Still no ID required for Austria Yesss @ Hofer?

toofrequentflyer · 31-05-2012, 19:16

Just to confirm, in late April I bought two Yesss SIMs (one phone SIM and one data SIM) from a Hofer store and they did not ask for ID. It was obvious that I was not Austrian...

This is not a guarantee as my experience is that such policies may not be consistent from one store to another. But at Hofer they were just sold by the lady at the checkout till, not some special office, and she didn't seem to have any concern other than trying to understand my half-remembered German.

9eor9 · 31-05-2012, 19:41

Yes, in Austria they never ask for ID, address, Name etc.. Just buy and use.
I'm very often in Austria and bought there already maybe 20 prepaid SIMs for me, friends etc. No silly issues there!!!

BTW on the (or at least on some) ASFINAG Raststätten (parking, toilets etc.) along the highways they now offer free WIFI.

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toofrequentflyer (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 8 Join Date: 18 May 2009 Country:	31-05-2012, 19:16 Just to confirm, in late April I bought two Yesss SIMs (one phone SIM and one data SIM) from a Hofer store and they did not ask for ID. It was obvious that I was not Austrian... This is not a guarantee as my experience is that such policies may not be consistent from one store to another. But at Hofer they were just sold by the lady at the checkout till, not some special office, and she didn't seem to have any concern other than trying to understand my half-remembered German.

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9eor9 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 223 Join Date: 10 Apr 2009 Country:	31-05-2012, 19:41 Yes, in Austria they never ask for ID, address, Name etc.. Just buy and use. I'm very often in Austria and bought there already maybe 20 prepaid SIMs for me, friends etc. No silly issues there!!! BTW on the (or at least on some) ASFINAG Raststätten (parking, toilets etc.) along the highways they now offer free WIFI.