Please help me out of my Cingular contract, advise me of my rights...?

Question

While married, my wife signed up for a 2 year contract with Cingular. Before our divorce she extended it another 2 years without my knowledge. (after our divorce, she de-activated her phone so I am the only one on the plan) I was expecting it to expire this July, and was just going to let it terminate, then start a new plan with a competitor. Now I am being told it carries for 2 more years.....

I don't want to be a jerk and have it affect her credit, I just want a new plan with another (any other) provider.

Have you personally terminated a contract like this?
Can you tell me what my rights are, as a consumer?

I did not sign the initial contract, nor have I signed or agreed to any extension.
They don't even mail monthly bills to me, because my name is not on their contract.

Please advise me and not only will you receive 10 points, you will be helping another person regain their sanity.

thank you kind stranger ~

Answer 1

If the account was in her name then she was the one who was required to sign the contract and she is liable for the phone and the service. As far as the bills go you can probably get her to change the address so they come to you.
If she does not want the service and you don't either then you can find a third party who is willing to take over the contract and do a transfer of service into their name. Another option is if you have a family member who needs service you can allow them to use the phone until the contract runs out. But unfortunately getting out of the contract is next to impossible.

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Answer 2

Both my brother and I have worked for cell phone companies (myself for Nextel and my brother for Cingular). Unfortunately there isn't much you can do to get out of the contract. If you aren't on the contract anywhere there is no way for you to make changes to the contract such as canceling. Your ex-wife would have to be the one to cancel it and there is a $200 termination fee. As far as Cingular is concerned, it's your ex-wife's phone and they don't care that you are the one using it. I would talk to her and see if you can work something out. Maybe she will take it back or something. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Let her deal with this. Not your problem any more
if she extended the contact has to eat it and the costs.
Too bad. But not your issue to deal with
Divorce is not a reason to terminate a contract without a fee. Used to work for VZ.