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Nightmare porting number from EE

Bdebz79
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Please can someone help me. 

I got a pac code from EE to leave them.

Bought an O2 PAYG sim.

 

Rang O2 customer services and they said yes we can move my old number across. Asked for details and pac code etc. We complete the porting form over the phone and O2 say it will go through in 24 hours. They try to up sell a pay monthly contract which is "just a bit more than my PAYG monthly payment for more data". I say no thank you. Just want pay as you go. They eventually agree after pushing this 4 times.

 

4 days later nothing has happened. Ring O2 again and they say the transfer of my number failed due to a technical error. Tell me to give details again and they will do it again. Again try to up sell to an amazing 12 contract for more money. Again I say no thank you repeatedly.

 

Again 3 days later nothing so I ring back again am told by EE that it was a technical error again and to do the form again. We do it again over the phone. 24 hours later my EE number stopped working. Great I thought. All sorted. How wrong I was. I put my O2 sim in and find it hasn't transferred. Gave it another 24 hours turning on and off and still my EE number hadn't transferred.

 

I ring O2 again. They said it again was a technical error and that they need to fill the form again! I have now been without my own number for 5 days by this point.

 

I am disabled, waiting on urgent waiting list for surgery. I cannot log into anything online that I need as it has two step verification with my original number that doesnt now work. 

 

I ring EE and they say that it ported over on 23/6 and is now definitely with O2. They put this in writing. 

 

Ring back O2 and again they say to complete a form. I eventually lose the plot, explaining that I am disabled with no access to my online medical sites without my number and waiting for hospital to ring for urgent surgery. They transfer me finally to someone else. I speak to someone who says they will help and can I wait on hold while they sort it. I sit on hold for over 2 hours and eventually presume they must have forgotten about me. My son re rings O2 from his phone. Someone tells me something must have gone wrong and to end my on hold call and they will sort it. Again I get transferred. Finally someone tells me that my number is with O2 but the PAC is locked and they will sort getting it unlocked so I can have my number hopefully tonight. Very apologetic but say they will sort it. I am exhausted, worried but now relieved.

 

They say that do have to put me on hold but they won't make me wait long and will come back shortly. I am on hold 10 mins and then an automated voice says "you have been kicked from this conference call" before the line goes dead. At my wits end. 

 

So I ring back again. The customer service person says they will not put me through to anyone and that if I want my number I have to agree to pay monthly for a year. I explain I do not want pay monthly and that I have a PAYG sim which I have topped up. They say that EE is at fault and the only way O2 will now transfer number is to buy into an O2 monthly contract for a year. I burst into tears and end up having to end the call. 

 

I just don't know what to do. I cannot access my online secure sites that need the code they send to my mobile, I cannot recieve calls as my number doesn't work. Cannot receive calls from hospital, docs, home support. Cannot access online banking without my code.

 

Please can someone help me. Please.

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Bdebz79
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Thank you @Breanna .

I cannot fault the help on here. It is just a shame that the same support isn't offered when you ring customer services. They just seemed more interested in aggressively trying to upsell me to a monthly contract.

 

My only other question if anyone could advise is whether you or @O2Emma could help me now with my online account. It wasn't a priority before as my main concern was not having my old number, but with that now solved, it would be good to be able to get my online account working again. It was working fine until 23/6 when everything went wrong for me originally. I haven't been able to log into the mobile account since then.

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Hi @Bdebz79 Your welcome glad its all sorted .

Hi @pgn and @Breanna Thanks glad I could help.

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Emma, is it possible you could help myself and wife with a similar problem please?

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Bdebz79
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@O2Emma just tagging you to see if you can help @Justanotherdisg 

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Hi @Bdebz79 I will look into it for @Justanotherdisg I am back on shift until 21.00hrs today I will send you a private message to discuss further.

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Hi, Breanna. Thanks for youe mention and sorry for my delay in replying - been a busy, busy weekend of preparing for holidays. In the end my daughter just decided it was less hassle to go with her new number and tell people to switch to it, so we'll do that. Thanks so much for the offer of assistance though.  As Bdebz79 said, if only O2 customer service were as good as the support here and not trying to agressively sell contracts. (come to think of it, I still need to check a sneak contract hasn't been set up against the card I topped up the SIM with). It was the blatant lying about having to switch to a contract as that was the rules and nothing else could be offered that really took it to a new level though; what sort of customer service is that?

 

Again, many thanks, Breanna!

 

Andy

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Hi, I'm in the same situation. I have been waiting to number to be activated since 21/06/23. They sent me three different sim cards and keep telling me it should work within 24-48 hours. 13 days later still no serviced. however number has been transferred to o2.

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@pawelle 

I'll tag one of our account advisors  @O2Helen01 who will be on duty at 8am. Hopefully she will be able to help.

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Morning all, thanks for the tag @Cleoriff@pawelle  I'm going to send you a message privately and we can discuss your issue further.

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Thank you. 

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