The farmer who lost his iPhone INSIDE a cow and mum who baked her Nokia:
Britain's weirdest mobile phone insurance claims revealed
A
farmer who lose his iPhone inside a cow after using it as flashlight
during the birth of a calf has topped a list of weirdest mobile
insurance claims.
A woman who baked her Nokia 6303i into her
daughter’s birthday cake and a man who climbed up a tree to film a Blur
gig also featuring in the poll, according to www.MobileInsurance.co.uk.
Another
person filed a claim after losing their phone over the side of a cruise
ship while trying to re-enact the famous 'I'm king of the world' line
from the film, Titanic.
Mooving on: A farmer who lost his phone while birthing a calf has topped a poll of weirdest mobile phone insurance claims
While
a woman in her 30s claimed a seagull swooped down and took her Samsung
Galaxy from her hand while she was walking her dog on a beach.
Although,
not all the claims were humorous, with one woman admitting that she'd
thrown her HTC Desire X at her boyfriend after she found out he had been
cheating on her.
Last month the Financial Ombudsman Service
(FOS) said that the number of claims had gone up by 63 per cent compared
to last year. However, it’s rarely revealed what types of claims have
been made by customers.
While the credibility of some of the claims
was questioned a spokesman from the mobile phone insurance comparison
website said that all the stories were fully investigated.
The top ten weird mobile phone insurance claims
1.
A farmer in Devon claimed his phone had disappeared inside the back end
of one of his cows when he’d been using the torch on his iPhone whilst
assisting the cow during calving. The phone later made an appearance,
but was damaged.
2. A woman in her early 40s from Nottingham claimed
that she’d baked her Nokia 6303i into a Victoria Sponge she’d been
making for her daughter’s birthday. It didn’t endure the heat of gas
mark 5.
3. A woman in her 30s claimed she’d been walking her Cocker
Spaniel on Barry Island beach, Wales, when a seagull swooped down and
took her Samsung Galaxy from her hand.
4. A woman in her late 20s
from Bristol claimed the vibration function on her BlackBerry Bold 9900
phone had stopped working whilst she was using it as an adult toy.
5.
A 40 year old construction worker said his iPhone 4S had fallen out of
his back pocket when he pulled his jeans down before sitting on the
toilet. Not realising, he went about his business and flushed the chain.
The phone didn’t flush, but underwent serious water damage.
6. A
man in his 30s claimed he’d been filming monkeys from the car window in
Longleat Safari Park with his HTC One X when a monkey climbed on the
roof and snatched it.
7. A couple re-enacting the 'I'm king of the
world!' scene from Titanic lost their phone over the side of their
cruise ship, whilst trying to take a photo of themselves.
8. A
pyrotechnician was setting up a show for the National Fireworks
Championships in Plymouth, and having left his iPhone 3GS within the
'blast zone', it was nowhere to be found when he returned post-show,
having been fired 3,000 feet into the air before exploding in a stunning
display.
9. A woman in her 20s from Liverpool admitted she’d thrown
her HTC Desire X at her boyfriend, whom she’d discovered was cheating,
but it missed him and hit a wall; breaking the handset.
10. Rather
than paying £60 for a ticket to see Blur at their sell-out Hyde Park
shows, one customer tried to film the event on his iPhone from up a
nearby tree - he got a little too excited as the band came on stage
though, and dropped his phone onto the ground below.
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