question about usa sim cards

[snaimon]

Originally Posted by Effendi

I bought 2 AT&T simcards on eBay, very cheap, but when I went to NYC (about 2 months after I received the cards here in Italy) both the cards were not working. The phone was just saying "no service" and there was no instruction at all about how to activate. Fortunately NYC is full of wifi hotsposts so I even didn't loose my time at an AT&T shop trying to make them work....

My experience.... Ebay SIMs are often sold when they have very short life spans remaining. Without a refill the cards expire. I suspect the 2 months was too long and the cards had simply expired as you did not top up.

Ebay serves as a "dumping ground" or sales area of last resort for many outlets. "If we cannot sell them to our walk-in customers for the full price, we can at least sell them for a pittance on Ebay."

You often see outdated, obsolete, returned or refurbished models of various items being offered on Ebay.

My opinion.

Stan