How does one pay and go?
Summer of 97 if I remember correctly. I'd avoided buying a mobile simply because I didn't want to enter into a contract for something I'd hardly use.

Through the door, popped a magazine, the back page of which was adorned with a full page advertisement for One2One's new "up 2 you" service launching soon, a pre-paid mobile phone for about 100 squids.

The (concept) picture was of a small mobile phone of the day, but instead of a screen, there was a slot to insert coins.

I thought this was a superb idea with just one small flaw so was straight on the phone to them to ask.....

"Where the money went after I inserted it and how they got it out again"
(lochii, Fri 31 Jul 2009, 2:43, 3 replies)

I remember the first phone I had
which had an answer phone. I couldn't work out where it was!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 31 Jul 2009, 9:04, closed)

Father in law
Is a builder and has had a mobile for years; he always denied having an answerphone, despite people always leaving messages on it...
(kitescreech still here, Sun 2 Aug 2009, 18:06, closed)

too true
I worked for Dixons at the time that phone was released, several members of the members of the public did indeed after seeing that advert actually think the phone had a coin slot in it.
(Titanix, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 22:39, closed)