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Why Must I have a mobile to Open a Savings Account?
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I have no idea what you are going on about.
I must have misread the OP, as I didn't see it say "I can't afford a mobile phone".
There are alternatives. The one I mentioned is just one and I have been using this method, although not always this app for years. If the app stops working it would be no different than if your phone did so. You don't need a mobile number for every transaction. As a last resort you could transfer your money to a bank that didn't need a mobile number via the old fashioned cheque for example.Keef - Sheerness, Kent UK0 -
One option would be a internet dongle for any of the networks, they all come with a standard UK number and software to receive text messages via software.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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I've a lot of sympathy with those who don't want to be frog-marched into using technology they would otherwise not choose to have.
I've no sympathy with those who assume that mobile coverage is not an issue. Here, the signal(s) can only (just) be found by the window in two upstairs rooms...:(0 -
But how would that help those who don't get a mobile signal, or claim not to be able to afford a phone, or object on principle to using an additional device?One option would be a internet dongle for any of the networks, they all come with a standard UK number and software to receive text messages via software.0 -
It's not clear why the OP did not want to get a phone.
Heng's post is an answer to the OP, but maybe not the solution?
My answer may solve the no signal senario and possibly the not being able to afford a phone, although I don't see how that is possible as per other posts on here, but ....
Could the OP be objecting on principal to being frog marched (as above) rather than to another device?Keef - Sheerness, Kent UK0 -
Did the OP say he couldn't get a signal?Keef - Sheerness, Kent UK0
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I don't think it really matters anymore. The OP has not returned since Wednesday afternoon...keef-WhatStandards wrote: »Did the OP say he couldn't get a signal?I work within the voluntary sector, supporting vulnerable people to rebuild their lives.
I love my job
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Probably replying to all those txts!
Keef - Sheerness, Kent UK0 -
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