Recharge help for Voda Italy - Page 2

Motel75 · 22-02-2008, 00:52

I was about to recharge my Voda Italy cards (two of them, just to keep them going for now) and noticed that the site now offers EUR 15 as the minimum amount (it used to be 3). Which is too much -- I'm poor, and our phones have enough credit on them already. Is there another way to top up for less?

fedeprovenza · 22-02-2008, 01:18

You can buy a smaller card on e-bay

Motel75 · 22-02-2008, 10:29

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Originally Posted by fedeprovenza

You can buy a smaller card on e-bay

I looked already. The only offers I found for low-value recharges were "SOS ricariche", and I'm not quite sure how that works, but it seems you need less than 3 EUR credit for it to work (both cards have about 10 on them).

fedeprovenza · 23-02-2008, 11:57

With 'Sos mi ricarichi' you can transfer 2 or 8 euro by a sim to other sim (both Vodafone, obviously

): but you have more than 3 euro, so you can't use it

Perhaps in some italian shop it has possible to find a 5-euro-card yet, but i'm not sure. Just yesterday, i've been to 3 supermarkets, the minimum amount was 15 euro

AndreA · 23-02-2008, 12:04

Well, you can't use "SOS Ricarica" for the card validity

Motel75 · 23-02-2008, 14:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by fedeprovenza

Perhaps in some italian shop it has possible to find a 5-euro-card yet, but i'm not sure. Just yesterday, i've been to 3 supermarkets, the minimum amount was 15 euro

This is really annoying, as Voda just removed the 5 and 10 EUR recharge options from its website on 10 February. All the offers on eBay, except for one (which is an auction, not a Buy It Now, so there's no guarantee of getting it) are SOS. There seem to be no other online recharge sites in Italy, either.

When I was in Italy, I recharged the phone electronically several times at tabacchi, where they would enter the amount and print you out a code (or add it directly to the account), starting from 3 EUR. Is this no longer possible below 15, too?

One idea: Is it possible to do a bank transfer to recharge the account? (using IBAN number) It is for Vodafone Germany.

fedeprovenza · 23-02-2008, 14:06

Mmm i'm not sure you can use that solution. I can try to see if i find a 5-euro-card

AndreA · 23-02-2008, 16:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motel75

One idea: Is it possible to do a bank transfer to recharge the account? (using IBAN number)

Yes, using 190.it you can do it but the minimum amount is again 15 € :P

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Motel75 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 573 Join Date: 15 Jun 2006 Location: Berlin Country:	22-02-2008, 00:52 I was about to recharge my Voda Italy cards (two of them, just to keep them going for now) and noticed that the site now offers EUR 15 as the minimum amount (it used to be 3). Which is too much -- I'm poor, and our phones have enough credit on them already. Is there another way to top up for less? Current DE: Vodafone, Netzklub; PL: Klucz, Virgin; UK: Giffgaff, Vodafone; US: T-Mobile; CA: 7-Eleven; IT: Vodafone; UA: Kyivstar; FR: Bouygues; GR: Vodafone Former DE: Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Blauworld, 01051mobile, Solomo, Lycamobile, Simyo, Congstar, Fonic, Edeka Mobile, Lidl Mobile; PL: Heyah, Era, Virgin, Sami Swoi, Orange, POP, iPlus, Carrefour Mova, Telepin Mobi, Play, Lycamobile, T-Mobile; UK: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Virgin; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Lycamobile; CZ: Vodafone, Oskar; ES: Lebara; GR: Vodafone, Wind; UA: Vodafone; IL: Orange; TR: Turkcell

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fedeprovenza (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 282 Join Date: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Garda lake (south-west) Country:	22-02-2008, 01:18 You can buy a smaller card on e-bay [COLOR="Magenta"]"Working" PrePaids: Wind, Vodafone, CoopVoce, , Travelsim (2), 02 Irish (2) My best sim?--> Wind +39-328 My phones: Samsung Galaxy Next S5570

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fedeprovenza (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 282 Join Date: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Garda lake (south-west) Country:	23-02-2008, 11:57 With 'Sos mi ricarichi' you can transfer 2 or 8 euro by a sim to other sim (both Vodafone, obviously): but you have more than 3 euro, so you can't use it Perhaps in some italian shop it has possible to find a 5-euro-card yet, but i'm not sure. Just yesterday, i've been to 3 supermarkets, the minimum amount was 15 euro [COLOR="Magenta"]"Working" PrePaids: Wind, Vodafone, CoopVoce, , Travelsim (2), 02 Irish (2) My best sim?--> Wind +39-328 My phones: Samsung Galaxy Next S5570

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AndreA (Offline) Administrator Prepaid Genius Posts: 1,650 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Florence, Italy Country:	23-02-2008, 12:04 Well, you can't use "SOS Ricarica" for the card validity ANTPEAΣ AΠO THN ΦΛΩPENTIA My Phones: iPhone 2G, E65, N70, P910 DVB-H, A835, 6630, 7600, 6210, S55, T39 "Working" PrePaids: IT: Wind, H3G, Vodafone, Tim, CoopVoce, Poste Mobile, Telepass Mobile, Uno Mobile - CH: OrangeClick - RSM: Prima Easy - UK: O2, H3G - INT: United Mobile, TravelSim, ICQ SIM "Deceased" PrePaids: IT: Blu - AT: H3G - FR: Itineris - ES: Yoigo - GR: Cosmote, Frog - HR: Tele2 - UK: Virgin, Orange TO: UCall - NZ: Vodafone - IN: Hutch - CAN: Fido - USA: T-Mobile - INT: Travelfone, CallKey, Globalsim, HopMobile, GT, 09, Mobal, Yackiemobile ITALIAN TLC BLOG

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fedeprovenza (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 282 Join Date: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Garda lake (south-west) Country:	23-02-2008, 14:06 Mmm i'm not sure you can use that solution. I can try to see if i find a 5-euro-card [COLOR="Magenta"]"Working" PrePaids: Wind, Vodafone, CoopVoce, , Travelsim (2), 02 Irish (2) My best sim?--> Wind +39-328 My phones: Samsung Galaxy Next S5570