Can’t sign up to Tesco Mobile

kah22

Hi I am with Tesco mobile and a close friends wants to switch from a PAYG account with o2 to a sim only deal with Tesco

We spent sometime today trying to sign her up but when it came to the payment bit they couldn’t verify her credit rating. I’m assuming it was because she only uses a Visa Debit Card, and deals with cash, so no credit history.

what should she do?

Purely as information she was looking at the 50GB unlimited texts and minutes from Tesco

As always thanks for any advice

Kevin

Neil_Jones

Yes but cash doesn't grow on trees, it has to come from somewhere so even a bank account will be part of some credit history, as the friend will probably had had a job that requires payment into said bank account.

Find out the credit history and what may be blocking the application:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/loans/check-free-credit-report/

Neil49

This may be irrelevant but a switch from payg to 50GB and unlimited minutes and texts may have thrown up a few warning flags. 

kah22

I’ll be meeting my friend tomorrow and I see what Neil49 is saying.
There is no Tesco where I live but there is an o2 shop and I know my friends PAYG is with o2 and Tesco piggyback on o2. Any idea of what their deals are like at the moment and would it be easier to switch to a SIM only deal with them

Kevin

Neil_Jones

kah22 said:

I’ll be meeting my friend tomorrow and I see what Neil49 is saying.
There is no Tesco where I live but there is an o2 shop and I know my friends PAYG is with o2 and Tesco piggyback on o2. Any idea of what their deals are like at the moment and would it be easier to switch to a SIM only deal with them

Kevin

As I alluded to you might do better to find out why the original application was turned down, rather than just picking other providers and hoping they say yes.