PrePaids in Europe this summer.

[Richard10002]

Originally Posted by borjeg

Italy: cards, Tim card from TIM, a prepaid from Three (the operator), a Vodafone prepaid.
My experiences were all negative! Aboslutely noone speaks English (or German, French, Dutch or whatever) in the customers service. I tried to get the grps-settings from TIM. They demanded 10 euros!!!! I have never heard of any company that SELLS settings!!!! Three counldn't provide me with the settings. The answer was "there isn't any". Vodafone couldn't sell me a credits recharge for less than 25 euro, which was to much for me in this situation.

Firstly you cant really expect everybody to speak every language, or even any language other than their own. It's good if they do.

Secondly, having travelled across the mediteranean from Portugal to Sicily, Italy is the only place where I have been knowingly ripped off by people with smiles on their faces. We paid 25 euros to a professional marina based operation, (Yacht Services, Riposto), for a taxi ride to the station. We got out of the taxi 5 minutes after getting into it, less than a mile down the road. In Vulcano, we were charged 50 euros to spend a night on a buoy, (in a boat), when elsewhere this tends to cost about 10 euros. I didnt argue or kick up a fuss as i had needed what was on offer, but I wont be going back to either operation - which kind of shoots themselves in the foot..

Thirdly, I have found all the apn settings I have ever need on this forum, or by a quick google - Ross Barkmans page has a list of loads.