Samba Mobile Broadband - Is it Really Free?

anonymousie

returning to this thread as I'm concerned they've nicked my £5 (I missed the MSE code sob!)

6 days on, no SIM and no access to log into samba.

As the other poster stated the address I'm using (and put on the application form) isn't recognised as having a samba account connected with it. This is despite the fact they clearly are ale to send me adds saying how great they are!!

can't find a " contact us" type of box either .

Why shouldn't I just go to get a refund via PP?

Uplink

Blue_Max: I tried my Series 40 phone and it worked without any problems. If that works, any 3G device should too

Blue_Max

Uplink wrote: »

Correct. Samba doesn't come with neither a voice nor a text plan. It's just data.

All the phones I have right now take only one SIM. So will have to carry around one more phone or a laptop or a tablet?!

Dual SIM phones are available in some countries.
Are they available in the UK?

anonymousie

:money:Well that's interesting!

Dn't know if samba read this, but if they do, thanks

Had an update to say basically we've bought too many SIMs so there is a bit of delay , but I can also no log in to mty account and get some credit going .

Uplink

Blue_Max wrote: »

All the phones I have right now take only one SIM. So will have to carry around one more phone or a laptop or a tablet?!

Dual SIM phones are available in some countries.
Are they available in the UK?

eBay is full of them, but I never had one. Reading around the Internet doesn't convince me they are worth their price tags either, but your mileage may vary (wildly - the only one I've ever seen was really sucky).

paul_olivier

is there a major delay in samba sending out sims, i ordered one two weeks ago and still no sign of a sim, i did get an email saying they have had a lot of orders and there is a delay, but two weeks!

natstally

paul_olivier wrote: »

is there a major delay in samba sending out sims, i ordered one two weeks ago and still no sign of a sim, i did get an email saying they have had a lot of orders and there is a delay, but two weeks!

I'm also still waiting for my SIM, I ordered it a few days after the MSE email came through.
I have been able to access my account and build up credit though.

Speaking of... The past couple of days the ads have not refilled for me, I've had one day with just the Lucky Dip and this morning I had Lucky Dip and 2 others only. :-(

The amount of credit I've been able to build up by watching all the ads 'til they run out had varied a lot, some days (early on) the ads refilled later in the day after watching them all earlier.

I hope the SIM arrives soon and actually works for me after all this credit building! (1.3gb)

Former_MSE_Becca

Hi guys, Samba has said that all Sims that were ordered using the MSE1 code are currently being processed or are on the way.

If you have any issues with your Sim or it doesn't arrive, please email [EMAIL="support@sambamobile.com"]support@sambamobile.com[/EMAIL].

Many thanks,
MSE Becca

natstally

So my SIM arrived today, just put it into a Huawei e586 MiFi router, quick test, works fine!

I'll be keeping an eye out for the credit usage to see if it seems to tally with what i'd expect though seeing as how others have said it's a bit off.

kittywhiskers

So, do you have to watch many different ads for the day to earn credit or can you play one ad over and over again?