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O2 rip you off

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:06:06 GMT

In December I upgraded my phone,I rang customer services and requested an unlock code for my old phone so my wife could use it as it was a smartphone.I spoke with a foreign lady,I assume their call centre is abroad,and she assured me she'd sort it,it never happened! Well today I decided to request the code again as my wife's old phone has died,I received a message from O2 saying they couldn't provide me with a code as the IMIEI number did not belong to one of their phones!

So hang on a minute,you take out a contract and they say the phone you pick is worth X hundred pounds,you do an upgrade when you renew your contract and then they expect you to just dump your old phone? Seems like someone is trying to rip me off,if that is how they want to play it then at the end of your contract they should reimburse you for a large portion of the cost they charge for the phone.

I shall be making a post on facebook and all of the other forums I frequent and warning people about this practice,and next time my contract is up I'll be going with another provider,one that has a decent call centre staffed by people that do as they are asked,and more importantly a company that doesn't see it's customers as cash cows.DISGUSTING!

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Cleoriff — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:09:03 GMT

What phone is it out of interest? Also if it matches up you can unlock via My O2 http://www.o2.co.uk/myo2

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MI5 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:16:40 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:

What phone is it out of interest? Also if it matches up you can unlock via My O2 http://www.o2.co.uk/myo2

That link won't work in this instance I'm afraid, however, the message you got back is a standard (vague and unhelpful) reply, which usually means the phone isn't locked.

Try your wifes sim card in it and see if it works.

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MI5 — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:35:15 GMT

Also, glad to see your previous network issues were resolved.

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Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:31:45 GMT

If you succeed in finding a phone company who don't take the greatest of pleasure in ripping you off would you let us know ? I would like to find one that has a customer service that don't lie to you and then rip you off by charging you for phone calls they suggest which are incorrect.

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jonsie — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 03:28:19 GMT

Any company be it a mobile network or any other commodity company will charge you for what you use. If a mistake has been made they would normally refund you. Unfortunately people tend to use live chat when the best option is always to call.

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MI5 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 05:40:58 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

If you succeed in finding a phone company who don't take the greatest of pleasure in ripping you off would you let us know ? I would like to find one that has a customer service that don't lie to you and then rip you off by charging you for phone calls they suggest which are incorrect.

If you start a new thread and give us details of your problem we may be able to advise you.

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Bambino — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:07:32 GMT

@Anonymous If you've come to the forum just to have a rant, that's fine, but if you have a legitimate grievance you'd like to discuss, start your own thread, as @MI5 suggests, which would be the preferred way to do it. We're all customers here, but we'll try to advise you as best we can.

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Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:05:04 GMT

Just out of interest, the sim may have been O2 but was the phone bought direct from O2, I believe sellers such as carphone warehouse supply stock phones which would not be then classed as an O2 handset as they did not directly provide it.

That said CPW usually send out their phones unlocked anyway.

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MI5 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:14:18 GMT

All CPW phones are supplied unlocked. The exception is the iPhone, which is unlocked until a sim is inserted. The phone will then lock to that sim card.
O2 have stated that they can and will unlock iPhones purchased this way from CPW.

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jonsie — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:58:05 GMT

Indeed they will and people have posted they have had their phones unlocked due to this idiotic policy by CPW.

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viridis — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:27:02 GMT

Apple. Apple refuse to supply unlocked handsets, keeping them apple store exclusive.

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Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:28:55 GMT

I return to you with my head bowed.

I suppose I came for a rant. I came late at night and saw "chat unavailable" and I thought it looked very much like the staff at the O2 shops in meadowhall in Sheffield England.

When I got the various replies from you all on my e-mail I decided to return to at least try to get something done.

I found the live call was active and connected instantly.

My first gripe was that the staff mentioned above gave me a number for motorola to try to get my battery replaced even though they said it was still under warranty. When I rang motorola they had no record of my purchase, it was purchased from the O2 shop as a deal phone and sim, so the call took 12 minutes, when I returned to the shop they gave me another number.

When I told the chat operator I was creditted with £5 on my account (the call cost just less than £5). I hope that will show up on my account, if so, that is brilliant.

My second gripe is that I accidently downloaded an app whilst on the data setting and not connected to a wifi router, this used up all my data allowance. That was at the end of June. I don't get my data allowance back till the 27 July when my next bill comes in. I thought this a bit excessive.

My contract is due to end then but after a conversation with the contract operator on the chat, they will cancel my present contract and refund the outstanding amount, set me on a new contract from tonight and refresh my data limit from tonight.

If my data has returned tonight and I don't have to somehow switch something back on that will also be brilliant.

So, hoping both those happen, I wish to appologise to O2 for my rant and to you people for being so understanding.

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gindygoo — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:54:25 GMT

Hi there @Anonymous

So it seems that you've sorted your problem via live chat? Have u kept the logs of that chat? The reason I ask is that unfortunately live chat aren't always great at following through with what they promise, especially where it's account related.. I'd be quite surprised if the £5 is added that you were also promised m, as live chat don't have permissions to give out goodwill gestures...

As to the data, unfortunately that was a mistake on your part as you were connected to data when downloading your app. So I'm unsure as to what was "excessive" in this instance?

Anyhoo, as you have hopefully sorted a new contract out then you should be all set.

One more thing though. Could I ask u to clarify what you were supposedly refunded in relation to "cancel my present contract and refund the outstanding amount"? As that also sounds like something live chat are also unable to actually do.

@MI5 is far more knowledgeable about these things than I do hopefully he'll see the shout and correct me if I'm mistaken.

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jonsie — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:52:45 GMT

We all like a rant at times, me more than most but there again I'm married to a Thai

Hope all goes as you have been told, do keep us advised

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MI5 — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:04:53 GMT

No need to apologise mate - we know it's not personal

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Cleoriff — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:56:47 GMT

A good rant often clears the air. Just as impressed that you came back to apologise @Anonymous Hope all goes well

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Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:48:13 GMT

I think it is excessive that when you use all your data they don't let you have anymore until your next bill, in my case the whole month. Surely replacing the data a bit at a time would have made more sense.

I was passed from the normal chat to the contracts department (still on line chat) to renew my contract, it is they who said I would be reinbursed with the unused part of my contract. I was also told I would be e-mailed to my e-mail address a copy of the conversation but that has not arrived yet?

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MI5 — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:47:35 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

hello

editing !!!

Appears to be working OK

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Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:51:07 GMT

you are too quick MI5. I tried to post and it shot me out losing all my work so I just tested it to see if it would work without me typing it all again, once it worked I retyped everything above 🙂