Looking to buy B&you SIM card
 

Hi Willemijns,

I'm looking to buy a B&you SIM card for when I go to France this September. Can you help? I live in the UK.

Many thanks,

Lizzy

contact me by PM

I have read this thread with interest, I visit the Var (Agay) at least once a year and I have been using an Orange prepaid sim to date. To keep my number going I have had to resort to topping it up with 15 euro credit at easter every year and the B&you mobicarte is a better option. Would you be happy for me to PM you for one of your virtual credit cards. Daniel

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B&You have just lowered their roaming data cost to 0,18€/MB

yes, if you wish to use this card outside France. in europe, roaming price between EU countries is lower now since yesterday.

same thing with german or belgium sim card

A question posed on my private box...

forget free.fr offers (no prepaid offers for the moment) and other b&you offers, you must have a FR bank account.

True, but not 18 cents/min, which is a very good price for roaming. The EU limit is now 45 cents plus VAT per megabyte, which is considerably more than 18 cents total.

Plus, it works in Switzerland and the US. How cool is that?

yes, official article is on
EUROPA - PRESS RELEASES - Press Release - New lower price caps for mobile roaming from 1 July: data 36% cheaper; roaming in Croatia 15 times cheaper

oups my last answer is false

B&YOU propose un tarif data à 0,18? le Mo en Europe

purposed tarrifs are max and MNO/MVNO can offer lower prices, it is the case here.

New refund conditions now of my offer due to 2 small recent troubles:

I sell virtual credit card to buy yourself your b&you credit card (mandatory FR snail mail address of your side for SIM card reception), 6€ by "virement international" or 7€ paypal.

contact me by PM.

Refund policy: 100% if error is from my side * -0.5€ penality per asked/bought virtual CC number if error is from your side, rejected paiement, postal strikes or virtual CC number not used after X months.

FYI In france it is legal to receive postal letters on another address. Your IP address used for the subscription and the passport number
is the proof of the simcard ownership.
postal address examples: "Sébastien WILLEMIJNS chez Mr Joe BestFriend 123 rue de lyon 75000 paris" or
"Sébastien WILLEMIJNS Hotel du Moulin Rouge 123 rue de lyon 75000 paris" hotel owner keeps generally 15 days the postal letter.

FAQ:
* If you are not born in France (99.99% the case), choose 99 as department number during your subscription
* Passport number contain your residence country. it is an international code placed in position 11-13 of the passport number. see wikipedia.

document and FAQ conditions version v1.03

I sell virtual credit card to buy yourself your b&you credit card (mandatory FR snail mail address of your side for SIM card reception), 6€ by "international virement" or 7€ paypal.

contact me by PM.

Refund policy:
* 100% if error is from my side
* -0.5€ penality per asked/bought virtual CC number if error is from your side, rejected paiement, postal strikes or virtual CC number not used after X months.

FYI In france it is legal to receive postal letters on another address. Your IP address used for the subscription and the passport number is the proof of the simcard ownership.
postal address examples: "Sébastien WILLEMIJNS chez Mr Joe BestFriend 123 rue de lyon 75000 paris" or "Sébastien WILLEMIJNS Hotel du Moulin Rouge 123 rue de lyon 75000 paris" hotel owner keeps generally 15 days the postal letter.

FAQ:
* If you are not born in France (99.99% the case), choose 99 as department number during your subscription
* Passport number contain your residence country. it is an international code placed in position 11-13 of the passport number. see wikipedia.
* you can not subscribe to B&YOU 24/7 offers, only prepaid is allowed.

document and FAQ conditions changelog
v1.04: only prepaid is allowed.

quick translation: no (big) changes for old customers. offer definitively closed for others.

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https://blog.b-and-you.fr/feedbacks/...prepayee-simyo

Les clients qui avaient déjà choisi la Carte prépayée B&YOU seront également confiés à simyo à partir du 27 août. Ils conserveront tous les avantages liés à l’offre qu’ils avaient choisie, notamment les recharges sans durée de validité.
Leur Carte prépayée sans durée de validité passera à la marque simyo
Pour accéder à leur suivi conso et recharger leur Carte prépayée, ils devront se rendre sur l’espace client de simyo.fr. Comme actuellement, il sera aussi possible d’appeler le 630 (appel gratuit) ou d’utiliser les tickets recharges Bouygues Telecom disponibles en points de vente.
Les conditions tarifaires ainsi que la durée de validité des recharges restent inchangées pour eux.

