that the phone belongs to them because they pay the bill i payed the bill myself through my bank and then changed it to direct debit so the company now pay it by dd. Can you tell me have i the right to take my phone and number with me when i leave. (the phone is registered to me).
2006-09-19 19:52:41 · 13 answers · asked by iam always right 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You saved your receipt, of course. That should be sufficient to prove it is yours.
Why would you want a 7-year-old mobile though? You're the only one left on the AMPS network perhaps?
2006-09-19 19:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the credit check for the mobile initially was done under your name and address and not the company, then it is your phone. Even if they paid the bill while you worked for them doesn't mean they automatically become the owners of the handset. Third parties pay customers bills all the time, but if there is a problem with the phone ie if it didn't work the network would have to speak to you not the company, as you are the registered owner of the handset. How ever they tried to say its their phone now, if you haven't signed anything to confirm this, then it isn't plain a simple. What they are doing is basically theft. If they took the phone a ran up a huge bill YOU would be responsible not them, as the credit check has been done in your name, and the account is in your name. And sadly you wouldn't have a leg to stand on, because the way mobile networks see it, it is your own responsibility to make sure you keep in possession of the phone. The phone is legally yours and the company has no right to ask for it back.
2016-03-26 21:07:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there, I am an expert in this field, I run an organisation of over 100 people.
Most of my sales staff have their own mobile phone and plan and they pay their bills and then submit them as expenses of which we approve. That gives us no right to their devices. Also a couple of them we pay the mobile phone company directly as their bills are high as they travel abroad.
After all, we also pay their petrol for their cars, this doesn't give us automatic right to claim ownership of their vehicles.
This is standard procedure in most small and some large businesses. If you are in the UK then you should have got a P11d form from the Inland Revenue and the expense should show up on there.
If the phone is registered to you, purchased by you, then you are entitled to take it with you and there isn't a damn thing the company can do about it.
Ask the company to provide you with evidence to suggest that the phone and airtime agreement belongs to them. Otherwise, forget it.
2006-09-19 20:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by James M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course the phone belongs to you...
Did you agree in contract with them that they would take over the ownership of the phone when they agreed to pay the bill?
If not they need a reality check - the phone, after all, was purchased by you and is is still registered to you. It is like my company who pay for my phone calls from home... there are tax implications, but they cannot take the phone, phone line or number away from me if I leave the company.
Is this some stupid admin person that is telling you this...or is it a small company that you work for that know no better?
Anyway... tell them to get stuffed... check with phone company and they will tell you the same...
Best of luck
2006-09-19 19:59:42 · answer #4 · answered by jonti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that the company is only renting the use of the phone so that you can use it on their behalf. That is irrespective of weather they paid for private calls as well or not.
Unless you entered in to an agreement (verbal or writen) that the phone would be theirs and thus forming a contract they have no right of ownership on the equipment or number.
I would speak to the service provider and see what they say about change of billing address ( probably best not to mention a dispute it will only warrant letters of consent and a long protracted set of negotiations). I assume the original contract was with your self, tell them you would like the billing to be sent to a new address.
2006-09-19 20:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phone like u say was bought long before you started with the company, so tell them to bog off.. You pay the bill through your own bank so knickers to em, they haver no rights over your phone and the contract you took out with this phone company and yes u can take it with you when you leave.
If they are going to be like that why not leave now?
2006-09-19 19:57:14 · answer #6 · answered by Scatty 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ask the company for their proof of ownership,you dont have to prove anything,they do.A 7 year old phone would be clapped out anyway.
2006-09-19 20:06:37 · answer #7 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you leave, take the phone. If they would be foolish enough to have the temerity to take you to court, they would not prevail, but they won't do that, they are trying to intimidate you. I doubt that they will, if they have access to even tolerably adequate legal counsel.
The fact that they want to keep it means that you (and by extension) been a real asset to their company, and they want to continue to keep your customer base
So *that* is where our nutcase ex office manager is now employed. Aren't people like that a pain in the rear?
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2006-09-19 19:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by finaldx 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Get a certification from the company that the cellphone is yours and present it together with the receipt of purchase.
2006-09-19 19:57:23 · answer #9 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am no expert, however, the actual phone belongs to you, is registered to you and has been for many years. Of course it's yours.
2006-09-19 19:55:41 · answer #10 · answered by meynell35 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