selling a contract phone???

Josie64

stupid 18yr old son has just gone out to SELL his contract phone???:eek:

any advise please? I think he has gone to sell it to pay the contract off but won't they want the phone back or just the sim card?

jaxxy00

They will not want either but whatever he does, dont let him sell it with the sim card. Whoever buys it, if they have the sim card in it, could create large bills that your son would be responsible for.

medic1978

It will be fine as long as he keeps the sim card.

Can be a nice way to reduce the line rental significantly. Have done it myself in the past. Sold new phone and put the contract sim in an old phone...

Josie64

he's kept the sim card - phew!! but still got 85 owing on phone bill , CPW

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Its not that stupid a thing to do. You can get a contract that would cost you 200 pounds over the course of the year that might come with a free phone that could be sold for 150 pounds. Pop the SIM card into an old mobile and you have a very cheap phone contract for the year.

Josie64

I was thinking it was stupid , cos I was just worried in case they ask for the phone back that's all.

HugoSP

They would only ask for the phone back if they agreed for whatever reason to cancel the contract early, or if he did the same.

I had this with my Orange contracts. The service I experienced was a complete joke and was completely unuseable for my needs. They were not legally obliged in any way to agree to cancel my contracts but they did after 6 weeks, on the condition that I agreed to return the phones.

patwa_2

I too, do this quite often with contracts. Handy way of making money, especially on free line rental 12 month contract 12 month cashback deals.

Some networks stipulate that the phone is their property until after your initial contract is over. In this case, they can demand a recall at any time. although this is rare, it's something to be aware of.

I would not be worried. As long as your son can pay off the bills on time, and then either cancel or renew/upgrade/downgrade the contract at the end of it, he'll be fine.

Cheers and take care.

Hussein.

Josie64

HugoSP wrote:

They would only ask for the phone back if they agreed for whatever reason to cancel the contract early, or if he did the same.

I had this with my Orange contracts. The service I experienced was a complete joke and was completely unuseable for my needs. They were not legally obliged in any way to agree to cancel my contracts but they did after 6 weeks, on the condition that I agreed to return the phones.

errmm... he's just got a letter from Moorcroft Debt agency this morning wanting 136.05 by 21/7/06 or its going to court?

the contract is t-mobile flext 35 (18mths), and he thought he had web'n'walk on as well for just 7.50 a month extra ( i've posted about this on debt free wanabee board somewhere) but they didn't put the web'n'walk on and for a month charged him for all internet stuff , he wanted to cancel the contract but t-mobile wanted £500 anyway the phone has been disconnected for a while now and cos he left a job in January his JSA has been stopped and we have got debt probs as well .

in this debt letter they have mentioned bailiffs coming round to the house, what is the legal position there?
the house is ours (mortgage) and can bailiffs take our stuff to pay his debt? or will they just take his stuff?

patwa_2

Hello don't panic. It's the number one way to make an mistake.

I don't know what it's called, but bayliths, similar to builders have an association with a code of good ethics that they register with. Basically this says that Bayliths will be understanding when dealing with cases.

So, simply knocking on your door, storming in and then throwing your stuff out onto the street whilst you watch would be against the code.

that having been said, I'm no legal expert, so hopefully someone will be along with word on that front.

Cheers and take care.

Hussein.