So there's no Prepaid offer anymore from this operator?

simyo - Vous téléphonez peu, téléphonez mieux

sms does not works if you go outside of France. but if you are old customers
of "b&you carte prépayée" it will works... :chair::chair::chair:

simyo France is still owned by the owner of b&you...

'M I able to buy one those simyo prepaid cards offline?

I hope they won't change our SIMs...

dunno. bad service.

normally not... but i do not believe them...

in all case, the offer does not change... for vthe moment ^^

lot of deceptions on the french cellphone mobile forum :-(

So it sounds as if there's no change for current B&You prepaid customers except for branding, but no new customers will be able to get the existing B&You prepaid deal either on B&You or Simyo.

I was beginning to wonder whether my second spare B&You SIM card was a wasteful purchase, but now I'm thinking the opposite.

B&You Prepaid is dead...
 

So, I got an email today about B&You moving its prepaid customers to Simyo. This was the first time I heard about this, although I see that willemijns discussed it here a few days ago.

I'm not too happy about this; I went to a lot of trouble to get the B&You card. Here's one thing that worries me: with B&You, it's possible to buy Bouygues recharges at many retail shops. I don't see anything on the Simyo site that indicates that regular Bouygues recharges will work with Simyo.

If that's the case, then the only alternative is a credit card. If it turns out that Simyo won't allow a foreign (in my case, a US) credit card, then there will be no easy way to recharge the account.

So, my question is, does anybody know if it's possible to recharge a Simyo card with a Bouygues recharge? Also, does anybody know if Simyo will accept US credit cards on their website?

> although I see that willemijns discussed it here a few days ago.

this morning UTC :)

the old method are still possible.

FYI i sell ID numbers to top-up. my family give up this enterprise. PM me as usual

price is -25% the official value. my regular conditions (T&C) still applies. exp date of my own ticket is 5/17/2014. maybe i will have other top-up tickets dunno amount.

Oh, I didn't look too closely at the date of your post. I see that it was today!

So, you are saying that it is possible to use a Bouygues topup on the Simyo account? That's good, because I bought an extra topup to use when my B&You account gets close to expiration. Hopefully, I will be able to use it with the Simyo card.

What method could I use to topup in the US? If I can't get a network connection, is there an alternate way to topup?

If you change your mind and decide to sell your second sim I would be happy to buy it from you. Simply name your price.

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after the 27th august 2013, please wait... we try to understand what will happends exactly = in reality = in fact.

this migration smells not good...

What do you mean?

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we wait what will really happend the 27th august.

B&You experience
 

What's interesting is that when I had some problems topping up my two B&You SIMs in Paris, I visited several Bouygues Telecom outlets to troubleshoot (the problems stemmed from the fact that you need to enter the codes into a French voice prompt and I speak zero French). The BT workers told me that the the B&You SIMs use their network, but it is not the same company. But in the end, they did help me.

I'll be curious to know what happens after Aug. 27th -- I am holding on to my SIMs, and other than navigating the French voice prompt system, was happy with my experience, including assistance from willemijns (thanks again!).

Until the 27th august 2013 and maybe after dunno...
Choose a "bouygues telecom" top-up ticket of 10€ minimum
call 630,
wait 15s,
type "1",
wait 10s,
type "2",
type the voucher number and "#" at the end,
wait 1 mn max i think and wait a SMS confirmation after ? => dunno what's happend in fact on this line i have no tickets in advance ;)

let me tell you about my experience with B&You this summer.
I was subletting a Paris apartment. I asked the apt owner to upload the form with her credit card and address but with all my accurate personal information.

The card came in 2 days!

this means that anyone going to a hotel can ask a concierge or desk person (perhaps for a small tip) to upload the request and you will get the sim card right away.

second, the card is moving from B&You to Simyo

this is the message I received. I think it is only access to the account that will change:


Vous recevez cet e-mail car vous êtes utilisateur B&YOU. Consulter la version en ligne.

