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Archives for March 2013

T-MOBILE still taking money for cancelled contract
I am hoping someone can give some advice on where to go with this. My daughter had a contract with T-Mobile it was something like £29 a month, she rang them and cancelled in November 2011. They were taking the money by direct debit, she did not cancel the direct debit until about 2 months ago (I know!, I know!:doh:) A few…
T-Mobile ruined my credit rating
Hello, I had a T-mobile broadband USB dongle on a monthly rolling contract. When I tried to cancel the contract, I was unable to contact the cancellation team for 2 weeks. I was trying daily, and was kept on hold for over an hour each time. It was about 3 days into trying to contact them, that I told the general Customer…
Talk Talk Mobile
Hello, I'm currently thinking of switching my rolling contract with o2. I currently get for £10.83 p/m 300 mins Unlimited textts 500mb data With TalkTalk I would get for £7.50 on a 12 month contract 300 mins 3000 texts 1gb data I know TalkTalk are not known for their customer service 'skills' so I'm wondering if the £3 per…
Orange company complaint
Hello, I was wondering if anybody could help me. I have a contract with orange which is nearing the end of its course, everything has been fine with the contract up until december. When viewing my bill in january and it being double the normal amount I was very alarmed at to what it could be. After checking online I found…
What do I need to move off my iPhone when selling it?
Can anyone point me in direction of help about what to take off my iPhone and where/how to save it. I'm having an iPhone 5 and am selling the iphone4. I can download my music again and retrieve my photos as I'll have transferred them to a pc so I'm not worried about that. Also i can get my apps again from my itunes…
Samsung S4 - Note ll - iPhone 5
Need a new phone, I damaged the screen on my iPhone 4 months ago, had it replaced & the new screen is crap, it remains "live" during calls & I keep pressing mute & hold with my cheek while on calls. I'm an apple fan & I have about 1200 songs on my phone, BUT I love Samsungs big screens. I love the screen size of the Note…
advice please on 02 payg tariffs
Hiya Just bought the cheap 02 phone payg with £10 credit, mainly for the moments deals just wondering which is the best cheapest tariff to be on. the website makes it very hard to find the tariff at all!!
Official iphone unlock site
Can anyone help me I bought a phone on orange but I am currently on three network so thought it would be easy enough to have it unlocked I went to a company called official iphone. Unlock and the said they could do this for me I made a payment for 23.00 in total they give you the total wrong information and no terms and…
Advice on Mobile Phone Contract
Hi I wonder if anyone can give me some advice please? I signed up to a 24 month mobile phone contract with Virgin Mobile for the Samsung Galaxy S Plus. In October 2012 the phone broke... the home button failed and the phone would just shut down randomly. It was sent in for repair and when it came back the home button was…
Vodafone poor coverage - no free sure signal!
Hi, So, took out a new SIM only deal with vodafone. Coverage at work is ok but no coverage at home (tbh none of the networks work that well at home! Just about enough coverage on EE to make a call) Rang today to cancel under 7 day DSR (bought online) and suggested that if they provided a sure signal free of charge that I…
PAYG sims for Hullomail - has to be GiffGaff / Three ?
I need to get 4 PAYG sim cards. These are my requirements / drivers: 1 - "3" of "GiffGaff" - are these are the only PAYG sim cards allowed on Hullomail as far as I understand. 2 - Does not require frequent top-up to stay active. Any offer/links/recommendation?
Help..Huge £1,300 plus bill for WAP calls
Hi, I have a company supplied mobile phone and the provider is BT. Due to the fact we only have 100mb data usage allowance it appears that the "out of bundle" charges for data usage amounts to £2 per mb !. This has resulted in a bill for £1,300 plus for the last month which my employers have hinted that they may be looking…
Mobile contract finished
My contract is up on my iPhone 4. Might get a new phone or just lower my contract not sure yet. If I was to get a new phone, wheres best to sell my old iPhone thats in mint condition. It's an iPhone 4 16gb. eBay? Mazuma etc? Private?
Samsung Duos
Hi Guys. Bought the Samsung y duos/dual/sim and I love it. Only thing is I can never hear when I get a text message cos the tones are not very loud. I wonder if anyone knows if I can use my own downloaded sounds or is it not possible with this phone. Anyone know how to do it, if it's possible. Thanks.
Unlockedmobiles.com
Anybody used this site before? I want to buy a samsung galaxy s4 sim free and they seem to be the cheapest around but can't find many reviews online to check if they are legit?
calling UK mobiles from Turkey
Apologies if this has been asked before. I spend 5 months of the year out of the UK. I spend 3-4 hours daily on the phone. I want and need to continue trading from my holiday home in Turkey (a 100% holiday would drive me nuts) I'm currently with Orange Business Panther something-or-other until Oct 2014 I’ve just now called…
Cashback for Dial-A-Phone and Recommend a Friend
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has been paid by both "Recommend a Friend" from DAP and TCB/Quidco? Thank you!
Sold CPW contract thinking it was direct with o2
I would appreciate any advice on how to approach a complaint to Carphone Warehouse & to alert other people to the scam I have fallen for. I was phoned last month 'on behalf on O2' who I am currently with offering me a free handset upgrade. I was told the condition was that I had to pay £22/month. I was currently only…
iPhone 5 unlocking
Hey is it possible to unlock an iPhone 5 that is locked to the network EE? If so how much and how can you do it?
Phones 4u Offering Inferior Handset Exchange
Hi everyone. Back in September 2012 I renewed my long-standing Vodafone contract with Phones 4u (I always went through Vodafone direct until then) and got a shiny new HTC One X for my trouble. A few months later it started playing up (dead areas on the screen and other symptoms) so I sent it off to Phones 4u for repair.…

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