Bundle? with just unlimited calls and texts, no data.

foolish

jt_21 Also 0 mb then 20mb at earlier dates.

allan1954

jimvee288 30 days 45 minutes per day about 27gb

neilt23225

wagstaffes
Good afternoon, thanks for that I’ll look into O2

wagstaffes

neilt23225 depending on how many minutes/texts they use, and if their phones are unlocked, you might want to look at 1pMobile too. Operates on EE’s network and everything is 1p each, minutes/texts/MB data. The only requirement is a minimum top up of £10 every 120 days (4 months), or, your SIM/number is deactivated.

wagstaffes

mrjeeves crikey, do you ever go outside?

mrjeeves

wagstaffes

I try not to.

davek89

This subject comes up at least once per week.
The £6 bag is aimed at people who just use a mobile phone for calls and texts, and includes a token amount of data.
The £8 goodybag is aimed at light users.
Significantly increasing the data allowances on those goodybags doesn’t make a huge amount of business sense given the market sector it’s aimed at.

subasht

i’m expecting giffgaff to double the amount of data allowances in the lower priced goodybags..

competition is fierce in the mvno sim only space; sooner or later giffgaff will have to respond to the competition

rozzis

I know there are better deals to be had: Lebara with 2gb for £5 for example.
I would consider changing but I feel a loyalty to giffgaff and I like the charity payback payments. I just think the two lowest priced goody bags should offer a relatively better deal.