With my old £40/month Orange contract coming to an end I decided to give them a call and see what they could offer me in the way of customer retention.

Speaking to a nice Scottish lady (sorry Nice Scottish Lady, I didn’t catch your name!) we went through a few options and I eventually plumped for:

• Free Nokia 6300
• 300 Anytime Minutes per month
• 100 Texts per month
• Unlimited Landline Calls
• £45 Account Credit

This amply covers my 100-minutes-a-month usage, though I may – may – go over the text allowance if I get carried away. Price for this package? £14-odd a month, so with the £45 credit there’s nothing to pay for the first three months.

I realise the included Nokia isn’t the most recent or even advanced of phones, but it’s the exact same phone that I have already and I’m perfectly happy with it. The new one will serve as a ‘just in case’ phone since I don’t have any form of insurance. Since I’m careful with phones anyway, there shouldn’t be a problem.