Just order an O2 Pay & Go sim through tcb/quidco to get £10 cash back on O2 free sim. After receiving the sim keep it for 2 weeks. O2 will then email you to activate the sim to receive £20 extra credit. Activate the sim by topping up £10 to make the balance £30 and wait for the time being to receive your £10 cashback from tcb/quidco. Tcb offering extra 1% which means another 10p on top.
Most of the times O2 transfer cash back quickly. Make sure your order tracked properly or do it manually to claim your cash back for a missing track.
Please note that initially O2 will offer you £10 bonus credit for activation. Just ignore it and wait for the next email which will tell you about £20 bonus credit. Using TCB/Quidco is not mandatory but a platform to get cash back.
Don't forget to opt in to the o2 offers or you won't be getting no email.
Make sure you select Big Talker, as it does not convert your top up. That way you can use your credit for anything.
- 5ack8oy
Found a way to get £30 psn credit without using a bank card. What you do is top up the £25 psn so you will then have £4.90..... Then go to the google play store and spend at least £4.50... Then dial 4444 and get the lend us a pound....then go back to the google play store and get an instant refund on the apps to make the phone credit £5.90, then top up the psn wallet and you also have 90p to spend on google play store :smile:
- LuFc6686
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Seeing is believing...what the back of my International SIM pack said in large text (received 25.01.17, so still works beginning of 2017):
Do you know if they offer the international SIM in store though? I might try it even if the £10 bonus isn't mentioned.
starsi360
1 Oct 17#1933
The offer is only on home delivered ones as far as I know. Every time I’ve looked at O2 sims in stores there has been no mention of the offer
copperspock
1 Oct 17#1932
Does anyone know if you can just get the £10 international SIM from a bricks and mortar O2 store? I'll be in the UK next week but doubt I'd be able to get a SIM posted to the address I'm staying at.
Westwoodo
28 Sep 17#1931
I feel that they don't need to change as they have so many customers that don't notice stuff like this.
copperspock
28 Sep 17#1930
Yeah, it's nuts that sites like the Play store and Amazon are still so clunky and unhelpful.
Westwoodo
27 Sep 17#1929
Hmmm I see your logic, finding apps for the right price is a real ball ache, you should be able to filter apps by price.
copperspock
27 Sep 17#1928
I'd rather get a refund for £4.50 than £19.50 on Google Play.
Westwoodo
27 Sep 17#1927
You are kinda doing more than you need to.....get the £10 bonus credit spend £19.50 or more in Google play then lend us a quid, refund the apps then transfer £20 to psn in one go.
jattmaniac
27 Sep 17#1926
Topped Up £10 and then followed the instructions for the £10 free credit. Within the hour £10 free credit applied.
£15 transferred to PSN and then the 'lend me a quid' o2 service used.
£5 then transferred toe PSN wallet.
Worked a treat!
Westwoodo
27 Sep 17#1925
The website tells you what you are asking and how are you going to send a text from a sim's number without the sim in the phone? It's like asking if you can microwave without plugging it in.
ukscoob1
27 Sep 17#1924
Hence me asking if there was a way.
Does the sim card come with micro popout?
Westwoodo
27 Sep 17#1923
No......how are you going to send the text?
ukscoob1
27 Sep 17#1922
Can I topup to psn without having the sim card in a phone?
chezybezy
11 Sep 17#1921
Oh no worries! Thank you, I'll give it a go and report back, if it works it might save a few people a headache :-).
jkcool
11 Sep 17#1920
I am sorry, have no idea about topping up at stores.
chezybezy
11 Sep 17#1919
Cheers! Has anyone been able to use the same card more than twice? I'm getting a top up unsuccessful error when I try, wondering if it can only be used for two sims (my own and a new £10+£10 one). Would I just be best trying to get one of those vouchers at a shop now? What do I ask for?
jkcool
11 Sep 17#1918
This world has so many unexplained things, will add to that :sunglasses:
Note: Just be careful to not do it the otherway around.
josh971
10 Sep 17#1916
weird. it won't work at all on my dual sim honor 8 but works fine in my Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 (Single sim) . I swear i'd tried it in that phone previously too.....
chezybezy
9 Sep 17#1915
Sorry to ask but i can't remember if it was here or I imagined it, did someone say you could move left over credit to the "new £10 sim" via texting something? I have like £1.40ish n if I could move it to my next £10 sim that would be awesome!
jkcool
7 Sep 17#1914
To add, I used 'Use Subscriber billing; option then play store automatically sends some text to some number and authenticates. The the 'Bill my O2 account' started appearing.
Please ignore the 'Not Eligible' thing below, as I am using my primary Sim.
Note: While adding and purchasing your O2 number should be active and the default Sim for SMS and Calls should be set as O2.
josh971
7 Sep 17#1913
I wil try that now, i shoudl have read your post fully before I posted above! Thanks!
EDIT: Still no dice with just the one sim - strange.
josh971
7 Sep 17#1912
Any ideas why O2 billing is gone? Huawei honour 8
jkcool
6 Sep 17#1911
Just did the International Sim and it worked like a charm. Used 4444 to top up for £11 and send the text and within an hour I got the confirmation that the bonus is added. I straight away went and used it.
A tip for people with Dual Sim: Disable other sim while adding the 'Subscriber billing' and actually paying with it. Play store checks if you have the authenticated SIM on the phone.
Westwoodo
4 Sep 17#1910
At least 5.
josh971
4 Sep 17#1909
for some reason I can't add another! how many different o2 billing have you added to one Google Play account sucessfully?
Westwoodo
3 Sep 17#1908
Just add another under payment settings? It will send a free text to o2 to verify then you can purchase from your sim.
josh971
3 Sep 17#1907
hi all, how do you go about adding multiple o2 billing accounts to your google play?
Westwoodo
1 Sep 17#1906
No need to be sorry you answered a question and then asked it.
jkcool
1 Sep 17#1905
Done. Sorry
Westwoodo
31 Aug 17#1904
Either edit your post right or delete what you put.
jkcool
31 Aug 17#1903
Edit: Just went back and read the previous comments. Seems only International SIM
Does it have to be International Sim ? I ordered a classic SIM. Will it work ?
davejb
28 Aug 17#1902
ive been doing this for about 2 years lol.. the deal is a free £10 which you can claim instantly. the 2 weeks was to wait for the email offering an extra £10 bonus, which gave you £20 in total.. but they stopped that over a year ago.. so no need to wait. just top up and claim the tenner as soon as it arrives..
sometimes the new sims dont have the deal on the back. but it doesnt matter. you can still text FREE10 and claim it. until the end of september at least.
Westwoodo
28 Aug 17#1901
Never had to wait 2 weeks it's been on the back of the sim pack for the last year.
jamcd
28 Aug 17#1900
I hope you are right! You used to have to wait 2 weeks until they send the "extra £10 credit" email. It even says it in the original description. How long have you been doing this for? Is it only in the last few weeks that you don't have to wait for the email?
Has anyone else not had to wait for the email that takes 2 weeks?
davejb
27 Aug 17#1899
wait for what? never had to wait for anything.. just top up a tenner as soon as it arrives...
jamcd
27 Aug 17#1898
I've got one through today and have the same deal onthe back. Did you not have to wait 2 weeks like usual? The packaging on the back of mine doesn't mention anything about waiting. That would be really handy if you could get it straight away! :smile:
davejb
26 Aug 17#1897
new sim today has the offer on the back. so still running until 22nd september..
tried topping up via 4444 today and it worked. first time in a year lol.
josh971
26 Aug 17#1896
Would have thought u need to top up to do anything tbh
Westwoodo
26 Aug 17#1895
It's because you haven't topped up I had the same issue.
davejb
26 Aug 17#1894
sounds more like a signal problem. if it needed credit it would say not enough balance.. but ive sent the o2 rewards text before topping up and its worked.
chezybezy
26 Aug 17#1893
Ah thank you! would you have any idea for resolving my text problem?
chezybezy
26 Aug 17#1892
Did you have any problems with the text? using an older phone, thought id text to set up the reward thing before topping up but it just says "message not sent, try again later!". So I tried a few others that should be free to o2 (active, balance etc) and they all give the same error, worried I won't be able to send the one for adding the £10 after I've topped up. Any ideas? E: can receive texts & a call but not send text. Could it be due to not topping up yet?
davejb
26 Aug 17#1891
the 4444 top up is very random. its the only way to directly put on £11. some people cant get any cards to work at all. but others can use the same one over and over with no problems.. you wont know until you try unfortunately... try 4444 first. if it works then great.. if it doesnt then youll have to use one of the other methods. webtopup then lend a quid or wait for the 50p o2 rewards etc...
josh971
25 Aug 17#1890
yep i did just that. havn't had the free £10 yet though. A nervous wait! lol
EDIT: Free 10 has arrived :sunglasses:
chezybezy
25 Aug 17#1889
thank you, so by using 4444 i can chose £11? just to confirm i can only use 1 card via 444 for two different phone top ups a month? so could once that month goes by i could top up another phone?
davejb
24 Aug 17#1888
topup from the o2 website if you cant top up via 4444 with your card... .. ive used the same card every time. you can only top up 10 20 30 etc. not £11 though. which is the downside to it..
Westwoodo
24 Aug 17#1887
For anyone wondering it's still working as of tonight.
chezybezy
24 Aug 17#1886
i just went to top up and for some reason ended up reading the T&C's - good job mine would have expired! apparently its 28 days from the date of order (didn't realise it had been that long!) - grumbles i hope the replacement one arrives before Monday! anyone had any success since the comment above? e: something caught my eye earlier, about only being able to use a card twice. can someone elaborate? if i use the same card as i would for my normal phone would i have a problem? cant i just use paypal or some other method?
Westwoodo
23 Aug 17#1885
Has anyone managed to top up and get a extra £10 recently? I can't get a text to send to 21500 at all?
Westwoodo
18 Aug 17#1884
No it works on international only this has been said so many times.
monkeybizz
18 Aug 17#1883
Is this working all sims now ? Or just international
Westwoodo
16 Aug 17#1882
Has anyone successfully topped up and got the bonus money in the last 3 days? I'm waiting for sims to arrive.
Westwoodo
14 Aug 17#1881
I used it fine 4 days ago.
starsi360
14 Aug 17#1880
Yup, works as of 3 days ago.
zerowing
14 Aug 17#1879
anyone had success? these days?
starsi360
14 Aug 17#1878
The message you got you only receive usually if 4 weeks has passed since the date you ordered the sim. The FREE10 is only valid for that 4 week period. Usually the expiry date is on the back of the pack but because you had the free goodies pack it isn't printed on there.
MR1123
12 Aug 17#1877
Trying to top up psn account with mobile, keep getting rejected I have enough money I don't know why.
Edit Finally worked looks like they have a temporary lock out for trying too many times I suspect
zerowing
11 Aug 17#1876
Sim like 2 week ago and topped up today, back of sim had the top 15 and get bonus off goodie
MSK.
11 Aug 17#1875
Anyone topped up sucessfully today on the phone? Wondering if there are any problems with the system.
Edit: I should have read up. I see others are struggling too.
jonk
11 Aug 17#1874
When did you get your sim? Is it very recent?
zerowing
11 Aug 17#1873
sent FREE10 today and got a text back
"some good things must come to an end. This offer has expired"
then loads of random chat about o2 rewards... :angry:
luvclub
11 Aug 17#1872
Yes, you're able to purchase the £10 top up code wherever you like.
Yes you could re-use the 90p sim.
E.g Send the swap text with the £4.90 sim A inserted. Enter the 90p sim card B details.
Wait, preferably 24 hours.
Insert sim card B and it should show £5.80 balance.
Send £5 to PSN leaving 70p.
Repeat using another £4.90 sim card as A and the 70p sim card as B.
If you are brave, in the past I have been able to retain the credit by : £20 + 90p = £20.90 Send £20 = 80p
But never use: 90p + £20 It will become £10.90 unless you chat to a guru to restore the credit
Just.Wondering
11 Aug 17#1871
Thank you, great advice, I know I suggested Tesco, but could I use this method by buying a £10 top up voucher online from one of the top up voucher sites, one of them sells £10 vouchers via PayPal, I presume you pay and they then email out a top up code.
