Free Sim deals discussion

rednca

"Although, on-the-surface, Giffgaff looks like a good deal (primarily because of the 8p p/m call cost), it does seem that their top-ups expire after 1 month. In comparison to 3 and Orange whose credit doesn't expire, Giffgaff doesn't look so good. I'm still waiting for Giffgaff to get back to me, as there seems to be no mention of the expiry time of top-ups either on their website or in their T&C's. Can anyone shine any light on this? "

Giffgaff are unbeatable for goody bags, which expire after 1 month. Top up doesn't expire...well I still have £1.37 of the £5 they gave me when I got the sim about 6 months ago. If I have had a query on giffgaff, I have emailed and had responses within 24 hours. Totally satisfied giffgaffer, to use their term. I'm now looking for a Blackberry for my daughter, and want to make her a giffgaffer too. Any hints anyone? I don't want to pay £400 for the phone.

grumbler

rednca wrote: »

.. it does seem that their top-ups expire after 1 month.

Tupups don't expire unlike goodybags.

rednca wrote: »

I'm now looking for a Blackberry for my daughter, and want to make her a giffgaffer too. Any hints anyone? I don't want to pay £400 for the phone.

http://top10.e2save.com/mobile-phone/payg/blackberry/BlackBerry-Curve-8520.html?network=o2&tariffcode=EO2PP#
http://top10.e2save.com/mobile-phone/payg/blackberry/BlackBerry-Curve-3G-9300-Violet-refurbished.html?network=o2&tariffcode=EO2PP#

makes_cents

I've just noticed that the article states that Tesco is £5 for 5,000 texts making them 1p each.

Shouldn't that be 0.1p each?

Battyboylad

I am going to Ireland in few weeks and Amsterdam next month and want to know the best sim card I could use for calling back to the uk? I have a spare phone as I don't want to lose my iPhone abroad, any help would be great thank you:)

grumbler

Mobile Roaming - Martin's article

Sticky: Mobile Roaming: Cheapest Calls When You're Abroad - discussion.

Tobythepig

giffgaff is on the o2 network, so it should work with phones locked to o2, though I've not tested that

a.ferra

Hi I've had such problems with Giffgaff that I took them to the Ombudsman and won, they have been ordered to pay me £100 compensation. Obviously I want a really good deal without ever having to give any more money to Giffgaff and I've just found it.

O2 have a sim only offer of £20 a month for [FONT=&quot], unlimited calls to all uk mobiles and landlines, free voicemail, unlimited texts to all uk mobiles and landlines and 1GB of data. Offer ends at the end of October.

Basically beating giffgaff by £5 a month and unlimited calls, quids in and can finally say stuff you to giffgaff!!!!

http://www.o2.co.uk/tariffs/simplicity

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a.ferra

Try this from o2 much better deal than giffgaff

http://www.o2.co.uk/tariffs/simplicity

veganline

Peter Foreman's massive list of mobile sim-only tariffs needs quoting from time to time - http://petef.22web.org/payg.html - as it answers some of the questions above. Cheap deals are in green on the table. Funny names include Banana Mobile and others. Samba Mobile for ipads tablets and laptops isn't listed here but seems more promising for ad-supported services. Best to assume zero customers service on all of these.

The cheapest for low usage voice and text are Family Mobile, Kontakt, Tesco Lite, Talkmobile Essential, Talk Home and White Mobile. Cheaper still is Ovivo which is effectively free if you don't mind targeted advertising.

Talkmobile no longer has a cheap PAYG sim-only tariff on their site. Ovivo have a minimum first top-up of £15 and don't let you use free minutes until you have paid this to "activate" (otherwise you could use dozens of free sims one after the other).

MoneyMate

Just pop it straight into your mobile phone. Activate your SIM by making a call, sending a text or using some data. They also include 10 FREE minutes, 10 FREE texts and 10 MB FREE data .

Asda Mobile is now using the EE network, the UK’s biggest 3G network. 99% UK network coverage, looks like a great value standard tariff, just 8p a minute for calls, 4p per text and 5p per MB of data.

Still waiting for my free Sim to arrive anyone have any recent experience of this deal ? :beer: