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Pear had one of those nights - I had one of those days yesterday!

My daughter wanted to get one of those I phones for her oldest son for Christmas but she asked me to take out the contract in my name as her credit rating is not as good. The plan is she will pay me back monthly and she has set up a standing order. So off we went to Apple in Birmingham.

On the way a suicidal pheasant strolled across the road directly in front of my car (Lad was driving!). Unfortunately he hit it and so that already upset me.

Apple was hot and crowded and we had to wait ages to be served. I had taken what I thought was the required identity - proof of address on a catalogue bill in my name and signature. They refused the catalogue bill and said it should be a utilities bill even though I pointed out that those were in Lad's name, not mine! However, the said they would accept a bank statement so off we went with buggy, baby and oldest grandson (Lad was dispatched to the park with the other two boys! - this was a major operation!)The bank took ages and said it would cost me £5!! They gave me a form to sign and I tried to charge £5 for my signature but that didn't go down very well! :P

Back to Apple and queue again. Finally they entered all my details and at the very last stage a message came up on the screen that 02 wouldn't accept me! ::434:: I have had a mobile with 02 for over 10 years and have never been in debt! :huh: They were unable to tell me why and said I would have to go to 02 to ask them.

02 had the same deal so we decided we would try and do the whole thing there. They ran the same computer checks and came up with the same message - they didn't know why but decided with my permission to do a credit check. This was of course fine so they then decided it was because I had another 02 phone so sorted that out. Then they entered my bank card details and the message came up that my address didn't match my card details!!! )(cd() so they had to enter my credit card details which fortunately matched! We finally got the phone and then had to collect poor Lad who had been abandoned in the park for hours with the 2 boys!! :(

And it hasn't ended there - I have to contact my bank tomorrow to find why there is a discrepancy on my card. Also, on checking my statement I then found that there were TWO payments to my 02 Pay as you go phone, one of which I DID make but the other one is for the day before and I definitely did NOT make. That too has to be sorted out tomorrow! :( I spoke to 02 and they want a copy of my statement faxed through.

THEN, to cap it all................. )(cd() )(cd() when I left the house this morning to go to church I found that my front bumper was badly dented, thanks to Lad and the pheasant!! Anyone know how to sue a pheasant?? :huh:

No but I have a recipe to stew a pheasant ""k345::


It must have been the day for people to hit cars .... my 18 year old granddaughter was in town yesterday 9 there is NO way I would drive in town on a Saturday ) when a woman came out of a pub and ran into the road and hit the side of her car ( she only passed her test a couple of months ago ) ..... God was good and my youngest daughter was not only in town but actually saw what had happened . The woman was not hurt ( she was taken to hospital complaining that she had broken her hip and discharged within an hour ) Praise God again ( sorry bucks ) for cctv cameras as there were two of them pointing in that direction and the police had a PERFECT view of what happened .... they showed the woman today and Ashley can see it tomorrow so she can have a copy if she wants to sue the woman. We are not sure if she was drunk, stupid or trying a compo claim but GOD IS GOOD and although poor Ashley is too shaen up to drive at the moment no one was hurt and she just has a broken wing mirror ( expensive enough but her insurance company is backing her and she has been told she will NOT be penalised for this ) *gig* *gig* *gig*

Had am estimate today for pheasant damage - at LEAST £100 and that's if they just need to hammer it out and there's no damage underneath! :( :( :(

I can't think of anything I want badly enough to go through the "proof of ID and address, utility bill, fax all the details of your credit card etc.", to get.

What is the point of all that?

Why not just get a "pre-paid cellphone"? And it is totally untraceable.

Your government, like a lot of others, is totally obsessed with data sharing and when government demands information from private firms, the private firms tend to "quake in their boots" and just hand over everything.

I won't even give my bank my current address, I have always had "no fixed abode" (which is a legal address) as my address and statements etc. are sent to a PO box. I figure that where I live is none of the bank's business at all. I'm the customer and the "customer is always right", right? I found out, by writing to head office what exactly the bank's ID requirements are, and the "minimum" is a "statutory declaration". Which I obtained by going to the local court house (where ironically they took my word for who I was) and the "registrar" signed a form to the effect that "I am who I said I was". It doesn't say anything about addresses or utility bills either.

So much for proof of ID. I had to do it because I cannot handle incompetent bureaucrats who seemingly do not have the ability to rationalise things out for themselves, much less "little Hitlers" who think it is their "job" to make things as awkward for the public as possible. I get angry and won't do things "on principle"

I can think of no logical reason for anyone at all demanding any form of ID, for anything, unless of course you are entering into a payment plan with them. But then it is probably better to wait until you can pay cash for something. Or settle for something else that you can afford right away.

This was something my grandson was desperate for and his mum wanted to give it to him for Christmas. She couldn't take out the contract so asked me to, and she repays me each month! I certainly wouldn't have gone through all that for myself!! :ph43r:

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