Ivor Jones wrote:
> In news:wzF0k.74186$x55.66295@newsfe17.ams2,
> Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> typed, for some strange,
> unexplained reason:
> : My 12-year-old lost his mobile a couple of weeks ago - had a Tesco
> : PAYG SIM in it.
>
> [snip]
>
> : If I phone the number, it tells me it's unavailable and diverts me to
> : voicemail (which is what I'd expect if the SIMs either in the phone
> : switched off, or has been pulled and is no longer being used.)
>
> Maybe a silly question, but why didn't you get the thing barred
> immediately it was lost..?

You don't have kids, do you...?

David