With the credit swap, as you know it is 10p for the PSN confirmation text, so can I keep pushing the same 90p around until it is all used up, or is there a minimum credit swap amount?
luvclub
11 Aug 17#1870
Get a £10 top up code for O2 from Tescos (including minimal club card points) and then add £15 to your psn wallet.
If it is an ongoing thing or if you have any 90p Sims from your previous £11 top-ups you could merge the balances with your £4.90 left over cards using their automated service. Far better than chatting to one of their Gurus who may ask too many questions.
Text the word SWAP to 20220 from your O2 phone (ie the SIM which you would want to retain the mobile number of). You will get step by step instructions via text message.
Be very careful you don't merge 2 sims with anything over £10 each as that would mean they still have a part of the free credit on them and the free credit from the the new sim will be lost.
Just.Wondering
10 Aug 17#1869
Just got another sim today , tried with 3 different cards to make a payment for the top up , but no joy , each time it just said unsuccessful , each time , i tried £11.00 , then I tried £21.00 but each time it stated unsuccessful !!!
2 of the cards have never been used to top up a o2 sim before.
Do tesco stores or similar offer a top up service , ideally I would just like to top up £11 and not have to get into the borrow a quid situation....
davejb
8 Aug 17#1868
yes. always the international one. the others dont work anymore or risk being converted into minutes/texts.
superfreddy
8 Aug 17#1867
Was this the international sim?
6ixFoot1
5 Aug 17#1866
Why £16? Doesn't make it much of deal?
josh971
2 Aug 17#1865
bizarrely, £11 never worked for me, I've always done £16
copperspock
2 Aug 17#1864
Grand, cheers!
BubaMan
2 Aug 17#1863
3-4 working days usually
copperspock
2 Aug 17#1862
Hey folks. I haven't availed of this offer in yonks. How long does it usually take for a SIM to get delivered these days?
davejb
1 Aug 17#1861
yeh i did wonder if it was to flog some extra crap. lol. my brother isnt too bright with these type of things so probably ended up sounding guilty as [email protected] and spouted some nonsense at them.
MSK.
1 Aug 17#1860
Same here :smile:
BubaMan
1 Aug 17#1859
I got a phone call a while back... they ask for the purpose of the SIM buut only to push the International savings feature. It's a sales courtesy call but I was caught a bit unawares and flapped too :stuck_out_tongue:
davejb
1 Aug 17#1858
got a sim today.. on the back is the FREE10 deal.. expiry date is 26th august.. so the deal is continuing for at least another month..
davejb
31 Jul 17#1857
just as a heads up..and this should be pretty obvious...
dont put your real phone number on the sim order form!
my kid bro text me tonight and said someone from o2 rang and asked what the sims where for... he said "a friend". but they proper grilled him about it. baffles me why he would put a real phone number on the order form...but thats kids for you..
the contact number box is optional so leave it blank...
Just.Wondering
29 Jul 17#1856
LOL yeah for sure, this post is over two years old...
Westwoodo
29 Jul 17#1855
I feel this discussion needs closing as people are asking the same question 3 times a week then posting it in deals.
jonk
29 Jul 17#1854
Please use your eyes, brain or a crystal ball. If insane questions keep being repeated, no doubt it will catch 02's attention and "no longer an offer".
Just.Wondering
29 Jul 17#1853
So, with the new offers on the back of international sims, does that mean next month the FREE10 offer is no longer a offer?
Just.Wondering
27 Jul 17#1852
Perfect, topped up today, free10 and the credit came through around a hour later.
davejb
27 Jul 17#1851
i answered this question halfway up the page... and on the previous page...and the page before that.... lol
ProwlingBoy
26 Jul 17#1850
I did it yesterday. It was fine.
Just.Wondering
26 Jul 17#1849
I got a email today, it did not mention about the free10, is it still worth to top up the sim and try the free10 code even though no mention of the offer in the email or on the packaging?
Just.Wondering
26 Jul 17#1848
Ah cool :smile: that's good news, I was pretty disappointed with the offer details on the back of the pack, I shall give it ago later today..
BubaMan
26 Jul 17#1847
Yep, International. We were all worried that the offer had stopped because it's no longer stated on the packaging but it's still working... For now anyway.
davejb
25 Jul 17#1846
the international sim is the correct one.
davejb
25 Jul 17#1845
yes did it half hour ago... until someone say its not working then probably safe to assume it still is.. a lot of people regularly do this so theyll soon pipe up if it stops...
Just.Wondering
25 Jul 17#1844
Buba the lasts international sims I ordered had a different offer on the back, some discount for t-shirt if you topped up twice.
Which sims should I be ordering please.
6ixFoot1
25 Jul 17#1843
Should be. Top a sim up with £15 so if it doesn't work at least you can still use a tenner to top up PSN and only lose £4.90. Or top up a tenner and use the lend me a quid trick
keefytruant
25 Jul 17#1842
hy guys can anyone confirm this is still working? i imagine it is but dont fancy wasting 20 quid cheers
Westwoodo
25 Jul 17#1841
Except a lot of cards won't work at all.
bren26
25 Jul 17#1840
It's been explained before. You can only use the same bank card twice in a 30 day period.
6ixFoot1
25 Jul 17#1839
I wasn't even thinking that way lol.
Just thought may be I could blag being forced to top up a new sim when I had one already
BubaMan
25 Jul 17#1838
I topped up by £11 a few days ago. Sometimes a certain card will work, sometimes it won't. I rarely find that neither of my cards work.
BubaMan
25 Jul 17#1837
My guess would be no but that would be awesome if that worked... You could keep moving the same £10 from SIM to SIM to SIM, rinsing them of the bonus £10 every time :stuck_out_tongue:
6ixFoot1
25 Jul 17#1836
Anyone tried transferring £10 credit from another sim and then activating the free10 successfully?
About to buy a pay as you go phone which requires a £10 top up. Don't think they'll allow me to just buy the airtime
6ixFoot1
25 Jul 17#1835
I've never had problems topping up £11 but my mates have. Not sure if they have stopped allowing it or it's just their cards
Raaawr
24 Jul 17#1834
Has anybody had luck topping up £11 via card? I don't feel it's correct to borrow £1 and then not pay it back, so I've always just topped up £11 at transferred the credit between sims.
5Rivers79
23 Jul 17#1833
Thank you. Bought Tekken 7 with this offer so worked out at about £17.50 plus the extra quid for the text.
davejb
23 Jul 17#1832
the text still costs 10p. there was a £2 free credit allowance offer that could be used for the text but thats now finished. so its back to putting on £11 or using lend a quid or waiting for the 50p o2 rewards bonus.
5Rivers79
22 Jul 17#1831
Do you need to still top up £11? Or is the text that need a to be sent free now?
Just.Wondering
22 Jul 17#1830
I did do, no one mentioned the offer I have on the back the 2 sims that arrived today, both international payg, been using this offer for over a year.
davejb
22 Jul 17#1829
15 days.. must be a record...lol.
Westwoodo
22 Jul 17#1828
Read the thread.
Just.Wondering
22 Jul 17#1827
I just received 2 x o2 international sims this morning, different deal on the back, something about topping up twice to get a 50 percent off voucher for some junk offer.
Will theses sims still give the £10 free top up offer? If so do I just wait for a email with the offer to top up?
chezybezy
22 Jul 17#1826
Thank you very much, it's all very exciting. Ironically a year or two ago o2 did my mum out of £10 so I'll feel this balances it out, yay. Thank you very much again.
davejb
22 Jul 17#1825
sounds like it. i dont think it matters which one of the international sims you pick as they should both be the same. the tarriff is selected depending on how much you top up. obviously makes no difference to us.
chezybezy
22 Jul 17#1824
Thank you very much. I had to select this "Keep your credit and get 3000 O2 to O2 texts 100MB data 4G ready Our sims fit all devices When you top-up £10+ a month" under the international sim option. Is that the right one?
ProwlingBoy
21 Jul 17#1823
No mention of the deal at all on the pack. But for another sim I ordered a week previously (which must have got lost in the post, as it didn't arrive) after I while I received an email saying you haven't activated your sim, topup and send free10 to receive a £10 credit.
6ixFoot1
21 Jul 17#1822
I know this is not required but was the deal on the back of the pack?
davejb
21 Jul 17#1821
yes just the free international sim. the £20 free stopped long ago, its £10 only now. you dont have to choose any tarriffs or anything like that.
chezybezy
20 Jul 17#1820
Just to confirm I order only the international sim? Nothing else? I presume the OPs one about £20 if you ignore is expired by now?
Oh do I have to select a tarrif when I top up?
Westwoodo
18 Jul 17#1819
Excellent thanks :grin:
ProwlingBoy
18 Jul 17#1818
It worked today (the 18th) with a sim ordered at the weekend.
Westwoodo
15 Jul 17#1817
Is this still working with the international sim? It's been a few days since anyone seems to have posted anything confirming it?
6ixFoot1
9 Jul 17#1816
Go on live chat and have the credit transferred to the new sim. Not sure if it will register as a top up so the free10 may not even work
josh971
7 Jul 17#1815
one per sim!? ****! didn't catch that !
joshtbh
7 Jul 17#1814
one per sim!? ****! didn't catch that !
kevinc6784
6 Jul 17#1813
A month after each date starting from the earliest, the easy way is to keep following the same dates + 1 Day (just to be sure) .
davejb
6 Jul 17#1812
its always worth reading back through the last page or two before commenting as a lot of questions have already been answered many many times....
you dont require the offer on the back. just text FREE10. theyre rotating other deals too but the free10 still works as normal.. its definitely working until the end of july as thats whats dated on the back of one of my cards....
now i wonder how many days before someone else asks the same question... lol :stuck_out_tongue:
Ye I recently ordered an international sim,had no mention of FREE10 just ome make up/ retro top offer, topped up £11 sent the text and recieved bonus shortly after
superfreddy
6 Jul 17#1809
What so even though the offer isn't on the back, if I top the card up by £10 and then text FREE10, I'll get the bonus credit?
Vashetti
6 Jul 17#1808
It still works.
superfreddy
6 Jul 17#1807
Can we get some clarification on the sim packs please... the FREE10 is not on the back anymore. Is this over or am I ordering the wrong sims (international)?
Vashetti
6 Jul 17#1806
Wait, one more question :smile:
My three instances of topping up were
14/6/17 15/6/17 04/7/17
So when can I top up next? A month after the first date, or the last one?
Vashetti
6 Jul 17#1805
Thanks for the answer :smile:
kevinc6784
6 Jul 17#1804
Calendar month. So if you topped up your wallet on say the 5th,10th, and 15th of June, you could then top up again on the 6/11/16th of July.
Vashetti
6 Jul 17#1803
What's classed as a month, 28 days/4 weeks?
Or the full 30/31 days?
6ixFoot1
6 Jul 17#1802
You can check the dates you topped up by going to your account details on the website
kevinc6784
6 Jul 17#1801
3 times per month. Keep a note of the dates and you should be good.
Vashetti
6 Jul 17#1800
How often can you top up PSN with this?
I ordered two SIMS and topped up PSN with £20 from one SIM on the 4th, it won't let me do the other at the moment.
6ixFoot1
6 Jul 17#1799
Still working
ism
6 Jul 17#1798
Well i wouldnt have done so without receiving the email
Although it doesnt appear to be account specific
superfreddy
6 Jul 17#1797
So are we saying we just still text FREE10 regardless?
ism
6 Jul 17#1796
I ordered an international.sim on 21st june
There was no mention of the free £10 on the packaging or the reminder email which came a week after
I have only just received the offer by email
I accidentally ordered 2 sims but only have 1 email so hoping it will work on both
PSN are having a sale so its good timing
superfreddy
6 Jul 17#1795
There's no offer on the back though... are you saying you still text FREE10 to the number when you top up?
