the reason they have nothing to sell is that the networks are trying to maximize their margins by selling direct. I can't remember the phone store footprint in Hertford, but I'm pretty sure most of the networks have their own retail presence, so it makes sense for them to sell via this route instead of paying a percentage to the likes of Phones4U. I suspect Carphone Warehouse will not be that far behind. P4U had 550-ish retail stores, with EE and Voda having roughly the same. No surprise to read this morning that the two bidders picking over the remains of P4U are Voda and EE.

the reason they have nothing to sell is that the networks are trying to maximize their margins by selling direct. I can't remember the phone store footprint in Hertford, but I'm pretty sure most of the networks have their own retail presence, so it makes sense for them to sell via this route instead of paying a percentage to the likes of Phones4U. I suspect Carphone Warehouse will not be that far behind. P4U had 550-ish retail stores, with EE and Voda having roughly the same. No surprise to read this morning that the two bidders picking over the remains of P4U are Voda and EE.

Not in my experience. My phone is £4 per month cheaper through CPW website than in-store. The store were not allowed to match the price. As I would be unlikely to be at home to sign for it I had it delivered to the shop and collected from there. Pretty crazy really.

For CPW and P4U you can get just as good (if not better) deals in shops as you can online plus you get to walk off with the latest bit of tech right then right and there.

Leo - love the headphones!

Hope they get enough business to survive. Most people i know change phones etc online.