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This
is an Insurance article by an independent author and jml
Insurance takes no responsibility for its accuracy or content Beware
Of Hidden Insurance Charges When You Renew Your Mobile Phone Contract In The UK
By Philip
Suter I
have had a mobile phone contract with a major British mobile phone company that
is also the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world since
the mid 199o’s. Although I could get an up grade mobile phone every year and just
sign a contract for a further twelve months, I have actually only done this a
few times. These phones get more and more complicated and as soon as you have
got used to one and are happy with it, I don’t particularly want to familiarize
myself with a later model. Last
autumn I decided to change my phone on the upgrade system. As normal I went to
the local store and as normal they want you in and out as quickly as possible
because there is a queue behind you. I was given the contract to sign, (normal
procedure) and left with the new phone. I
noticed on the monthly account the words “3 months Free insurance £6.49 – Credit
3 months free insurance”. This
occurred again the next month and in January I saw that I had been charged £6.95
insurance. I looked back on the previous months and saw I was charged £7.41 in
December. I phoned the accounts department and they told me that this had been
included at the time of the “upgrade”. This was never actually pointed out and
as on previous visit got given the contract that is in very small print and asked
“to sign here” etc. They
agreed to cancel it. On the next bill it occurred again. I phoned them again and
they said, it continues for another 30 days after cancellation and billing came
into that time again. I hit the roof and said they had sneaked this in, it was
busy in their two person store and I was not happy. They agreed to credit the
payment back. I
have a couple of phones on that account and when the other one is due to be changed
will be very much on my guard. The annual insurance premium will well and truly
pay for another phone so with generous insurance commissions, although they don’t
make money on the phones, this with calls and downloads will keep that phone company
well in profit. Do
take care you don’t sign up for a policy without knowing about it, particularly
if it is covered on your household insurance as well. Philip
Suter is a Director of jml Property Services; http://www.jmlproperty.co.uk
a UK based company offering Insurance products on line at http://www.jml-property-insurance.co.uk
and a holiday home advertising service http://www.jmlvillas.com
and management training within the uk. He a travel writer and is a very experienced
property consultant with over 30 years work in the Residential letting business
in the UK and served on the National Council of ARLA. He is a Fellow of the National
Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and a Member of The association of Residential
Letting Agents (ARLA) Article
Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Philip_Suter
http://EzineArticles.com/?Beware-Of-Hidden-Insurance-Charges-When-You-Renew-Your-Mobile-Phone-Contract-In-The-UK&id=504845 The
information supplied on this page is by a third party and jml Property Services
do not take any responsibility to its accuracy ©jmlpropertyservices 05/07
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