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southerner
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Order cancellation

Just wondered if it's correct you cannot cancel a SIM order until it has been delivered to you & then you have to call in & send it back? Just sounds a bit daft to me.
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dvorak
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Re: Order cancellation

I belive that is the case, yes.
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RobC
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Re: Order cancellation

So what happens if you dont actually receive the SIM?

You are stuck with PN forever?

I think NOT.

 

Sounds ******* to me - err perhaps even a possible breach of your basic rights under CRA

 

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/phone-internet-downloads-or-tv/cancelling-a-phone-tv-inte...

 


 

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Re: Order cancellation

When I cancelled it was certainly not required to return the sim. The service had been de-activated anyway so even if someone else had acquired the sim and tried to use it, it wouldn't have worked.

I cancelled via e-mail and phone just to make sure and specifically asked about the sim. "Dispose of it" was the reply.

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Re: Order cancellation

The only way to cancel the order is to wait for the SIM to be activated which could take a number of weeks. You will continue to be charged even when your account is inactive.

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Re: Order cancellation

Hi @southerner, thanks for your post.

 

So that we can check into your account, can you please PM me the order reference number along with your full name and address?

 

With regards the SIM needing to arrive - it's more a case that the SIM would be delivered over the same period of time when we are building your account. We're not able to cancel an order where an account hasn't been set up as of yet.

 

Also - You definitely wouldn't need to send the SIM back to us.

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Re: Order cancellation

@southerner

 

If it is JUST a sim, then at least some @ plusnet ( @dvorak for example ) would seem to be attempting to class a sim as 'equipment'

 

If it is just a sim, make sure you raise a 'formal complaint',

It seems unlikely the regulator would agree with that position from PN.

 

 

Please keep us informed.

 

 

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southerner
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Re: Order cancellation

Thanks for all the responses.

 

For anyone else that might find themselves in the same position it appears to me that you can't cancel your order until you receive your 'welcome' e-mail with contract attached as you don't have a mobile number or account number until that stage that can be cancelled.

That's not to say I think it's a good way to do things. To me it would make more sense to be able to query, change or cancel the order straight away referencing the order number generated when the order is submitted.

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Re: Order cancellation

Plusnet might say that, but their system issues are not yours to own and manage.

 

As long as you have notified them of the cancellation in line with legal requirements, it would seem that PN could be breaching consumer law in what they are doing.

 

Anyone in this situation should at the very least Notify PN of 'FORMAL COMPLAINT', and detail the cancellation within that formal complaint.

Which is your evidence that you have cancelled, and object to PN not actioning the cancellation.

 

If you dont

- then look through these forums for people who cancelled PN, but ended up with their credit rating affected by PN NOT actioning them and continuing to bill.

 

 

 

 

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