Prepaid SIM in Italy?

[Effendi]

The "restrictions" using Codice Fiscale for registration apply to ALL italian prepaid and postpaid cards. And it's not something new, there has always been. And it's really not something difficult to deal with.

My suggestion is to use Wind since they offer refill through PayPal on their website. So you can reload with any credit card associated with your PayPal account.

So with TIM and Vodafone you need an Italian card, with Wind no. And it's also cheaper.

[borjeg]

Originally Posted by Effendi

The "restrictions" using Codice Fiscale for registration apply to ALL italian prepaid and postpaid cards. And it's not something new, there has always been. And it's really not something difficult to deal with.

No, you're right, it's not new, but it hasn't been there all time, not when we bought our TIM Card and Omnitel Prepagato. And yes, it's easy to deal with.

Originally Posted by Effendi

My suggestion is to use Wind since they offer refill through PayPal on their website. So you can reload with any credit card associated with your PayPal account.

Vodafone has the Paypal option, too, but it doesn't work if the underlying bank card isn't Italian.

Originally Posted by Effendi

So with TIM and Vodafone you need an Italian card, with Wind no. And it's also cheaper.

And there is absolutely no other source of recharge codes?

[Intasun77]

Originally Posted by Effendi

The "restrictions" using Codice Fiscale for registration apply to ALL italian prepaid and postpaid cards. And it's not something new, there has always been. And it's really not something difficult to deal with.

@Effendi,

Could you offer some more info on this, please?

A while ago I downloaded a 'Codice Fiscale' from a link which had been posted on this forum. Fortunately for me before I used it I read that this was illegal.

My TIM prepay sim card has now expired and I would like to buy another for my trip next month, what is the way round this for a visitor to Italy?

Grazie.