Leaving and owe softbank for iphone

[princewilliam]

I rang softbank and they want around 65,000 from me to cancel my iphone 3g and iphone 4 contracts.

Can i just go home and leave it unpaid with repercusion?

they have the address and telephone number of my employer on file, so they could probably chase my employer

[GomiGirl]

There are always consequences.

Don't be a deadbeat - pay your bills.

[FG Lurker]

I rang softbank and they want around 65,000 from me to cancel my iphone 3g and iphone 4 contracts.

Can i just go home and leave it unpaid with repercusion?

Seems like a troll post to me.

Foolishly giving you the benefit of the doubt, be a fucking man and pay your bills.

[waruta]

You sure you're not in cahoots with that guy a few month's back trying to leave and not pay his taxes, prefectural and otherwise?

Pay up and try and sell the phones on GaijinPot or something, may recoup some of your losses, otherwise you'll never be able to get a phone or any kind of credit in Japan again....

[canman]

Just leave and don't pay. Come on you are a gaijin living in Japan, the rules don't apply to you!:twisted: But when you come back, and you will be back, and you wonder why it is so much harder to get a new phone, or a landlord won't rent to you, or people treat you differently, just remember you are a gaijin, and the rules don't apply to you.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

If your handle name is an indication of your nationality, you're a perfect example of why -- in its heyday -- the sun never set on the British Empire: Because even God couldn't trust a Pommy in the dark.

[TennoChinko]

I rang softbank and they want around 65,000 from me to cancel my iphone 3g and iphone 4 contracts.

Can i just go home and leave it unpaid with repercusion?

they have the address and telephone number of my employer on file, so they could probably chase my employer

I had a friend who left his NTTDoCoMo bill unpaid. His mail was automatically forwarded to me by the post office for a few months. At one point, he got some dunning letter on behalf from NTTDoCoMo from a Japanese law firm written in crappy English, but that was about it.

It's not yet like the US where unpaid debts are consolidated and sold off at deep discount to third-parties who use debt collection services to track down remaining debtors.

And, it's probably not going to affect your UK credit rating in anyway.






However, if ran off on a debt from me, I'd have my brothers knocking down your parents door in Hertford and have them quaking in their pyjamas until they paid up.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Pay up and try and sell the phones on GaijinPot or something, may recoup some of your losses, otherwise you'll never be able to get a phone or any kind of credit in Japan again....

The sad part is that probably isn't true. I have a friend who left without paying his final Softbank bill or for breaking his contract. Not only that but he was using his iPhone from abroad to call friends in Japan till it got canceled. He came back to Japan and got a new Softbank contract and iPhone a year and a half later. The difference is that he used his gaijin card and not his passport to get the contract this time. I think he also used a different credit card for billing. So far, they haven't made the connection.

[waruta]

Damn thats too bad. What the hell is the use of IMEI numbers then...all you can do is shut off the phone remotely.

[AlbertSiegel]

You can use a credit card for automatic monthly payments and continue to pay your bill as always.

By doing this you will keep your word and pay your bill as an honest and ethical person should.

You will be able to keep your phone and Japanese number which will come in handy if you plan to return or travel.

The idea of paying for somthing you may not use to its fullest may not seem attractive, but you did agree to the terms and the right thing to do is keep your word and pay your obligation one way or another.

Just because others are less than honest does not mean you should follow in their example. Though paying the money may hurt, you will sleep better at night knowing you did the right thing and have no consequences to worry about.