what if i sign up for a cell phone and im not 18?  wouldn't my ssn
give away my age? i hope i didnt do anything wrong.  i didnt think it
would work

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 04 Aug 2004 12:01 PDT

Hello,

For what cellular company? In what state?

Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher

If you aren't 18 you can't be legally bound to any contracts... And
most cell phone companies do a credit check and other such things, so
if they gave you one anyway it's their own negligence. Pretty much you
can do what you want with this, cancel the contract, don't pay etc.

ok, that sounds good, but ive heard of people saying that theyre in
trouble because of that, i did put my age as 18, but is that still
negligence on their part?

If you are under 18, you can't have your own credit card and thus
would not be able to post a questiont to Google Answers.

Assuming they used either a valid credit card, or their own credit card ;)

forge

If you are under 18, but represented yourself as 18 to gain something
you are otherwise not entitled to, that might be deception.

Why don't you just get a pay as you go?

Owain

Back in 1999 when I was 16, I signed up for a cell phone with Sprint
PCS.  I put down my real age, my real SSN, and everything like that.

I got a cell phone with no troubles.

I am sure you can do that too.  I sincerely doubt much has changed
since then.  Just don't lie about any info, and you cannot get into
trouble.  If you do lie, it could technically be considered
fraud/deception, although it's tough to enforce/proce.  If they accept
you, good.  If not, then you can do pay as you go or whatever else you
decide is necessary.

As a whole, also, as long as you pay your bill on time and don't try
to screw the cell phone company by backing out of a contract and then
claiming you're not 18 yadda yadda yadda, chances are they could
honestly care less.  After all, you ARE paying them...