Need Help Buying An Orange Contract

[Jehanzaib]

Hello everyone im an international student in London... Ive been here in london since last year october...
Im interested in buying a contract of Orange but im unable to do so... I feel there is something wrong with my credit report (or it has not yet been establised) not sure what is it... Even checked at experian but invain...

Can any of u please advice me how to buy the contract with Orange??
I really need one :(

[bavlondon]

Hmm. Strange. I dont know your circumstances but normally if you dont have a bank set up that can have direct debits then you wouldnt be able to get a contract ect....

[Jehanzaib]

I managed to get o2 one through carphonewarehouse but when i contacted orange directly i didnt manage to get one... they said ur not eligible since u havent been a resident since 3 or more years in UK:confused:

I do have a bank account and debit transaction is possible too .. dont know whats wrong then.

[3GsInGH]

Well that is your answer. Orange must require you to be here for longer than 3 years before you can have a contract. All networks have different terms and conditions and im afraid theres nothing you can do.

[old bill]

I was chatting to one of the sales people in CPW recently and they told me that Orange is the hardest network to pass the credt check on. O2 though CPW is the most relaxed.

[acoolwelshbloke]

No Orange is one of the easiest along with T-mobile!

They both use credit scoring, or at least they used to. They do not credit check you normally that way!!

All other networks do a credit check, i.e through experian or equifax.

[Prettyboy]

Hi,

Just as a quick note, in Orange Retail stores we are able to sign up customers who have less than 3 years of UK address history.

The result of the credit check will lead to four possible outcomes:

Acceptance - where the contract is connected immediately

Request for additional proof of identification - where the store has to fax customers proof of identification before the contract can be
connected.

Request for a Deposit - where the customer needs to pay either £50, £100 or £150 depending on the credit score

Decline - where the contract is not offered to the customer.

It is most common in the case of customers with less than three years of UK address history to have to pay for a deposit (which will be returned at the end of the contract, presuming all payments have been made) or for the contract to be declined.

Prettyboy