[Misc] Trying to leave a phone contract

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Herr Tubthumper

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I think this only works if you are switching provider as the number is transferred to your new provider which creates the cancellation - HT is just cancelling without transferring
Correct. They asked if I wanted to transfer the number, as the seemingly impossible task of cancelling the contract outright would invalidate this.
 










A mex eyecan

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Nov 3, 2011
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this thread reminds me why i never contract
yup, me to.
Been with ID Mobile now for around 2 years on a month by month ‘plan’ unlimited calls, texts, EU roaming and 5(8?) g data.
£5 a month!
Bargain
 




Herr Tubthumper

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this thread reminds me why i never contract
It’s a good point. This was a SIM only deal, so I’m not sure why it was on a contract.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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yup, me to.
Been with ID Mobile now for around 2 years on a month by month ‘plan’ unlimited calls, texts, EU roaming and 5(8?) g data.
£5 a month!
Bargain
I have two other SIMs which are pay-as-I-go. One is €9.99 which is my everyday SIM, the other is a Vodafone Black which is unlimited and acts as my internet back up when I’m working. It’s a whopping 90 euros a month but I have only used it once when our router broke.
 


Thunder Bolt

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Err, I'm confused then. If you're not changing providers then surely you just move the sim to the new phone? I'm obviously being a bit dim here. I was replying to post #4 I thought.
O2 wouldn’t release my number, so the Smarty Sim was a temporary number that none of my contacts knew. Sim only deal.
It took over a week.
 






Paulie Gualtieri

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Jesus wept. 28 minute phone call and I still have not completely left as they will bill me for the last two days of my contract.....quite why they cant just take the money on the phone I do not know. Grrrrrrr.

Retentions bloke after a length pause: "you can pass the contact, and it's benefits, onto a family member if you like"
Me: "No"
Another pause of a minute
Retentions bloke: "you can pass the contact, and it's benefits, onto a friend if you like"
Me: "NO!"
Retentions bloke: "There's a remaining credit you could pass on" (this is two days so in the region of 60 pence)
Me: "NO, I JUST WANT TO LEAVE!"
“How about I pass it onto you, you annoying ****” or something like that?
 


thedonkeycentrehalf

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Jul 7, 2003
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It’s a good point. This was a SIM only deal, so I’m not sure why it was on a contract.
There are still sim only deals for both contracts and pay as you go. As HT was using it for the international roaming benefits, it would have been a contract to get these benefits.

The way contracts are now separated between the handset and the airtime, most people are really on sim only contracts.
 




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