B&YOU: carte prépayée

janyyc · 12-10-2012, 17:56

Ça serait super!! Merci!

NFH · 13-10-2012, 11:47

So far we have 7 of us, including two friends of mine outside this forum. It's going to be awkward for me to ask friends in France to receive and forward so many items addressed to different people. I'm therefore thinking of using a mail forwarding service. For example, I found French Office which would cost €9.40 for one month including two onward forwardings. I'm keen to keep the costs down but hopefully we can find more participants to spread the cost. Any more ideas on this would be welcome.

janyyc · 13-10-2012, 14:59

Thanks for spending time and trying to help!!

janyyc · 13-10-2012, 17:13

The forwarding option would be good. Or your friends could just send all the packages to you and then you distribute.

NFH · 13-10-2012, 19:02

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Originally Posted by janyyc

Or your friends could just send all the packages to you and then you distribute.

They're more like friends of friends. It is asking a bit much to expect them to receive mail at their home address for lots of people they've never heard of. That's why some kind of forwarding option has become necessary.

janyyc · 13-10-2012, 20:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by NFH

They're more like friends of friends. It is asking a bit much to expect them to receive mail at their home address for lots of people they've never heard of. That's why some kind of forwarding option has become necessary.

Got it.

I'm also trying my people in France to see if I could get anything done. Even just the address perhaps.

VladS · 13-10-2012, 21:09

There are a few B&YOU SIM cards for sale on eBay for €14.95 with free shipping to Europe and North America. I just ordered one...

Here's the listing: eBay | B&YOU Sim Card with 15 min calling credit - BRAND NEW - AVOID ROAMING FEES

NFH · 13-10-2012, 21:43

There are several problems with buying B&You SIM cards from eBay:

They will not be registered in your name, but to the original e-mail address that ordered them.
They are unlikely to be nano-SIMs. One should always buy nano-SIMs now, given that a nano-SIM can be easily enlarged with a free adapter but a larger SIM cannot be so easily reduced in size when newer phones start taking smaller SIMs. Given the difficulty in receiving the SIM in the first place, it is likely to be just as difficult to receive replacement SIMs.
The price is three times the normal price.

janyyc · 13-10-2012, 22:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by VladS

There are a few B&YOU SIM cards for sale on eBay for €14.95 with free shipping to Europe and North America. I just ordered one...

Here's the listing: eBay | B&YOU Sim Card with 15 min calling credit - BRAND NEW - AVOID ROAMING FEES

I'm just going to write to the guy selling them and ask about Nano-SIM, as well as ask about the email for sign up.

Price is OK, they are cheap to begin with.

willemijns · 27-03-2017, 19:02

Hello,

a new secret / hidden condition has been added without warning to this offer, i lost my credit due to that !

now, credit is not kept forever even if you call or SMS or does one DATA connexion every year, you need to load new credit (minimum 10€) every 2 years !!!

after 2 SMS warnings one week and 3 days before their own date, you lost credit and maybe you can lost your number...

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janyyc (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 44 Join Date: 11 Oct 2012 Country:	12-10-2012, 17:56 Ça serait super!! Merci! SIMs: Prepaid CA: SpeakOut PL: Orange IT: Vodafone (2) JP: b-mobile data-only DE: Vodafone

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NFH (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 322 Join Date: 11 Apr 2012 Location: London Country:	13-10-2012, 11:47 So far we have 7 of us, including two friends of mine outside this forum. It's going to be awkward for me to ask friends in France to receive and forward so many items addressed to different people. I'm therefore thinking of using a mail forwarding service. For example, I found French Office which would cost €9.40 for one month including two onward forwardings. I'm keen to keep the costs down but hopefully we can find more participants to spread the cost. Any more ideas on this would be welcome.

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janyyc (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 44 Join Date: 11 Oct 2012 Country:	13-10-2012, 14:59 Thanks for spending time and trying to help!! SIMs: Prepaid CA: SpeakOut PL: Orange IT: Vodafone (2) JP: b-mobile data-only DE: Vodafone

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janyyc (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 44 Join Date: 11 Oct 2012 Country:	13-10-2012, 17:13 The forwarding option would be good. Or your friends could just send all the packages to you and then you distribute. SIMs: Prepaid CA: SpeakOut PL: Orange IT: Vodafone (2) JP: b-mobile data-only DE: Vodafone

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	13-10-2012, 21:09 There are a few B&YOU SIM cards for sale on eBay for €14.95 with free shipping to Europe and North America. I just ordered one... Here's the listing: eBay \| B&YOU Sim Card with 15 min calling credit - BRAND NEW - AVOID ROAMING FEES VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list

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NFH (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 322 Join Date: 11 Apr 2012 Location: London Country:	13-10-2012, 21:43 There are several problems with buying B&You SIM cards from eBay: They will not be registered in your name, but to the original e-mail address that ordered them. They are unlikely to be nano-SIMs. One should always buy nano-SIMs now, given that a nano-SIM can be easily enlarged with a free adapter but a larger SIM cannot be so easily reduced in size when newer phones start taking smaller SIMs. Given the difficulty in receiving the SIM in the first place, it is likely to be just as difficult to receive replacement SIMs. The price is three times the normal price.

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willemijns (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 151 Join Date: 09 Jan 2013 Country:	27-03-2017, 19:02 Hello, a new secret / hidden condition has been added without warning to this offer, i lost my credit due to that ! now, credit is not kept forever even if you call or SMS or does one DATA connexion every year, you need to load new credit (minimum 10€) every 2 years !!! after 2 SMS warnings one week and 3 days before their own date, you lost credit and maybe you can lost your number... FR volunteer specialist in mobile. Looks for free SIM with FR roaming Orange, Bouygues & SFR. Delight mobile OK. Piranha mobile OK until now with a bad issue at the beginning.