Woman sues Cell company....is this a case

[PsychTau]

I've got two things to say about this:

1. I don't know anything about this company, but if she had her own cell account with her own account number and did not have her husband's name on the account at all, I don't see how it would have gotten connected with the internet/phone package deal. Somehow, her husband was already an authorized person on her account or somehow he had access to her account information in order to bundle it. (It's possible that the company made a mistake and didn't verify their stuff).

2. I hope a judge looks at her and says "You should have kept your marriage commitment. This was your choice, not the cell company's. Take responsibility for your actions. Dismissed." Seriously...I understand that the law and judges need to simply handle the facts in front of them, but the fact is that if she wasn't cheating, this lawsuit wouldn't be happening. So, she's responsible for her husband finding out. Judges need to be able to tell people to grow up and take more responsibility.

(I know nothing about the law in Canada.)

/soapbox

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PsychTau

1. I don't know anything about this company, but if she had her own cell account with her own account number and did not have her husband's name on the account at all, I don't see how it would have gotten connected with the internet/phone package deal. Somehow, her husband was already an authorized person on her account or somehow he had access to her account information in order to bundle it. (It's possible that the company made a mistake and didn't verify their stuff).

Pretty much.

When I worked for a bank, we had a lot of stuff like this going on (spouses with separate accounts that had other peoples' names on them). If the account was in just her name, it wouldn't have even shown up under her husband's profile (which would be the profile we'd pull up if he called). The only way that a "package deal" could be produced would be if both parties are listed as authorized users on both accounts.

I find it hard to believe that a cable company wouldn't follow similar guidelines. I'm guessing he was listed as an authorized user with access to her phone line.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Pretty much.

When I worked for a bank, we had a lot of stuff like this going on (spouses with separate accounts that had other peoples' names on them). If the account was in just her name, it wouldn't have even shown up under her husband's profile (which would be the profile we'd pull up if he called). The only way that a "package deal" could be produced would be if both parties are listed as authorized users on both accounts.

I find it hard to believe that a cable company wouldn't follow similar guidelines. I'm guessing he was listed as an authorized user with access to her phone line.

Possible they grouped them in their system as the same household even though they were different accounts?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Possible they grouped them in their system as the same household even though they were different accounts?

Could be.

When I worked at the bank, though, that didn't matter. There could be 3 adults in the same household with identical addresses/phones, but if the account titles (names) didn't match, they would show up separately.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Could be.

When I worked at the bank, though, that didn't matter. There could be 3 adults in the same household with identical addresses/phones, but if the account titles (names) didn't match, they would show up separately.

Yeah I'm trying to remember how it was set up at the bank I worked at, but I can't recall.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PsychTau

1. I don't know anything about this company, but if she had her own cell account with her own account number and did not have her husband's name on the account at all, I don't see how it would have gotten connected with the internet/phone package deal. Somehow, her husband was already an authorized person on her account or somehow he had access to her account information in order to bundle it. (It's possible that the company made a mistake and didn't verify their stuff).

I've done it with our phone account that was in my wife's name. As long as I had her name and the last four digits of her SSN, there wasn't a question about it.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I've done it with our phone account that was in my wife's name. As long as I had her name and the last four digits of her SSN, there wasn't a question about it.

If this is common practice for these companies, something needs to change. That's just asking for trouble.