AldiTalk waives roaming cost in EU starting with march 3rd

[wolfbln]

Can you please tell me dg7feq:

What is the advantage of using guthaben.de ???
They charge well hidden "transaction fees" of around 5%.

There is http://www.prelado.de. With them the recharge is absolutely without additional fees, at least for the providers i know of. They use the same payment systems and their website can be switched entirely to English?

So why do you recommend guthaben.de? To place an ad? There a dozens of top-up agencies doing it for a surcharge? So compared to prelado, what's the reason to choose guthaben.de?

[borjeg]

Originally Posted by wolfbln

Can you please tell me dg7feq:

What is the advantage of using guthaben.de ???
They charge well hidden "transaction fees" of around 5%.

There is http://www.prelado.de. With them the recharge is absolutely without additional fees, at least for the providers i know of. They use the same payment systems and their website can be switched entirely to English?

So why do you recommend guthaben.de? To place an ad? There a dozens of top-up agencies doing it for a surcharge? So compared to prelado, what's the reason to choose guthaben.de?

One problem with prelado.de, though, is that they only accept bank cards issued in Germany. Since this in an international forum, prelado.de is not an option.

[wolfbln]

Originally Posted by borjeg

One problem with prelado.de, though, is that they only accept bank cards issued in Germany. Since this in an international forum, prelado.de is not an option.

Thanks for telling us. I was not aware of that.
This may then be true to other 3rd-party top-up sites like guthaben.de or ladeshop.de too and makes topping up German SIM cards by credit card much harder.

I believe you, because the geo-restriction of credit cards is used in the UK too. It's almost impossible to top up with non-UK issued cards.

But I don't believe you too: prelado.de accepts PayPal too. With special payment systems like PayPal I never had any geo-restriction on any site which accepts PayPal. I don't even think a geo-restriction is possible with PayPal. How should the merchant know, to which source your PayPal account is linked?
So I still think you can use any PayPal account to load German SIM cards on prelado.de.

Is anybody (from outside of Germany) here who has other experiences?

[borjeg]

Originally Posted by wolfbln

But I don't believe you too: prelado.de accepts PayPal too. With special payment systems like PayPal I never had any geo-restriction on any site which accepts PayPal. I don't even think a geo-restriction is possible with PayPal. How should the merchant know, to which source your PayPal account is linked?
So I still think you can use any PayPal account to load German SIM cards on prelado.de.

It doesn't work with paypal either, when paypal is based on a non-German bank card. I have tried several times. The underlying card has to be German for Prelado to accept the payment.

[dg7feq]

Originally Posted by borjeg

It doesn't work with paypal either, when paypal is based on a non-German bank card. I have tried several times. The underlying card has to be German for Prelado to accept the payment.

you need to have positive balance on your paypal account, then it will also work,

Chris

[borjeg]

Originally Posted by dg7feq

you need to have positive balance on your paypal account, then it will also work,

Chris

Yes maybe so, but then the whole point with paypal would be lost.

[wolfbln]

Originally Posted by borjeg

Yes maybe so, but then the whole point with paypal would be lost.

No. wrong Users are looking for a way to maintain a German SIM card. To keep it alive without being in the country, you need to do some activity from time to time, at least once or twice a year. Cards of some German providers, you need to top up too.

German SIM cards don't last forever not using them. Some users don't want to buy a new card all the time when coming to Germany. It's inconvenient and extra cost and time to do it.

So, how can you top up a German SIM card (without a German payment system)?
- > You can buy vouchers in Germany before and redeem them from abroad, but this is quite uncomfortable and need some action in advance.
- > You can go to Lebara or Ortel mobile. The only providers to be topped up online by credit card. But some (non-German) cards may not work as well.

After all, if you consider the PayPal method (via prelado.de) so "pointless", what is your solution: How do you top up a German SIM card from abroad. It's easy to say "nah, what's the point" without showing a better way.