Pay and Go. Why?

[Tony]

I have a new O2 SIM card and it insists that I should "Pay and Go".

 

Yes, they obviously want us to Pay but why do they want us to Go, and where?

 

.. and for how long? Will a packed lunch be necessary?

 

 

 

The point of the question is who on earth thinks up these ridiculous calls to action?

[wednesday1]

I have a new O2 SIM card and it insists that I should "Pay and Go".

 

Yes, they obviously want us to Pay but why do they want us to Go, and where?

 

 

Hmmm Now I've a good idea!

[anywebsite]

If you pay, then the phone will 'go' (or work), what's hard to understand?

[Nagel]

'Pay as you go' makes more sense.

[Tony]

If you pay, then the phone will 'go' (or work), what's hard to understand?

 

But it doesn't go. It just works as expected. If it got me dressed and out of the house you'd have a point.

[CorkerSWFC]

Pay as you go is sound if you don't want run a bill up.

[Meaks]

giffgaff is where it's at

[anywebsite]

But it doesn't go. It just works as expected. If it got me dressed and out of the house you'd have a point.

 

There are a few different uses of the word 'go', not all of them relate to travelling.

 

A phone is a machine, if it works as expected, then it 'goes', eg "the engine wont go".

 

Pay as you go is better English, but they're both correct. Pay & Go is shorter, I expect that's one of the reasons why O2 picked it. Possibly Vodaphone have trademarked 'Pay as you go' too, it'd explain why each network calls it something slightly different.

[Womerry2]

An encounter with the 02 customer support will leave you in no doubt about the precise meaning of "Pay and Go" (and "go" would be the short version).

[Tony]

There are a few different uses of the word 'go', not all of them relate to travelling.

 

A phone is a machine, if it works as expected, then it 'goes', eg "the engine wont go".

 

But your car engine not going is related to travelling... or not as the case may be.