Cancelling a mobile phone contract if you leave the country

lufties

Hi does anyone know if you leave the country for work, is there any clause to get out of it?

njs030

Nope, you signed for however long so you have to pay for that many months.

Penny Tration

Nope, all you can do is pay off the contract term you agreed to.

lufties

notjustsweet wrote: »

Nope, you signed for however long so you have to pay for that many months.

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

Owryan

lufties wrote: »

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

How exactly does that make them ruthless b*stards? You signed a contract.

MarkR

lufties wrote: »

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

They provided you a subsidized handset with payments over a specified period. They can't be fairer than that.

njs030

lufties wrote: »

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

Well not really otherwise everyone would make excuses that they had to leave the country to get a free handset.

lufties

MarkR wrote: »

lufties wrote: »

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

They provided you a subsidized handset with payments over a specified period. They can't be fairer than that.

I used my own own handset, never got one from them

RoebuckWilson

lufties wrote: »

I used my own own handset, never got one from them

More often than not those are SIM free contracts with 30 day terms. Only one on Vodafone for a 12 month period springs to mind, OP. So if you didn't get a handset you should be on a short contract? What network is it?

lufties

I basically signed up for 12 months including roaming, 3 months into it i've had to move overseas for work. 
Anyway, I managed to get out of the contract, 3 customer service reps and 2 hours later

myshirt

lufties wrote: »

I basically signed up for 12 months including roaming, 3 months into it i've had to move overseas for work. 
Anyway, I managed to get out of the contract, 3 customer service reps and 2 hours later

When it goes to the cancellation team for processing it will be refused.

njs030

lufties wrote: »

I basically signed up for 12 months including roaming, 3 months into it i've had to move overseas for work. 
Anyway, I managed to get out of the contract, 3 customer service reps and 2 hours later

How did you get out of it?

lufties

myshirt wrote: »

lufties wrote: »

I basically signed up for 12 months including roaming, 3 months into it i've had to move overseas for work. 
Anyway, I managed to get out of the contract, 3 customer service reps and 2 hours later

When it goes to the cancellation team for processing it will be refused.

Well it was confirmed over the phone that the termination fee was waivered on the condition I pay my outstanding balance. The calls are recorded

lufties

notjustsweet wrote: »

lufties wrote: »

I basically signed up for 12 months including roaming, 3 months into it i've had to move overseas for work. 
Anyway, I managed to get out of the contract, 3 customer service reps and 2 hours later

How did you get out of it?

Pure persistence, I think logic prevailed in the end. I.E. I do not live and work in Ireland anymore, I didn't use a vodafone handset etc

SweetCaliber

lufties wrote: »

Well it was confirmed over the phone that the termination fee was waivered on the condition I pay my outstanding balance. The calls are recorded

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the termination fee equivalent to the outstanding balance?

L1011

SweetCaliber wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the termination fee equivalent to the outstanding balance?

Outstanding balance = bill
Outstanding committment is what you're thinking of; and usually it is.

MarkR

If you had, for example, 9 months left at 30 euro a month, isn't your outstanding balance going to be 270?

L1011

MarkR wrote: »

If you had, for example, 9 months left at 30 euro a month, isn't your outstanding balance going to be 270?

No, that's the outstanding term

Balance is solely the calls made/plan commitment time used and as yet unpaid

Zhane

A couple of things of point here. Because the OP was on a simo, the loss of the OP as a customer was alot less importance to the company. They prob put up a bit of a fight at the start, but it wasn't worth the hassle for the sake of circa €200 left on a contract. If the OP had a handset though it would be a different story altogether.

lufties

Zhane wrote: »

A couple of things of point here. Because the OP was on a simo, the loss of the OP as a customer was alot less importance to the company. They prob put up a bit of a fight at the start, but it wasn't worth the hassle for the sake of circa €200 left on a contract. If the OP had a handset though it would be a different story altogether.

True. the brought me back to PAYG, knowing that when i go back to Ireland I'll use it. I thought it was fair, as I didnt comprehend thst I'd have to emigrate (again) to find work. Ok I could have maybe got work in tesco stacking shelves, or labouring. But a skilled professional, jumping ship was the better option.

jimmycrackcorm

lufties wrote:

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

So you're leaving the rest of us to pay taxes here to keep the country going until you get back. You are so ruthless

lufties

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

lufties wrote:

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

So you're leaving the rest of us to pay taxes here to keep the country going until you get back. You are so ruthless

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

lufties wrote:

Jesus they are ruthless bastards. I had to emigrate as I couldn't get work in Ireland

So you're leaving the rest of us to pay taxes here to keep the country going until you get back. You are so ruthless

I pay taxes elsewhere

njs030

The moral of the story is -
When answering this question always check if the poster is sim only first

They don't usually let people out if they have a handset as the cost of the phone is built into the contract and the phone can't be resold so it's a bit too much of a loss!

I'm glad you got it sorted op and good luck with your travels!!

MarkR

lufties wrote: »

I pay taxes elsewhere

Will you at least bring us back some sweets?