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  • robt_2
    robt_2 Posts: 3,401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    RevTheory wrote: »
    i dont want people ringing about work crap when im not at work... so i was going to turn that work off and use my personal phone so if im needed it personal not work related

    Why would you be giving your mobile number to people who would ring you about 'work crap'? I don't get it.
  • i want a good phone tho :P
  • robt wrote: »
    Why would you be giving your mobile number to people who would ring you about 'work crap'? I don't get it.

    my work have a habit of ringing on my day off saying to come in... and being im a senior member of the store people give out my phone number to customers so i can sort out there problems on my day off...
  • JSF
    JSF Posts: 188 Forumite
    well...

    it does mean if one battery goes flat you got another phone to use.

    If they are the same model you got spares if one develops a fault

    If people are on other networks it may be cheaper to call one than the other if they are locked to a (different) network

    you can keep one phone free for emergency/priority calls

    if on different networks reception may be better on one than the other

    however - there is the cost of buying two phones
    :j
  • robt_2
    robt_2 Posts: 3,401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    RevTheory wrote: »
    my work have a habit of ringing on my day off saying to come in... and being im a senior member of the store people give out my phone number to customers so i can sort out there problems on my day off...

    Well you could install call filter software on your phone to divert all unknown numbers to voicemail on your days off.

    Personally I would get a new number and NOT give it to work.
  • well i was looking at a 2nd contract instead of payg.. as i would be topping up about £40 a week
  • robt wrote: »
    Well you could install call filter software on your phone to divert all unknown numbers to voicemail on your days off.

    Personally I would get a new number and NOT give it to work.

    store needs to number for contacting when some1 has called in sick..
  • robt_2
    robt_2 Posts: 3,401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    RevTheory wrote: »
    store needs to number for contacting when some1 has called in sick..

    Then you tell the !!!!!! organisation that you work for under no circumstances are they to give the number to anyone :)

    I really can't see what the problem is.
  • robt wrote: »
    Then you tell the !!!!!! organisation that you work for under no circumstances are they to give the number to anyone :)

    I really can't see what the problem is.

    yeah... mite as well stick with my hero on voda
  • greyster
    greyster Posts: 2,392 Forumite
    RevTheory wrote: »
    is it worth have 2 mobile phones simple question :)

    My OH at the moment is suffering with three mobiles, her colleagues apparently had a good tease the other day.

    She has one for work calls, one for personal calls and a third PAYG '3' mobile for skype. Her family skype her from overseas on it and she never tops it up. She can't move her personal phone to '3' because she gets a superb 50% off deal on T-Mobile. T-M must have read her mind when she was thinking of leaving because now out of no where they phoned up and said she can submit 4 numbers for unlimited calls and texts without changing her plan at all.

    So she's pretty much stuck with 3 mobiles at the moment.
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