cancelling contract or at least getting it cheaper?

carlih1

Hi, my husband has just lost his job we're currently paying £160 for three mobile phones and a dongle. Needless to say we cannot afford this anymore. is there anyway of reducing the contract our dongle runs out november and the mobile phone contracts in april next year x

OneADay

£160 :eek:

Ditch the dongle in November. Check with networks if you can downgrade tariffs, only allowed on some networks and only by about £5 a month.

Sell the phone to pay for line rental, get a cheap £10 phone replacement and use with contract sim.

macman

No, you cannot void the contract because your personal circumstances have changed.
Death or bankruptcy are the only valid exits routes.
How do you manage to clock up £160 even on 4 devices-that's an average £40 per contract!

carlih1

Ones £20 per month two are £40 and the dongle was £35. i know its attrocious but we didnt even think about it as oh had a really good job x

grumbler

This makes no difference, but 20+40+40+35:eek:=135, not 160
I hope that your husband made a really good savings while having a really good job, and it will not be a problem to keep paying untill April.

robt_2

That is only £135.

That aside, if you can not downgrade, see if the handsets are worth anything and sell them to pay off some of the remaining line rental.

macman

So you've just saved the OP £25 per month!

carlih1

there is vat on top will sell the handsets thanks x

spiro

Husband & Wife, 3 mobile phones?

grumbler

Teenage children like expensive gadgets too.

Hammyman

grumbler wrote: »

Teenage children like expensive gadgets too.

I bought my son a phone on PAYG for his birthday. He is responsible for topping it up out of his pocket money and now wages.