I just gave somebody 10 pounds phone credit by entering a typo

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I feel so furious and cheated now. My friend thinks I should phone them up and demand they buy me credit.

Ronan, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link

steal your friend's phone and do it yourself

elan, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link

I just rang o2 but they said they can't do anything, unsurprisingly. this fucking country. the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Ronan, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link

...but randomly

Bob Six, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link

exactly...the headlines say it all "banker's typo made him a tramp", "data error takes food from child's hand" etc etc

Ronan, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link

send a happy birthday text
if they say it's not my birthday
THEN demand they buy you credit

viagra falls, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link

"key slip starts cyber-famine"

Ronan, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link

maybe they'll pay it forward

Gukbe, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link

Get one contract and never have this embarrassing problem ever, ever again. Pay As You Go is for kids and/or those without full time jobs.

suzy, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link

suzy, stop being a condescending jerk for once, will ya?

ian, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:39 (sixteen years ago) link

this is ilx, ian.

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link

oh right i forgot :(

ian, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link

michael sophocles feels for you
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2474661816_e3006c1d7c.jpg

czn, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link

measure twice, cut once

this cliched dadvice brought to you by generations of shop instructors

Oilyrags, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link

@ ian: when you stop interjecting between people who know each other IRL as if you've actually got something worth saying to either about this given situation, I might consider my position on whether or not I'm condescending. Until then, may I helpfully add that you forgot 'patronizing.'

I know it's difficult, but keep that pecker up, babe.

suzy, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link

As someone without a full-time job, I can confirm that Pay as You Go is, indeed, for people like me.

G00blar, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link

Phone contract is U&K for me and wahey it's upgrade time. Basically I knew I'd spend more than £30 a month on PAYG and didn't want to get OCD checking remaining credit all the time or the worry of running out.

suzy, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link

I spend £7 a month on mah mobile. Contracts can fuck off, to be frank. They're there to rip you off.

Mister Craig, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link

Get one contract and never have this embarrassing problem ever, ever again. Pay As You Go is for kids and/or those without full time jobs.

oh the ironing

Ed, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link

switching to PAYG was the best decision i ever made. i make/receive like 3 calls a month.

blueski, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link

i'll be a 30 yr old kid next week

blueski, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link

Stevem a kidult? Never ;-)

I know people pay less than £30/month but yo am having to be in touch with lots of Americans, needed a nice phone ASAP and no landline at present. I think am just allergic to any PAYG plan, for anything, from having to deal with a KEY METER for electricity in a former flat. SHUDDER.

suzy, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link

I need a contract but the fuckers want to charge me a 200 pound deposit to get one.

Ronan, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link

My dad told me that in his first job he accidentally sent some poor newsstand shmo a whole truckload of cigars by accidentally adding a zero or two.

Hurting 2, Thursday, 8 May 2008 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link


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