article_snippet: A businessman who was wrongly issued with a £15,000 phone bill by Vodafone only managed to get A businessman who was wrongly issued with a £15,000 phone bill by Vodafone cancelled by staging a three-hour sit-in at firm's headquarters in Newbury.
article_snippet: Businessman Edward Martin was sent the enormous invoice after the mobile phone company put Businessman Edward Martin on a new tariff, but after eight hours on the phone Businessman Edward Martin was unable to get the phone to admit the phone mistake.
article_snippet: Eventually, Businessman Edward Martin was forced to go and camp outside the multinational firm's headquarters - and the phone were so desperate to make Businessman Edward Martin go away that the phone caved in and cancelled the enormous bill by Vodafone.
article_snippet: Businessman Edward Martin managed to get a £15,000 phone bill cancelled by protesting at Vodafone's head office .
article_snippet: Mr Martin, 52, who runs a clothing business in Tiverton, Devon, said that Businessman Edward Martin troubles started when Businessman Edward Martin was put on a new package and told a £15,000 phone bill cancelled by protesting at Vodafone's head office would be recalculated.
article_snippet: Vodafone then sent Businessman Edward Martin a series of inflated bills adding up to £14,949.41 - without explaining why Businessman Edward Martin suddenly had to pay more. '
article_snippet: I have been a Vodafone customer for 21 years with no trouble,' Businessman Edward Martin said. '
article_snippet: But in December they called me to say they had made a mistake and they would recalculate a £15,000 phone bill cancelled by protesting at Vodafone's head office. '
article_snippet: Vodafone's global headquarters are situated in Newbury, Berkshire, two hours from Mr Martin home .
article_snippet: A Vodafone spokesman said that an 'internal communication error' was to blame for Mr Martin's enormous bill, and confirmed Mr Martin's enormous bill has now been wiped clean.
highlights_snippet: Businessman Edward Martin was sent the enormous bill by Vodafone after Businessman Edward Martin switched to a different tariff .
  