Recharging Italian sim cards from abroad... TIM and Wind

Intasun77 · 07-07-2009, 15:01

@ Effendi,

Thanks for the comments.

You may have a point here, I purchased this sim card on ebay about four years ago. It was pre registered which saved me the hassles of doing this when I arrived in Italy, it also gave me a working phone when I got off the plane.
I also found that some of my online account details had been changed a while ago. This point has been posted on this forum several times, it was not my personal details but the details that were registered by the seller of the sim.
I think you are correct about buying a sim card on every visit.

fedeprovenza · 07-07-2009, 17:50

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Originally Posted by Intasun77

@ Effendi,

Thanks for the comments.

You may have a point here, I purchased this sim card on ebay about four years ago. It was pre registered which saved me the hassles of doing this when I arrived in Italy, it also gave me a working phone when I got off the plane.
I also found that some of my online account details had been changed a while ago. This point has been posted on this forum several times, it was not my personal details but the details that were registered by the seller of the sim.
I think you are correct about buying a sim card on every visit.

if you haven't an important reason to keep active 1 number, it's better to buy a new card on every visit

lothian110 · 07-07-2009, 19:03

so let me get this straight.
even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?!

if so, that is ridiculous...

beppe_bl · 07-07-2009, 19:50

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Originally Posted by lothian110

so let me get this straight.
even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?!

if so, that is ridiculous...

yes, excluding 3it (

), to keep alive a sim you have to recharge it (like the majority of european operators do)

fedeprovenza · 07-07-2009, 22:21

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Originally Posted by lothian110

so let me get this straight.
even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?!

if so, that is ridiculous...

I know, but in Italy there are a lot of things ridiculous

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Intasun77 (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 18 Join Date: 24 Aug 2007 Country:	07-07-2009, 15:01 @ Effendi, Thanks for the comments. You may have a point here, I purchased this sim card on ebay about four years ago. It was pre registered which saved me the hassles of doing this when I arrived in Italy, it also gave me a working phone when I got off the plane. I also found that some of my online account details had been changed a while ago. This point has been posted on this forum several times, it was not my personal details but the details that were registered by the seller of the sim. I think you are correct about buying a sim card on every visit.

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lothian110 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 01 Jul 2009 Country:	07-07-2009, 19:03 so let me get this straight. even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?! if so, that is ridiculous...