"Can I borrow your Cellphone and make a Long Distance Call?" What would you do?

I woould allow him too as I do try to help people out, although saying tat he wouldnt get very far with my phone as I am on pay-as-you-go and £15 abroad goes in like 5 minutes. I know this as my partner has family in Portugal and he used to used his mobile to call them. Now he uses the house phone and its so much cheaper! Maybe I would invite him back to my house as I have cheap international calls. Only 1-2p per minute depending on the country

You've had a lot of good answers here. I think, if it was me, that I would need a really good reason to let someone borrow my phone. I don't have the money to get stuck, and I need the phone. If the person is in trouble, there are police or other authorities who can help. I'll make that call for him and stick around until the help arrives. Beyond that I will not take the risk anymore, I've been burned way too often. It's time I learned to be smarter. I am all about helping someone in need, and don't care if they are rich or poor. But there is usually a safe way to do it if you step back a minute and think it through.

I would like to help him. But will ask him to plan his talk beforehand as I don't carry much balance in my cell. Maybe I would expect him to repay later... If he is Bill Gates, I don't think that would make much difference to me. At most I'll later tell my friends I met Mr. Gates and they will make fun of me. That's all!

why would i let him borrow my phone. if he is bill gates he does not need to borrow from me even if his phone was snatched cause he has other means of getting a new phone and also, i am sure, being bill gates means he rarely goes alone by himself he will surely bring a buddy with him anywhere whom he borrow a cellphone or he has always have a body guard and assistants with him who can buy him another cellphone or being a Bill Gates he can just go directly to his hotel and make calls and etc. Bill Gates? Lol. i don't care if his bill gates. If he is really bill gates. i will just laugh at him for not thinking on other better ways to make call than just just borrow from random people he meets.

I answered no to the first part, so I pretty much blew up my chance of getting lots of money from Bill Gates. But I don't regret that decision. I would always decide like that no matter what happens. I can't just trust anyone no matter how famous he or she is.

I will not let him hold and borrow my cellphone. To respond to his need, i will ask him the number and will text the person that he needs to call to give my number a call.. i just hope my load is still enough to accommodate his request. If he's Bill Gates-- fine at least i met him personally.

doesn't matter who it is,i'd want money up front. the richer they are,the more liable they are to walk away and leave you with the bill.i've worked in too many hotels to believe they'd be thankful or generous.

Ususally, I don't lend my cellphone to a strager no matter he/she wants to make a short distance call or a long distance call. It has nothing to do with money. It's just because it might bring me trouble. Let's suppose the stranger is a criminal who just broke away from prison, and he wants to borrow your phone. It might lead to serious consequence. So generally, I don't lend my phone to a stranger, but not absolutely. If the stranger is a famous person, I'm willing to lend my phone to him/her. Perhaps such an action may bring me good luck.

I would let anyone use my phone, that's just me. I don't care who you are. I'm not impressed by fame and money. I'm just a friendly person who likes to help people.

i simply say no

First. do i have enough load to make a long distance call? If Yes.. i would not still give him my phone.. he might be a thief, a snatcher even with his professional look... i would ask him the number to verify it if it is legit then lend the phone to him.. and pray he would give me cash to compensate the load taken hahaha.

My answer was, in all honesty, "You can if you want, mate, but it'll have to be reverse charge, because I'm absolutely skint (no money!) and there's no credit in the thing! Lol! So no reward for me then!

ya i had this experience once my reply was i have no balance u cant make even local call with this amount ......if u want do sms its free..i use this mobile only for sending sms....

I'd let him even without knowing he's rich. Anyways there's never much balance on my phone, $10 max, he wouldn't go on for long. Probabily I'd think no but say yes, just thinking if I was into the same situation, I'd appreciate someone to help me, then shouldn't I?

My first reaction (before reading the rest of your supposition) would be to be willing but to want to know more about how he was going to repay me. Since I am on Pay-As-You-Go, I would be concerned that he might run out of funds before the call ended. Since it's easy enough to top up, I'd first ask him to estimate the cost of the call and then invite him to top-up my account with that amount. English is the common language in England, of course, so there would be little or no communication problem and, doubtless, Bill Gates wouldn't need to borrow my cell phone to call abroad - he'd be able (and much more likely) to use his hotel facilities. Bill Gates or, indeed, anyone famous doesn't cut any ice with me. Any person, famous or not, is a human being and I would treat them exactly as I would anyone else. It is easier, of course, to see the credentials of someone famous, so I would probably be more ready to lend my phone to someone I recognised and knew something about. I wouldn't expect a simple service like lending one's cell phone for a call to be of any more value than the cost of the call: if the person chose to be more grateful than that, I would probably be somewhat embarrassed - but pleased, nevertheless.

Hi, charmz1005. Well, it all depends on if I have long distance service on my cell phone. It also depends upon what type of plan that I have on my phone as well. If I have an unlimited plan with free long distance, I will allow him to use my cell phone. If I don't, then I will not be able to allow him to use my cell phone then. I don't mean to sound harsh, but I am the only person that is responsible for supplying my cell phone minutes to my phone, and not Bill Gates.

For the first part of the discussion i will tell him no problem if he will help me pay the bill. But when i realize its Bill Gates, i will let him use it

I'd tell him no, that I don't have that capability on my phone and I cannot afford to let him (I would do it politely, however). If I found out it was Bill Gates, well, he should be able to afford to make an overseas call from anywhere. lol.

surely i will give you my cellphone at night times when some calls are free to me..

Yes.I really do not mind when you as long as it an honour to help him though there will strings attached to it. But if I realize that he is not Bill Gates, I will not be pleased, but what will I do ,he has used my reloaded credit. It has been used and I would not be able to retrieve it.