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Cancel a phone contract

  • 03-12-2021 09:04PM
    #1
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭


    I bought a google pixel 6 on Vodafone with a 2 year contract. I'm 2 months into it and want to get out of it and get a PAYG setup.

    What's the penalty for cancelling a phone contract ? Return the phone ?



Comments

  • #2
    Darc19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭Darc19


    Payment of 22 months remaining on the contract.

    That's why it's called a contract - you are contractually obligated to fulfill the terms you agreed to.



  • #3
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭mondeo


    And if I went abroad to work or simply couldn't afford it what would happen? Neither is the case I just sort of wish I didn't get this thing on 2 year bloody contract.



  • #4
    KildareP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭KildareP


    It would be passed over to a debt collection agency who would pursue it on the operator's behalf. The phone itself would most likely be blacklisted and no longer work on any Irish network.



  • #5
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,580 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    You could sell the phone and use the funds to buy out the remainder of the contract.



  • #6
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭mondeo


    OK, so I'm stuck with this then.



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  • #7
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,134 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Yeah. That's the deal with contracts .. it allows you to get the latest and greatest devices. But it is exactly that - a contract over a term for a set amount.



  • #8
    LawBoy2018
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭LawBoy2018


    Why aren't you happy with your contract? Is there some sort of issue with the service you're being provided?



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