how do i get out of my mobile phone contract when emigrating

DCFC79

karatedragon wrote: »

I don't call advertising a handset as "free" and then actually charging for it via the airtime charges clear and transparent.

I can't see that said anywhere on the T-Mobile or Vodafone sales website by the "free" handsets being peddled. "This is free but actually we charge you for it in the airtime".

its just common sense that a phone advertised as free isnt actually free on a contract, ok so there may be people out who will think this but thats how they want to live

karatedragon

DCFC79 wrote: »

its just common sense that a phone advertised as free isnt actually free on a contract, ok so there may be people out who will think this but thats how they want to live

That may be the case but is it right that this sort of "false" advertising is taking place?

lucylucky

There is a lot of advertising that goes on which may be dubious, however no-one need to be forced into buying anything.

Once you have signed up/agreed/bought the item then I think you have to play the game by the conditions you agreed to.

easy

karatedragon wrote: »

That may be the case but is it right that this sort of "false" advertising is taking place?

But it isn't. At NO point could someone actually assume that they can walk away with a phone, unless they commit to a contract to pay X pound for Y months. So the advertising isn't false.

It is quite clear that if you commit to paying X pounds per month for Y months, you will get Z phone at no additional charge.

But not even the biggest fool could read that they will get Z phone, without paying the contract charges, and whenever I have dealt with phone companies, that has been made very clear.

So it isn't false advertising.

karatedragon

lucylucky wrote: »

There is a lot of advertising that goes on which may be dubious, however no-one need to be forced into buying anything.

Once you have signed up/agreed/bought the item then I think you have to play the game by the conditions you agreed to.

Not necessarily. I am a VERY Militant person and if I don't agree to anything whether pre, during or post contract I will cut it off.

At the moment I am happy with Vodafone on the whole but if they screw up I will drop them like a hot stone and don't give a fig about minimum terms and contracts. They screw up they will be history - simple and brutal.

I treated Three Mobile like that when then messed up. They gave me the whole "you cant get credit or wont get another contract" empty threat but it fell on deaf ears being un-mortgaged owning outright, not wanting loans or cards. I'm strictly a cash man.

In any case Vodafone took me despite Three's empty threats. If Three send some debt collector round I will simply tell them to "F" off.

makeApoint

KATET wrote: »

Hi, i have 12 months left on my two year contract and i am possibly emigrating. How can i get out of this contract as it cost £45 per month. Thanks.

If you run a business, some sods signed a 2 year contract with you and you gave them a decent expensive phone, would you be happy for them to get out afer a year?

Just pay the cancellation fee and factor that into your emigrating costs.

lucylucky

karatedragon wrote: »

Not necessarily. I am a VERY Militant person and if I don't agree to anything whether pre, during or post contract I will cut it off. Good for you, and whoever you are dealing with can refuse to enter into that contract with you

At the moment I am happy with Vodafone on the whole but if they screw up I will drop them like a hot stone and don't give a fig about minimum terms and contracts. They screw up they will be history - simple and brutal. And if they do screw up you will be entitled to leave with no penalty as they will have broken the contract

I treated Three Mobile like that when then messed up. They gave me the whole "you cant get credit or wont get another contract" empty threat but it fell on deaf ears being un-mortgaged owning outright, not wanting loans or cards. I'm strictly a cash man. Again good for you

In any case Vodafone took me despite Three's empty threats. If Three send some debt collector round I will simply tell them to "F" off. Hopefully you will be legally correct

You are happy to tell companies that if they break an agreed contract then you will ditch them but it is unacceptable for them to pursue a customer who breaks a contract?

gordikin

karatedragon wrote: »

If you got a free sample of Daz in the door and then a week later got an invoice for it you'd soon kick off.

That's not anywhere near agreeing to a 2 year mobile contract! Unless I've missed that phone companies are now sticking iphones through letterboxes in the hope that you'll pay when they send an invoice!

robt_2

gordikin wrote: »

That's not anywhere near agreeing to a 2 year mobile contract! Unless I've missed that phone companies are now sticking iphones through letterboxes in the hope that you'll pay when they send an invoice!

Indeed. But karatedragon has been clutching at straws for quite some time on the thread now

d123

Spikey wrote: »

When taking out a new mobile phone deal, you have 14 days to change your mind, so if you take your new phone home and discover your signal isn't going to be sufficient, don't just tough it out - get it changed!
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this isn't really true, some networks allow a cooling off period but it isnt a legal right, any contract signed in person in the shop has no "change of mind" and distance selling regs allows 7 working days.

14 days change of mind is a voluntary extra offered by some retailers and is one of those urban myths as a "right".