Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
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My phone was stolen yesterday when I was in work, and they've rang 118118 four times and its come to £72 I had no way of ringing o2 I was stuck in work and I tried 5 payphones and none of them worked but o2 dont care  anyone know if I persist will they deal with it or am I paying for it and thats that? The iPhone has a password on it too so they must of put the sim in another phone, bloods boiling!
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Kyle T
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I'm pretty sure you're protected against this, as with a stolen credit card.
Keep at O2, they should have barred the number for you at least?
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Jay
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I couldn't ring them straight away though, thats what they are saying is the issue. It happened at 2pm, I rang them at 7 pm after work the first phone call was at 6:40 the last one was 6:54.
[Edited on 12-12-2013 by Jay]
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taylorboosh
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My mate is still disputing a £2k bill when his phone was stolen on holiday, he rang and cancelled from a payphone the next day... Orange say they have no record of this. Say he has to pay..
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ed
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Not sure if those rules have come in yet? They're bastards for things like this though at the moment. Keep saying you're not paying and see what happens, if all else fails you might be covered by home/gadget/mobile phone insurance?
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Corsa_Sport21
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118 118, got your number.
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Ben G
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Just keep telling them you're not paying.
They'll most likely threaten you with court, ignore them.
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Brett
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Did you report the theft to the police?
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Bart
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how on earth did 4 calls to 118 cost £72 
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taylorboosh
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Maybe they like men with moustaches
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
how on earth did 4 calls to 118 cost £72
Probably to cover the cost of the wankerish adverts.
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Did you report the theft to the police?
This is the worst part, when I unlocked the door on the van he dived in the passenger side (was waiting for me to open it) as he ran off I chased him and he ran into two PCSO on bikes and I said grab him hes robbed me phone and they let him go whilst too busy questioning me about why I was running after him so it was reported instantly, hes well known to the police and they named him, yet didnt think it suspicious that he was running away from someone with a phone in his hand
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Jay
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Theres another page like that, no idea why they were ringing 4444
Edit: The number ive blanked is my mrs number which popped up on the screen when I used find my iphone app to say its lost, but the phone never connected to the internet again, its got a pin code on it so they must of put the sim in another phone.
[Edited on 12-12-2013 by Jay]
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Brett
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Didn't realise it was that expensive to ring 118118 
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Didn't realise it was that expensive to ring 118118
It comes to something when its cheaper to ring a sex line than it is to find out where ya local pizza place is 
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Graham88
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Why would you steal a phone to ring 118118? Strange guy
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Toby
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It's not that 118118 costs that much, it's that he's been using it to connect to premium rate phone numbers through 118. Though unless he owns the phone lines and numbers seems like a wasted task. Should have told O2 that you only just found out at 7pm. They won't budge as you will e lucky to get it refunded as it's per their t&cs
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Ian
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So you have a name for the guy?
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by Jay
quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Didn't realise it was that expensive to ring 118118
It comes to something when its cheaper to ring a sex line than it is to find out where ya local pizza place is
They've merely been using 118 to mask who they are actually calling..
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
So you have a name for the guy?
Yeah, hes not on facebook, but I've got an address now I asked around a few dodgy lads I know in Whiston and they knew exactly who he was, said hes a little scruff well known for robbing, knocked today and got no answer.
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
quote:
Originally posted by Jay
quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Didn't realise it was that expensive to ring 118118
It comes to something when its cheaper to ring a sex line than it is to find out where ya local pizza place is
They've merely been using 118 to mask who they are actually calling..
Ahh makes sense! My bloods boiling over it all
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JordyCarter
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Did the report go on file when you told the PCO's? try and get a incident number if you can. I think anything that gets written down etc has some sort of unique number to it. Maybe you could use this to show o2?
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taylorboosh
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That lad is going to shit when he opens his door to you
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Rob_Quads
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Pretty sure that changing the sim does not bypass the phone password. Were you running IOS7?
EDIT: They can't have put another sim in otherwise the call would not appear on your phone
Sounds very much like they had your pin - is it a 4 pin number?
[Edited on 14-12-2013 by Rob_Quads]
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
Pretty sure that changing the sim does not bypass the phone password. Were you running IOS7?
EDIT: They can't have put another sim in otherwise the call would not appear on your phone
Sounds very much like they had your pin - is it a 4 pin number?
OR........they used his sim in another phone 
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