SEVEN MORE ways to cancel any Cellphone contract so you can get an iPhone
26/06/07 22:39 Filed in: Technology
I read a fantastic article from Digg and decided to add mine into the bundle.
1. Become bankrupt. This will render all outstanding credit terms (including cellular contracts) void. This also does mean you won't be able to get your new contract. However, if you enter into a voluntary agreement BEFORE this happens you can boot off the old debt (and contracts) at a substantially lower cost to yourself and they will not be able to render you un-credit worthy.
2. Go insane. Rendering yourself mentally incompetent is the psychological version bankruptcy. You'll be sectioned under your local mental health act... but at least that small cardboard box will be your iPhone. I mean, in your head that is.
3. Have yourself declared an enemy of the state. You will be ejected from your country, potentially end up in an orange suit just off Cuba and/or end up in a desert land. However, at least Sprint will get off your case and you won't have to worry about any debts you've left behind.
4. Become a criminal mastermind but get yourself caught and sent to prison (in the UK) because you will forfeit all right to ownership of a mobile phone.
5. Assume the identity of a dead child born around the time of your own birth. Obtain a birth certificate and then use this to legally obtain over documents such as a passport and so forth. Being 'away abroad' is usually a good excuse. Use this assumed identity to obtain your iPhone and then fake 'your' own death. May I suggest drowning at sea. Worked for Julie Roberts in 'Sleeping with the Anemone'
6. If your provider equips you with an insurance plan for your phone get clumsy. Check the conditions carefully (my favourite clause from a friend's insurance policy was that the phone couldn't leave the house, but I digress) and if all is fine smash the monkey to pieces. They when they send you a new phone.. smash that. Sooner or later they will hit the limit and call it a day on your replacements. But so long as the insurance is part of your contract... in order to cancel one. You get the picture. Just don't tell Three in the UK about this.
7. Send your phone to friend in another state where your carrier is forced to use another network provider. When they use up your minutes on another provider it costs your own provider a fortune. If they do call your phone, your friend could be 'you' and say your doing a lot of travelling.
Best of all, you can also have your mate send you their phone for the reverse effect. It usually takes 2-3 months before the alarm bells start going off and they want to call it quits. So far, I've heard this working in 8 out of 10 case with the other 2 being offered considerably cheaper exit costs.
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1. Become bankrupt. This will render all outstanding credit terms (including cellular contracts) void. This also does mean you won't be able to get your new contract. However, if you enter into a voluntary agreement BEFORE this happens you can boot off the old debt (and contracts) at a substantially lower cost to yourself and they will not be able to render you un-credit worthy.
2. Go insane. Rendering yourself mentally incompetent is the psychological version bankruptcy. You'll be sectioned under your local mental health act... but at least that small cardboard box will be your iPhone. I mean, in your head that is.
3. Have yourself declared an enemy of the state. You will be ejected from your country, potentially end up in an orange suit just off Cuba and/or end up in a desert land. However, at least Sprint will get off your case and you won't have to worry about any debts you've left behind.
4. Become a criminal mastermind but get yourself caught and sent to prison (in the UK) because you will forfeit all right to ownership of a mobile phone.
5. Assume the identity of a dead child born around the time of your own birth. Obtain a birth certificate and then use this to legally obtain over documents such as a passport and so forth. Being 'away abroad' is usually a good excuse. Use this assumed identity to obtain your iPhone and then fake 'your' own death. May I suggest drowning at sea. Worked for Julie Roberts in 'Sleeping with the Anemone'
6. If your provider equips you with an insurance plan for your phone get clumsy. Check the conditions carefully (my favourite clause from a friend's insurance policy was that the phone couldn't leave the house, but I digress) and if all is fine smash the monkey to pieces. They when they send you a new phone.. smash that. Sooner or later they will hit the limit and call it a day on your replacements. But so long as the insurance is part of your contract... in order to cancel one. You get the picture. Just don't tell Three in the UK about this.
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7. Send your phone to friend in another state where your carrier is forced to use another network provider. When they use up your minutes on another provider it costs your own provider a fortune. If they do call your phone, your friend could be 'you' and say your doing a lot of travelling.
Best of all, you can also have your mate send you their phone for the reverse effect. It usually takes 2-3 months before the alarm bells start going off and they want to call it quits. So far, I've heard this working in 8 out of 10 case with the other 2 being offered considerably cheaper exit costs.