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starrs | 18:37 Sun 10th Jul 2011 | Technology
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I haven't used my T Mobile phone for about six months but when I tried to use it yesterday I was unable to do so. I was asked to phone 150 to re-register the phone which I did but now I have discovered my £9 credit has disappeared. Is this standard practice if you don't use your phone for a length of time. Thanks for any help.
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From T-Mobile's terms & conditions:
"You must make a connection action at least once every 180 days. If you do not your SIM will be disconnected from the network and you will not be able to use the service at all. You will lose your mobile phone number. Any credit on your account at the time of such disconnection will be forfeited."
http://support.t-mobi..._TandCs_v1_online.pdf

All phone service providers have fairly similar conditions in their contracts. They need to be able to re-allocate unused phone numbers, otherwise they'd run out of numbers for their services. Further, the phones are usually sold to customers at much less than the cost of manufacturing them. Companies like T-Mobile expect to recoup their loss, and then make a profit, through the calls which are made. If calls cease to be made for any length of time, they simply take the remaining credit.

Chris
Yes this is normal, it happened to my MIL (who hardly ever uses her phone).
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Thanks both. I think I have retained the same number now that I have re-registered but I will check.
If you have a sim card that has money on it that you don't think you are going to use, you can sell it on sellyourcredit.com.

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