Are you familiar with the expression “There’s no such thing as a free lunch”? It harkens back to the days when pubs would set out a wonderful free meal for any customers who bought a pint or two. The objective of course was to lure the customer into the pub for an early round of drinking. Recent offers of free laptop deals by mobile broadband providers seem to be following the same mindset of the free lunch. Free laptop deals need to be examined very carefully.
Noted consumer protection web site broadbandchoices.co.uk reveals that these contracts require a 24 month commitment coupled with a price per month almost double the base rate. In straight numbers the approximate cost comparison is an overage of 15 pounds per month. This totals at the 360 pounds extra paid. This leaves the question of whether that 360 pounds is a fair price for the laptop offered. Many times the laptop given free as an incentive for long-term mobile broadband commitment is a bargain at that price.
But sometimes the free laptop offered is an obsolete model. In truth you would be better served to purchase your laptop computer separately and when purchasing mobile broadband concentrate on other factors such as mobile broadband coverage and overall price.
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