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Scoobs
30-10-07, 05:23 PM
Can it be done?

I have just got a work phone but I have 8 months to run on my current contract. Can I get out or am I stuffed?
DarrenSV650S
30-10-07, 05:24 PM
AFAIK if you want out you have to pay the remaining months in a lump sum :(
Stu
30-10-07, 05:26 PM
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Ping
30-10-07, 05:30 PM
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Would that be goose per chance? :D
Alpinestarhero
30-10-07, 05:32 PM
Unless you can find a fault that gives you grounds for terminating the contract...

...then you are well and truley stuffed :cool: They have you now under ball and chain for the next 8 months!

Matt
Pedro68
30-10-07, 06:24 PM
Just change ya package to the minimum on offer and bite the bullet :-|
Scoobs
30-10-07, 07:19 PM
Just change ya package to the minimum on offer and bite the bullet :-|

What do you mean by that? Change to a cheaper tarif and pay a lump sum?
Pedro68
30-10-07, 07:29 PM
Sorry scoobs, let me elaborate ... change down to the cheapest tariff your mobile network provider offers and then just let the contract run ... paying the monthly required amount (i.e. the cheapest package deal), and let the contract lapse ... but don't forget to give them notice in writing ... otherwise your contract will just run and run. No need to pay a lump sum, unless you really want to buy the contract out. Plus they'd probably charge you some admin fee as well.

Just the keep the phone as a backup (until the contract expires on it).

HTH,
Pete
Scoobs
31-10-07, 09:20 AM
Nice one. Cheers Pedro. I'll give that a go.
Stu
31-10-07, 10:32 AM
Good luck, depends on who you're with. But usually (3 anyway) the incentive you get at the start is based on the value of the package you sign up to so you can't even reduce your package.
Scoobs
31-10-07, 11:51 AM
Good luck, depends on who you're with. But usually (3 anyway) the incentive you get at the start is based on the value of the package you sign up to so you can't even reduce your package.

I'm with 3. Phoned this morning and got a tenner a month knocked off. Better than nowt huh...? :thumbsup:
andyb
31-10-07, 12:13 PM
Dont forget to write/phone and tell them you want to cancel your contract at least 28 days before you want to end it (when you can). Then about a week before it is supposed to be cancelled phone and check they have done it. O2 'forgot' to cancel two contracts that I'd already written/phoned and told them I wanted to cancel.
Stu
31-10-07, 12:21 PM
I'm with 3. Phoned this morning and got a tenner a month knocked off. Better than nowt huh...? :thumbsup:
How did you manage that? That would help me too. Any tips before I call ... again
Scoobs
31-10-07, 01:08 PM
How did you manage that? That would help me too. Any tips before I call ... again

I just phoned and asked what they could do for me. I didn't really care which tarif I had as long as it was cheaper.
Richie
31-10-07, 03:08 PM
Can't you say that you died and to please forward the next bill onto the afterlife...