Like many keitai-l members, I have gone through my fair share of mobile
phones but a deposit has never been required for any of the DoCoMo units we
have, many of which where signed under new contracts.
It appears the deposit is only required if you do not want direct payments
from a bank account of credit card.
Kyle
>>> As of April 1, 2002, NTT DoCoMo charges all non-permanent- resident
>>> foreigners a 30,000 yen deposit when signing a contract for a new phone.
>>> J-Phone and AU do not have similar policies, and we consider this an
>>> unfair
>>> singling out of people as untrustworthy simply by dint of nationality or
>>> visa status.
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Received on Wed Jun 19 06:19:43 2002