Declined on O2! What to do??

scottp_2

Hi,

My brother has just applied for a £15 a month Contract with O2 and has been declined! We have both only just turned 18 so therefore have nothing on our credit reports but I didn't think it would decline. I have got a £500 overdraft and a Switch card and we both earn similar money (if not him more) so he was mortified to say the least! Is there anything he can do? As he doesn't want to be declined in the next few months for anything else!

Thanks!

Scottp

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

His lack of credit history was probably a factor.

Have you both got yourselves on the electoral register?

diamonds

couple months on sim only on o2 then they let you contract it

b33r

There's also a chance it was nothing to do with your credit history but your address. When i tried to get an O2 contract at uni i got declined when I put my Uni address but accepted with my parents address. Do you have another address that you could use?

scottp_2

diamonds wrote: »

couple months on sim only on o2 then they let you contract it

It was for the £15 Sim only deal so it's not like I was asking for a £300 phone and a £35 a month contract! We are going to get ourselves on the voters roll and then try in a few months. I can get someone to check at work that it has been done. In the meantime as well I am going to get him an overdraft and a credit card sorted out with RBS to try and build it up a little more.

I have another address I could try but were not on the voters roll there and it is just around the corner from the one we used, so I don't think its wise to have another go just yet!

thanks for the help!