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O2 mislead me. How can I get my replacement phone?

Anonymous
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My insure claim has been declined. I have tried my very very best to call customer service & insure premium team but it was so hard and difficult to reach them. My timing to call in is always busy and no one answer me. So, it caused me to make my claim after 48 hours I lost the phone. Because of my claim made after 48 hours, my claim has been declined and I could not get my replacement phone.
Besides, one of the O2 live chat member told me that they will issue me a new sim card and advised me to call O2 insure after I get the sim card. After I get the new sim card means it's over 48 hours I lost my phone. That is mislead me and cause me can't claim a replacement phone.
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Anonymous
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10 pence per minute. It might be cheap for you, BUT NOT for me

Cheaper than buying a new phone though... :womanindifferent:
But in all fairness we all know how frustrating it is to be on hold - but like I said in a previous post...
If you have lost a brand new phone - one would think you would have made an effort to make that claim as soon as possible.

Contact the insurance complaint team and see what they say.
Let us know the outcome too...
Good luck. wink
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Anonymous
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For me, if O2 are that helpful, they should make a record on the account that the customer has been transferred to the insurance for claims purposes and that would remedy this 48 hour nonsense.

It is total and utter tripe and I am disappointed in those in here that are patronising the OP.
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Anonymous
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I am disappointed that ( in this instance) the blame is being apportioned in the wrong place. I think o2 insures exceptions are absolutely ridiculous and grossly unfair. But from what has been written CS seems to have done things broadly correctly, but are still getting the blame. Maybe people don't realise that CS and insure are two entirely separate entities. Like Sellotape says, call insure directly and make a complaint. CS no tes will record when the first call was made and the bars were applied. This should support the OP s position. It's a shame they didn't just stay on the line the first time they were transferred though.
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I am disappointed that ( in this instance) the blame is being apportioned in the wrong place. I think o2 insures exceptions are absolutely ridiculous and grossly unfair. But from what has been written CS seems to have done things broadly correctly, but are still getting the blame. Maybe people don't realise that CS and insure are two entirely separate entities. Like Sellotape says, call insure directly and make a complaint. CS no tes will record when the first call was made and the bars were applied. This should support the OP s position. It's a shame they didn't just stay on the line the first time they were transferred though.


If we are to accept the OP is not story-telling then her beef with the O2 CSA on the chat facility is very clear in her original post.
My advice on who to write to is also very clear and it is not O2.
Having said all of this, if the insurance company wave the O2 flag in order to secure business and O2 are happy to receive the kickbacks for having their flag waved, then there should be a way of satisfying the nonsense 48hr rule, stipulated in the terms and conditions.
I personally feel O2 have thad their name as a Network tarnished by their current substandard insurance company "partner". In their first year of business under the O2 flag, they have already earned themselves a slot on Watchdog, however short and lip serving it was.
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Anonymous
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I agree 100% with your last paragraphs. O2s current insurance provider is complete pants and I cannot think of one reason any sane person would hold a policy with them. Is online chat the same as CS? Maybe but I think of them as separate. If you get transferred to make a claim though and then hang up without getting through, there's not a lot anyone can do.
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I agree 100% with your last paragraphs. O2s current insurance provider is complete pants and I cannot think of one reason any sane person would hold a policy with them. Is online chat the same as CS? I know from past experience that it is not the same people at all, maybe this is not so clear to everyone.


Being part of a forum can distort our view of real life. We all learn from each other. The majority of O2 customers have probably never heard of sheepdog, Stevey, perksie and prking and what happened to the OP should not be allowed to happen. If a SIM is reported lost or stolen, along with the handset, then the condition should be considered satisfied.
I firmly believe that O2 owe their customers as much, for selling them such a poor insurance product.
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