BubaMan
6 Jul 17#1794
About once or twice per month. I'm trying to rope in PSN spending a little tbh (got a ridiculous backlog atm) but I also pay for the little one's Roblox subscription through this.
bren26
6 Jul 17#1793
No you can still do it. I did it yesterday.
superfreddy
6 Jul 17#1792
The past two international sims i have ordered, haven't had the free £10 offer on the back. Just some gift when you top up twice. Is this over now?
starsi360
5 Jul 17#1791
Was just trying to be helpful, I just read the post where you said you were still waiting. Apologies I didn't look back at your history to see what comments you had made previously. I'll just mind my own business in future!
kevinc6784
5 Jul 17#1790
I just don't fancy the live chat, prob had over 100 sims between myself and the wife since this started. I can imagine the list of numbers that pop up when they type my name in!
Vashetti
4 Jul 17#1789
Okay? How does that relate to what I said?
If you scroll up you'll see when I topped up it was within date.
6ixFoot1
4 Jul 17#1788
Thanks.
You must be topping up a hell of a lot?
starsi360
4 Jul 17#1787
According to my packaging, it says you have to top up by 28th June to get the £2 offer.
I know the date for the free10 was sim-specific but I don't think this date is, the offer to 'opt in' to the free £2 a month or free £5 a month ended on 28th June
BubaMan
4 Jul 17#1786
Yep - yesterday... the packaging had no mention of the offer either.
6ixFoot1
4 Jul 17#1785
Any one used the FREE10 this month yet?
Did it work?
Vashetti
4 Jul 17#1784
Might be worth contacting them if you still haven't received the credit.
I was still waiting today and they added it for me after I used their live chat :smile:
kevinc6784
2 Jul 17#1783
Yea me as well, topped up on Tuesday.
Vashetti
1 Jul 17#1782
Still waiting on the bonus £2...
6ixFoot1
1 Jul 17#1781
Don't get carried away. I was loading em up quite often then realised I was spending a bit too much lol
6ixFoot1
1 Jul 17#1780
That's probably why
bren26
1 Jul 17#1778
It's 2 per debit card within a 30 day period I think.
joshtbh
1 Jul 17#1779
same issue with MMOGA, can't do part payment of mobile credit and cards.
How often can you get away with FREE10? I think the best strategy is to simply load one sim up as often as you can get away with, is that a good idea?
6ixFoot1
1 Jul 17#1777
How much time are you leaving between topping up sims?
I think there is a monthly limit. I've topped up two at £11 each and it worked but the third one didn't. Worked the following month
joshtbh
1 Jul 17#1776
no part payment by mobile billing which is the problem. Current thoughts are to just upload more than I need (e.g. £40) on o2 instead of £20 but I suppose I'll have to wait a bit before I do another FREE10.
Main problem is that I can't seem to top up e.g. £16 via 4444, that'd solve the problem.
davejb
1 Jul 17#1775
can you use part mobile payment and part regular card on the xbox? it might be cheaper to pay £20 by sim then add on £5. so effectively costing £15. failing that buy £25 from mmoga which comes out at £30 after the fee..so £15 in real money.. when the xbox exclusives started coming out on pc i got rid of the xbox so ive never had to do it myself.
joshtbh
30 Jun 17#1774
Dave a question for you.
what's the most efficient way of buying an Xbox game for, say £25?
davejb
30 Jun 17#1773
if you read back through the comments youll see this is a common problem. even o2 doesnt really know why it happens.
davejb
30 Jun 17#1772
ive used the same email for every single one lol.... you can order two per day, if you try to order more than that they will only send two.. but id say just stick to one at a time and maybe leave it a day or two in between.
Westwoodo
30 Jun 17#1771
Indeed it is, glad it worked for you though!
joshtbh
30 Jun 17#1770
bizarrely unpredictable isn't it. I just tried £11 and it worked :-/
Westwoodo
30 Jun 17#1769
I can't top up via 4444 at all I have tried cards in other people's names, different addresses, different Sims and different amounts.
joshtbh
30 Jun 17#1768
does anyone know if it's possible to top up £16 via credit card by ringing 4444?
so far had 3 sims and 2 of which i've been unable to top up via credit card. I'm beginning to wonder if it's because I selected £16 instead of £11 but that sounds irrational.
Westwoodo
30 Jun 17#1767
Get a throwaway email address through Google.
didsburydan
30 Jun 17#1766
i've been doing this for a while, but does anyone know for the international sim deal how long the wait is before you can reorder using the same email? getting tired of creating extra email addresses/tracking which emails i used when etc.
6ixFoot1
30 Jun 17#1765
Where did you get the date of the 2nd next month?
6ixFoot1
30 Jun 17#1764
The free £2 expires after 30 days. Says so in the terms. The free £10 doesn't expire.
luvclub
30 Jun 17#1763
The free credit never expires, but the whole sim card expires if it has been inactive (no chargeable event) for 6 months.
Vashetti
28 Jun 17#1762
Oh right, I didn't realise that about the FREE10 thing. Just I ordered two SIMs recently and they have no mention of the offer on the slip they come in.
Thanks as always for the answers :smile:
davejb
28 Jun 17#1761
the free10 date is specific to your sim card. should be 30 days from issue. so the date always changes.
you should get your £2 as it says 28th june. today is the 28th so anyone topping up before midnight tonight should qualify. as noted above it can be between 1 to 5 days before it turns up and youll get a text when it does.
Vashetti
28 Jun 17#1760
The £2 bonus credit for topping up £10 ends today. Does that mean today at midnight? Or when it hit midnight/today earlier?
Activated a new SIM today so will see if the £2 bonus comes through. The FREE10 offer ends on the 2nd next month. Do you think they'll renew the deal or is this going to be the end of it?
davejb
28 Jun 17#1759
if you havent got the "hay, weve added your free credit..." text then its not been applied... but you can text balance to 20202 to double check. the time it takes seems very random. most took 4 days. but the first one was 1 day. and last week on the 23rd i topped up two sims within an hour. the first sim had the £2 applied two days later on the 25th... the second sim still hasnt had it and its now 5 days.. doesnt seem to be any logic to it at all.
*just got the text. so took 5 days to arrive on this sim.
6ixFoot1
27 Jun 17#1758
Today was the fifth day after topping up and I didn't receive the £2 :disappointed:
Thinking that I did, I topped up PSN £15 and had £4.90 remaining on the sim.
Luckily had another sim with 90p remaining on it. Was quite easy to transfer the credit over to the sim with £4.90 via live chat.
davejb
24 Jun 17#1757
you dont have to wait the 4 days to do the free10 offer... its a separate thing. topup.. then text free10. youll get your tenner way before the £2 arrives. the free10 credit doesnt expire once its on there. not for a long time at least. ive had some on there for 3 months while waiting for the rewards 50p to come through.
joshtbh
24 Jun 17#1756
Thanks again! Is this bloody brilliant or what!
theeighthday
24 Jun 17#1755
I topped up a sim with the new printed offers last night and can confirm the FREE10 still works. I used the £11 top up method as that's what I'm used to, I know the £2 credit works out better but I'm just paranoid the FREE10 offer will expire while I'm waiting for it to be applied, lol
6ixFoot1
24 Jun 17#1754
Topped up and left it tbh. Haven't recently been checking sims until about 3/4 days after top up because that £2 free credit takes that much time to be applied
davejb
24 Jun 17#1753
if i remember correctly they dont mix payment. so if you pick the mobile payment option then it all has to be from there. but if you know in advance you want to spend £25 then put £15 onto the sim card.. or top up two sims that would be more cost effective. youll need 10p for the payment text just like psn. but youre not restricted to £5 chunks like on psn.
always double check the item can be purchased using mobile credit first. mmoga is a marketplace and some sellers dont accept that option.. add it to your basket and try to complete the sale. and remember theres an extra fee for using mobile payment.
ive just checked and the 25 euro card will cost you £27.75 including the fee. itll round that up to the nearest pound so itll charge you £28 in total with the spare 25p being left in your mmoga acccount for a future purchase.
id say the most cost effective way is top up two sims. then use £28 on mmoga and youll have £12 left over.. you could transfer £10 to psn then or use it on mmoga in the future. even at £28 the 25 euro card would have cost you £14 in real money.
joshtbh
23 Jun 17#1752
thanks v much for the response, very helpful.
Question about MMOGA though, to buy a 25 Euro Nintendo voucher from MMOGA (The price for that is £25) do i have to do the £10 to £20 o2 trick, then can I upload the £20 to MMOGA then pay £5 from just a debit card etc?
d_lee_83
23 Jun 17#1751
Great, will do mine right now to be on the safe side :-) many thanks for the prompt response!
davejb
23 Jun 17#1750
yes...ive topped up two today with the "get a gift when you top up twice " back.. aslong as the free10 deal is live then you dont require the deal on the envelope.. and at the moment its definitely live until july..
d_lee_83
23 Jun 17#1749
Did it work?
davejb
23 Jun 17#1748
using the o2 credit i assume? yeh, mmoga... they charge a 12 percent fee. and not every item is guarenteed to be available for payment by mobile credit. but considering youre getting £20 for £10 then it still works out cheaper than most places..
a few other hints.. theyll round up the price to the nearest pound when using mobile payment. so for example £18.53 becomes £19 charged to the sim. but youll get the 47p change left in your mmoga account which you can use next time.
you can also fiddle it a bit by not completing the sale. say you want to buy something for £30...but the o2 sim of course only has £20 on it.. you pick any old item for £20, let it charge the sim the money. but then just close the basket.. dont complete the sale. youll then have your mmoga account with a balance of £20. then make a new basket for £40...(it needs to be higher as it will knock off any amount already on your account balance first) . and then use the credit from another sim. you can keep loading your account with more sims until you have the amount you need.
joshtbh
23 Jun 17#1747
anyone know a place you can buy nintendo eshop credit online?
6ixFoot1
23 Jun 17#1746
Yup, I received a sim without the free £10 offer too. Will give it a shot.
davejb
22 Jun 17#1745
dont worry about the back. there are now several deals they put on the envelope. just text free10 to 21500. assuming you have the international sim of course..
up until the 28th june you also get £2 of credit allowance. takes 3 to 4 days to apply. if you wait for that to arrive then no need to put on £11 or use lend a quid or whatever. it can only be used for calls and texts but its enough to pay for the psn text. youll know youve got it when you get a text saying "hay your free credit has been applied"
jonk
21 Jun 17#1744
Received a pack today and the back changed again. It's no longer mentioning £10 extra but "Get a gift when you top up twice". Anyone tried topping up this sim, and if so did you get the extra £10?
davejb
17 Jun 17#1743
just got my £2 text. so looks like it takes about 4 days for it to come through. im sure thats how long it was last time.
6ixFoot1
13 Jun 17#1742
I topped up on a Friday and received the two pound on the following Monday
6ixFoot1
13 Jun 17#1741
Think the terms say 3 per year per household
superfreddy
13 Jun 17#1740
I've only ever done it once through TCB - can I do it a few times through there?
Vashetti
13 Jun 17#1739
Ordered two SIMs recently, only just got around to topping them up.
First SIM topped up fine with £11. Second SIM wouldn't accept the same card at all, be it £10, £11, or £12 top-ups. So bought a £10 top-up voucher. Now playing the waiting game for the bonus £2 to come through so I have enough to send it to PSN.
Both SIMs got the FREE10 credit within the hour.
RedDragonX
12 Jun 17#1738
Nice of them to hold you money hostage like that. Real classy move
6ixFoot1
11 Jun 17#1737
It's in the small print. Says u get a fiver for topping up £15
superfreddy
11 Jun 17#1736
Where does it confirm you get £2 free?
superfreddy
11 Jun 17#1735
I used lend us a quid last night though. There's now 80p left on the SIM. I guess they won't chase me for 20p?...
davejb
11 Jun 17#1734
i dont think that would work. the £2 is credit allowance for 30days...basically calls, texts and data.. its shown separately from your "real" cash balance... the £2 doesnt work for psn so i dont think it would work for paying back lend a quid.. it cant be used for purchases or buying anything.
if you wait for the £2 to be applied then theres no need for the lend a quid...
superfreddy
11 Jun 17#1733
In that case, if they give you £2 free when you top up, they can take the lend us a quid loan out of that then right?
_Craig_
11 Jun 17#1732
I also reached the 3 tcb limit. The last two I tried quidco but it never tracks and they don't do manual claims.
That's why I'm giving up with quidco I find it far less reliable and more often gets declined compared to tcb
davejb
11 Jun 17#1731
aslong as theyve had less than three then theres no problem.
6ixFoot1
11 Jun 17#1730
What about friend referrals? As I referred someone and got them to order me two sims for which they got £10 cash back for me and I got a fiver because they hit their £10 target.
And now I'm doing the same with another referral lol.
davejb
11 Jun 17#1729
i hit the limit with TCB and they got quite upset about it and blocked all withdrawels.. they questioned me why i had so many sims lol. i said i didnt realise there was a limit and i just used the £20 and then threw them away. they unblocked my account after i promised not to order any more for 12 months.. so i wouldnt go over the limit with TCB. i attempted to use quidco and it never tracked. so i gave up. £10 for £20 is still a bargain. im sure quidco is only one per year anyway so no big deal.
davejb
11 Jun 17#1728
the first time it was before the free £10 came through.. so a matter of an hour or so.. the second time im not sure as i turned off the phone to save battery. i use a spare phone for these sim cards so i just turn it off until i want to add credit. it definitely took longer than a day though. when i turned it back on a couple days later i had a text saying "hay, your free credit allowance has been applied". but sometimes the free10 is like that. maybe their systems get a bit backlogged or something.
if you really have to have the credit on psn instantly youll have to put on £11 or use the lend a quid method. if you can wait 24-48 hours then hold out for the £2. you should definitely get it as its the current deal up to june 28th. just be patient.
6ixFoot1
11 Jun 17#1727
Done that too many times and have to borrow an android phone off someone to do it as I'm on a iPhone. Much easier to just pay £11. £11 for £20 PSN is still a bargain
6ixFoot1
11 Jun 17#1726
So TCB says they'll pay out for three orders per household per year. Has anyone then gone on to claim successfully from Quidco?
Just wanted to know if its a block from 02s end or the cash back sites.
Jpkboff
10 Jun 17#1725
In the terms it says they can keep increasing the amount you owe and says that they can pursue you for it. The total due ramps up pretty quickly, use at your own risk.
superfreddy
10 Jun 17#1724
How often can you get away with the lend us a quid trick? Don't they have your address and could bill you for the amount of times you do it?
superfreddy
10 Jun 17#1723
Not really. 5 minutes work? You can get £10 top ups from supermarkets with necter points or tesco points.
MSK.
10 Jun 17#1722
That's an epic amount of hassle. You can only get a refund for each app once. Then you have to find more apps that add up to the right total.
superfreddy
10 Jun 17#1721
Why not just top up £10, credit PSN with £15, spend £4.50 on play store, then use lend us a quid, then cancel play store purchases? you save the £1 then instead of topping up £11
6ixFoot1
10 Jun 17#1720
I'm waiting for mine too. Already received the free tenner. Text balance to 20202 and can only see call/text allowances
superfreddy
10 Jun 17#1719
When I top up £10, how long on average before the free £2 is added?
Westwoodo
10 Jun 17#1718
Glad to hear it, I am waiting for mine to arrive.
Newpbparkrun
10 Jun 17#1717
2 international sims arrived today both with free10 on packaging.
davejb
10 Jun 17#1716
well to get back onto topic.lol.. ive just got a text saying "hay your free credit allowance has been applied" and ive now got £2 of credit allowance
it took a lot longer than last time to come through. but when it does then the text charge will come out of the £2 credit allowance not the £20 topup. its shown as two separate balances, you can only see it if you text balance to 20202 and its shown as credit allowance.
BubaMan
10 Jun 17#1715
Performance, heat, fogging cabling, cost and convenience aside (these will all get better in time), I can say that the main reason my PSVR isn't out as often as I'd like is the isolation of it. It's great if you're a bachelor but it's awkward and/or rude to shut yourself off from the family for more that 30 mins at a time. Add to that, the constant distraction of a family and the immersion is lost.
So if anything will kill VR, I'd say broad practicality.
Westwoodo
10 Jun 17#1714
Enough that I could have easily bought 20 from local shops without touching shops such as cex.
It's at a tipping point if it's don't right it will be brilliant if it isn't it will be dead in 2 years. I believe it will be the second.
_Craig_
9 Jun 17#1713
If only! But its far too lucrative for them. I think it will either be ditching vita games in favour of VR or perhaps an extra game added.
copperspock
9 Jun 17#1712
They'll announce that PS+ will become free :stuck_out_tongue: :D.
_Craig_
9 Jun 17#1711
Thanks, Suppose 1 more year cant hurt :wink: May get 1 extra just incase this E3 announcement turns out to be important!
copperspock
9 Jun 17#1710
If anyone is going to 'leak' the info about the O2 offer, please remember to ask people to not go crazy by ordering a load in one go. Cheers :)!
6ixFoot1
9 Jun 17#1708
Thanks! Always wondered how I could get cheap iTunes top ups
copperspock
9 Jun 17#1709
How many is 'many' though? There have been numerous 'deals' on HUKD for PSVRs just because they appear back in stock.
The prices will inevitably drop. I disagree that it's going the way of 3D. We haven't even scratched the surface of what's possible with the tech yet, it isn't static like 3D is. The next iterations will have 4K+ displays, eye-tracking, untethered HMDs, better tracking/inside-out tracking etc.
6ixFoot1
9 Jun 17#1707
I think it's only available on the international sim. One that says 'keep your credit'
6ixFoot1
9 Jun 17#1706
Received an international sim today and it has the offer
Westwoodo
9 Jun 17#1704
What sim card are people ordering now as anytime I order a international card it doesn't have the extra £10 offer on the back?
Westwoodo
9 Jun 17#1705
They were never going to say it undersold and they also didn't supply anywhere near enough but many shops didn't sell all of their stock.
The technology is maturing but it's going the way of 3d, hardly any games are coming out and it's too fiddly and expensive for most people.
BubaMan
9 Jun 17#1702
Some have manged 2+ years - I've run out of credit - time to click that link again :smile:
_Craig_
9 Jun 17#1703
I recently sold my Vita because I never used it as much as I hoped I would. Don't have a VR either but would like one when it gets a bit cheaper, I would also need a new version of the breakout box capable of handling HDR.
Imagine if this was still running as it did way back in the beginning, with cashback you could have gotten a year for £5 oO
davejb
9 Jun 17#1700
direct from the o2 website.. ive done it a couple times and its never charged a text.
copperspock
9 Jun 17#1701
Dying :)? PSVR surpassed Sony's sales expectations (and that's with a supply shortage), and the technology is still maturing.
That's good news that it will stack, I'm already subscribed but another year can't hurt (_;) Can you only buy this once from the store?
superfreddy
9 Jun 17#1699
What O2 SIM is best to request then to get the £10 credit?
MSK.
9 Jun 17#1696
How strange, will give that a try. Thanks :smile:
Westwoodo
9 Jun 17#1697
Adding vr would be good but it's a dying technology and there aren't many games to give away.
copperspock
9 Jun 17#1695
Agh the site suddenly switched to the new version. I hope they don't get rid of the Vita games (though I guess that's the most likely platform to go), they still have a load of good ones they haven't put on PS+ yet :smile: . Though adding VR would be very welcome, it'd no doubt get more people interested in it.
BubaMan
9 Jun 17#1694
It was the same for me... I tried through the PS4 and it forced me to add a card to my account before putting it in the basket. I added an empty prepay card and it allowed me to complete.
MSK.
9 Jun 17#1693
Won't even let me add it to my cart.
6ixFoot1
9 Jun 17#1692
Where do you buy iTunes top up from with mobile payments?
2nd Edit: Looks like it will stack if you have a card registered to the account :smile:
chris88
8 Jun 17#1690
So I got two sims a few weeks back but didn't top them up. I was sent an email 10 days after I ordered them saying top up now and get £10 extra credit. You may just have to play the waiting game again.
davejb
7 Jun 17#1689
not sure how long it was last time...but this time nothing yet...
so if you want instant removal to psn then yes its safer to put on £11. ive always waited for the rewards bonus so not a big deal to me. if i do want credit quick i just take out £15 and then grab the remaining fiver when the bonus comes through at the end of the quarter.
the £2 thing finishes in a couple weeks so id just stick to whatever your tried and test method is. at least the free £10 is still going on until july at the minimum
6ixFoot1
7 Jun 17#1688
How soon after topping up do you get the £2
davejb
6 Jun 17#1687
the new deal is £5 per month if you topup £15 and £2 if you top up £10.. its on the back of the card and all over the website
but it seems that its not a permanant deal.
*Grab a Pay As You Go sim today and get up to £25 credit, on us. Choose to top up £15 or more a month to get £5 extra a month, over five months. Or top up £10 a month to get an extra £2 a month, over five months. This offer ends 28 June
on the back of todays envelope it had the free £10 in large writing as normal and the other deal was in the small print underneath and also advertised on the front. so they appear to both be available at the same time.
6ixFoot1
6 Jun 17#1686
So where is the bonus £2 coming from?
davejb
6 Jun 17#1685
well todays sim card has the £10 deal on the back. the design of the rest of the envelope is the same as the previous one they sent which didnt have the deal, so looks like theyre alternating it with other offers.
so it should be running until july at least.
davejb
6 Jun 17#1684
well it worked 16hours and 43 minutes ago...
"6ixFoot1 16 hours, 43 minutes ago #1695 I noticed I didn't get charged for the text too. Isn't it safer just to top up £11 anyway just in case? Otherwise you lose a fiver"
superfreddy
6 Jun 17#1683
So is this not working anymore?
alternate
6 Jun 17#1682
They could - but I doubt they would without announcing it.
I suspect they make good money from Sony and I doubt the FREE10 offer was abused all that much in the greater scheme. Even if it was, better to just end FREE10.
davejb
6 Jun 17#1681
not realy. if it doesnt work then just wait for the free 50p bonus to come through at the end of the quarter.. (remember to text reward to 50202 when you top up).
6ixFoot1
5 Jun 17#1680
I noticed I didn't get charged for the text too. Isn't it safer just to top up £11 anyway just in case? Otherwise you lose a fiver
jonk
5 Jun 17#1679
I would again encourage people to read the thread a bit, even maybe just last few pages, before raising question so as not to make this long thread even longer.
I'm sure you're correct (thanks for your thoughts!). Otherwise people would report experience to the contrary (the one guy who got charged earlier was perhaps using an old sim or topping up psn before the extra £2 being granted).
davejb
5 Jun 17#1678
its all in my post on the last page.. im sure its because the 10p is deducted from the free £2 you now get. the £2 doesnt show up if you use the balance option in your contacts list. but if you text balance to 20202 it should now say £1.90 remaining.. the £2 only lasts 30 days and cant be removed for psn or whatever. but can be used for calls and texts.
ive got a sim on the way hopefully and ill test it again to double check my theory when it arrives.
kevinc6784
5 Jun 17#1677
Just topped up and was not charged for the text. Not sure why.
ndksamb
5 Jun 17#1676
But could they not remove their service from just psn? Just I have had the message since around mid may and thats after two top ups since start of April. Hope it's is just a case of an issue at boku end like davejb has said
davejb
5 Jun 17#1675
from the boku website..
" I got a message saying: "Whoa, you've requested a lot of payments!"
You have initiated several transactions within a short period of time, please wait a few hours and try again later. If your payment is not completing or failing, initiating several transactions at the same time will not make your payment complete but it might confuse the system and further delay the completion of the payment. If you continue to experience this error message after waiting, please contact us by clicking on "Submit a Request" at the top of this page, then fill in all the fields in the form."
so sounds like a boku issue rather than an o2 one.
alternate
4 Jun 17#1674
Doubt it. 02 make a small fortune from people playing mobile casinos etc on their phone.
Maybe they lowered the limit.
If they ever made a significant change (such as not allowing PAYG) they would have to announce it well ahead of time, not just stop accepting it.
superfreddy
4 Jun 17#1673
Me too. Even got a friend to try and they get this same message.
ndksamb
4 Jun 17#1672
I have with psn top ups even though I am under the limit. Makes me think o2 are possibly withdrawing from payforit/boku payments from payg sims
zerowing
4 Jun 17#1671
I use method to get iTunes voucher credit, but I have been getting the message "You've requested too many payments"
Even though is a new sim?
Anyone experienced that
bren26
4 Jun 17#1670
I did it earlier in the week & it charged me for the text.
Vashetti
4 Jun 17#1669
Can anyone else confirm this?
That we don't need to do £11 anymore.
6ixFoot1
2 Jun 17#1668
Yes
Ashe
1 Jun 17#1667
I can't get bank cards to work, do other methods of topping up work with FREE10?
6ixFoot1
1 Jun 17#1666
Phew
shades_uk_24
31 May 17#1665
got international sim through the post today with the free10 offer printed on the back, they're not stopping the offer any time soon.
O2free10
28 May 17#1664
Just did again and worked.
davejb
28 May 17#1663
if i choose the show balance option from contacts it says i have £0 credit. but if i text balance to 20202 it says i have £1.80 credit allowance to use before 18 june. that must be where the text charges went. so it does give the £2 bonus for topping up £10. i think the £2 credit allowance is what expires after 30 days not the £10 free credit.
Ashe
28 May 17#1662
I did earlier today for the first time in a long while, was charged for the text.
davejb
28 May 17#1661
the "opps you need to top up £10" message happens all the time.. you text a bit too quick thats all... i usually wait 5 to 10 minutes to give the system a chance to update.
you dont need to topup £11. they dont appear to be charging for the text anymore. £10 would have been fine..
Jpkboff
27 May 17#1660
Ordered a sim on the 25th, arrived today; 20:20 ~ Topped up £11. 20:21 ~ Sent FREE10 text. 20:21 ~ "We're on the case-" text received. 20:30 ~ "Oops. You'll need to top up at least £10 to get your free £10 credit." message received. 20:38 ~ Phoned Check Balance shortcode. Showed £11.00. Perplexed look develops. 20:38 ~ Repeats sending of FREE10. 20:38 ~ "We're on the case-" text returns. 21:20 ~ Confirmation of credit application received.
TL;DR. Ordered on the 25th. Topped up tonight. FREE10 still works.
davejb
27 May 17#1659
if it says slow down then it thinks youve hit the £120 wallet limit or the monthly different phone number limit. just have to keep trying each day until it works... if it doesnt work within another week or so then contact sony and say youre having problems topping up psn.
ndksamb
26 May 17#1658
I didn't do any in april, I did 1 at the start of the month and then 1 last week, then when i went to add the last £20 I got the slow down message,
alternate
26 May 17#1657
If you text BALANCE to 20202 it will tell you your bolt ons. Mine says £5 (even though I only topped up a tenner).
Either way I suspect the bolt on credit is the one that expires after 30 days. The T&C on FREE10 says nothing about expiring.
Have you used it this month? supposed to be 3 a month. Is it giving you the "slow down" message?
ndksamb
26 May 17#1656
Are you guys still able to top up ur psn accounts? As I still am unable to add my last sim.
davejb
26 May 17#1655
ive not chosen any bolt ons or done anything different to normal. just ordered the same international sim and put on £10 credit. it says that the 3000 free texts are o2 to o2 so dont think those work with the psn text. unless theyre now something to do with o2 and thats why its not charged anything.
looking at the terms and conditions it says that for £10 credit we get £2 bonus.. and that the free credit lasts 30days. so i think that is what the text is referring too.. not the £10 bonus...
"Free Credit
Eligible Customers who make a Qualifying Purchase (a ‘Participant’) can get additional Pay As You Go credit (‘Free Credit’) applied to their O2 Pay As You Go balance, subject to acceptance of additional terms or eligibility criteria, as applicable to the Free Credit. The amount of Free Credit that can be claimed is either:
i. £5 (with purchases of £15 or more credit) or ii. £2 (with purchases of £10 credit) (‘Free Credit’).
Eligible Customers can get a total of 1 Free Credit per month for up to 5 months. Free Credit will be applied within 36 hours after each Qualifying Purchase or, for Big Bundles customers, on their allowance renewal date."
what im wondering is... do we still get the free £2 too since we have put on £10. it does say only one free credit per month so i suppose the £10 counts as free credit and supersedes the £2. if thats true then the Free10 text needs to be sent quick before the £2 is applied.
alternate
25 May 17#1654
I don't think the number PSN sends you is a short code.
Jpkboff
25 May 17#1653
The free allowances shouldn't work for short codes, as per the terms and conditions.
alternate
25 May 17#1652
re: the 30 day expiration.
Check your bolt ons. New international sims offer 3000 texts, calls from 1p and 100mb data when topping up £10. Mine also gave me £5 for UK calls. These expire after 30 days and it is likely what the text is referring to. Also explains why you didn't get charged for your text - came out of your bolt on allowance.
creedjp
24 May 17#1651
Worked again.
Futureshark
24 May 17#1650
Just got my free credit today after loading the sim and sending the FREE10 text yesterday. Time to order another sim!
davejb
23 May 17#1649
yeh its the international sim... the phone i use is a spare phone and it was off. i turned it on to use the credit and the text came through. looks like its dated the 19th and i think i put on the credit on the 16th. so it took a few days
jonk
23 May 17#1648
How long after top-up did you get that message? I have a sim that I topped up on 08/05 but do not seem to get this message (yet).
BubaMan
23 May 17#1647
And that was with the International SIM?
davejb
23 May 17#1646
i got the "hay, weve added credit which you can use for the next 30days blah blah " text too..
so i figured id take out £15 and then if it does disappear within 30 days before i get the 50p bonus then ive at least got something.
but it didnt charge me for the text like it normally does... i had £20 on there..took out 15 and still had 5 left.. when normally there would only be £4.90. so i sent another text to psn and took out the remaining fiver..
so by the looks of it theres no need to muck around with putting on £11 credit or waiting for 50p bonuses any more. thats handy for people who have problems with their cards. just use the web topup to put on a tenner.
BubaMan
23 May 17#1645
Back to the old skool - having to opt in for spam :wink: I wonder if the legendary £20 email will come back oO
_Craig_
23 May 17#1644
Seems like it might be best to use the credit guys, On my last sim there I have just gotten a text that says
"O2: Hay. We've just added your free credit allowance which you can use for the next 30 days." To check your remaining allowance text BALANCE to 20202. Terms apply. To stop texts, call 2220."
MSK.
22 May 17#1643
Interesting. I haven't topped up my last SIM yet, ordered it on the 11th. I've just got an e-mail telling me to text free10 to get £10 free credit.
zerowing
22 May 17#1642
22nd May topped up FREE10 worked
ndksamb
22 May 17#1641
Anyone having issues actually adding credit to their psn account? I didn't do any top ups by mobile in april, I did one on may 6th but after hearing it was coming to an end the other week I ordered two more sims which both recieved the extra credit with no issues. On Saturday I managed to top up my psn account with one of the sims, but after trying yesterday and today to get the 3rd sim to top up I get the woah slow down a bit message?? I thought this was the case if you tried more than 3 times a month.
alternate
20 May 17#1640
20th May, still werkin
Bure11
19 May 17#1639
Just another update but I ordered a sim on 16th May, arrived 18th with the new cover but FREE10 still worked and added another £10 for me
MSK.
17 May 17#1638
People in the old thread were blacklisted.
You won't get a £20 e-mail. That offer ended a very long time ago. That's not the only reason, it won't work unless you have many bank cards.
davejb
16 May 17#1637
never heard of anyone being blacklisted.. i think it was just recommended not to be greedy.. as its now finished then theres nothing to really worry about.
where youll be limited is the number you can order.. you can order 2 a day i think. but maybe order 1 to be on the safe side.
the other limit is how many you can use on your psn account. 3 per month upto £120 .. so no point going mad and ordering too many... unless you want a load of cash sitting on your sims for a long time. might be risking the cash expiring in that case..
6ixFoot1
16 May 17#1636
Received sim today, no free £10 offer on the back. Topped up and sent FREE10 text off and received the extra tenner :grin:
invincible_27
16 May 17#1635
A serious question, what is the maximum number of sims someone has ordered here in a month or week and managed to top up all of them and get free tenner. I know it's been said to not go over 2-3 per month to avoid being blacklisted but I'm just wondering what the upper limit is. From my experience 2 per month have worked out alright especially with cashback limited to 3 per year per household. I have never managed to get that fancy email saying here's free twenty no matter how long I waited.
_Craig_
16 May 17#1634
Cant comment on that but I would be interested to know, I normally transfer it ASAP.
I got one on April 24th and it was still being advertised so I think it makes sense that they were advertising it to the end of the month. My wallet will be full, Shame its ending but it was good and I am surprised they kept it going. Perhaps one day it might come back.
davejb
16 May 17#1633
@invincible. its never expired that quick for me... i normally put it on and leave it until the end of the quarter and get the 50p rewards bonus. so mine is on there a good 2 or 3 months.. i might take out £15 now just to be on the safe side. i can extract the last £5 when the 50p bonus comes through.
@craig. yeh my thoughts exactly. depends when they stopped sending out the last sims. could probably risk it one more week i reckon.
invincible_27
16 May 17#1632
So after two phone calls and it's sorted they have added a tenner. The person I spoke to said it's virtual money and it expires within a month if you don't use it. I wasn't aware of it. Does anyone else know whether this free tenner expires in a month. Now my scenario could be down to the hacking at the weekend so let's wait if someone else gets the same issue. If not then party is still on boys!
_Craig_
16 May 17#1631
Can also confirm it is working as of today May 16th.
Based on previous replies I would bet it will work up till around May 30th as they were still sending out sims till the end of last month with the promotion on the back and they gave you 1 month to top up.
davejb
16 May 17#1630
i tried it today and can confirm its worked.
just in time for Elite Dangerous :smile:
Futureshark
16 May 17#1629
Just worked for me! Ordered Sim last week, got one of the new ones in the new packet. Yesterday I bought a £10 topup from O2 shop, loaded it on the SIM and texted FREE10. Took sim out and waited 24 hours. Just now I popped the sim back in and checked my balance, was told by the nice robot lady I have £20!! I also got the text that my bonus £10 had been applied. So don't lose heart, it still seems to work at the moment. Time to order another sim!
invincible_27
15 May 17#1628
So I sent a text again today and it came back saying oops you need to top up with £10 before you can claim £10. So that tells me that their servers had issues yesterday. Spoke to their online chat who have asked me to call them so will see what they say. They. Old refuse it or they could apply £10. Now with this whole Internet virus gig ongoing who knows when the service will be restored and if they do restore it will they actually stop the FREE10. BTW I had already topped up yesterday.
invincible_27
15 May 17#1627
Yeah will keep trying for a week or two and see what happens. I also have another sim that I haven't topped up because of this.
jonk
14 May 17#1626
I ordered a sim earlier today but is yet to receive the usual confirmation. It seems that O2's server is not working at the moment. I wonder if this is a result of the ongoing ransomware attack, of which O2's parent Telefonica is one of the biggest victims (as well as NHS). It has been advised that servers be shutdown and updated before being restarted. Perhaps it's worth to try again sometime next week.
invincible_27
14 May 17#1625
Yes have sent it thrice FREE10 TO 21500 no luck. Looks like party is over boys.
MSK.
14 May 17#1623
Case makes no difference, but it should be all one word.
MSK.
14 May 17#1624
Interesting idea.
You could try texting to join O2 reward to test this idea.
gwapenut
14 May 17#1622
It should be FREE10 - all one word and capitals.
invincible_27
14 May 17#1621
I have just tried and nothing has come through. Same card as futureshark and topped up with a tenner and sent text free 10 twice but nada so far.
breadfish
13 May 17#1620
Still working today (13th), despite the SIM packaging showing the new offer. :smile:
creedjp
10 May 17#1619
Still working today same sim as futureshark also.
davejb
9 May 17#1618
if youre gonna do it then do it now... if its being phased out then the longer you leave it the more likely it wont work.
youre not going to lose anything as you can still extract the £10 you put on. you just wont gain any profit.
6ixFoot1
8 May 17#1617
Hmm should I risk one this month?
davejb
8 May 17#1616
more than likely theyve not turned it off yet. there will be an overlap for a while as theyll still be honouring it for the ones that have it printed on the package. if it no longer says it on the pack then itll stop working at some point like it did with the classic sims. probably be ok for this month.
Futureshark
5 May 17#1615
Well it looks like FREE10 is still working!! I popped my O2 sim in today and I my first message was "You need to top up £10 before you can get your free credit", which I had done yesterday. So heart sinking, expecting this to be the automated message for now on whatever, I tried again anyway. And it came back straight away with the "your free £10 has been applied...etc" message! Wahey!
So it looks like O2 haven't switched off FREE10 yet, but how long it remains for is anybodies guess. Thats 2 out of 3 for me this month so I'm going to order another now and will see next week if it's still working then.
Futureshark
4 May 17#1614
Yep, I've just loaded the SIM and sent the FREE10 text, they sent back the old 'We're working on it' sms, so fingers crossed that it still works. I'll get back to you lot tomorrow to tell you if I've doubled my money.
jonk
4 May 17#1613
Thanks for the info. Please report back. At least you should get the £2 extra. Not sure though if that can be used in psn.
MSK.
4 May 17#1612
Not sure when I ordered my last, but it was due to expire on the 25th. I guess your's is more recent Futureshark. *sigh* what a rubbish day.
I'm sure promoting doesn't help at all, people should know better :disappointed: but what can you do?
People who use it on 3 PSN accounts are utter ****s.
BubaMan
4 May 17#1611
Time to play some of my backlog and stop scoffing at CDKeys PSN deals :'(
ndksamb
4 May 17#1610
Not all that surprised to be honest, I've seen a fair bit of promoting of this thread in other psn threads and also have read some comments from posters who have posted on this thread saying they have at least 3 psn accounts and have been maxing them out with 3 sims a month. Would have been nice for it to have continued but can see why they may be putting a stop to it as it has been abused some what.
gwapenut
4 May 17#1609
Wow. I ordered on 1st May and got the double-your-credit deal on the international sim.
copperspock
4 May 17#1608
Crap. I'm moving back home soon too, what terrible bloody timing :(.
Futureshark
4 May 17#1607
So... looks like it might be over.
Got my latest O2 international SIM today (ordered on 2nd May) as per usual, arrived today. Instead of the usual "Get £10 Extra credit" on the back of the packet, this one says "Get free 6 month digital membership with 'The Gourmet Society' for £15 top up"!! Also says if you top up £15 a month for 5 months you'll get £5 extra a month. Not really the same is it. Small print says "top up between 4th May and 28th June to get the free credit" so maybe it's a short term ruse to see if the numbers of free O2 sims orders drop or not ( I think they will). Anyone else seen this or is it some random rubbish that I've somehow been selected for? I'll try getting the £10 topup and text FREE10 anyway to see if that still works but I doubt it somehow.
Just had a look at the O2 website and it's changed too.. balls. O2 International SIM
MSK.
28 Apr 17#1606
I've been doing some SIM swaps, which I haven't done for a while. But I've only getting about half the value of the credit, from the second SIM.
I thought maybe it was knocking off the rewards bonus, but I just did 90p from one SIM that had no reward bonus because I'd left it too long and only 45p was transferred.
Has anyone else encountered this? Am I doing something wrong?
davejb
11 Mar 17#1605
it will work fine with other top up methods. the problem is they are only in whole denominations.. not the magic £11 we need to cover that 10p text.
you dont need to venture out to get a topup voucher. you can use the 02 webtop up page and put on £10 (or £15 or higher) works fine.
youd then need to wait for the quarterly free 50p bonus or use the "lend a quid" method to get enough to cover the 10p text.
the "unable to top up" error is very common. noone truly knows why. not even the gurus. theyll encourage you to use a top up voucher or say its because its a first time top up or other nonsense. but there doesnt seem to be a firm reason for it. sometimes waiting resolves it. sometimes using a different card works.
BubaMan
10 Mar 17#1604
It should work but I've never used a top-up card myself... If you have an Android phone, you can use method 3 from my summary... otherwise you can use method 2 and twiddle your thumbs for a bit.
5Rivers79
10 Mar 17#1603
Cheers mate, tried both of my cards..first debit and then credit card. Is there a way i can top up psn if i top this sim up with a voucher instead? Will I still get the free £10?
BubaMan
10 Mar 17#1602
It's well-known but intermittent - Try another card (ask friends & family if you don't have another) or wait a day or 2.
5Rivers79
10 Mar 17#1601
Top up was unsuccessful message on the automated 4444 service. Worked flawlessly on my previous 2 sims but not this one.
BubaMan
10 Mar 17#1600
That's a little upsetting... maybe Netlix's Google Play billing is only available in the US :disappointed:
BubaMan
10 Mar 17#1599
When you say "won't top up", do you mean the long-known and intermittent problems people have using certain bank cards (i.e. "your topup was unsuccesful") or something else?
5Rivers79
10 Mar 17#1598
So it used to work but i tried topping up a new international sim today and it wont top up. Online chat saying i need to top up with a voucher? Then how do i top up £11? Any ideas guys?
MR1123
9 Mar 17#1597
Tried Netflix, it's written in app purchases in the description but when I went to billing, it only allows PayPal and card.ty
BubaMan
9 Mar 17#1596
My daughter plays Roblox on the PC a lot and we pay for her to have a Builders Club subscription... It's always been known that you can use mobile billing on Google Play so I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner... You can pay for the Builders Club through the Roblox Android app, using the O2 credit :smile:
Now that's got me thinking... I'm sure there's plenty of other subscriptions or top-ups that can be done through Android apps, using Google Play as the payment method. Netflix allows you to choose Google Play to pay but I suspect that it might be taken when they say, using your balance, not by you via mobile billing... I don't subscribe to Netflix so I can't explore this but it might be worth investigating if anyone else does.
Can anyone think what else might be fundable through Google Play?
bren26
25 Feb 17#1595
Has anybody successfully used Revolut to top up?
shoryuken
24 Feb 17#1594
The pay by mobile option on my ps3 is showing a white page with gobbuldigook, any ideas why? Worked fine a couple months back
Jpkboff
23 Feb 17#1593
My Nationwide credit card has worked both times I've tried, also, there's a form they send off to enable your cards to work if they don't currently work. First sim, cards wouldn't work, spent ages talking to O2, they sent some form off and seven days later I could use it. Second sim worked straight off. Third sim, cards won't work again. Contacting O2 in the morning.
Jawz
19 Feb 17#1592
Yeah will do, thanks
MR1123
18 Feb 17#1591
Thanks Davejb
davejb
18 Feb 17#1590
reading the terms and conditions it appears that it exchanges £10 for texts, data and minutes straight away and then renews each month. id not touch it if you havent put any credit on it already. just bin it and reorder the international one.
Jawz
17 Feb 17#1589
Hmmmm my one I have is the big bundle. Does that mean as soon as I activate it. It will take the £10 for that moths charge, rather than being able to use it as credit?
Ie I add £11 + £10 free, to follow this guide and then they will take the first £10 straight away for bundle so would be left with the £11?
May have to just wait for an international if thats the case
davejb
17 Feb 17#1588
i think youre ok from O2 if you keep it simple. 1 or 2 a month should be fine. you can only use 3 a month with psn anyway.
probably not a lot you can do since thats how that sim works, by ordering that sim you agree to that plan. thats why its recommended to use the International Sim. theres a chance the other sims will start charging you for bundles and packages.
MR1123
16 Feb 17#1587
hey guys i originally ordered on the big talker plan and was just keeping it active because i didnt want to spend it. i just discovered the have been charging me for the bundle, so offer was £10 top up, get extra £20 thats £30 total, bundle took £20 over two months that i didnt use nor did i sign upto, o2 say they can only refund up to 14 days. any ideas? thanks
BubaMan
15 Feb 17#1586
Yeah - Any O2 SIM should work with PSN - it's all about the bonus credit and cashback. 4444 is an automated voice system - you type in your card no., expiry, security digits, house number and (the numbers of) your postcode.
Jawz
15 Feb 17#1585
Cheers Bubba, The Big Bundle has the 11.03.2017 will wait for international. Will do one at a time. Prob do the two for now and maybe a third in a weeks time and then wait a few months so O2 don't blacklist me for ordering so many sims. Wonder how many you can manage to do?
Just going to do enough to cover next subscription (though might buy code from cdkeys for that) and a game or too in future.
Jawz
15 Feb 17#1584
So any O2 Sim will work with PSN, it's all about getting the extra £10 credit then? If so will report back and let you know. I have just ordered an international one too so can try both when it arrives.
Is the 4444 adding £11 actually having to talk to someone or is it electronic?
BubaMan
15 Feb 17#1583
That summary is out of date - use the one at the top of the 1st page... If the O2 packaging says it'll give you the bonus £10, I'd be inclined to trust it - the (current) summary covers what's known to work but if you've found that the Big Bundle SIM works too, go with that :smile: If others report back that Big Bundle works, I'll include it as an option in my summary.
Jawz
15 Feb 17#1582
I have just noticed O2 have sent me a Big Bundles Sim and not International Sim. (I may have selected the wrong £10 one!?)
It does have the Free £10 Credit if I text 21500 once I Credit £10 by 11.03.2017 Will this non-international Sim, still be able to credit my PSN account in the same way? Or do I have to reorder and get International?
Jawz
14 Feb 17#1581
I have just noticed O2 have sent me a Big Bundles Sim and not International Sim. (I may have selected the wrong £10 one!?)
It does have the Free £10 Credit if I text 21500 once I Credit £10 by 11.03.2017 Will this non-international Sim, still be able to credit my PSN account in the same way? Or do I have to reorder and get International?
Freedom.Cry
11 Feb 17#1580
Thanks for your detailed responses Jpkboff. Agent took the last 4 digits of my debit card, so hopefully I will get that text. I hope it gets sorted as Topcashback has tracked too. I have left the sim in my old Nokia N-gage so I can check it every so often. Cheers.
Jpkboff
11 Feb 17#1579
I believe it's an internal issue with their systems and sim classifications. Happens to some sims, not to others. They recommend online or normally voucher because most people don't want to wait 7 days and it's the quickest resolution.
Jpkboff
11 Feb 17#1578
I worked for Carphone Warehouse, top-ups by till receipt only give you set denominations on the system. I imagine this is the same everywhere. i.e. each denomination has a unique product code rather than an option for a till receipt top up and inputting a value. By card over the phone is the only way to top up in increments of £1. Everything else is in increments of £5. That forwarding to a team sounds about right. You should get a text letting you know you can in about seven days.
Freedom.Cry
11 Feb 17#1577
What an absolute pain in the backside this is. Received the International sim this morning. No joy with topping up £11 from any of my bank cards. Tried debit and credit cards from TSB, Barclays, MBNA and Santander. All failed. Spoke to customer services via the method above (thanks @jpkboff). Asked about the "business lock", I had to give them the sim's SSN number from the card it comes attached to. They cut me off as I was telling them. Rang back having to go through all the crap again. Spoke to someone different who said there will be no "business lock" as the sim isn't activated. He said you have to use a voucher to get the sim active (even though it doesn't state this anywhere). He said he could try to get the sim going with my debit card, but he would have to send the request to a different team which could take seven working days. He also said it isn't guaranteed to work. Bit of a nightmare, as it looked so straight forward in the initial posts. Is it not possible to buy an £11 voucher from the shop as they're just printed receipts these days rather than scratch-off vouchers?
davejb
11 Feb 17#1576
for some people it just doesnt like your cards. i couldnt seem to get mine to consistantly work so thats why i gave up and just use the free bonus o2 rewards 50p. if youre desparate for psn credit straight away then extract £15 (so youre still making £5 instant profit) then when the quarterly 50p bonus arrives transfer the remaining fiver. i know plan ahead so ive always got a stash built up ready for the bonus. then load up my psn account.
or the alternative is to use the "lend a quid" method detailed on the first post.
Jpkboff
10 Feb 17#1575
Dial 03448090222 Standard call rate. Monday - Friday 08:00 - 21:00 Saturday 08:00 - 20:00 Sunday 08:00 - 18:00 Call from a different number. Select that you're calling from a different number and input the O2 PAYG phone number when it asks. Don't use the voice recognition system, let it switch to keypad after 2 requests for you to speak. Head to the Top-up menu. Then choose Help with Topping Up. When it puts your through to someone, ask them to check to see if there's some kind of "business lock" or something on your account preventing you from using your card. There's apparently some kind of form that released the lock and lets you use your card but it can take seven days for the text message telling you you can use your card to come through. I had trouble with my first sim. Second sim came today, topped it up, FREE10'd it and used it within an hour without issue.
Tequila
10 Feb 17#1574
what a major pain in the back and waste of time. I got the sim (my first time) and spent 2 hours reading these posts, the 444 top up simply don't work and I've tried 4 debit cards. spoke to 2 cs on chat and both were clueless and suggested using e-top up or voucher which won't allow £11. I give up. and o2's automated topup voice message has to be the most annoying one out there,repeating long nonsense over and over again. :neutral_face:
Jpkboff
8 Feb 17#1573
Just thought I'd add for anyone struggling with cards not working; TL;DR: If you can't top up with a card, call the 03 PAYG customer number, select the "topping up" option then select "help with topping up", inform the person you're speaking to that you can't use your card and hint at the existence of a form that should resolve the situation. Hope it helps.
I couldn't top up through 4444 or the 03 number from a different phone, never used O2 before, and after a good few hours in total of interacting with CS over a few days regarding the issue with various assurances and suggested resolutions I spoke to someone who said that there was something related to a "business ????(lock, perhaps?)" that shouldn't be on there and that he'd submit a form off to some team. I was told that in as much as seven days I'd receive a text message telling me I could top up with my cards, and sure enough, I did, and sure enough, it worked.
jonk
4 Feb 17#1572
Can I suggest people to read the thread a bit, maybe just last few pages, before raising problems. I know the thread is long but repeating questions only make it worse.
bren26
4 Feb 17#1571
Tried again today & it's now refusing my debit card.
6ixFoot1
2 Feb 17#1570
Thanks. Will wait before I order some as I've got a couple of EE sims with £20 credit bought for under £10 on ebay. Already topped up max this month
BubaMan
2 Feb 17#1569
My summary on page 1 is current and covers most stuff :smile:
6ixFoot1
2 Feb 17#1568
Which sims are you guys ordering? Haven't done this since they stopped the promotion couple of months ago
davejb
1 Feb 17#1567
as mentioned before, you can only order a max of 2 at a time. one of the others might arrive separately but chances are theyve only sent the first one. i wouldnt worry about it, just place another order. if you order them on different days you should be ok. if i remember correctly you can only put 1 on your psn per day so you wouldnt have been able to use them all at once anyway. (up to a max of 3 a month.)
copperspock
1 Feb 17#1566
Maybe they're trying to tell you something ;)..
DaviesH
31 Jan 17#1565
I ordered three sims, but only one has been sent? Anyone else experience this?
Crossbow
30 Jan 17#1564
Yes, you'll need to contact customer services & ask. If the SIMs are registered in the same name (which they will be in your case), they will normally transfer from one to another without question, while disconnecting the other one.
But, say you have 5 sims with credit on them to be transferred to a single one, I'm not sure they will allow this in one go, but no harm in asking. If they don't allow it, you could try contacting them perhaps once a day & request a transfer from one to another, until all the credit is on one.
bren26
30 Jan 17#1563
Does anyone know if leftover credit can be transferred between sims?
hotdealsuk1973
29 Jan 17#1562
It took two free10 messages to work and over 2 hrs in total to get the free 10 pounds well worth it though helps with my VR purchases along with other ps4 games.
oskarr
26 Jan 17#1561
Just tried it again this morning, and it worked instantly. Haven't even had the confirmation text back yet.
superfreddy
25 Jan 17#1560
I found out about the 25p call charge too lol
Luckily I have an o2 sim with a few quid on which I keep asking o2 to move around and add to the new sim i get the free credit on. That way I only need to top up £10.
Crossbow
25 Jan 17#1559
Thanks, did the same & can confirm it went through ok.
Note to others: 4445 calls cost 25p from an O2 PAYG phone, so I used their std rate customer services number - 0344 8090 222 - from my other mobile (contract), so the call was free. Probably also free from most landlines if 01, 02, 03 calls are covered in your call plan allowance. If not, it'll be like making a std 01 or 02 call.
I called 4445 and they applied the bonus £10 manually
oskarr
25 Jan 17#1557
Yep, getting the same message.
superfreddy
25 Jan 17#1556
Yeah I'm getting that....
gwapenut
25 Jan 17#1555
For what part of the process - ordering, topup, or pay-by-mobile?
Jamjam1236
25 Jan 17#1554
Any else getting the "sorry this service unaviable right now try again in the 36 hours " reply. Anyone know if they have taken the deal down due too abuse or are they just having some tecincal problems right now.
Crossbow
25 Jan 17#1553
Only 2 - 1x Classic with the PAYG phone, then 1x Intl on its own. I'd have ordered the Intl one with the phone but someone said the offer was over, so I went for the Classic as it gives much cheaper UK rates.
They called on the contact number I used when ordering the SIM (currently PlusNet contract).
Thanks for the warning, but no more for me. I originally only wanted to top-up the O2 PAYG phone with £5 (backup phone only), but couldn't find how to do it - minimum is £10. Then I heard the +£10 offer apparently returned, which makes it a lot more attractive :grin:
I think the people who are getting several are using it for their PSN accounts, etc.
jonk
25 Jan 17#1552
How many have your ordered? Did they phone you on your Intl Sim or Classic Sim? Be careful it was mentioned earlier in the thread that if you order multiple in a short period of time (against their T/C), they will blacklist your address.
Crossbow
25 Jan 17#1551
No problem. If the offer is mentioned on the rear of the pack & one does it before the expiry, they can't really refuse anyone. And then it's easier to convince the online chat person that the offer is still live.
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Odd thing happened a short while ago - I received a call from O2 customer services to ask if the Intl SIM I'd ordered was for myself. Anyone else have this experience? I did order an O2 PAYG phone last week with a Classic SIM (that I didn't top-up) - perhaps that's the reason.
jonk
25 Jan 17#1550
Thanks. I was wondering if Vashetti had a sim from a bad patch and the promotion was not registered.
Vashetti
25 Jan 17#1548
Positive. Both packets for each SIM state they're international. And both mention texting FREE10 for the free credit.
Crossbow
25 Jan 17#1549
Received Intl SIM today (ordered a few days ago) - mine says to do it by 21.02.17:
BubaMan
25 Jan 17#1546
I got that message when I tried on the Classic SIM... It took a lot of effort, using proof of a promise made in a previous chat to get the extra £10 put on manually. Are you sure the 2nd SIM is an International?
MSK.
25 Jan 17#1547
What did you say to them to get it sorted out? I've never been successful.
MSK.
25 Jan 17#1544
No, they really won't sort it out. They're bloody awful. It'll cost you money to phone (online support will claim they don't have access to the system), then they'll all you for proof of the offer, which means going to the o2 shop to show them the envelope. In my experience.
Better off just waiting.
Vashetti
25 Jan 17#1545
Live chat just manually sorted it out for me :smile:
Vashetti
25 Jan 17#1542
I've sent 'FREE10' a few times now and I keep getting "I'm sorry this service is not available right now. Please try again in 36 hours"
But prior to them I also received the standard "Thanks for the text. We're on the case and will give you a shout as soon as you're good to go" reply
jonk
25 Jan 17#1543
What's the "Top-up-by" date on the back? Is it the same as your first sim?
BubaMan
25 Jan 17#1541
Send another text - sometimes the credit hasn't registered on their system if you send the text straight away.
Vashetti
25 Jan 17#1540
I topped up my first SIM last night, and received confirmation roughly an hour later of the free £10 credit on top.
Shortly after, I topped up a second SIM, and I'm still waiting for the free credit. I realise it can take a long time, but it's really frustrating when the first SIM was done in just an hour.
If I contact customer service, are they able to sort it out instantly on their end? Or can I only keep waiting?
theeighthday
25 Jan 17#1539
I ordered an international sim a couple of days ago, it arrived today and it still had the £10 free, it went through absolutely fine.
Has anyone had trouble using the same phone/credit card in close succession? I ordered a few sims a month or 2 ago, it worked fine the first time but when I tried it on another sim it just said it couldn't top up my account, and the same for the other sims. I gave up for awhile, like I say I ordered another one a few days ago though and that went through absolutely no problems
superfreddy
24 Jan 17#1538
Are you still getting the free credit though when you text FREE10?
Crossbow
23 Jan 17#1537
Thanks for confirming bren26 - just needed to be 100% sure as they keep changing the goalposts.
bren26
22 Jan 17#1536
It's the international sim & you need to top up £11 to get the extra £10. Everything is on the first page of this thread.
Crossbow
22 Jan 17#1535
Can you please confirm the sim type you ordered & how much free credit one gets for a £10 top-up? Or, does one need to do a £11 top-up? Thanks.
bren26
22 Jan 17#1534
No I ordered another sim & it's still ongoing.
Vashetti
21 Jan 17#1533
so has this really expired?
bren26
20 Jan 17#1532
It's probably the 3 different sims per 30 days limit
davejb
20 Jan 17#1531
is that psn? it usually says that if youve gone over the 3 different sims per 30 days limit. i think theres also a 1 per day limit but could be wrong on that. just wait or use a sim youve used before.
BubaMan
19 Jan 17#1530
Odd... It could be a limit of additional PAYG numbers (anti money laundering?), rather than a limit on top-up frequency.
bren26
19 Jan 17#1529
I tried last night & psn said to wait you've used it too many times or something similar. I've only done it twice. So I tried my 02 contract sim & it worked straightaway! Strange.
ezrolith
17 Jan 17#1528
Anyone done this offer more than a couple of times?
davejb
17 Jan 17#1527
itunes credit doesnt cost a text either so you only need to put a tenner on.
That's a different message to the one I got. Thanks :smile:
zerowing
17 Jan 17#1524
Anyone know if can use this credit for iTunes credit?
jonk
17 Jan 17#1523
Thanks. Guess it is not unexpected if the sim has pass its top-up-by date. FTR, I received a sim last Friday, topped it up yesterday and got the bonus.
bren26
17 Jan 17#1522
It just said something along the lines of 'all good things come to an end.' I just checked the package & it says it expires on 8th January. I can't see any other free £10 offers on 02 website at the moment.
MSK.
17 Jan 17#1521
Mind if I ask the exact message you got? I also did not get the bonus credit for the last SIM I ordered, despite it saying on the pack I would.
jonk
17 Jan 17#1520
Is this a SIM you received today? What's the "Top up by" date on the back of the package? Do you get this message straightaway after top-up?
bren26
17 Jan 17#1519
This offer has ended by the looks of it. Just topped up my international sim & it says the free £10 is no longer available.
davejb
12 Jan 17#1518
probably should have been there by now...just order another one.
jonk
11 Jan 17#1517
Has anyone received any Sim this week? I ordered one last Thursday but it is yet to arrive/
davejb
10 Jan 17#1516
if you want the rewards then text Rewards to 50202 and then SAVE to 50202 after the credit has been applied. i just logged in to claim my rewards and it showed as zero. normally it automatically does it but maybe something has changed. i spoke to CS and they said i had to send those texts. so looks like ive missed out on my 50p...
bren26
8 Jan 17#1515
I got 3 international sims last month. I've never done this before. I tried last night & it would not let me use my bank card at all. I ended up getting a £15 voucher from a shop & adding £20 to psn. Today I tried the 2nd sim & tried exactly the same as before, topping up £11 over the phone. It went through straight away. Same bank card that was refused yesterday. No idea why all I can say is persevere.
