B&YOU: carte prépayée

VladS · 30-10-2012, 08:50

Update on my eBay purchase. I got the SIM card in the mail all activated and registered in my name. The portal account was already setup with the email address I provided - all I had to do is change the password. Overall a very smooth transaction.

A word of warning for those interested in the card, the initial credit is only valid for 30 days. A minimum EUR10 top-up is required to get unlimited credit life (assuming one paid transaction every 365 days).

Calls to the top-up line (630) are free while in France but charged as a call back to France from anywhere else (EUR2.30/minute from Canada). There is an alternate top-up number you can call from any phone line for next to nothing - +33-981-660-630.

NFH · 30-10-2012, 09:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by VladS

A word of warning for those interested in the card, the initial credit is only valid for 30 days.

To be clear, it's 30 days from the first call, not from the date or purchase or activation. This is made clear in the T&Cs.

NFH · 14-11-2012, 23:27

It seems I have found a solution. The costs would be as follows:

€10 La Carte Cadeau from the French post office
€9.80 for Ubidoca's Forfait Réexpédition Eco which includes 2 forwardings (excluding postage costs)
€1.35 postage for forwarding of La Carte Cadeau
€4.10 postage for forwarding of SIM cards up to 250g total
€5.30 recorded delivery fee for forwarding of SIM cards with €150 insurance

The total of €30.55 would be shared amongst all of us, i.e. around €2.50 each with 12 of us. The onward postage from London to each recipient would be on top of this. Ubidoca seem a lot more accommodating than French Office.

If you're interested and I don't already have your e-mail address, please PM me.

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	30-10-2012, 08:50 Update on my eBay purchase. I got the SIM card in the mail all activated and registered in my name. The portal account was already setup with the email address I provided - all I had to do is change the password. Overall a very smooth transaction. A word of warning for those interested in the card, the initial credit is only valid for 30 days. A minimum EUR10 top-up is required to get unlimited credit life (assuming one paid transaction every 365 days). Calls to the top-up line (630) are free while in France but charged as a call back to France from anywhere else (EUR2.30/minute from Canada). There is an alternate top-up number you can call from any phone line for next to nothing - +33-981-660-630. 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:	14-11-2012, 23:27 It seems I have found a solution. The costs would be as follows: €10 La Carte Cadeau from the French post office €9.80 for Ubidoca's Forfait Réexpédition Eco which includes 2 forwardings (excluding postage costs) €1.35 postage for forwarding of La Carte Cadeau €4.10 postage for forwarding of SIM cards up to 250g total €5.30 recorded delivery fee for forwarding of SIM cards with €150 insurance The total of €30.55 would be shared amongst all of us, i.e. around €2.50 each with 12 of us. The onward postage from London to each recipient would be on top of this. Ubidoca seem a lot more accommodating than French Office. If you're interested and I don't already have your e-mail address, please PM me. Last edited by NFH; 14-11-2012 at 23:33..