Got a new Fido phone contract in December. Unexpectedly got $100 extra credit.
For one my relatives I got her to get an iPhone 8 on her existing carrier Fido (in Quebec) on a small $45 plan ($35 with extra discount), since her previous phone was problematic.
The deal was $120 for the iPhone 8 up front + $35+tax for the activation fee up front on a small plan, but then they would credit $200 + $35+tax back on a later bill. It was for a 24-month term, and as a bonus they'd discount her monthly small plan cost by $10 to $35 per month for 15 months. (That $10 discount wasn't in the original advertised deal, but I asked for it up front and they immediately agreed to it no problem.)
She just got her second bill back and indeed, she got the $200 + $35+tax credit back (although I had to remind them about the $35+tax credit, since that wasn't in the advertised deal either), and her monthly small plan cost is $45-$10=$35 as promised. She was left with a credit of about $200 on the account. She was happy. But then I checked her account several days later, and now she has a credit of exactly $100 more, for a total of about a $300 credit.
Was there an extra $100 credit around Xmas people were getting? I don't recall hearing anything about this extra $100 credit, and I don't recall it being mentioned when we negotiated the deal either.
I'm not about to call Fido to ask about it.
Shall I just chalk it up to her being lucky?
EDIT:
P.S. I checked, and she has not made any extra payments.
The deal was $120 for the iPhone 8 up front + $35+tax for the activation fee up front on a small plan, but then they would credit $200 + $35+tax back on a later bill. It was for a 24-month term, and as a bonus they'd discount her monthly small plan cost by $10 to $35 per month for 15 months. (That $10 discount wasn't in the original advertised deal, but I asked for it up front and they immediately agreed to it no problem.)
She just got her second bill back and indeed, she got the $200 + $35+tax credit back (although I had to remind them about the $35+tax credit, since that wasn't in the advertised deal either), and her monthly small plan cost is $45-$10=$35 as promised. She was left with a credit of about $200 on the account. She was happy. But then I checked her account several days later, and now she has a credit of exactly $100 more, for a total of about a $300 credit.
Was there an extra $100 credit around Xmas people were getting? I don't recall hearing anything about this extra $100 credit, and I don't recall it being mentioned when we negotiated the deal either.
I'm not about to call Fido to ask about it.
Shall I just chalk it up to her being lucky?EDIT:
P.S. I checked, and she has not made any extra payments.
