Lyca Mobile MSE blagged offer

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Having seen people comment about the Lyca mobile website being a bit dodgy occasionally when it comes to sign up/payments etc, can anyone vouch for/advise on the Lyca "MSE 1" offer? (Or any other blagged Lyca offer)
I saw it listed on the MSE comparison tool for SIM deals. The offer (at time of writing) listed for the MSE 1 deal for instance was £0.05 per month for 6 months and £4.75 a month after that for a SIM with Unlimited Mins, Unlimited Texts and 3GB of Data.
I was considering using this as a temporary SIM in order to do a PAC switch to that temporarily and then transfer back to another network to get a new customer price for Unlimited Minutes. And possibly considering one of the other larger data deals for a longer term SIM given they use the O2 network.
What I was wondering was the method of ensuring that the Lyca product doesn't auto renew and keep charging you. With other networks I have seen it is explicitly a 30 day rolling when you sign up, or else with providers like Lebara, or Smarty, their website is generally very smooth so you can log in and just turn any Auto Renew function off. With Lyca though, I am a bit concerned seeing posts on here about people finding the sign up ends up glitching after payment, or their website being very dodgy.
Are they reasonable to go for?
*Update - I signed up for the MSE 1 deal. With Lyca, you don't appear to have a Lyca account immediately set up at the same time. I am guessing you have to wait for the SIM with your Lyca number to sign up and change Auto Renew to "off".
I saw it listed on the MSE comparison tool for SIM deals. The offer (at time of writing) listed for the MSE 1 deal for instance was £0.05 per month for 6 months and £4.75 a month after that for a SIM with Unlimited Mins, Unlimited Texts and 3GB of Data.
I was considering using this as a temporary SIM in order to do a PAC switch to that temporarily and then transfer back to another network to get a new customer price for Unlimited Minutes. And possibly considering one of the other larger data deals for a longer term SIM given they use the O2 network.
What I was wondering was the method of ensuring that the Lyca product doesn't auto renew and keep charging you. With other networks I have seen it is explicitly a 30 day rolling when you sign up, or else with providers like Lebara, or Smarty, their website is generally very smooth so you can log in and just turn any Auto Renew function off. With Lyca though, I am a bit concerned seeing posts on here about people finding the sign up ends up glitching after payment, or their website being very dodgy.
Are they reasonable to go for?
*Update - I signed up for the MSE 1 deal. With Lyca, you don't appear to have a Lyca account immediately set up at the same time. I am guessing you have to wait for the SIM with your Lyca number to sign up and change Auto Renew to "off".
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I had a problem receiving calls and texts at first but after a couple of calls to the free customer helpline it now seems to be working. However the 02 coverage comes with caveats. 5G will not work on iphones as yet. 4G or LTE as it is in my area is not supported because they do not use VOLTE (voice over LTE) so I am relegated to 3G for calls which is poor quality and due to be phased out soon. As as I result I will next try the MSE, Lebara offer...which uses Vodafone...better for 4G but no 5G in my town...yet!
Logged onto website no minutes or data showing on my account.
Called helpline and followed the instructions to receive a code via email. Supposedly automatic !
No email with authorisation code ever received.
Rang helpline again and encountered the rudest person ever.
Tried to explain, was told not to repeat myself shut up and listen or write for help. His English was very poor and attitude worse.
I have written to cancel the contract.
It may look cheap but personally would rather pay more for service. Any service.