She had agreed to settle his monthly charges by direct debit. But no one told her he’d been sent multiple handsetsA Cheshire parent has had to pay out more than £2000 after Vodafone gave eight expensive mobile handsets to her 21-year-musty son in a case that will alarm parents who pay their grown-up children’s mobile bills.
Claire Hardwick is paying her unemployed son Nick’s monthly bill by direct debit because his severe learning difficulties mean he is unable to manage a bank account. But she has been left unable to afford this month’s mortgage payment after it turned out Nick had persuaded Vodafone to send him a string of mobile phones worth thousands of pounds over just a few weeks.
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Source: theguardian.com