Sunday 6 April 2014

You Know What I Never Forget, ThreeUK..?



...my grammar lessons.

3 comments:

  1. bloke in spain6 April 2014 at 17:49

    Yeah. And I'm not about to forget 3UK either.

    Scene's the 3 shop.

    "I need to buy a PAYG sim. I'm going to be out of the UK, a while, & I need a UK number for emergency calls. Do I need to make periodic calls to keep the SIM live? Once a month be OK?"

    "Certainly. Is that the phone you wish to use? I'll put the SIM in for you. There you are. And how much call credit do you want?"

    "£50"

    Three months later:
    TEXT message from 3
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    As you are not using a 3G handset, 3 is suspending your service.
    --------
    Call helpline.

    £50 credit expires trying to negotiate multilevel menus & hold on for human being


    Scene: 3 shop, UK, following year.

    "Our service is only available to 3G handsets"

    "Well your salesperson put in the SIM card. Wouldn't they know whether it was a 3G handset? In any case, this is deepest rural France, I live. We don't have 3G. Most of the time we're lucky to have any sort of signal. I want a refund"

    "I'm sorry, but we don't offer refunds. I can give you a new SIM, with your number reinstated. And credit you with £50 of calls"

    "What? So you can text me again. To tell me I've been disconnected?"

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  2. They're all bastar*s. Prices are (or should be) tumbling. Shop around just as soon as your current lock-in expires.

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  3. ""What? So you can text me again. To tell me I've been disconnected?""

    /facepalm

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