Comments on: Irish taken as fools as O2 Ireland iPhone package comes with attached “Paddy tax”

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:33:35 +0000

I posted these links on my FB page last night:

Vodafone UK- http://www.vodafone.co.uk/brands/iphone/pay-monthly-iphone/index.htm

Vodafone Ireland- http://www.vodafone.ie/df/shop/ProductDetails.shtml?handsetselected=609047&offerSelected=portins&handsetDescription=iPhone%204S%3Cbr/%3E%2016GB%20Black&action=view&is4s=true#tabpi609047

Meteor Ireland- https://phones.meteor.ie/phones/apple_iphone_4s

The reason Ireland gets ripped ff so much is because no-one complains about the prices. Everyone just goes, Ah sure, if it costs that much, sure what can ya do? We will continue to be ripped off as long as we are willing to pay extortionate prices for very little!

By: B

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:21:10 +0000

3 years on? still fools, not even the fact that the package is still not unlimited.

The latest packages are for 150mb, where my original near 3 year old package came with 1GB?

What sort of ‘upgrade’ is this?

By: niall

niall — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:58:55 +0000

im currently looking at buying an iphone. but seeing the cost of the monthly tarrifs are very off putting. i switched from o2 to meteor due to o2 being much more expensive.unforunately meteor dont do iphone. ive live in the uk and tarrifs are so much cheaper. i think the irish people are held to ransom by all mobile phone companies! they hold a monopoly and are reluctant to change and be competitive against each other. i dint think i dont think i will buy an iphone now due to the prices.something has tobe done about this greed!!

By: sarah fischer

sarah fischer — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:46:21 +0000

thats mad how do they think they could get away with this! were do you think we should get it from then?

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:05:47 +0000

I’m thinking about buying the iPhone 4 from UK websites as I believe it would be cheaper than buying it in Ireland (if and when it comes out here). What happens if I do that? I’m guessing Ireland won’t have access to all the sofware iPhone offers. I currently have a Nokia N73 which I was able to update online in UK, but haven’t been able to since moving here.
Irish tarriffs are hugely expensive and the phones themselves cost a lot more here. Makes me mad

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:49:04 +0000

The Irish being ripped off yet again.
I cant personally justify spending that much money on a phone no matter how many bells and whistles it has. By buying the phone overseas, you are still adding to the Apple balance sheet. Whats wrong with that you may ask.
I can assure you that Apple knew the pricing structure that o2 was going to implement and I will tell you why they knew.
If o2 were going to charge say 100 Euro a month for the iphone on contract, then that would chase away potential customers so not only did o2 find it an acceptable contract, but Apple must have agreed also.

Prices are different in the UK as o2 would be told to stick the iphone as far up as it would comfortably fit and until the Irish start doing the same and voting with their feet,you will continue to be ripped off.
o2 would not be in business without customers and the sooner they are made to realise that the better for everyone.
Make them pay and there will be change.Keep paying exorbitant prices and you will continue to be ripped off.
Tje policy of the customer is always right has been forgotten and just remember, its not based on ‘studies’ done in other countries, its based on what a company feels their average customer can afford to pay. You dont buy a bag of potato’s in Dunne’s stores based on a study done on pricing in Australia so dont accept that rubbish.

By: Cap'n P

Cap'n P — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:43:27 +0000

I’m normally the first one to jump on the bandwagon and start decrying any institution that I’m urged to but I fear your post is overly harsh on O2. O2 don’t charge those prices for the Iphone, Apple do. Fact. Also, there is a larger customer base in other countries so it’s easier to have more competitive prices.

By: Eilish

Eilish — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:26:39 +0000

Is there any update on this? Has O2 improved the packages and how does it compare with Vodafone’s for the iphone? Thanks

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:47:23 +0000

I think O2 have shafted many on the price because of a lack of a decent networking structure in Ireland. I mean look at the price of broadband that people have to pay here for an ADSL2+ service and compare that with the UK.

Living in London you can get “UP TO” 24MB per second service (obviously depending on distance, quality, etc.) but at a price of less than £30 per month. Now 3G services are aerial, but they still have to have the capability of pushing the data from Dublin to Cork to Belfast, etc. over secure lines or virtual private networks and usually these are on fiber optic lines for corporations like O2.

I believe that when the Irish government takes notice to the lack of broadband services & catches up with the likes of japan or china then we will have even better pricing structured here as that would spark a price war among the competition. Remember that O2 was chosen by Apple and they believed that they could provide all of the services of the iphone on their network…and it was released in only those countries 1st where they could provide those services also.

realistically I wouldn’t be getting an iphone in Ecuador now until they have a better network infrastructure & better pricing. So, i’m still waiting for the prices to come down here in Ireland.

By: nearbeat

nearbeat — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:27:50 +0000

I have serious problems with O2 and wireless modems disconnecting, this is something they refuse to admit any responsibility about and it is a technical problem on their modems.

I will post again but I am relying on their lousy service for the internet and most times it is down.