How to get phone without dh

[PandoraBox2]

Dh is being very difficult. My sky phone contract is under his name as sky contract is under his name, I pay for my mobile and the credit report etc. Is under my name. He had to speak to them regarding my upgrade a d ordered a new one. Problem is he still hasn't cha ged his address after 10 years of marriage and it got delivered to his parents home who are not living in UK currently but still own the house. It went to dpd depot and then got returned. I pleaded with him to contact sky as they won't talk to me and he ordered a new one. Again its going to his parents home due to be delivered today. I'm working and parents address is no where near us. I've asked him for tracking I'd but he keeps swearing at me. I'm so lost on what to do. Totally lost without my phone. I'm probably misding kids related communication from school etc. I'm so upset. Can someone help me think clearly on what to do. Money is tight so don't want to buy a new phone when I have one ready to come to me

Unfortunately, since it seems it is important to him that you don't have a phone you may need to buy the cheapest second hand unlocked phone you can and put your sim in that at least temporarily.

This doesn't make sense! How can the phone be in his name, but against your credit? Why do Sky have an old address on your account when they're providing services to your current address? Why can't your husband just add your name to the account?

Is he abusive and potentially lying to you?

Is your current mobile phone working? Can't you get a cheap sim only contract and use the sim with your existing phone?and cancel the sky phone contract . You should be able to keep your existing number too. Looks like it'd be best if you can keep your phone contract independent of your dh! Sorry you are in this position, it looks like there is a reason he doesn't want to change his address with SKY, and it feels a bit dodgy, even though I can't fathom what it is he is up to! do his parents know that he is using their address for his sky contract?

Buy a phone in a shop. Then call a lawyer to find out your options because what the actual fuck.

Do you have the keys for the parents house? If so take his ID, drive up and hopefully it's got a slip through the door saying it's delivered to a neighbour or held at the post office depending on the delivery service. There's not much else I can think of sorry unless you can contact the delivery company and ask them to leave it out of sight in a recycling bin or by the back door.
I hope you aren't stuck with husband too much longer ❤️

Is it repairable?

If this was from your previous upgrade then I can't be that old.

I would look to see what is wrong with it, and have it fixed if possible.

You should be able to connect old phone via wifi .

Some tesco shops have £10-£20 non smart phone handsets as an alternative temporary way to get a text/phone call one too. Not sure what the cheapest one with apps would be.

Hi PandoraBox2

This was me a few years ago. If you must wait for the new hand set, then wait. Once you have it you can go into any mobile provider shop an ask if they do a PAYGo SIM that allows you to keep your number.

If this is not possible, you'll have to buy a cheap hand set. You can still ask about keeping your number but it might not be possible so make a list of everyone/thing that will need the new one.

You need to talk to someone like Woman's Aid too. The way your husband is acting and the way you are living is not normal. You absolutely can change this. Start small, start this week.

If you manage to get another phone somewhere OP you can get a cheap sim only deal. I’ve just moved from Sky mobile to Lebara via a deal I saw on MSE - https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cheap-mobile-finder/sim-only/ - they don’t do a credit check and have good reviews.

if you can access the Sky mobile account via the MySky app you should be able to request a PAC code to keep your number, or just have a cheap spare phone on the side with a new number and share that with people, and cancel the DD until H sorts everything out for you?

Sorry, only just seen your update about your phone not working, looks like you'll have to then buy a cheap phone and a sim only deal to tide you over.

And a phone store may be able to transfer data.

Depressing.
Good advice from PPs.
Get rid of this fucking ball and chain.
Good luck.

WHY do people not read the OP’s thread . MONEY IS TIGHT!

Would be great if everyone could just go out and buy a new phone or even a £38pcm contract for a new handset!

You can get pay as you go phones for less than £30, if OP has any family or friends chances are one of them would have an old Nokia or something that would do the job.

What's wrong with your old phone?

