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Phone users are hit by cash con

BexTech
BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
HUNDREDS of families across the West Midlands have been left out of pocket by a mobile phone selling scandal which is sweeping the industry.

Birmingham Trading Standards is so concerned about the spread of the controversial cash back deals that it is demanding action at a national level, following cases such as that of city man Bob Powell.


Full Birmingham Mail article
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(OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)

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  • marleyboy
    marleyboy Posts: 16,698 Forumite
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    Interesting, think ill stick to the good ole Pay as you Go service.
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  • tripled
    tripled Posts: 2,879 Forumite
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    All phone retailers are conning !!!!!!!s, I've stayed on a contract directly with Vodafone for years now and would be very reluctant to switch unless they really peed me off - not that I tell em that when my contract comes up for renewal!
  • ictmad
    ictmad Posts: 274 Forumite
    iam on my 4th contract and it will be my last the mobileoutlet carry on has cheesed me of that much,when it ends in 6mths its pay as u go all the time for me then
  • BexTech
    BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
    I had my first contract mobile back in 1996, there were no PAYG phones around then, but around 4.5 years back I dumped the contract, I changed jobs and they would no longer pay my bills for me, I switched to a PAYG phone and cut down on my use, so now it's rare for me to spend more than 50p month, I use a mobile now for people to contact me when they must speak to me and can't wait until I am home, 99.9% of my calls are made from home calling people on their landlines, I don't have a landline either as I dumped that and use VoIP via an adapter, so to everyone it appears like a regular phone system, means I spend virtually nothing on phone call costs.

    Mobile phones are just a big rip-off, and the amounts people spend on them are crazy, I'd rather save that money and go away on holiday or to buy items we really do need.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
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