Converting Phone Credit to Cash

bwals92
bwals92 Posts: 61 Forumite
I have a PAYG sim card with credit on. I have an excess amount on there and I was wondering if anybody knew a way I could somehow get the credit into cash. :D

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  • parallax_20
    parallax_20 Posts: 546 Forumite
    I don't think its possible, otherwise there would be a massive loophole where you would topup your phone for the included freebies, convert it back to cash and then topup the following month with the same money. I'm sure operators are wise to that fact. And if there were such a loophole I and others would have been on to it a long time. :) But if you find a way, I'd love to hear it.

    I don't even think you get any credit back if you decided to cancel the sim, but I could be wrong and if I am, that would be the loophole :)
  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    I bought a pint of milk, but I only needed half of it for my Rice Krispies, is there any way I can get my money back for the milk I haven't used? :D
    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands

  • bwals92
    bwals92 Posts: 61 Forumite
    I don't think its possible, otherwise there would be a massive loophole where you would topup your phone for the included freebies, convert it back to cash and then topup the following month with the same money. I'm sure operators are wise to that fact. And if there were such a loophole I and others would have been on to it a long time. :) But if you find a way, I'd love to hear it.

    I don't even think you get any credit back if you decided to cancel the sim, but I could be wrong and if I am, that would be the loophole :)

    So far I've found a service called 'Onebip' which allows you to pay for things online using your mobile phone credit. Hmm.. can't find any sites that use it though. Online gaming sites such as 'Habbo Hotel' (I heard) allow you to purchase their type of gaming currency through phone credit too. This is where my idea came from. It must be possible! There's just no service that does it. Hmm.. I'll keep up with my research though :D
    mwilletts wrote: »
    I bought a pint of milk, but I only needed half of it for my Rice Krispies, is there any way I can get my money back for the milk I haven't used? :D

    Cheeky. :p
  • bwals92
    bwals92 Posts: 61 Forumite
    I think I've found the loophole!
    But it may break their T&C..
  • 4743hudsonj
    4743hudsonj Posts: 3,298 Forumite
    bwals92 wrote: »
    So far I've found a service called 'Onebip' which allows you to pay for things online using your mobile phone credit. Hmm.. can't find any sites that use it though. Online gaming sites such as 'Habbo Hotel' (I heard) allow you to purchase their type of gaming currency through phone credit too. This is where my idea came from. It must be possible! There's just no service that does it. Hmm.. I'll keep up with my research though :D



    Cheeky. :p

    Thats because they demand 37% commission!
    Back by no demand whatsoever.
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