Mobile Phone Ownership

[monobrow]

If my mobile company gives me an upgrade phone worth about £300, what's to stop me selling it on ebay? Do they still own it even though they've "given" it to me? Or do I own it?

i've done this a couple of times. don't use my personal phone much so its on a 17 quid a month or whatever contract, the new handset often fetches 200 quid+ = freeeee phone.....

never had a problem

[SueEllen]

I'm a permie these days. Sorry.

One thing you should be aware of lots of new mobiles are now locked to the network it's on. So if you sell it on ebay make sure you put what network it's locked to. (Off course you can pay for it to be unlocked in lots of cases.....)

[Moose423956]

Just out of interest if you are struggling to understand the terms of your mobile phone contract how are you coping in the contractor world?

I'm a permie these days. Sorry.

[northernladuk]

Just out of interest if you are struggling to understand the terms of your mobile phone contract how are you coping in the contractor world?

[Clippy]

Don't know about the ownership bit but a lot of people do this - they upgrade and sell the upgraded phone and keep on using their old phone.

[Incognito]

If my mobile company gives me an upgrade phone worth about £300, what's to stop me selling it on ebay? Do they still own it even though they've "given" it to me? Or do I own it?

Nothing, however as part of that upgrade you'll be signed into a contract for x months. You leaving that contract early will result in you having to pay a substantial sum to cover them for their loss.

[Moose423956]

If my mobile company gives me an upgrade phone worth about £300, what's to stop me selling it on ebay? Do they still own it even though they've "given" it to me? Or do I own it?