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Originally Posted by snaimon
Thanks for the report. Hope it helps some people.
FYI...........
You can purchase both SIMYO and SUNSIM prepaid via internet and non-German credit card; I did so. Mailed to hotel where I was staying.
Medion is from Aldi or Aldi is Medion. Ja! is not sold at Aldi AFAIR.
I believe you can buy an ALDI-talk in ALDI stores. Now I did not do this myself, but I cannot imagine they would require you to show identification in the grocery store checkout line.
A few years ago I purchased 2 Xtra cards (T-Mobile) via eBay.de and simply mailed in the registrations to my contact address in Germany. I believe that included my passport number. I used my USA address. I am going to imagine that one could do the same with many of the prepaid cards on eBay where the seller states he will ship outside Germany.
As a sideline, I went into a TABAK store in Benrath-Duesseldorf that supposedly sold SIMYO refills - per the SIMYO website. They wanted to sell me a brand new SIM card for 19.95 and knew nothing about refills. I walked 1 minute up the street to another TABAK store and they knew exactly what I wanted and sold me a 15 Euro refill card. I do speak German.
Last year I was tempted to to buy a Penneymobile card or two in Penneymarkt. I did not. Again, I cannot imagine they would question you in the grocery store for a passport or ID. I may be wrong. As I wrote, I avoided any of that buy my internet purchases in advance of my trip.
Stan
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I know for sure that Tchibo and Schlecker fill out the registration forms for you at the counter. Including Passport ID. Before you cant quote all they want to know they will not hand you out the cards.
Chris