best prepaid for family

wolfbln · 08-09-2014, 07:27

I agree with inquisitor, with some corrections and remarks:

ALDI talk: starter set is still 12.99 EUR (not 14.99 EUR) with 10 EUR credit.
Surely, the better solution if you are willing to use VoIP for your Romanian calls.

Lycamobile is very popular on the ethno market. But it has a lot of loopholes, catches and changes prices frequently.

I give you an example:
The promotional rate with 1 ct/min (plus connection fee) to Romanian mobile lines is advertised and added in fine print: "Customers should opt-in by texting SPAR AN to 2525 to be eligible to get the below special rates. Opt-in save promotional tariff is valid 31.08.2014. Check our standard rates.

See here for promotional tariif and fine printhttp://www.lycamobile.de/en/internationalrates
and here for standard rate: http://www.lycamobile.de/sysimages/e...d_Rates_DE.pdf.
In the German version of the website it becomes clear the promotion ran out end of August: Das Angebot Spartarif ist gültig bis zum 31.08.2014. So probably they charge you their standard rate of 5 ct/min + 15 ct for connection by now, even if they still advertise the 1 ct/min on their website. The way they hide the expiry date of the promotion in small print and feature the (probably run out) promotion in big letters is against all marketing rules and pretty disgusting. Or they just extended the offer and forgot to update their website. Who knows?

I mean this is a (British) company who mainly appeals to foreigners. And it takes me a lot of puzzeling what the rates really are. How can somebody not familiar with German or English not be fooled by them. You see, i'm really not too convinced by Lycamobile, as they are frequently doing things like this, but a lot of people from the Balcans are using it. Anyway, still you have to do a lot of mathematics to find out the right package.

travel · 08-09-2014, 13:02

thank you for answer

i saw 1ct to Romania but i forgot about connection rate 0.15...

a lot of hidden cost in germany prepaid ....

i also saw blau.de offer

-internet around 3GB/month: 3GB 14.90 euro
-free or very cheap calls with my wife: blau to blau unlimited 3.90 euro for 30 days
-cheap rate to Romania mobile: 0.09 euro / min

please correct me for the last offer ...

dg7feq · 08-09-2014, 13:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by travel

-internet around 3GB/month: 3GB 14.90 euro
-free or very cheap calls with my wife: blau to blau unlimited 3.90 euro for 30 days
-cheap rate to Romania mobile: 0.09 euro / min

please correct me for the last offer ...

0.09€/min is for landlines, 0.29€/min it for mobiles.

Funnywise - if you would use the blau.de SIM while roaming in romania you pay 0.09€/min for calls to all european landlines and mobiles....

inquisitor · 08-09-2014, 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by dg7feq

Funnywise - if you would use the blau.de SIM while roaming in romania you pay 0.09€/min for calls to all european landlines and mobiles....

The same oddity applies for AldiTalk, where you pay € 0.29/min for calls from Germany to mobile networks in other European countries but once you leave Germany within the EU you pay € 0.11/min for calls to any European network and you can subscribe to the "EU Sprachpaket 150" which gives you 150 minutes to any European network for € 4.99 valid for 7 days. This - if used up completely - converts into € 0.033/min and is cheaper than domestic prepaid SIM cards in most countries, even for domestic calls.

lover08 · **Lebara -** 08-09-2014, 20:58

Lebara will be cheap and easy

1) get 2 x SIM cards
2) activate 5€ package 100 minutes to 45 countries
Included Romania mobiles landlines or 300 minutes
10€ or 500 minutes 15€
Plus Internet bundle 3GB costs 15€ It is unlimited
After 3GB speed will be GPRS
That's all.

How to do that?
A. Purchase activated SIM cards (on ebay or in places mentioned on lebara website)
B. ask seller on ebay or at retail shop how to Topup they will do it for you
Alex

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wolfbln (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 206 Join Date: 14 Jul 2014 Country:	08-09-2014, 07:27 I agree with inquisitor, with some corrections and remarks: ALDI talk: starter set is still 12.99 EUR (not 14.99 EUR) with 10 EUR credit. Surely, the better solution if you are willing to use VoIP for your Romanian calls. Lycamobile is very popular on the ethno market. But it has a lot of loopholes, catches and changes prices frequently. I give you an example: The promotional rate with 1 ct/min (plus connection fee) to Romanian mobile lines is advertised and added in fine print: "Customers should opt-in by texting SPAR AN to 2525 to be eligible to get the below special rates. Opt-in save promotional tariff is valid 31.08.2014. Check our standard rates. See here for promotional tariif and fine printhttp://www.lycamobile.de/en/internationalrates and here for standard rate: http://www.lycamobile.de/sysimages/e...d_Rates_DE.pdf. In the German version of the website it becomes clear the promotion ran out end of August: Das Angebot Spartarif ist gültig bis zum 31.08.2014. So probably they charge you their standard rate of 5 ct/min + 15 ct for connection by now, even if they still advertise the 1 ct/min on their website. The way they hide the expiry date of the promotion in small print and feature the (probably run out) promotion in big letters is against all marketing rules and pretty disgusting. Or they just extended the offer and forgot to update their website. Who knows? I mean this is a (British) company who mainly appeals to foreigners. And it takes me a lot of puzzeling what the rates really are. How can somebody not familiar with German or English not be fooled by them. You see, i'm really not too convinced by Lycamobile, as they are frequently doing things like this, but a lot of people from the Balcans are using it. Anyway, still you have to do a lot of mathematics to find out the right package. Last edited by wolfbln; 08-09-2014 at 08:01..

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travel (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 3 Join Date: 07 Sep 2014 Country:	08-09-2014, 13:02 thank you for answer i saw 1ct to Romania but i forgot about connection rate 0.15... a lot of hidden cost in germany prepaid .... i also saw blau.de offer -internet around 3GB/month: 3GB 14.90 euro -free or very cheap calls with my wife: blau to blau unlimited 3.90 euro for 30 days -cheap rate to Romania mobile: 0.09 euro / min please correct me for the last offer ...

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lover08 (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 41 Join Date: 13 Mar 2012 Country:	Lebara - 08-09-2014, 20:58 Lebara will be cheap and easy 1) get 2 x SIM cards 2) activate 5€ package 100 minutes to 45 countries Included Romania mobiles landlines or 300 minutes 10€ or 500 minutes 15€ Plus Internet bundle 3GB costs 15€ It is unlimited After 3GB speed will be GPRS That's all. How to do that? A. Purchase activated SIM cards (on ebay or in places mentioned on lebara website) B. ask seller on ebay or at retail shop how to Topup they will do it for you Alex