The Carphone Warehouse offered a painless, expedient transaction. Let’s replay that: ‘Carphone Warehouse’, ‘painless’, and ‘expedient’… all in one sentence. Impossible? I thought so, too. But apparently it can be done! In an approximately fifteen minute transaction, I… — walked in — inquired what their cheapest throwaway phone was — got offered an option — got told that option wasn’t in stock — got offered the second most affordable option — purchased that second most affordable option — paid ~£16(inclusive of a £10 top-up) — walked out with my purchase I mean… compared with my experience at a nearby 3 shop where I was told their least expensive phone was something like £75, this was basically a walk in the park.