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Parent cant manage his children's account... Is it a scam?

  • July 19, 2025
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Hi iD Mobile,

I’m a long-standing customer and a father of two. I currently pay for three iD Mobile contracts – one for myself and two for my children. Yet, despite being the account holder and bill-payer for all three, iD Mobile has set up three separate accounts, and I’m unable to view or manage my children’s plans under my own login.

This is extremely frustrating.

I’ve spent time on your live chat support, and I’ve lodged two complaints – but I’m still no closer to a solution or even a proper explanation. I simply want one thing: to manage all three plans under one account. That seems like a very basic and reasonable request – and something many parents must surely want too.

If this functionality does exist, why isn’t it being properly promoted, explained, or enabled? If it doesn’t exist, then why not?

Right now, I’m trying to move my son to a cheaper SIM-only deal, but I can’t do this easily because I can’t access his account. His phone is out of contract, yet iD Mobile is making it unnecessarily difficult to switch to a cheaper option. From where I stand, it looks like this complexity benefits iD Mobile’s bottom line — not the customer. That feels exploitative and potentially in breach of basic consumer protection standards.

This is not just a personal gripe — this is a broader user experience issue. You are making it harder for customers to manage multiple plans, and I urge you to take this seriously. Please give a clear answer:

Can a parent or bill-payer manage multiple iD Mobile lines under one account? If not, when will this be fixed?

2 replies

Tyler C
iD Mobile Employee
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  • iD Mobile Employee
  • July 21, 2025

Hey there ​@TDASC, thank you for reaching out. The accounts are set up by yourself, not us, and you can for sure register them under one account.

 

To do so, you simply need to follow the instructions below:

 

 

If you can’t login to upgrade, you can call our sales team on 02071391397 between 9am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

 

Thanks,

Tyler


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  • September 4, 2025

Hi iD Mobile,

I’m a long-standing customer and a father of two. I currently pay for three iD Mobile contracts – one for myself and two for my children. Yet, despite being the account holder and bill-payer for all three, iD Mobile has set up three separate accounts, and I’m unable to view or manage my children’s plans under my own login.

This is extremely frustrating.

I’ve spent time on your live chat support, and I’ve lodged two complaints – but I’m still no closer to a solution or even a proper explanation. I simply want one thing: to manage all three plans under one account. That seems like a very basic and reasonable request – and something many parents must surely want too.

If this functionality does exist, why isn’t it being properly promoted, explained, or enabled? If it doesn’t exist, then why not?

Right now, I’m trying to move my son to a cheaper SIM-only deal, but I can’t do this easily because I can’t access his account. His phone is out of contract, yet iD Mobile is making it unnecessarily difficult to switch to a cheaper option. From where I stand, it looks like this complexity benefits iD Mobile’s bottom line — not the customer. That feels exploitative and potentially in breach of basic consumer protection standards.

This is not just a personal gripe — this is a broader user experience issue. You are making it harder for customers to manage multiple plans, and I urge you to take this seriously. Please give a clear answer:

Can a parent or bill-payer manage multiple iD Mobile lines under one account? If not, when will this be fixed?

Hi ​@TDASC - Just curious if you got this fixed?

I’ve just ordered a phone for my daughter and set it up to my email address (same as my ID one) for credit check reasons etc… and ease of accessing managing. But, now I’m concerned there might be problems. I was hoping to set it up to her email but didn’t want to cause issues with differences in name etc…