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Has anyone else had their ''services'' cut since Brexit?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:18pm
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Mike1953

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My mobile telephone company, repeatedly and at length, told me online, in social media, emails, texts and via customer service advisors about its fair use policies, and how these were not expected to change because of Brexit.

Now when I struggle through the website, when I dial 1,2,3,4,5 (repeatedly answering the weakest of ''security questions'') and guess where complaints, cancellation and refund pages are located to reach a customer service advisor (as chat & email seem impossible), they go remarkably silent when I mention the oft quoted ''fair use'' or ''frustration of contract'' due to Covid-19 restrictions. 

Previously i did not trust any contract over 1 month. Since when is having access less than 1 in 4 months of a 24 month contract ''fair use''?

Has anyone else had their ''services'' cut since Brexit, or any suggests how to respond?

P.S. How is it that ''terms & conditions'' may be 1 metre wide but only 1 millimetre tall on a 65 inch tv or crumpled footnotes of a newspaper ad?

Golandrina

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:17pm

Golandrina

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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:17pm

I have lived in Spain for over 15 years and have noticed no changes in the way that I am treated at all this month.

Kimmy11

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:50pm

Kimmy11

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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:50pm

Hi Mike,

Is your service provider Spanish or UK?

Kind regards, 

Kim

dinnerout

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:37pm

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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:37pm

I've lived here for 5 years and no changes. My UK bank didn't close my account and my UK phone provider EE didn't change my charges.

My Spanish bank Sabadell didn't charge me when I transferred money from the UK via Transferwise. Sabadell also didn't charge me today when I had a one to one interview.

The checkout girl in Mas y Mas did give me a funny look though, then I realised it was because I was in there at an unusually early time 😁

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