Hi Roger,
If you contact your carrier and report it stolen, they should block the IMEI number which will then make it unusable in Australia. Cheers, Ronni On 12/03/2012, at 1:46 PM, Roger Kortas wrote: > 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>
