£1300 vodafone bill in one month!!

zagfles

diamonds wrote: »

If you have legal rights over ther child it would be a waste of the courts time ?

It is not illegal for a person under 18 to drink alcohol at home or at a friend’s house. Parents can choose to give young people some of their *own* alcohol when at home.

"OWN" as in they paid for it.

Thus parents should educate young ones about booze, for instance: a beer, wine or cider with a meal (same as 16/17 yr olds can do in a pub with a adult).

It is illegal for an adult to buy alcohol on behalf of a child, which was clearly the scenario I was describing.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshealthandsafety/Youngpeopleandalcohol/DG_10026211

robbies_gal

how they hell did this thread turn into an alcohol issue

diamonds

zagfles wrote: »

It is illegal for an adult to buy alcohol on behalf of a child, which was clearly the scenario I was describing.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Yourchildshealthandsafety/Youngpeopleandalcohol/DG_10026211

A legal guardian can take a child in a store and ask what they want bought to be consumed at home though, your point was it could not happen when infact it can, legally.

diamonds

gabbyevs wrote: »

how they hell did this thread turn into an alcohol issue

Apologies, my fault was correcting misrepresented legislation.

mattyprice4004

JethroUK wrote: »

well they aren't 100% responsible - only 90% responsible

they have taken £5 service - rounded it up to £1300 (why they didn't make £13,000 is anyones guess) and beaten a child over the head with it

scary thing about this thread - is that the oh so righteous posters actually wish it was £13,000, because that will make them so much more righteous

it is scary

What's scary is how you were the fastest sperm yet you spout drivel like that and actually believe you are correct.

It's nice that youre trying to help and all, but when the advice is so off the mark it's probably best saved for another thread.

It's so simple - the calls were made, not Vodas issue. They shouldn't have any sympathy for issues like this.

I drove 400 miles but then didn't want to pay for the fuel I used - where do I stand?

NiftyDigits

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

What's scary is how you were the fastest sperm yet you spout drivel like that and actually believe you are correct.

It's nice that youre trying to help and all, but when the advice is so off the mark it's probably best saved for another thread.

It's so simple - the calls were made, not Vodas issue. They shouldn't have any sympathy for issues like this.

I drove 400 miles but then didn't want to pay for the fuel I used - where do I stand?

Pot and Kettle spring to mind....

Cell

Andy7856 wrote: »

Would you expect your electric company to text you when you had used more that your usual quota of leccy? Sounds harsh but I have no sympathy for those who complain that XY company has sent them a big bill for excessive usage... errm no one forced them to use the service. Why should the rest of the customers foot the bill for those.

Nuff said.

The energy utilities don't have instant access to your usage. In fact they can barely be bothered to read your meter - perhaps once a year.

And there is a theoretical maximum that any person could use. With a phone it's unlimited, and can rack up very quickly.

When credit card companies detect unusual usage they make enquiries with the cardholder. It can't be that difficult for mobile phone companies to do the same.

skintandscared_2

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

I drove 400 miles but then didn't want to pay for the fuel I used - where do I stand?

400 miles away?

kev225

Cell wrote: »

And there is a theoretical maximum that any person could use. With a phone it's unlimited, and can rack up very quickly.

I'd have thought the amount you can rack up on a phone was limited since you only have one sim card and one month to use it in.

Phone bills can mount up quickly, which is why you have your three choices:

1. Give the child a pay as you go sim.
2. Give the child a capped pay monthly contract.
3. Give the child an uncapped pay monthly contract.

It's really not that difficult to fathom for all you folks saying Vodafone are irresponsible. 1 or 2 are options easily available on the market but provide no possibility of abuse, 3 is for those who want the flexibility of being able to go over their usage. The OP made their choice. A £1300 bill is one heck of an incentive to consult the grey matter before entering any contract.

JethroUK

Cell wrote: »

........When credit card companies detect unusual usage they make enquiries with the cardholder. It can't be that difficult for mobile phone companies to do the same.

Quite right - this would happen in all phone companies if the law capped their exploiting of these circumstances

Particular in case of phone usage since unlike services like
fuel which the provider has to buy
Gas which the provider has to buy
Electricity which the provider has to buy
$1300 of phone meterage cost Vodafone $5 max and this should/would be reflected in any damages they are morally/legally/ethically entitled to