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Mobile Phone on orange contract

porshae22
porshae22 Posts: 6 Forumite
Hi can any one help, orange have taken out of my account £402. I did take my phone abroad and made 1call to uk and by accident it was put on roaming twice I believe for a total of 3mins
Can they take that amount with out telling you:mad:

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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 9 May 2012 at 3:44PM
    porshae22 wrote: »
    Can they take that amount with out telling you:mad:
    Normally they bill you first, then take what you owe them.

    They cannot take some unpredictable amount without informing you :
    http://www.thesmartwaytopay.co.uk/directdebitexplained/pages/directdebitguarantee.aspx
    If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit the organisation will notify you (normally 10 working days) in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed.
  • NFH
    NFH Posts: 4,413 Forumite
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    porshae22 wrote: »
    Hi can any one help, orange have taken out of my account £402.
    What does your bill say the charges are for? Stating the total amount, without telling us what the charges are for, is not going to generate much help here.
  • thatsean
    thatsean Posts: 992 Forumite
    What sort of phone do you have? For these sort of charges sounds like it's smartphone data roaming. Orange have billed you, have you not looked at the bill?
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    porshae22 wrote: »
    Hi can any one help, orange have taken out of my account £402. I did take my phone abroad and made 1call to uk and by accident it was put on roaming twice I believe for a total of 3mins
    Can they take that amount with out telling you:mad:

    well what does the bill say?
    Orange offer paper and online billing
    so what does it say?
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