Hi all, I have just moved out a property I have been renting for 2.5 years. Officially, it has a 2 month notice period, I have asked the landlord early January whether he would let us go earlier if we find a replacement tenant. We found a couple who were scheduled to move in just a week ago, but the landlord changed his mind just before the moving out date, and now he is demanding us to pay the rent for the 2 month notice period, counting from early January. I checked the deposit scheme, and it seems that he did not protect the deposit in the scheme. I can also guess that the landlord does not have the property under the buy-to-let scheme, so he could not have rented it out legally at the first place. is this worth pushing it further? many thanks.

so do you think I need to pay them?

maybe that is the case. I actually tried to cancel it on the day I got it but they didn't let me, saying I need to give them 24 hours to activate the card.

I think it was a so-called joint contract or something similar. There was no minimum term as such, so I have already cancelled it after a couple of days of usage (there was a cancellation period of one month). so they just want the money for the first month (which was supposed to be free) + some more days.

dear all, I have renewed my contract with three mobile a couple of months ago, and the shop assistant offered my an additional sim card that was 'free' for a month, saying 'not many people get this deal', however, when I wanted to cancel that sim card it turned out that it was not free. Since then they keep calling me every day, demanding the money. It's not a huge amount, I just think that this way of selling is manipulative and misleading. So I refused to pay them so far. Can anything be done to keep them give up on that money? thanks, Tom