mobile phone question

oohitsproperbo

Hi all

Will orange ask me to send my mobile back if I get rid of contract under bankruptcy?

Thanks in advance

milothewestie

no just the contract goes into your bankruptcy you can use ya phone on payg

dojoman

Was the phone part of the contract?

skylight

If the phone is part of the contract, you will find the phone blocked and barred etc. so that it is unusable.

mummytotwo_3

We were on contract with Vodafone when we went br in March, we didnt want the contract no more so we included it in the br. But both the phones were never barred, and we are still using them on payg.

I_luv_cats

Your Official Receiver may not accept your mobile phone contract so can reverse the contract, so therefore like it never happened and the outstanding/early termination will be included in your br.

Also 'Orange' could cancel your contract if Bankruptcy is in your t&c's. You may have to inform them or they may find out!

I had a £10-£15 contract with o2 and everything continued as normal during and after my br.

NigelFoster

I have a £25 per month contract with Orange that has continued with no problems.

milothewestie

skylight wrote: »

If the phone is part of the contract, you will find the phone blocked and barred etc. so that it is unusable.

i think you will find a phone is only barred if reported lost or stolen,whether its on contract does not matter

skylight

milothewestie wrote: »

i think you will find a phone is only barred if reported lost or stolen,whether its on contract does not matter

I was a bit scant in my original reply, but yes, if the phone is still within contract they will barr it.

So, a contract taken out 5 months ago with a free phone on a 24 month contract will find the phoned barred as it was part of the deal, but a contract that has expired (so is now a rolling contract) with no renewal and no new upgrade should not have the phone barred.

Orange did this with me, and Vodafone to two others I know of. However, Vodafone have not done it to my ex-OH.

Then there is always the luck of the draw!! Good old human error.


I guess the upshot of it is, as with all things in BR expect the worse and anything extra is a bonus.

foolishqueen

I recently sold a phone that I got on a contract, that will probably end up in my BR if I go down that route. I didn't even consider that the phone itself may be barred. If that happend the person who bought it won't be best pleased, and rightly so :eek: