BLAUWORLD v SOLOMO

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Originally Posted by inquisitor

I believe both sell only directly to customers and there's no wholesale of blank SIMs. If you ever find SIMs of those providers on eBay they are surely registered in someone's name.

I am unclear as to what advantage or disadvantage being "registered in someone's name" means.

Some SIMs like TMO are listed as aktiviert so you can telephone right away. You can usually buy top up vouchers all over the place. No issue. Sellers on Ebay extol the benefits of these pre-registered cards.

HOWEVER, when a SIM like sunsim, solomo, 1015tmobile REQUIRE online registration, I would imagine being registered to someone ELSE will prevent the use of a credit card to refill the account. The account is registered to say HANS MEYER and when the provider tries to bill my new credit card against HANS MEYER and his address, the S is going to hit the F and my credit card transaction is going to fail. Blauworld FAQ says you cannot buy for a friend as a gift and NO FOREIGN ADDRESSES for the online purchase. Must be different if you walk in to SATURN.

BTW, Circuit City and Best Buy are not (yet) owned by the same company, although one does see that in other areas (Sears, K-Mart).

Thanks again for all the comments.

There was a blauworld SIM for sale starting at 1 Euro with a small credit. Not clear if that could be sent to US and at what price; seller did not answer me. There are several others for the market price.

Perhaps as suggested earlier by babble, the German market is very dynamic and it might be better to wait a bit to decide.

Stan