[kwlug-disc] Leaving Bell

[Brian Bentley]

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Brian




On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:19 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just an update.. as you may recall, we are on Phase 5 of 5 in our plans to
> eliminate Bell Canada from our home.  The last piece of the puzzle is my
> wife's cellphone, currently under contract with Bell.
>
> We tried to get Bell to unlock the phone, but they insist that we phone
> the unlock guy and give him $50 by credit card.  I know it's probably safe
> since it's Bell... but I refuse to give a complete stranger my credit card
> number over the phone unless I absolutely have to.
>
> But because we actually called Bell and asked what the procedure is to
> unlock the phone (then secretly run down to Koodo and let them activate the
> phone), Bell has been phoning us constantly, asking us why are we so
> unhappy with them???  And they keep phoning the cell phone despite the fact
> that we told them repeatedly to call the house (Wifeski doesn't carry her
> cellphone with her around the house all day).
>
> We like the cellphone model so we wanted to unlock it and keep it with the
> next carrier (probably Koodo, as I mentioned).  It's hard to find phones
> with slide out keyboards anymore, outside of BlackBerries.
>
> So I'm at the point now where I think I will just cancelled the account
> outright, pay whatever the early termination penalties are, take a boat to
> the middle of the Atlantic and toss the phone overboard, then go start a
> new account at another carrier, even with a less desirable phone.
>
> Why? Because Bell is infuriated us to the point where we are running out
> of colourful adjectives to throw at them.  How in the FSM's name do they
> stay in business???
>
>
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