PAYG phone owners are being ‘bullied’ into paying

WHAT is it with Sure about people with pay-as-you-go phones being bullied into paying and adding more money to their credit if they do not use their phones enough? I have a pay-as-you-go phone and it is not a state-of-the-art thing that has internet and can play films or football matches live. I strictly got it because it is on me in case of any emergency and I may need to get hold of someone or vice versa. I like many others live on a pension that’s value is diminishing year on year as this island becomes more expensive to survive on (and I mean survive). If I have not used my phone for X amount of time the money in credit is still mine and I cannot see where Sure have the right to send me a text issuing a warning that if I do not use the device within a certain amount of time from the date their text is sent I will lose my number and credit. This must surely (no pun intended) amount to theft. It is my phone I paid for it. It is my money I put it in their pot and it should be my choice whether I choose to use either. Even if they provided the best service in the world – which they are a long way off of achieving at present – they still have no right to take my money or put my phone out of action because they want more of my money that is stretched to the limit now.