transca
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Registered: 28th Dec 00
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Has anyone cancelled their phone contract before the 12 months was up (ie just cancelled the direct debit and not paid), what kind of comeback did you get off the phone compnay??
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shano
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Registered: 23rd Aug 04
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cant you get bad credit :S, and they can try and force u 2 pay 
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kinkycorsa
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Registered: 19th Feb 03
Location: Bristol
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I called my mobile company today as my contract doesn't run out until 11 oct they said i could cancel it now but had to pay a fiver i think it was 
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transca
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Registered: 28th Dec 00
Location: rotherham
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mine doesn't run out for another 10 months and i owe 40quid in 2 days for this months bill. it wouldn't be economical for them to take me to court or anythhing just wondering what would happen.
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kinkycorsa
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Registered: 19th Feb 03
Location: Bristol
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u can usually cancel it after a few months ring and check not worth getting bad credit over it
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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They usually make you pay the remainder of the contract. i.e. your monthly rate X amount of months remaining.
[Edited on 06-09-2004 by Nath]
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transca
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Registered: 28th Dec 00
Location: rotherham
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they can bollocks if they think they're gettin me to pay. £140 cancellation fee they can piss off. if there insurance would have paid out when my phone was stolen then everything would have been ok.
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
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my mae couldnt afford his phone bill anyway some one told him to look through the small print in the insurance thats with it, and somehow he coudl cancel it, and the insurance paid it all off till the end of the contract and he had no come back what so ever.
dont quote me on it but i'm sure thats what he told me.
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Deekiboy
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Registered: 20th Aug 04
Location: Renfrewshire
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Say it got nicked and U dnt want another 1 cos U stay in a high Crime area 
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: Derby
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I got mine cancelled coz i didn't pay for 3 months, cost me £250 or something they were threatening me with Court and everything,
Didnt happen, but i'd imagine it gave me bad credit.
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Mark Petty
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Registered: 26th Jul 01
Location: Bournemouth Drives: Suzuki gsf600
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I wouldn't recommend trying to get out of a contract unless u are willing to pay the remander. You can't just stop a contract that you have signed unless u pay up.
Trust me mate if you think you are going to get away with it think again.
They will truely butt fuck you. In years to come you won't be able to get a loan/mortagage anything that involves a credit check.
If I was you I would stick with them for the 10 months.
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ROBSTA
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Registered: 29th May 03
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say your leaving the country to work for 6 months and you dont need the phone and see what they say to that
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
They usually make you pay the remainder of the contract. i.e. your monthly rate X amount of months remaining
Happened to me aye, 3G  That said I never paid and they never queried
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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i work in a phone shop & we see people getting rejected all the time because of them not paying bills even if its with a differant company
i believe there is a get out clause for if your circumstances have changed but its a tough 1 to argue!
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by ROBSTA
say your leaving the country to work for 6 months and you dont need the phone and see what they say to that
they will probably say tough shit unless you are leaving because you are required too
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BlueCorsa
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Registered: 14th Jan 04
Location: Midlands Drives: MB SLK250 CDI
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1 month outstanding they bar your phone. 2 months outstanding they disconnect you. Long term outstanding account, the debt will be recorded with credit reference agencies and is usually sold on to a debt collection agency (Orange usually use NCO). They will seek to recover the total value of the debt, plus their own costs (they make a profit out of making you pay).
At the end of the day, the phone network doesn't care whether you pay up or not - because they'll get the money by selling the debt on.
Tariq
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