anyone been able to keep a SIM from TIM active from abroad?

Asick · 03-07-2009, 10:31

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Originally Posted by BLC

I also tried filling it with my credit card but it appears TIM dosen't accept non Italian Visa cards.

I may add here my weird experience of such kind, I have a TIM SIM registered to my Italian friend as well as it has his data in 119 self service. A few months ago I tried to recharge the card myself through that service both via PayPal and directly from my card. PayPal told me something strange in Italian after I had tried to pay (something about wrong authorization even though I logged in using my existing PayPal account and it got shown there) and did not work while a direct recharge from my Russian MasterCard seemed to work (card got billed) but no money arrived at the TIM SIM account. Some days later the money spent returned to my card. I guess this is really crazy.

christi951 · 04-07-2009, 17:21

I bought my SIM March 2008 in Rome. Didn't use it again until Jan 2009. Made a test call and it worked. Recharged it March 2009 using the card and the 4916 number and it worked.

Recently received a text message from TIM that wants me to present my identification documents at a TIM store. They got all that info when I bought it, so don't know what is going on with that. Recharging doesn't seem to put an end to troubles with TIM.

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christi951 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 02 Jul 2009 Country:	04-07-2009, 17:21 I bought my SIM March 2008 in Rome. Didn't use it again until Jan 2009. Made a test call and it worked. Recharged it March 2009 using the card and the 4916 number and it worked. Recently received a text message from TIM that wants me to present my identification documents at a TIM store. They got all that info when I bought it, so don't know what is going on with that. Recharging doesn't seem to put an end to troubles with TIM.