Am I right in thinking that if you have your phone stolen/lost you can get it barred so that no one can use it?
Roger Sent from my iPad On 12/03/2012, at 1:35 PM, Adrian Skehan <[email protected]> wrote: > Surely this would be a good case for the Ombudsman/Fair Trading people! My > son had his stolen from his bedroom while he was in the shower on Friday > last, unfortunately he had messed up the find my phone thing somewhere along > the line so we couldn't use that to locate it. He was also insured through > Telstra and again the claim was not that straight forward; there was $400 > excess and they wanted another $150 because he had it for less than 3 months. > So the phone was $679 and they want $550 plus the premium, not a lot of risk > for them there. > > His replacement will be coming to my place with his laptop before it goes > anywhere. Its hard not to use certain popular profanities when talking about > people and companies who do these things. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Adrian > > [email protected] > > > > > On 12/03/2012, at 12:54 PM, David Noel wrote: > >> -- I'd like to see the Insurance Company named, only then will >> public/customer opinion have any effect..... >> >> David / Mar 12 >> >> ==== >> >> On 12 March 2012 08:26, cm <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> Where the policy says "in control of the phone" is the implication that >>> someone must snatch the phone from your daughter's hand or from in front of >>> her if she is sitting at a cafe? That seems to be covering an extremely >>> rare contingency. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Carlo >>> >>> On 12/03/2012, at 8:05 , Peter Hinchliffe wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 10/03/2012, at 12:57 PM, Roger Kortas wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well so far. >>>>> >>>>> I have phoned Apple >>>>> Phoned Optus >>>>> Driven to the Wembley Police station and found its closed and only open >>>>> Monday to Friday >>>>> Phoned the police and was told please take it to a police station! >>>>> >>>>> So see what I mean thats a few hours already for being honest and still >>>>> have to try and find time to get to an open police station >>>>> >>>>> If it was mine it would be insured and also have my contact number on the >>>>> login screen. >>>>> >>>>> Roger >>>> >>>> >>>> Don't waste your money on insurance if you think it will protect you >>>> against theft. My daughter's iPhone 4s was stolen along with her handbag >>>> at a public swimming pool a few weeks ago. She had taken the precaution of >>>> "insuring" it, but upon making a claim she was told she was not covered >>>> because (and I quote) "she was not in control of the phone at the time it >>>> was stolen". Apparently this was somewhere buried deep within the fine >>>> print… >>>> >>>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >>>> Perth, Western Australia >>>> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
