Seeing Red with Orange Shop Online

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Too many to itemise.

...- an LG Shine. This was a good start. I'd done my homework; clarified all of the elements that made me both disappointed in my old handset and greening around the gills with jealousy over the N95; made myself a checklist of 'wants' (expandable memory, Bluetooth, media capable - video, image, mp3 tone); things I was prepared to compromise on (lens, 3G, GPS, mpx resolution), knew exactly which Plan I wanted to go for and off I went to buy myself a Porsche instead of a Ferrari. I wished I hadn't. This rest of this service review relates to the ONLINE Orange Shop. I have visited Orange Shop branches in the past for top-up vouchers and found the staff pushy, contract sales motivated and extremely rude when faced with customers. Especially customers who wish to purchase the intangible (call time) yet necessary (what do they shift during...

crispybits 04.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Orange Shop

The futures bright... the futures orange

Advantages: Great service, great offers and great coverage
Disadvantages: slightly pricey

...I have been with orange for many years and have found them to be quite a good service provider. I first pondered over the many different contracts that they had on offer, confusing myself in the process. I finally opted for the pay as you go option as, at the time, I only really needed the phone for receiving calls for work and this worked out to be the cheapest option. Over the years I have stuck with pay as you go, more because of trust and reliability than cost, simply changing my telephone and upgrading my SIM to keep up with the times. You can simply add credit to your phone by: A~) Pay point, found at most shops B~) Vouchers, bought at most shops Or C~) Cash machines, top up from your bank account. ** THE OFFERS** Orange PAYG has different pay packages for everyone. *Racoon: This a simple flat rate offer of 15...

blissman70 06.05.2008 · Read review
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Orange network in general

Advantages: Great contracts on offer, good reception, good service
Disadvantages: Not consistent waiting times when phoning cust services - can wait a while at peak times

...I have been with the Orange network since owning my first mobile phone at the age of 16 (13 years ago) and (touch wood) I have encountered very little problems with them. At present my partner and I have both our mobile phones and our home broadband with Orange because we believe they offer good customer service as well as cost efficient prices. The Broadband we get from them amounts to just £5.00 with unlimited downloads which is an offer they advertise should you have a phone contract with them. They also offer free internet should you have a contract with them but with limited downloads instead. Orange offer a wide range of contracts to suit all needs. There are 3 different groups of contract offered by orange which are named Racoon, Dolphin and Panther. Should you be after inclusive text messages then a Dolphin contract would...

bexx0907 16.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Orange

Orange? A bit red in the face I think

Advantages: Free Wireless Router
Disadvantages: Pretty much everything

...Orange, It seems, Has no intention of being a customer based company. It all stemmed back two months ago, when we decided to upgrade our anytime dialup to broadband unlimited. Little did we know of course that we couldn't. At least, not properly. Upgrade on the internet with the fast* registration service? Sure no problem, untill you come to the end screen where you get a big fat error message. Call technical support? Um. No. An 0870 number will great you with a poor level of customer service, and the seeming inability to actually check what is going on. Yes of course, noone knew about the error, and we got a "try again in 24 hours" standard response. Now of course two days later, the problem presents itself again. Of course at this point we have tried and tried to get answers from someone and the complaint escalated...

thelongmile 01.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Orange broadband

Bloody Good Orange Juice

Advantages: Healthy drink, tastes great, source of Vitamin C, Folic acid
Disadvantages: Pricey, needs to be consumed within 5 days of opening

...the red flesh of the segments with a tantalizing drop of juice poised ready to fall onto the surface below. You?ll find it in the chilled cabinets in supermarkets. Across the top is emblazoned the logo of ?Tropicana? and the words ?Pure Premium? ? ?not from concentrate? in green and white. Across the bottom the message is repeated ?100% Pure Squeezed Red Orange Juice?. Near the centre of the design the single word ?SANGUINELLO? is set in White letters against a red background. On the sides of the container, we learn that it is one of a range of ?Tropicana Pure Premium 100% Pure squeezed juices?. I have tried most of these. ?Original? is the name given to their ordinary orange juice and there is a variant with ?no bits? for those who want a smooth drink; there are versions of ordinary orange juice with added calcium, and with added...

