Non International Sim-cards - Online

[MATHA531]

Some thoughts...

I think for a while somebody on this forum was offering WIND (Italy) sim cards but found the logistics difficult and had to stop doing it.

UK sim cards, as Andy noted, are almost being given away the competition is so fierce. For the most part, it is just as well to wait till you get there but if it is really important to get one in advance, there are many people selling them on ebay UK (if you look at some of the offers, most only post alas to UK addresses but some do post them internationally...)

Stay away, at least in my humble opinion, from merchants such as telestial noted in this thread. While they are legitemate in terms of you will get what you buy, their prices are asininely high, almost triple to quadruple what you will pay if you wait. I have made that suggestion on other forums and have been hit by "it's much more important for the convenience than if I pay a few extra bucks" nonsense...or "I must have the number before I leave to tell my associates, family and friends." To each his or her own.

I do think, though, since I know the members here are essentially among the most helpful and honest people I have ever had the pleasure of corresponding with via this forum, that the idea of having people send sim cards (and I must add about a year and a half ago one prominent member of this forum sent me an O2 UK sim card and I am still sorry he had to pay the postage...I would love to reimburse him via pay pal! or something....

Just some random silly thoughts on a cold Sunday morning in New York with no football games to watch on the telly today.

[petkow]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

Some thoughts...
....found the logistics difficult and had to stop doing it.

This is largely true. I guess paypal should be an easy enough mechanism to provide reimbursement.

UK sim cards, as Andy noted, are almost being given away the competition is so fierce. For the most part, it is just as well to wait till you get there...

True... but the ones that are given away free, you need to catch the offer online and then send off for them. True it is all free, but you need to have your ear to the ground, and be in the UK at the right time. I for one have a little stash of these freebies now (as will most of the UK members on this forum), but it has taken me a while to hoard them. I often sent them out to friends who need them. I remember a while ago a ppgsm member offering a swap of UK SIM's for others. Not quite fair in my opinion as the ones he would be getting for free in return would have cost something unlike his.

Stay away, at least in my humble opinion, from merchants such as telestial noted in this thread.

I couldn't agree with you more! But wouldn't it be nice to still get them before one travels (so you know the number) and not have to pay top whack for them? I know we will be pi**ing off the people who run these sites but who cares!

I do think, though, since I know the members here are essentially among the most helpful and honest people I have ever had the pleasure of corresponding with via this forum, that the idea of having people send sim cards...

... is good?

For all we care, maybe this facility should be open to people who have gone above a certain number of posts. Just so this doesn't become a marketplace with hundreds of newbies posting serial requests like "I need a SIM for Dr.Congo tommorow. Thank you".