John C
Joined: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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Mrs C has 'lost' her phone  - lost, as in lost, not pinched. Got plenty of spare phones, but need a replacment sim. Anyone got any experience of replacement sims from Orange? We didn't take out the daft insurance, but wonder if we're about to have to fork out loads in order that Orange can still receive money from us for making calls!?! TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue
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 Fri Jul 04 2008 3:53pm |
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DSL
Joined: 11 May 2006
Location: In the Dog House!
Posts: 9536
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ISTR that it was only about £15 for a replacement but that was a while ago, not used Orange for many years. Honda Dog U better DUCK!!!!!
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 3:57pm |
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craig
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Location: Home of LR.
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£15 is the going rate, unless of course you tell Orange that the sim has broken/gone faulty - then they should replace it for free 
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 4:08pm |
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Pelyma
Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Clymping, Sussex
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Is she due an upgrade? That could be a way of replacing the phone. I lost a phone in a field and it turned up a year later, it still worked too! DS3 TDV6 HSE
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 4:34pm |
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npinks
Joined: 31 Jan 2008
Location: Kippax
Posts: 169
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i had a phone stolen and just rang orange up and they replaced it free of charge,
It was a pay as you go one, so i suppose it could be just done to keep business
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 4:41pm |
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James R
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Location: All at Sea
Posts: 593
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SWMBO lost her 'py monthly' phone. The SIM card was replaced free of charge. Kept the same number too. Sharks: Natures way of telling surfers to get a job
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 5:06pm |
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DrLex
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Location: Ciderspace [Oi be in Zummerset]
Posts: 1349
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Slightly on topic, if anyone wants a free '3' 3G SIM, please pm me an address and I'll post it.
Was planning to switch providers but the SIM won't work in my 'phone.
Might be able to find the £10 top up voucher too. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 5:24pm |
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John C
Joined: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 772
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Thanks folks - that's helpful!
John TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 6:14pm |
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countrywide
Joined: 16 Sep 2007
Location: Sunny South Coast
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Pelyma wrote:I lost a phone in a field and it turned up a year later, it still worked too!
Was it an army surplus "field telephone" then
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| Fri Jul 04 2008 7:15pm |
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John C
Joined: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 772
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*$**%*$*£@^!%!&*^!!!!!!! Grrrrrrr.
Turns out it was stolen. At least £50 worth of calls.
Phone contains home address, holiday dates, calendar data etc etc etc.... when we're out etc.
There are 3 number on there that were called a few times, and I called those (number withheld) this morning and they are just rough kids on the other end. It was probably lost somewhere in Hull, and we're a good 20 miles away.
Question is, what would you do? Plod won't do anything I doubt.
i. Forget it, move on, learn from it.
ii. Speak to the kids on the numbers dialled and tell them that you know they were called from a stolen phone.
iii. Do something else (I can't think of anything) - risk winding them up, and increase the likelihood of them coming round...
iv. Load the guns, let the dog have the run of the house and sit and wait 
Bl**** annoying.
John TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue
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| Sat Jul 05 2008 2:00pm |
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James R
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Location: All at Sea
Posts: 593
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Hire some big blokes with baseball bats and wait for them to show up Sharks: Natures way of telling surfers to get a job
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| Sat Jul 05 2008 2:42pm |
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James R
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Location: All at Sea
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Seriously though, Ii assume you have told the phone provider as they will use the EMEI number to make the handset useless in the UK.
I am amazed that the boys in blue won't help. If the little  have been using it, then it should not be ovely difficult to track them down. Sharks: Natures way of telling surfers to get a job
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| Sat Jul 05 2008 2:45pm |
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John C
Joined: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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Thanks - have given out the IMEI to the plod - does that make the whole phone useless - or just this SIM? ie: can it still be used to get the data stored on the phone memory off? TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue
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| Sat Jul 05 2008 3:03pm |
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James R
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Location: All at Sea
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The EMEI number will make the handset useless in the UK. Trouble is they still work abroad so there is a market for them.
The SIM card will be disabled by the service provider.
I don't know what can be done about the data on it. Hopefully the little will be too stupid to find the data Sharks: Natures way of telling surfers to get a job
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| Sat Jul 05 2008 3:17pm |
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catweasel
Joined: 05 May 2006
Location: LONDON
Posts: 4039
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I thought the International Mobile Equipment Identity number was enforceable where ever there is a GSM network making them useless anywhere. generally they are not burnt as most go unreported AFAIK
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