LE 27 AOÛT, VOTRE CARTE PRÉPAYÉE PASSERA À LA MARQUE SIMYO : J-7
SEUL L'ACCÈS À VOTRE COMPTE CHANGERA !
EN SAVOIR PLUS CARTE PRÉPAYÉE B&YOU
Bonjour KOMISAR,
Dans 7 jours, votre Carte prépayée B&YOU passera à la marque simyo, l'expert du prépayé
recommandé par B&YOU. Comme B&YOU, simyo bénéficie de la performance du réseau
Bouygues Telecom.
VOUS CONSERVEREZ TOUS VOS AVANTAGES :
Vos recharges sans durée de validité
Les tarifs prépayés les moins chers*
Des recharges prépayées disponibles par téléphone, dans plus de 50 000 points de
vente** et en ligne
SEUL L'ACCÈS À VOTRE COMPTE CHANGERA !
À partir du 27 août, vous vous connecterez sur simyo.fr pour gérer votre compte, suivre votre
solde ou recharger votre Carte prépayée.
Vos identifiants resteront les mêmes que sur b-and-you.fr !
Depuis 2009, simyo est l'expert des offres prépayées low cost 100 % en ligne.
En juillet 2012, l'offre simyo a été rattachée à B&YOU.

* Source interne : étude des offres prépayées commercialisées en France métropolitaine par des opérateurs nationaux au 12/07/2013. Carte SIM 4€99 avec crédit valable 1 mois.
Carte B&YOU sans durée de validité : Recharge sans durée de validité (hors crédit inclus dans la carte SIM) sous réserve d'émettre 1 communication payante par an. A défaut, résiliation de la ligne et perte du crédit à date anniversaire de la dernière communication payante. Tarifs prépayés les moins chers : décompte des communications métropolitaines (hors n° courts, spéciaux, SMS+ et MM+) hors crédit inclus dans la carte SIM, promotions ou bonus inclus dans la recharge ou tarification spécifique liée à l'utilisation d'une plage horaire, d'un opérateur ou d'un réseau.
** Tickets Recharge Bouygues Telecom

Pour être sûr de recevoir nos communications, merci d'ajouter l'adresse info@infos.b-and-you.fr à votre carnet d'adresses

simyo est une marque enregistrée du Groupe KPN.

B&YOU une idée de Bouygues Telecom - 32 avenue Hoche - 75008 PARIS.
S.A. au capital de 712 588 399,56€ - 397 480 930 RCS Paris.

i repeat: this offer is now closed for new customers since the 30th july.

Re: lump on roof of mouth
 

I pay a visit each day a few websites and websites to read content, however this web site offers feature based content.

How do I find out my credit
 

Just activated my B&You and added 20euro of credit. However I haven't received an sms confirming it. How do I find out my credit?

plz wait... i will help you in a couple of days

this night, the offer moves

i give you the official name "carte prépayée sans durée de validité SIMYO"

info & changes arrives drop per drop / little by little.......

> this night, the offer moves

All is done now. Offer is still the same ! :drunk::love::drunk:

@all my unofficial document on this offer is on http://www1.willemijns.com/divers/simyo.htm?

> i will help you in a couple of days

https://www.simyo.fr/simyo-fr/portal/action/connexion

1) Your number + password you used when you was on b&you website
2) click on "Je me connecte" to login
3) the total money amount available ("solde" in French") is available above the "recharger" word"

HTH

Yes, it's still fine - didn't have to reate a new account or anything. Password is still the same.

Yes, once I added the recharge I didn't have any problems. However I didn't receive an sms confirming the recharge. When I go into the Simyo website, I can see my balance but I can't see my usage details. Is this possible?

usage details was not on the former b&you offer so....

Can't log-in to Simyo. :(

Anybody remember what the password parameters were for the B&YOU site? :o

Long/short/numbers/letters etc?

Also, how should I type in the phone #? 666XXXXXXX or somehow different?

Thanks!

06XXXXXXXX or 07XXXXXXXX

works well. i'm on it now