Looking to recharge French Lebara SIM

msjfb · 03-05-2011, 14:05

BTW this is a legit SIM card, purchased in France and registered to my name.
Accepting Paypal would seem to me to be an easy solution to online recharges.

I have had people from this forum help me in the past for Italian SIMs, and I have returned the favour a couple of times. Hopefully I will find someone again...

François

xsited · 07-05-2011, 02:51

What a pain.

Even with persistence I had no joy trying to get like 15E on either a Orange Mobicarte France or a Lebara Netherlands SIM so I could be up and running. Also came to learn my old bank with a few euro left behind was stolen, account deactivated, and has become another bank. Of coarse.

sheesh, seemed like such an easy task on today's todo list. Not.

kuba.g · 07-05-2011, 11:32

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Originally Posted by xsited

or a Lebara Netherlands SIM

Lebara NL indeed says it accepts only European credit cards to top up on their web site.

However I'm pretty sure you should succeed via beltegoed.com or beltegoedopwaarderen.nl. If not, let me know. The Netherlands is not such a bad country for prepaids at all, I assure you!

xsited · 07-05-2011, 16:22

Thanks for your suggestions, kuba. I had tried both of those options yesterday and they also require local bank cards, which might have not been an problem if Postbank or Fortis cards were still valid.

From the French perspective and Orange in particular this should do the trick, but it says the service is unavailable which I took mean "your source IP is outside the EU."
Rechargement mobicarte et forfaits bloqués avec Orange

This site offers a wide array of French prepaid cards including the French Lebara originally requested. I thought I was home free, however, you will need EU credit cards as well utilize the eTopup.
Recharge ton mobile en ligne (SFR La carte, Orange Mobicarte, Virgin Mobile, NRJ Mobile, Ortel mobile, ...) -

Europe (and the Netherlands) has the most progressive prepaid choices, but the ePayment restrictions are bit curious. Is the system being gamed?

Having recently switched back to prepaid myself as it has become a bit more favorable for use with my iPhone and smart phones in general, it would be interesting to know if this provider would not take a Visa or MasterCard not locally sourced.
http://www.h2owirelessnow.com/

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msjfb (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 39 Join Date: 13 Oct 2004 Location: Quebec City Country:	03-05-2011, 14:05 BTW this is a legit SIM card, purchased in France and registered to my name. Accepting Paypal would seem to me to be an easy solution to online recharges. I have had people from this forum help me in the past for Italian SIMs, and I have returned the favour a couple of times. Hopefully I will find someone again... François

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xsited (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 4 Join Date: 07 May 2011 Country:	07-05-2011, 02:51 What a pain. Even with persistence I had no joy trying to get like 15E on either a Orange Mobicarte France or a Lebara Netherlands SIM so I could be up and running. Also came to learn my old bank with a few euro left behind was stolen, account deactivated, and has become another bank. Of coarse. sheesh, seemed like such an easy task on today's todo list. Not.

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xsited (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 4 Join Date: 07 May 2011 Country:	07-05-2011, 16:22 Thanks for your suggestions, kuba. I had tried both of those options yesterday and they also require local bank cards, which might have not been an problem if Postbank or Fortis cards were still valid. From the French perspective and Orange in particular this should do the trick, but it says the service is unavailable which I took mean "your source IP is outside the EU." Rechargement mobicarte et forfaits bloqués avec Orange This site offers a wide array of French prepaid cards including the French Lebara originally requested. I thought I was home free, however, you will need EU credit cards as well utilize the eTopup. Recharge ton mobile en ligne (SFR La carte, Orange Mobicarte, Virgin Mobile, NRJ Mobile, Ortel mobile, ...) - Europe (and the Netherlands) has the most progressive prepaid choices, but the ePayment restrictions are bit curious. Is the system being gamed? Having recently switched back to prepaid myself as it has become a bit more favorable for use with my iPhone and smart phones in general, it would be interesting to know if this provider would not take a Visa or MasterCard not locally sourced. http://www.h2owirelessnow.com/