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	krazycat 2007-04-22 12:35 am UTC (link)
	Oh, so that's why they do that? Funky. Things sure are different in this here glorious UK :D Thanks, that's really good to know. Think that would work for a mobile phone too, just go into a shop and buy one? I'm seriously online-centric, so I always do stuff online if I can, heh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pointandlaugh
2007-04-22 12:42 am UTC (link)

I've never worked in the mobile industry, so I'm now trying to remember what they asked me for when I got mine. It is certainly worth a try - the only reason I would be cautious is that my brain is going *mumblemumble*newlawbroughtin*mumble*terrorism*mumble* which I THINK had something to do with mobile phones. But I don't actually remember any details at all of that, so I may just be making it up.

To be fair, with landlines and utilities, it may also be easier because we make it a hell of a lot harder to run away from bad debt. You rented elsewhere? Your landlord'll have your address. You sold your house? We'll bug the new owner for it. Wanna be a pest while you're still living there. Fine. We can cut you off. About the only way to escape it properly is by doing a midnight flit and not telling your landlord you're leaving.

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	krazycat 2007-04-22 01:55 am UTC (link)
	So I shouldn't tell them I'm a terrorist, then? I mean, I'm from viking blood, I'm totally here to rape and pillage :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goldberry 2007-04-22 02:45 am UTC (link)
	I don't know about other people's experiences, but I've just walked into a shop and bought a phone in the UK (twice!), when I had just hopped off a plane and wasn't going to be in the country for more than two months. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	krazycat 2007-04-22 04:09 am UTC (link)
	A contract phone? There's a monthly fee on those. I have a phone that I bought in a store no problem, but that was pay as you go, and those they don't care about. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goldberry 2007-04-22 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Ah, right - I wondered about that after I posted. It was indeed a pay-as-you-go. Sorry for the non-helpfulness - I'm neck-deep in a thesis on the moral "ought", and my brain-function is definitely suffering whenever I drag myself out of it for a few minutes. ;p (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pointandlaugh 2007-04-22 10:13 am UTC (link)
	Dude, I'm a Northerner. I've been telling my Southern friends that I'm going to invade them for YEARS. Good, Northern barabarian blood I've got. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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