A deposit of £350??!

Might be a good idea to shop around a bit - I've never been asked for a deposit for any of the various phones I have had.

I've had good service and set-up both from Phones4U and the Orange Shop, if that's any help.

Cat

Hi Lisa,

I to had a bad credit history but i went to the t-moble shop picket the mobile i wanted, picked the contract i wanted and got 1 no problems, i paid nothing @ all. If u can get t-mobile i recomend it, t-mobile have a great package at the moment. i get £60 worth of call time or i can use it on anything i like ie: text picture messages, ect, i also have web and walk. i can hook my mobile up to the lap top and surf the internet with it and also surf the net on my phone, this is unlimited all i pay is £21 a month. Have i sold t-mobile to you? good luck, give them a try

Hi Lisa

The first thing I'd do is have a look at my credit history to find out why they're asking for such a high deposit. It may also be the address where you live, on several occasions if you live in a house where someone has a really bad credit history in the past this can sometimes affect your credit history badly.

As dinoakaliam suggests I advise you to shop around, as all the shops have different ways of assesing risk and you might find another mobile phone retailer will take you on as a contract customer without an upfront fee.

Cheers

Jason

hi i had a simaler problem last year alot of shops wanted a large deposit for me to have a contract phone then i went into the o2 shop and got the latest phone on contract with no deposit and have found them realy good to deal with my contract has just run out and to keep me as a costomer they have give me 500 anytime x network mins and 100 text for £20 per month hope this helps you

i have tried to get a mobile on contract from e2save i have no adverse credit and have been on the electoral roll since 1st december but they have asked for a deposit of £350.00 which i think is alot of money for a phone.