Getting out of an Orange mobile contract

Idlewood

Hi all,

We are off to Perth in 4 weeks time (at last),and I've juts contacted our mobile phone provider, Orange, to organise cancellation of our mobile contract. Both mine and the wife's phones are on this contract, plus the broadband which we get for free due to the contract amount.

Theres approx. 18 months left on my phone and just under the two years left on hers; Orange have said that due to the remaining time left we have to "buy out" of the contracts and have quoted me an approx. figure of £500!!! due to the time left.

When we renewed the phones I was told that it wasn't going to be a problem getting the contract cancelled; anybody out there any ideas or solutions? I don't mind having to pay a buy out fee I understand the logic etc but thats a lot of money for nothing, and we can't use the Orange sims in Australia and they have no reciprocal arrangement with any mobile providers out there.

Cheers,

Terry _______

macman

You always cancel a contract without problem, but you always have to pay a termination fee that is equal to the payments you would have made up to the end of the contract.
It sounds like you have only recently renewed your contracts, which seems unfortunate timing.
Your best option is to sell on the contract to a friend, they can change the direct debit but keep the contract in your names.

gingeral

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1825687

Dude, check out this thread, if you have recieved a text from Orange, saying theyre changing the charges (and maybe worth a try if you haven't recieved the text, say that you have), it states changes to data charges and call charges, you can terminate the contract early by using their terms and conditions. I got out 16 months early on my contract and got to keep the phone!

Hope this helps and let us know how you get on