Thieving Movistar
Apr 20th 2011, 10:05 am
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Thieving Movistar
A friend who visits Spain once a year paid 10,00 euro to credit his PAYG Movistar mobile only to find it had been cut off as he had not used it for more than 6 months also he cant get his 10,00 euro back!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
Apr 20th 2011, 10:11 am
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Re: Thieving Movistar
A friend who visits Spain once a year paid 10,00 euro to credit his PAYG Movistar mobile only to find it had been cut off as he had not used it for more than 6 months also he cant get his 10,00 euro back!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
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Apr 20th 2011, 10:17 am
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Re: Thieving Movistar
A friend who visits Spain once a year paid 10,00 euro to credit his PAYG Movistar mobile only to find it had been cut off as he had not used it for more than 6 months also he cant get his 10,00 euro back!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
Apr 20th 2011, 11:54 am
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Re: Thieving Movistar
A friend who visits Spain once a year paid 10,00 euro to credit his PAYG Movistar mobile only to find it had been cut off as he had not used it for more than 6 months also he cant get his 10,00 euro back!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
Apr 20th 2011, 12:00 pm
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Re: Thieving Movistar
when you top up you get a text message confirming the ammount and telling you how long the top up is valid for.
Apr 20th 2011, 12:13 pm
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Re: Thieving Movistar
A friend who visits Spain once a year paid 10,00 euro to credit his PAYG Movistar mobile only to find it had been cut off as he had not used it for more than 6 months also he cant get his 10,00 euro back!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
A bit shortsighted of movistar as obviously he will never use them again ,very different fron the UK where some providers give out SIM`s free!!
Maybe the six month cut off is down to the govts tightening of mobile use regulations.
I'm with Happy Movil which works out much more reasonable pricewise and can be ordered online subject to proof of ID of course.
Apr 20th 2011, 6:27 pm
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Re: Thieving Movistar
As far as I know it's the same with all Spanish PAYG cards.
Maybe the six month cut off is down to the govts tightening of mobile use regulations.
I'm with Happy Movil which works out much more reasonable pricewise and can be ordered online subject to proof of ID of course.
Maybe the six month cut off is down to the govts tightening of mobile use regulations.
I'm with Happy Movil which works out much more reasonable pricewise and can be ordered online subject to proof of ID of course.
Apr 20th 2011, 6:38 pm
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Re: Thieving Movistar
I have been having this problem. I only have a mobile in case of emergencies when I am out in the car alone.
I have looked around at all providers here and they all have this system. I have lost over €100 because I have not used my phone.
What I now do is my husband and I swap phones occasionally.
I think there should be some way to have a mobile for occasional, emergency use - I mean to phone DH not police/ambulance etc.
I have looked around at all providers here and they all have this system. I have lost over €100 because I have not used my phone.
What I now do is my husband and I swap phones occasionally.
I think there should be some way to have a mobile for occasional, emergency use - I mean to phone DH not police/ambulance etc.
Apr 21st 2011, 12:32 am
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It works the other way round too! I have lost £20 that I had on my UK mobile, a pay as you go with Orange.
Here with Vodafone, although if you don't use it for over six months you lose it.....by topping up a further 5€ you get it back again.
Here with Vodafone, although if you don't use it for over six months you lose it.....by topping up a further 5€ you get it back again.
Apr 21st 2011, 9:13 am
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Re: Thieving Movistar
I'm not quite clear on this as they normally switch off the sim, so was it the case that the sim was switched back on again with the top up, or had it not been switched off and simply didn't allow any calls till you replaced some of the money they had robbed ?
Apr 21st 2011, 10:07 am
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I'd like to know that too.
Apr 21st 2011, 10:29 am
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Our Orange BIC PAYG phones last twelve months before being switched off. These phones are perfect for emergency use, when we bought them from Carrefour they were 3 for 39€ with 8 €s worth of calls on each. The twelve months is correct, it was nearly that when we topped up mine.
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