Discerna 28.05.2003 · Read review
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Review of Tropicana Pure Premium Sanguinello 100% Pure Squeezed Red Orange Juice

Orange Customer Service

Advantages: Good Deals
Disadvantages: BAD network to be on if your in an 12-18month contract

...After being leered into an 18month contract with a FREE PS3 I was utterly disappointed to find that not only did I continuously lose signal when roaming the UK but also, I was given 3 faulty phones by Orange themselves. This was the 1st inconvenience caused as I live an hour away from any Orange Store. I had contacted Orange customer services several times and received very little help if any! They were slow at getting back to me about my issues raised and told me on one occasion that I would have to phone the helpline up instead of sending an emailing. I was more than happy to do this but spent over an hour on the phone on hold, running up a huge bill which they never apologised for. I was also charged for countless phone calls and texts that i had not actually made or sent. With only 4 months left remaining until my 18month...

Charleyk89 06.02.2009 (11.02.2009) · Read review
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Review of Orange

My Experience with Orange

Advantages: Good offers
Disadvantages: Poor customer service

...I have been with orange for around 10 years. At first I started off on pay as you go. All I did was pop the simcard into my phone, register it which was very easy and off I went. Topping it up with £10.00 now and again. As I got older I used my phone alot more, so these £10.00's now and again were becoming a couple of times a week. That is when I decided to go for an Orange network contract. From the bit of research I did it looked like Orange had the best deals on for me at the time. They were offering 600 minutes of talk time and unlimited texts for £35.00 a month. Which is great for me as I am a big fan of texting a do it all the time. It was easy enough to get a contract phone, I went to my local Orange store and they were delighted I was getting a contract. I got to pick my phone of choice, which were all the latest...

xjorjax 06.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Orange

Who wants an Orange

Advantages: Free customer care on contract
Disadvantages: Choice of phones is somewhat limited

...Orange, more than just a colour, more than just a fruit, it?s the name of one of the four main UK mobile communication networks. But is it any good, and if it is, why? I am about to reveal. Orange offers a stupidly high number of tariffs. In fact, more than any other network. This is because of their value match policy, which means that if you like the look of another tariff on any UK network, they will let you have it on their network. Tariffs change or are updated frequently, information is available from their website, detailed at the end of this review. Personally I chose the Everyday 50 plan before it was discontinued, although I continue to benefit from it until I choose not to. The Everyday 50 plan gives 50 minutes of off-peak calls every day to other Orange mobiles or non-premium-rate landlines (i.e. local rate and national...

magicloudz 18.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Orange

Tango Orange

Advantages: Tasty
Disadvantages: Probably not as good as Fanta...

...Kids today will probably think of Tango as a poor man's Fanta. I remember a time when it ruled supreme, with adverts of men in orange body suits going round slapping people. It was a wonderful time. But has the orange stuff stood the test of time? Can it compete with the Fanta market? It sprung up controversy recently when it's advertising slogan was "Tango With Added Tango"...nothing untowards there, but as the slogan put the words on top of one another, if you put the first letters of each of the words together then you'll see the problem...see what I mean?! Tango is simply an orange fizzy drink filled with sugar and sweeteners. on the black and orange can, it does state that 65% of people preferred Tango to other leading orange fizzy drinks in a blind taste test. Why? Well, it's a strong, sweet orange flavour - much better...

carl.mcqueen 23.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Britvic Tango Orange Soft Drink

Lets All Turn Orange

Advantages: Plenty of freebies
Disadvantages: More expensive than most other networks

...Well where do I start?... I've used most Uk network providers and rate Orange within the top 3. I've been with Orange pay & go for over a year now and have had some varying degrees of satisfaction with both customer services and the network as a whole. I'm currently on the same rate 24/7 tariff with bonus top up. Which is all very well and good but its not cheap. My charges are 15p a minute to land line and other Orange users, and 35p a minute to all other networks and these do not change during peak times. Bonus topup is where they credit you back with 10% of your total monthly topup. The bonus topup has a drawback as when it is added to your account it is added seperate from your actual balance and takes priority even when you have brought extras. Extras are bundles that save you money on their services and are worth...

Reposter78 30.05.2006 · Read review
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