I've seen on your OP that money is tight, but i honestly don't know how you can work around this issue with sky, apart from trying to call them and sort it out. Alternatively if you/H has got an online account and you know the account details you might be able to cancel your contract online. I don't know what repercussions there will be for you if you change the address on the account , even if you could, given that your H sounds like a nasty person.

I've been on the Tesco mobile website and they've got a Moto phone with 6gb for £13.50pm or 12gb for £16 pm. Is this something you can afford OP? Alternatively, you can buy a cheap phone from somewhere (argos?) and get a sim only deal from tesco ? You can get 12GB and unlimited calls and texts for a 12 month sim only contract for £11pm or £9.50 with a club card?

There are a lot of holes here @PandoraBox2 so I would wonder if he’s ordered one at all.

The sky contract is in his name and only he can speak to them about the phone he had to order for you yet it is in your name and on your credit check at an address you do not live at. This shouldn’t be possible with strict credit check criteria.

The first phone was returned to depot so his response was to ‘order another one’ - he wouldn’t have to do that, just rearrange delivery. You can have your phone delivered to any address, not just the account holders. I’ve had mine delivered to work addresses which I have no financial link to.

If he was that irritated by you asking him for the phone, he would have given you the tracking to sort. He hasn’t. He’s ordered it to the same address it has already been returned from because like the last time, you won’t be there to collect. I don’t think there is a phone.

Do a credit check - some bank accounts give it for free and then use whatever money you’ve being paying on the previous plan to get a new phone under your control. Get your PAC code today or ring Sky and explain what’s happened.

I did read the original post.

You don’t need to put money down on phone contracts. And the suggestion is around cancelling the phone DH is not giving her access to. I’m confused why you think I’ve not read the post.

Regarding the Apple Store there are a variety of handsets available, and plenty of people who find money tight still have the lastest iPhone.

Carphone warehouse have a current deal £10 a month for a phone.

Ultimately, the choice of OP is get to the in-laws to accept the phone. Or sort one out themselves. There is no lucky third option when DH is being such a massive dick. But OP asked us to not focus on that, and to focus on practical advice.

How did any of your/his other phones arrive? Why would he ask to resend without updating the address?

Either way you have a stupid and abusive husband I’m sorry to say.

Sky won't care which bank account it is as long as it's paid, as it is a DD they won't ask about billing address, that is for card payments. Our BT account is in DH's name but comes from my bank account.

Do you mean SIM only? Data only doesn’t allow calls.

The cheapest way to fix this is to either ring Sky and ask them to send you a new SIM, or take out a new SIM contract with somewhere like Smarty or GiffGaff for way £7 per month for 32GB and buy a £30 phone from the high street. (DH can cancel the Sky contract)

Can you afford to buy yourself a cheapest of the cheap (not smart) phone and pay as you go, so no contract? At least you won’t be reliant on him and his useless admin skills just to talk to people.

You have two options. Contact sky to change delivery address on the order. You can either impersonate him as you'd likely know all his security details, or ask another male to do so.

Or sod this contract. The phone will eventually go back to depot and the contract won't be activated. You can get your own contract with a provider of your own choosing and then inform DH that he can cancel the rolling sky contract in his own time when he can be bothered

Op I’m sorry your husband is being a twat, I also haven’t read through the whole thread so I apologise if this has been mentioned already but Sky have an option where you can choose any mobile you want from their website & you pay monthly for the mobile only no data/calls etc, when you’ve chosen the phone there will be an option to add a sim that will have a £0.00 option next to it so choose that & when the phone comes assuming you want to keep the same mobile number just put your SIM card in the phone 😌 here’s a link to their website:
https://www.sky.com/shop/mobile/phones

it is a contract & they also do a credit check but you do 100% pay for the phone only - I’ve currently got 2 iPhones with them over a 24 month period for each one & only pay for the phones 😌 I hope this helps & again I apologise if this has been mentioned already 😌