Contract Phone / Credit Rating

RightRevBod

Steve_xx wrote:

Mind you, I had no intention of severing those contracts as these were those heady days when 0800 numbers via Orange were free..................

A bit off topic, but I managed to blag another year of free 0800 from Orange.

I am on OVP Virgin with Line 2 chat 60. I called and mentioned that I had heared that 0800 calls were now chargable, and that I understood that a package could be added to the account to make these free for the year. I requested that this be added to my line 2. I told them that without the free 0800, line 2 was not worth it to me, so I would need to cancel it. This was true. I had been thinking of getting rid of it for a while. As my total monthly spend tended to be in the order of £6 including line rental, I did not expect too much.

After firsrt denying knowledge of such a package, the CSR spoke to a supervisor and said that the supervisor would review my account and I would get a call back.

About an hour and a half later, I got the call back and was told that because I had been with Orange for 10 years, they would let me have what they called (if I remeber correctly) the "Free calling card package".

Just goes to show - It you do not ask, you do not get.

Steve_xx

RightRevBod wrote:

A bit off topic, but I managed to blag another year of free 0800 from Orange.

I am on OVP Virgin with Line 2 chat 60. I called and mentioned that I had heared that 0800 calls were now chargable, and that I understood that a package could be added to the account to make these free for the year. I requested that this be added to my line 2. I told them that without the free 0800, line 2 was not worth it to me, so I would need to cancel it. This was true. I had been thinking of getting rid of it for a while. As my total monthly spend tended to be in the order of £6 including line rental, I did not expect too much.

After firsrt denying knowledge of such a package, the CSR spoke to a supervisor and said that the supervisor would review my account and I would get a call back.

About an hour and a half later, I got the call back and was told that because I had been with Orange for 10 years, they would let me have what they called (if I remeber correctly) the "Free calling card package".

Just goes to show - It you do not ask, you do not get.

Well done.

Don't ever give your Virgin OVP up. They don't do that one anymore at Orange and it's a super plan if you have to make a lot of calls on any one day.

adr0ck

i've had alot of experience with this lately

orange.........no problem
three.........no problem
vodafone........no problem
02.........no problem

vodafone via carphone warehouse (also includes onestopphoneshop etc)......max 2 phones......and £200 deposit per phone

02 via carphone warehouse (also includes onestopphoneshop etc)......max 2 phones......and £200 deposit per phone

orange via carphone warehouse (also includes onestopphoneshop etc)...no problem

three via carphone warehouse (also includes onestopphoneshop etc)...no problem

carphonewarehouse at first blamed voda/o2.....only changed mind when i contacted voda and 02 direct and had no problem at all

carphonewarehouse........still unable to explain why?

been advised that each phone requires £50 credit check....so as long as your good for £50 then you should have no problem (most people are good for a few thousand)

uptheblades

adr0ck wrote:

been advised that each phone requires £50 credit check....so as long as your good for £50 then you should have no problem (most people are good for a few thousand)

This might be me being a bit dim but could you explain what that means!

uptheblades

After speaking to somebody in the industry I was told it goes like this for credit checks:

Strictest - Vodafone

Medium - T-Mobile & 3

Least - o2 and Orange

Hmmm. It seems Vodafone is the strictest but then there's a million different stories for the rest!

adr0ck

uptheblades wrote:

This might be me being a bit dim but could you explain what that means!

if you do a credit check on yourself (via checkmyfile etc etc martins got a blurb opn how to get this for free)....they give you a figure that your good for say £5000 credit.....if you have a credit card with £3000 credit on then your ok for another £2000 ....does this make sense (if i'm wrong someone pls advise)

Tori_Bellatrix

uptheblades wrote:

After speaking to somebody in the industry I was told it goes like this for credit checks:

Strictest - Vodafone

Medium - T-Mobile & 3

Least - o2 and Orange

Hmmm. It seems Vodafone is the strictest but then there's a million different stories for the rest!

That's interesting reading ... I got my T-Mobile contract with no probs, but O2 wanted me to pay a £350 deposit via CPW :eek: