How to get phone without dh

Go to your nearest o2 or apple store and get a phone. Tell your dh you couldn't rely on him anymore and to cancel the other phone

This is what I think. And the only way to make that stop is taking control and sorting it out with no involvement from him. The OP could get her hands on the phone today, set it up and her husband as the official owner (contract is in his name) can put a block on the phone and make it worthless to his wife.

There are several 1 month rolling contracts with unlimited minutes and texts plus 5Gb of data per month which probably work out a lot cheaper than PAYG. Lebara have one starting at £1 per month for 7 months then going up to £5 ish per month if you go via moneysavingexpert.com.

He sounds a bit dim, but just go buy a payg and set it up. I personally don't bother with a phone but I know I am very much in the minority. I have a desktop computer I use for work. And a galaxy tablet I use for personal stuff.

LTB.

Is he abusive? Is he deliberately getting it delivered far away over and again because he’s getting a sick enjoyment from your absolute anguish?

You need a password but then you can or he can give permission but password easier (sky is under my name but DH likes to ring to get them to bring down the cost)

you can also go sim only with them and get a phone another way

or frankly change yiur address on it (or husband)

If you want O2 which Sky is I would recommend Tesco or GiffGaff

Does your old phone have a SIM card? Because that can be moved into any phone. Places like CEX sell second hand phones.

Write off the phone. Money is tight but a phone is essential and you need one that isn’t connected to your husband. Go to a phone shop and get it sorted today.

So you need a new phone anyway, your DH needs to cancel the one he has ordered, he will have at least 14 days to do this. You need to get a new phone contract or buy a new phone outright with another company or you will be stuck with Sky for another two years and not be able to deal with anything, I nearly got caught by this.

I pay £6 a month and have all the minutes I need and want..just get a cheap phone..you can get them for £10 and go into any phone shop or get pay as you go.

Does sky have a live chat function? If so log on, cancel the phone and ask for the code to retain your number. (Pretending to be your husband)
Order a new phone or go to Tesco and take out a new contract.
Keep using your old phone until you can set up the new phone.
Get your DH to call sky and email them to give you permission to deal with the account.
If other utilities are in your DH name make sure they have recorded that you have permission to deal with the account.

as long as you know his security details, you can phone sky. You don't need a man to do it.

Download dpd app. Redirect it to the local shop that accepts dpd parcels. Take I'd and collect from shop.

Cross post, you've answered about the phone

Are you using a tablet or laptop now, can you get the school communicationa on that?

Get yourself down to a Tesco superstore and set up your own phone contract.......easy!!

No wonder money is tight if people are getting new phone upgrades every year or two, a phone should last at least about 4 years.

You don't have to have an upgrade anyway if your phone is working just pay for a mobile sim for your old phone with a different company. A phone upgrade is just a way of companys making money by telling you you need a new phone

Is your current phone working OK? Forget about the upgrade, tell your DH you will be setting up your own contract so he needs to cancel the one in his name as you will stop paying for it on X date.

You can keep the same number.

Get a PAYG SIM and put it in your old phone when the other one comes.

You know you have bigger problems with him than this though so when you are ready come back for advice on how to finish it. He sounds controlling.

This is the problem with Sky, I was going to get my sim only contract through them as it included free data if watching Sky tv and was a bit cheaper but realised that I would not be able to do anything with my contract myself as Sky is in DH's name so I stayed with Tesco, no problem with DH but it would be inconvenient and it's my phone.

He needs to cancel it and set you free to get your own contract

I’m confused - if this is an upgrade then why can’t you just keep using your old phone?

Also if money is tight then you may have been better off keeping your phone and moving to a sim only tariff. There’s no such thing as a truly free upgrade, you’ll just be paying for it month by month.

On the bigger issue is your DH just being careless and half arsed in resolving this or deliberately obstructive to you getting a new phone?

Let the phone be delivered to his parents house and get it returned again like before.
Go into town, get the phone you want on a contract with another provider. Or, if it’s an iPhone you can buy the phone directly with Apple - in your own name - and then take out a sim only deal.
It sounds like you don’t have the old phone working so won’t be keeping the number. But if you do, you just need a PAC code from sky which you can get by texting a number on a device with your old SIM card in.

Without knowing what other ways your DH is controlling, it’s hard to say how you should further approach this with him. But this isn’t a situation which arises in a healthy and loving marriage.