Ridiculous mobile charges.

[Super Sonic]

My daughter is having to pay £30 mth for sim only. She gets 12 GB data. Her mum has got both their phones, plus mum's husband, all n an inclusive contract. I'm assuming they split it three ways. I have told my daughter when I bought her a new phones last Christmas she needs to cancel, but she says as her mum signed up, only her mum can cancel. It seems her mum 'unkowingly' renewed the contract for another 2 years back in April.
Is my daughter being ripped off?
Daughter is at uni so only works p/t.

[dudleybloke]

Sounds a bit steep for a sim only deal.

[Harpoon]

Yes, have a look at IDMobile, Voxi, Smarty etc etc

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/sim-only-deals

£16 a month gets you unlimited data on ID or £10 for 50GB and rollover what you don't use.

[SmoothCriminal]

Sorry op but

£30 for 12gb is ste.

You can get much much cheaper sim only deals for that.

A quick Google and even Vodafone is doing 25gb for £8.

I wonder if ex and partner have expensive inc phone contracts and then they're splitting it 3 ways and your daughter is taking the brunt.

[Super Sonic]

I have told daughter she's paying far too much. She says she can't cancel as mum took at inclusive contract on family's phones. Mum renewed contract for another 2 years in April, says it was renewed 'without her (mum) signing anything'! I'm suspecting mum has new phone subsidised by daughter.

[Armitage.Shanks]

SIM only pay monthly (so no contract) with IDMobile unlimited calls/text and 30Gb (rolls over unused) £8pm. I was paying that on one of their 12 month SIM only contracts but when they changed the T&C about reduced data limits whilst roaming and being out of contract just moved to the pay monthly to get the full 30Gb roaming data allowance for the same money.

[Froomee]

I’ve just got a contract with Three for £10 a month for 120gb sim only (24m)

[Jamescrs]

I'm with o2 paying £8 per month for 30GB. Complete rip off. As others said sounds like mum is upgrading her handset off the back of the contract.

In addition if the contract is in mum's name the daughter can't be held into it.

[thebraketester]

Is her name on the contract? Does the money for it get taken straight from her own account by the network provider?

[lllnorrislll]

Auto-renew? I would be very surprised at that, more likely the phone company running the same price until they notice.

Look at the comparison sites etc, for £6.90 you can 12gigs plus a £40 Amazon gift card on a month only deal from Lebara (Vodafone)

https://rewards.giftcloud.com/uk/capture/lebara/12...

[Cats_pyjamas]

As others have said, far cheaper options out there. I pay £8/ month for 30gb, with data roll over. It's more than I'd ever need. Only drawback is roaming outside of Europe, with no bolt on options.

[Blue Mk8 Golf R]

ID Mobile I moved to them after being with Vodafone for 30 yrears I have saved £30 pounds a month and they have been very good

[Super Sonic]

Jamescrs said:

I'm with o2 paying £8 per month for 30GB. Complete rip off. As others said sounds like mum is upgrading her handset off the back of the contract.

In addition if the contract is in mum's name the daughter can't be held into it.

Thanks

[Super Sonic]

thebraketester said:

Is her name on the contract? Does the money for it get taken straight from her own account by the network provider?

Don't think so.

[ChocolateFrog]

ID mobile here too.

Was with Three for years and years but they all of a sudden became uncompetitive, largely due to pulling my legacy deal.

I had my suspicions about ID mobile but so far I can't really complain. Unlimited including 5g and roaming for I think £15 or £16.

[Super Sonic]

Thanks to everyone telling me about their bargain deals, will give daughter something to think about.

[AdamV12V]

Jamescrs said:

I'm with o2 paying £8 per month for 30GB. Complete rip off. As others said sounds like mum is upgrading her handset off the back of the contract.

In addition if the contract is in mum's name the daughter can't be held into it.

Can you post a link to that package please with O2? I cant find anything even close to that on sim only with O2 regardless of term

[Mr Whippy]

Super Sonic said:

thebraketester said:

Is her name on the contract? Does the money for it get taken straight from her own account by the network provider?

Don't think so.

Remove sim.

Buy smarty sim (or equivalent)

Stop paying via proxy for old sim.


If the mother has signed up for something stupidly expensive then that’s her issue isn’t it?

[Jamescrs]

AdamV12V said:

Can you post a link to that package please with O2? I cant find anything even close to that on sim only with O2 regardless of term

I got it through the Uswitch website, currently the best deal on O2 there is 20gb for £8 per month, I'll try post a link below but if it fails go to the Uswitch website.

https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/sim-only-deal/ceba...

[Super Sonic]

Mr Whippy said:

Remove sim.

Buy smarty sim (or equivalent)

Stop paying via proxy for old sim.


If the mother has signed up for something stupidly expensive then that’s her issue isn’t it?

Agree. Thanks.