How can a cellular phone company charge you for a phone you did not sign a contract on?

Question

in march 2000 or 2001 i had a phone bought another one had the first one turned off suppostly,then it was stolen reported to the cellular company to turn off,thought that was the end of that,but later they turned my new phone off because the old phone was being used in oakhloma with an oakhloma number.so i paid my bill,but not the other one so they turn mines off.and reported it to all 3 credit union,still on my credit reports.

Answer 1

Something just isn't right in your story. You should have gotten a copy of your cancellation of service on the first phone when you got the new phone. They should have turned off your old phone ID. To have a cell connection you need to have a handshake between your phones ID and your cell company. If that doesn't happen you can't call. After you got the new phone, the old phone should not work any more. The only way a cell phone can get an OK number is to have it registered with a cell company there.

Something is missing. The way you describe it, well, technally it can't happen. What did you leave out?

Answer 2

Hmm did you file a police report when the first phone was stolen?

You have to dispute this whole situation with the cell phone company. They may insist that you file a police report which will let you dispute the whole thing with the credit reporting agencies.

Of course, this is a lesson for all of us that if you ever see anything weird on your bill you've got to call the agency immediately and demand correction immediately or they'll just let it go on and on and on and then they sell it to a collection agency that has no idea what is going on.

Keep on calling and document your calls with the name of who you talked to and their job title and a summary of what was said. Ask them to send you a letter documenting their story of what happened. Follow up with reply letters documenting what actually occurred. You can also call the local legal aid association to see if the state has any type of "bill of rights" concerning credit disputes such as this.

Answer 3

i'm with sprint to boot basically as a results of fact maximum human beings of the human beings I talk with have sprint and as the business corporation I artwork for gets substantial savings whilst with sprint. otherwise I had t-cellular for 5 years and not had a single criticism. i visit definately be going back to them whilst my sprint settlement is performed.

Answer 4

They can't. You need to formally dispute it, and you may want to consider consulting an attorney.

Answer 5

they cant unless until some1 else doez it 4 u

Answer 6

Beacaus they are cheaters.