just had my phone bill

[small_all@hotmail.com]

alright guys, a bit of a depressing start to the month, worse than going back to work, i went over to south Africa for 2 weeks and managed to get my self  grand in debt with orange, god dam data roaming charges, who knew  :twisted:

im just about bout to move into my first house (some time in the next month) and was hoping to get my raider on the road before,

every things all fekd now, just wondering if any of u cleaver cats out there could help me maybe avoid paying this so i can get my raider road worthy this month

all comments welcome  :cry:

[robx1r]

avoiding it no, but my lil bro had a similar situation and he rang the credit department of vodafone and they agreed that he could pay it off in installments and still remain connected and it wouldnt affect his credit rating either!
 i think he owed somthing like €540 and he paid it back at 40 a month ok he ended up paying them about 610 but still got it sorted!

[Ash-Lee]

This is the trouble with smartphones, even more so with ones stuffed full of apps that like to update every 5 minutes.

I turn off mobile data on my handset and just use WiFi. If i absolutley need to access something while i'm out on the road i will manually turn on mobile data to avoid flying over any monthly allowances and being hit with hidden charges etc.

I suppose best you can do is ring up your carrier, and grovel. Explain you might of been a bit of a numpty and didn't know anything about roaming etc. Say the kids wont eat for a week and the washing machines just blown up. etc etc. Or as above explain your situation and offer to pay across installments.

[small_all@hotmail.com]

yeh... and grovel i did, no budging though, people say there are numbers and people u can ring to get thing like this fixed but when ever i ask they say they cant find the number or remeber the friend who did it or what ever... its like the mate that nos the kid who will put ur car though a M.O.T.. and when it comes down to it the only thing the kids good for is making tea.. o well learning the hard way is never fun  :cry:

[Ash-Lee]

Post your issue over at Money Saving Expert website. The link below should take you straight to the mobile section of the website.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/for ... y.php?f=14

Hopefully you might get more help from people there. I went on there many moons ago when Scottish Power were taking the piss and charging me twice for my electric bill.

[small_all@hotmail.com]

Post your issue over at Money Saving Expert website. The link below should take you straight to the mobile section of the website.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/for ... y.php?f=14

Hopefully you might get more help from people there. I went on there many moons ago when Scottish Power were taking the piss and charging me twice for my electric bill.