Family advice...

I have had to put in 2 claims for lost mobile phones.

One took 2 days from putting claim in to having replacement in my hand

The other took 2 weeks and that was because I had only just take it out and wasn't allowed to claim for 2 weeks. I put a claim in on the 13th day which they rejected and I had to appeal, eventually with them agreeing to replace. (If I was going to be dodgy or anything about it I would have just waited a day before putting the claim in rather than report it straight away)

From that it taking anything longer than a month certainly doesn't sound right and does sound like she is covering it up for some reason. No idea what she might be covering up though :confused:
 
I spoke to my sister about it earlier on, told her the conversation and mannerisms and even she said something is up...
 
The issue here is not the phone, I feel, it's the mothers frankly strange behavior.. She could have said the phone wasn't covered, or later said it's covered but there's an excess to pay or it will bump the policy up so she cancelled claim as it wasn't worth it..

As to why she's being funny about it, something sounds not quite right.. I would be very keen on getting to the bottom of it..
 
Maybe she has some financial problems she doesn't want the kids knowing about, who knows, but i find it frankly weird someone would agree to put a claim in, and then prolong it for so long when she could have quite easily fobbed the son off with either: 'turns out it's not covered' or 'it will inflate my premium more than it's worth '
 
I pay a small amount of £50 a week for rent whilst I'm here, which will be until November.

And yea, I just want answers, not sure what's going on and it's put me on edge.

The atmosphere here at home tonight was very awkward. Think 4 words have been said. But going to sleep soon then catching a flight to NYC for a long weekend so going to put it at the back of my mind until I get back.
 
My advice is that if a phone loss causes this much fuss then you have paid too much for the phone.

Cheapy Tesco PAYG purfect. and I dont care if I lose it, eat it, or it gets zapped in to space.
 
Thorper said:
Tell her you're sorry for hassling her about it, forget about the phone and move on.

Job done.
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Yea, I'm off traveling for a very lengthy amount of time in 5 months. For at least 2 years. So I guess what ever has gone wrong that she can't tell me, may as well forget about it.

Will apologies tomorrow and give the good ol' "Still love you mummmmm". If she wants to tell me something, she can do it. Me pushing for an answer won't help.

Craterloads said:
:o Jesus
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I know right, people just don't read :(
 
Agnes: Mum, did you take my insurance money?

Mum: I'll answer the question. You want answers?

Agnes: I think I'm entitled!

Mum: You want answers?

Agnes: I want the truth!

Mum: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has phones, and those phones have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for your phone and you curse my name. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know, that the loss of your phone, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives! You don't want the truth, because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like "honor", "code", "loyalty". We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said "thank you", and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you find your own phone. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!

Agnes: Did you take my insurance money?

Mum: I did the job that—

Kaffee: Did you take my insurance money!

Mum: YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I DID!
 
agnes said:
My main concern is, I trust my mum fully, but when it comes to money... Not so much. She is a sales woman, a very heavily driven sales woman and money always comes first.
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So you don't trust her much then. Being in sales doesn't normally extend to ripping off family members.

On the other hand, I probably would have let you claim on my insurance. It's going to affect her policy rates for years to come. An insurance claim isn't free.
 
Women are strange creatures. Maybe she doesn't have insurance and feels bad about getting your hopes up.

You usually have some form of excess to pay on a phone policy too from the ones I've had.

I know my mum is stupid with money and doesn't seem to follow any sort of logic.
 
Oh lord, it just got odd. This morning she randomly approached me and apologised and then started acting normal.

Knowing her, this is a ploy to lull me into a false sense that I'm in the wrong if I push on the matter again haha.

Politics in the house hold. I'm just going to let it lie. Sod it.

Lesson learnt, want something done, do it your self!
 
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