Reply With QuoteI have the large cards for the 200 MB free SIM and a regular Three SIM. They are identical except for the unique phone and SIM ID numbers.Originally Posted by Boz1
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Yeswap, do you still have the credit card size card that the SIM card was attached to that was inside the packaging you posted above? Does the credit card size card look any different for the Three 200MB/mo free SIM card vs the other Three SIM card without the free 200MB/mo?
I've got more phones than fingers
I have the large cards for the 200 MB free SIM and a regular Three SIM. They are identical except for the unique phone and SIM ID numbers.
Last edited by Yeswap; 03-01-2019 at 08:19 PM. Reason: spelling
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Oh, okay. Thanks.
I guess it's possible the SIM card that trackVW was sent, that he sent me, wasn't really a 200MB/mo free SIM, which would explain why I got the "Sorry, your current SIM isn’t eligible" message. But I'm only guessing.
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Does anybody know if KwikPay is still working for UK Mobile refills? I just checked it with my 3 phone number, and it shows: "This operator is unavailable. Please try again after sometime." I also checked some other service providers, and it gives the same message.
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I just tried it on the website using a vpn into the UK and on my phone with a working 3 sim here in the US. Works part way but hangs on both when it come to proceeding beyond number and carrier entry. Hope they aren't out of business because they were the cheapest topup method and worked to topup UK sims using PayPal with a US credit card.
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Thanks for checking. Yes, they are/were the cheapest as far as I could find. I'll try again next week if I think about it/
I've got more phones than fingers
Don't know about Three but I used Ding.com to refill a Vodafone account. It worked except Vodafone said Ding also purchased a bundle on my account rather than just top up. Since I didn't use the bundle customer service via chat undid the bundle.
So not sure if I would go through that hassle again but it kinda worked. I also stumbled that Xoom offers mobile top ups but not sure what fees they charge.
Phone Collector
I discovered that PayPal has topup cards on their UK website. It looks like the currency exchange rate is reasonable with minimum fees. Haven't tried to buy one yet, though.
https://www.paypal.com/uk/gifts/all
Select cards and scroll down.
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Very nice! Thank you! I think that's the solution to the apparent demise of KwikPay for 3 three.co.uk top-ups!
Radiation is good
Thx!
This will be useful when I go back to
uk and Europe.
Do I need to vpn to uk to buy from paypal uk?
And Rip kwikpay
I've got more phones than fingers
Nice. Given my problems with Ding purchasing a bundle on top up I will try PayPal UK store next time, or Xoom (another PayPal company) at Xoom.com/reload (google search found this.. never tried it either)
Phone Collector
I didn't use the PayPal UK topup card all the way through to purchasing, stopping short of hitting the BUY button. But there were no issues getting to that point.
And I didn't need to use a VPN.
Anyone that does use PayPal UK to top up, please report your experience.
Why yes, that is a bag phone
I tried to purchase a three UK top up today from Paypal, but I got a message that they don't support international purchases. I will use https://www.mytopup.co.uk/ that I've used before without issue. Just slightly more expensive than Paypal.
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Wow. That stinks! At what point did you see that message? Was it when you clicked "Buy Now" from the "Your shopping cart" page? Thanks.
Why yes, that is a bag phone
After clicking "Buy Now" Paypal took me to a page to select a payment method. I selected my credit card and clicked on pay now. That's when I got the message saying it didn't support international purchases. Maybe it would work if I had credit in my Paypal account, but I didn't try that.
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