£1196 bill for mobile Arrggggh Heeeelp

redux

Leopard wrote: »

There is, however, no constructive advice whatsoever to the OP contained in your own disdainful pronouncement to the peasants.

Leopard wrote: »

I ... while (almost) everybody else was being nastily and unconstructively sanctimonious. :cool:

Before that, I suggested networks do have stop limits, and this might be a point of discussion with the network when resolving this

I also suggested the cheapest way to avoid this in future - £20 on a network here (or inclusive free), plus about the same for a roaming SIM

sidefx

Leopard wrote: »

Arguing in a forum is profoundly useful. It enables the truth to be found, for the benefit of all, and it establishes the relative credibility of the participants.

That is why civilised societies have Parliaments and law courts.

You are joking aren't you:rotfl:

sidefx

john-306 wrote: »

Don't worry about it, the op certainly doesn't seem to, she ain't been on here for 3 days now

Shame because they missed out on lots of useful advice:rolleyes:


OP=Troll

stamford

KeithP wrote: »

We wont be hearing from the OP again people, mark my words.
Here is the last thread she started. She didn't reply once or thank anyone for the advice they gave her there.

Is the word troll appropriate, I wonder?

Spot on nothing since the 14th

Pound

ssgtsnelly wrote: »

From experience I dont think it is possible for a credit bar to be put in place when you are roaming on international networks.

It's funny how the networks have so much difficulty placing a credit limit on your phone when abroad but they seem to have no problem blocking your calls if you're on pay as you go and your credit reaches zero.

thelawnet

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

17 years old & been with them for years?

Can you agree a contract at 13 years old?

She is 18.

The minimum age is 18.

thelawnet

ultrak3wl wrote: »

It's completely true that the tariff is there in advance, she signed up for it, etc. But there is something just so basically wrong about such a huge bill.

Why? The service is expensive, hence people only use it in emergencies. When we get back from holiday it usually costs us £3 or £4 for various very brief phone calls. Better than scrabbling about for a foreign SIM card.

If you want to use it a lot, you should either be very rich or find another way.

puddings_2

I was abroad in Feb and used my mobile for just a few very very brief calls plus half a dozen texts. The bill came last week and the holiday calls were over 20 quid, which was more than I thought it would be.

If the girl in SA was on the phone for hours then it's hardly surprising that it totted up to such a whopping amount.
I also agree that she must have been charged for receiving calls and that she probably didn't realise so at the time, so no wonder her £200 was so badly underestimated.

To all those posters whose only contribution has been to tell MrsMoneyPenny how they would have handled the situation so much better themselves, well with hindsight I guess the girl would have handled it differently anyway, so youre preaching to the converted.

GreyPilgrim

Leopard wrote: »

Arguing in a forum is profoundly useful. It enables the truth to be found, for the benefit of all, and it establishes the relative credibility of the participants.

That is why civilised societies have Parliaments and law courts.

I agree, bue there are arguments and there are arguments.

Intellectual debate based on reason, rationality approached with an open mind is one thing. Petty name calling, ego waving and an entrenched point of viewis another.

I recall Monty Python..


M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
A: Yes it is!
M: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
A: No it isn't.
M: It is.
A: Not at all.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

GreyPilgrim wrote: »

I recall Monty Python..


M: I came here for a good argument.
A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
A: It can be.
M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
A: No it isn't.
M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
A: Yes it is!
M: No it isn't!
A: Yes it is!
M: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
(short pause)
A: No it isn't.
M: It is.
A: Not at all.

:rotfl: Well done. That cheered me up. :T