OVP Virgin Upgrade Questions

[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> > Related to all this discussion (except the insurance bit), do Orange
> > want to know the IMEI of the phone when you register a new PAYG SIM? If
> > so, will they be bothered that the phone is on a contract (albeit one
> > with no line rental)? This used to be an issue IIRC.
>
> Yes and no.

Sorry, I thought we were talking about PAYG. I suppose in many ways I
should have read the subject line more thoroughly!

When registering an upgrade the IMEI is not asked for, as when you read
the SIM number out the system then fills in the IMEI.
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Regards
Jon

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"Brian McIlwrath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] wrote:
>
> : Also in the box was a SIM card, will this SIM be a replacement SIM to
> : my existing SIM? Do I need to use it or can I just forget about it?
>
> No - It has been claimed that, if this new SIM is not activated in a
> reasonable period, (a week or so) the Orange will activate it
> automatically
> (at which point the old one stops working).

Been over three weeks since recieved one of the phones - not registered the
SIM and the old one hasn't been de-activated yet.

"Jon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> When registering an upgrade the IMEI is not asked for, as when you read
> the SIM number out the system then fills in the IMEI.

Fills in the IMEI info from where?

Jack Torrence <room217[at]overlook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

: Been over three weeks since recieved one of the phones - not registered the
: SIM and the old one hasn't been de-activated yet.

The interesting thing would be if you tried the *NEW* SIM in the phone. It
will possibly trigger its activation if Orange have given up waiting for
a phone call and have just set this up!

>No, when you registering the new SIM they do NOT ask for the IMEI, but
>sometimes they ask which model phone is it.
>Regards, Martin
I wonder why they do this. Is it so they can customise the features to
the phone.
I told 'em a completely different phone type to what it actually ended
up in, and it appears to have made no differerence.

"Brian McIlwrath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Jack Torrence <room217[at]overlook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> : Been over three weeks since recieved one of the phones - not registered
> the
> : SIM and the old one hasn't been de-activated yet.
>
> The interesting thing would be if you tried the *NEW* SIM in the phone. It
> will possibly trigger its activation if Orange have given up waiting for
> a phone call and have just set this up!

New SIM is still inactive.

[email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope you understand what I'm trying to ask in the following
> questions...
>
> I've taken delivery of a free upgrade phone k300i at zero cost. I got
> this on my account but intend to give the phone to the girlfriend as a
> Christmas present. Does anyone see any problems with this? Will the
> phone need to be registered with orange and used on my account?
>
> Also in the box was a SIM card, will this SIM be a replacement SIM to
> my existing SIM? Do I need to use it or can I just forget about it?
>
> I did just take the SIM from my existing phone and put it in the new
> k300i, and made a quick call to confirm it worked and it did?
>
> Would my best course of action be to call orange and register the new
> phone and new SIM and then put the new SIM in my old handset and then
> give the new handset to the girlfriend?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Tim.

I sold the phone, chucked the SIM and am still using the old SIM in the old
phone. No problems here.

On 6 Dec 2005 05:41:31 -0800, [email protected] wrote:


>Also in the box was a SIM card, will this SIM be a replacement SIM to
>my existing SIM? Do I need to use it or can I just forget about it?

A friend of mine lost his Orange phone around the same time that I got
my OVP Virgin upgrade (along with a new Sim card). He reported it lost
and the handset was barred. Orange told him that a replacement Sim
would cost him £15 + VAT.

So I gave sold my new phone and Sim. He rang Orange and said that he'd
received a replacement Sim card and asked them to register it to his
account. They presumably assumed that he'd bought a legitimate
replacement and they didn't ask any further questions! Now his account
is up and running again and my old Sim card is still working in my
phone.



Peter

>So I gave sold my new phone and Sim. He rang Orange and said that he'd
>received a replacement Sim card and asked them to register it to his
>account. They presumably assumed that he'd bought a legitimate
>replacement and they didn't ask any further questions! Now his account
>is up and running again and my old Sim card is still working in my
>phone.
>Peter
Which backs up my assertion that OCS don't have a record of who was
sent what sim or the reason why it was sent.
I'm keeping my extra new sim just for this purpose.

OldBill <[email protected]> wrote:
: Which backs up my assertion that OCS don't have a record of who was
: sent what sim or the reason why it was sent.
: I'm keeping my extra new sim just for this purpose.

Also backing up your assertion (and damaging the claims of those who say
that SIMs will self-register) is that Orange need the SIM number read
out to them on the phone (and not just the upgrade number).

Mind you I *WANTED* mine registered as the old one was from 1999 and the new
one had double the phone number storage.

Postscript to this theme.
Just got my bill for the last month.
I have 3x OVP numbers on one account.
I got 1 free phone for each of two of the numbers, and
TWO free phones for the 3rd number. i.e. 4 phones in total.
Bill shows Service Charges for 0.00 for all of the upgrades.
One number has 2 lines showing the nil charge for 2 different upgrades
on consecutive days.
So you don't get charged for the upgrades or for any duplicate upgrades
you managed to slip passed their wacky processes.