Crossbow
8 Jan 17#1514
Did you manage to top-up £11? If yes, how?
Also, what O2 sim was it? Classic or Intl? Thanks.
bren26
8 Jan 17#1513
Just used a different sim but same bank card & it went through first time. How strange.
davejb
8 Jan 17#1512
when did you top up? if you did it before the 31st december then you can claim your O2 rewards and get 50p back. if you did it in january then youll have to wait until the end of the quarter (march 31st) and claim it in the next reward period. so youre not going to be stuck with £4.90. just that it wont be a quick return thats all..
bren26
7 Jan 17#1511
I rang 02 cs & they advised me to buy a top up st a paypoint shop as they cannot take card payments over the phone.
hotdealsuk1973
7 Jan 17#1510
mine worked fine earlier this week its a common problem with bank cards that you can only use them several times and then it stops working. If you've never used it before for topping up o2 PAYG sim cards it could be that your entering the information incorrectly. If your sure its correct and you've never used it before with o2 then maybe CS could help ?
bren26
7 Jan 17#1509
Thanks. I got 3 sims & I was just going to transfer the funds to psn & then just bin them.
markftmuk
7 Jan 17#1508
Think you can register for the quarterly 5% bonus so get over the £5 mark.
Its not letting me top up either, brand new debit card. Anyone else having a problem or just us?
bren26
7 Jan 17#1507
I just tried this for the first time. My bank card won't work so I bought a top up voucher. Unfortunately they said they only come in £5 denominations so I'm still stuck with £4.90 left. I don't have an android phone to do the lend us a quid trick. Surely you must be able to buy £11 top ups in shops?
alternate
4 Jan 17#1506
ah okay, I didn't realise you had to activate the sim within 28 days. thx
chunk3rvd
4 Jan 17#1505
Just a reminder that O2 rewards credit for Oct-Dec can be claimed from today onwards. Just text CLAIM to 50202
MSK.
3 Jan 17#1504
On the back of the pack? That's just the date that particular SIM expires.
alternate
3 Jan 17#1503
Latest International Sim says free 10 pound offer ends 20.01.17
maybe they will switch it to a different sim again.
markftmuk
1 Jan 17#1502
Same for me actually. Using cards ive never used before too. Ordered another sim anyway.
albo63
1 Jan 17#1501
I tried several times to top up by calling them but it keeps telling me my top up was unsuccessful and I don't know why since all my information is correct.
S_Spragg
29 Dec 16#1500
Thank you for the help.
edit: Sorry just noticed all this information is updated on the first comment, I didn't realise it had changed in the last few months.
MSK.
29 Dec 16#1499
Wrong type, needs to be the international SIM :smile:
S_Spragg
29 Dec 16#1498
Classic pay as you go. I remember the last one i ordered was "Simply pay as you go" not Classic so maybe i have the wrong type.
MSK.
29 Dec 16#1497
Which SIM did you order?
S_Spragg
29 Dec 16#1496
Yes no mention of the deal, also couldn't find it on the website. Don't want to waste £10 testing it out.
MSK.
29 Dec 16#1495
Did you look on the back of the packet?
S_Spragg
29 Dec 16#1494
Are o2 still doing the free £10 on top ups?
I received my free sim but there is no mention of the FREE10 offer.
hotdealsuk1973
28 Dec 16#1493
It looks to be 3 times in a month ie 30 days that your able to deposit into your PS wallet i did it on the 28th , 30th and then 4th december. I tried this morning without success i then looked at the message i got when doing the 28th november transaction and it was done after 12pm i tried again and its worked. i know when i can next top up so makes this much easier.
Vashetti
27 Dec 16#1492
Thanks!
MSK.
27 Dec 16#1491
That's correct. I think the PSN limit is three times a month. But o2 will only allow you to link a bank card to two numbers per month. So if you are topping up £11 and using one card you will only be able to do it twice. And it's best not to take the wee anyway. They stop sending SIMs if you order too many.
Vashetti
27 Dec 16#1490
I've just followed the instructions in the top comment on the first page, ordering the £10 international SIM.
Once it's arrived, I call 4444 to top up by £11, and once that's done I then text 21500 with FREE10 and then this gives another £10 credit on top, correct?
I just wanted to be clear. I think even clearer instructions could be written.
How often can I repeat this?
MSK.
26 Dec 16#1489
I believe so yup.
gwapenut
26 Dec 16#1488
Can international Sims be used to register for o2 priority?
davejb
25 Dec 16#1487
not sure. from the first post it looks like you top up £15 onto your psn. then youll have £4.90 left... spend at least £4.50 on an app then use the lend a quid feature. then get a refund from google so youll now have £5.40 on the sim. put the £5 onto psn
you could do it either way that you said but im not sure if there are £10 or £20 apps in the google store. if it was me id rather spend as little as possible in the store, just in case something went wrong and you didnt get the refund. you dont want to lose £20 on an app you dont want.
you could try and contact 02 customer services and ask why your card isnt working. maybe they can unlock it or work some magic.
Deedie
25 Dec 16#1486
don't think he was reply to me. he was just putting out a general reminder.
so if I do the lend a quid. do I top up £10, and then text the number to get the £10 bonus, then spend the £20 on an app, do the lend a quid and get a refund.
or.
do I top up £10, spend it on app, do the lend a puid and then get a refund. then text the number for the £10 bonus.
davejb
25 Dec 16#1485
he cant top up with his card..thats the problem...
ZTriv
25 Dec 16#1484
Just a reminder guys that if you too up over the phone with debit card that you can just choose to top up £11. Saves waiting around for O2 rewards or doing the lend us a quid option.
davejb
24 Dec 16#1483
no unfortunately not. but if you can hold out for 7 days youll get 50p back from o2. thatll cover your text to psn.
or you could use the "lend us a quid" technique outlined on the first page if youre desparate to use the credit straight away.
Deedie
24 Dec 16#1482
can I top up £11 using the website?
davejb
24 Dec 16#1481
theres no set time. sometimes they work. sometimes they dont. if thats the only card you got then keep trying. or contact customer services and ask them why your card isnt being accepted. when i asked they said they didnt know. i had to use a different card in the end. the alternative is to top up using the o2 website. theres only 6 days until the current o2 rewards period finishes. so if you put on £10 in the next few days you get a bonus 50p on top at the beginning of january. (o2 gives you 5 percent back every 3 months.)
Deedie
23 Dec 16#1480
i don't have any other cards. and its been around 6 months since I used the card that is rejected. how long do I have to wait.
hotdealsuk1973
23 Dec 16#1479
I won't be at home until the 28th so i'll check then cheers for the info
BubaMan
23 Dec 16#1478
I think it's a rolling month but can't say for sure.
BubaMan
23 Dec 16#1477
Read my summary on the 1st page - sometimes a certain card just won't work... Try another or wait a while.
Deedie
23 Dec 16#1476
can't topup using my debit card. do they blacklist cards that have been used before?
hotdealsuk1973
22 Dec 16#1475
Hi I've done the o2 credit bonus earlier this year but started again in november done afew times now the first time was the 28th november does anyone know exactly how long after that can i do it again is it calendar month ie 28th december or is it 30-31 days ?
keefytruant
22 Dec 16#1474
Games with gold discounts work well, im gonna top up £10 & grab superhot [£13.39] & Darksiders deathinitive edition [£6.00] later on today :sunglasses:
copperspock
20 Dec 16#1473
Sweet! I usually tend to wait until most games have dropped below £20 anyway :). Now I need to check what networks are supported (I'm guessing GiffGaff would be a bit too good to be true). Cheers for the info dude.
keefytruant
19 Dec 16#1472
not that way mate, you just purchase the game directly off the sim just as you would off a debit or credit card, there are no fees involved, only issues being there is no wallet so the transaction cant be over £20 as it comes directly off the sim.
keefytruant
19 Dec 16#1471
you use the full amount, the sim acts in the same way as a credit or debit card, you get a text for the first transaction then any further just go through. no fees.
MSK.
19 Dec 16#1470
I've started getting 'Wake up your sim' e-mails. No extra credit in them yet though.
BubaMan
19 Dec 16#1469
Their page would suggest it's rolling:
grhm
19 Dec 16#1468
Do you know if TCB is three times in a calendar year or rolling year?
zerowing
18 Dec 16#1467
Debt collectors at the door???
grhm
18 Dec 16#1466
Same here. Also, the Lend Us a Quid terms state it must be paid back via another top-up in one week. If you do not they will charge an extra 25p from the next topup. Can't see any other negative consequences :smile:
At the bottom, it does mention that a standard rate text will apply and as the prices are mostly hiked, it's not as good as PSN but it is still a lot cheaper than face value and probably cheaper than most other ways of getting Xbox credit.
The same number is stated on an HMV site and initially, the prices look a lot better but when you look at the small print, the prices are the same.
copperspock
18 Dec 16#1464
Wait what?? I never knew MS had that payment option as well oO! Do you have to send a confirmation text for the MS store, or can you use the full amount of credit?
keefytruant
18 Dec 16#1463
international sims still working a charm, you can use these on the xbox store aswell but the game has to be £20 or under as there is no option to top up, just direct purchase from the sim. I got horizon 3 blizzard mountain with a few £ to spare with a £10 top-up. not as good as the PSN method but a decent saving all the same!
Futureshark
14 Dec 16#1462
Jus to follow on from others here, I tried my first international sim this week and got my £20 PSN just fine, using the 'lend us a quid' method. So all still working as before for me too, happy days!
MR1123
6 Dec 16#1461
Try Twitter, if that doesn't work then I would give up.
MSK.
6 Dec 16#1460
You're probably right, it's just irritating. They ask all manner of questions, which I answer to their satisfaction. Like, when did you top up, how much by, do you still the SIM card packet (yes), then tell you are the end they won't help anyway.
davejb
6 Dec 16#1459
id forget it and just take off the £10. youve not lost anything. then grab a new international sim and move on.
MSK.
6 Dec 16#1458
You won't get anywhere. If you try they will freeze your TCB account. They changed it earlier in the year, so you could only claim cashback for SIMs three times a year as Bubaman said. If you make a claim they will ask to explain why you have ordered so many SIMs, before they will unfreeze your account. Which is not too pleasant.
MSK.
6 Dec 16#1457
I'm getting right pee'ed off with O2. I still can't get them to add the £10 they owe me from the last Simply Pay and Go SIM. Now telling me it can only be done on a system in store, I know that isn't true.
I don't know how you guys ever get anything added. Web chat hasn't helped me once in all my time using O2 SIMs.
BubaMan
6 Dec 16#1456
It's been mentioned a few times - Cashback is for a maximum of 3 times in a year so you've been very fortunate in getting 6. You could try Quidco but as has also been mentioned, tracking via Quidco is less reliable.
Futureshark
6 Dec 16#1455
A question regarding Topcashback with this deal.
I've been using the O2 payg PSN since May this year via TCB. I got the TCB reward too 6 times and then all my further O2 sim click throughs (of which there has been many) have not registered. I'm not worried too much about trying to reclaim the ones that didn't register - it would be nice but don't want to raise unnecessary alerts against ordering so many - but has anyone any tips as to why this might not be working? I do have adblock on my chrome browser but it's set to green thumbs up for TCB site. Great news about the international sim btw.
BubaMan
3 Dec 16#1454
2-3 working days usually.
davejb
2 Dec 16#1453
theres always been issues with the cards. even o2 doesnt know why most of the time. i used a card with one sim then it wouldnt work with any others. yet another card i used with 3 or 4 no problem. CS usually say to leave it 24 hours then try again. but that doesnt always work. i now just top up from the web page and then time it so i get the free 50p 02 rewards bonus every quarter. no need for £11 that way.
keefytruant
2 Dec 16#1452
ordered a few international sims myself, can anyone confirm how long delivery took? I have a £10 o2 top up voucher here burning a hole in my pocket :sunglasses:
keefytruant
2 Dec 16#1451
same thing happened to me, both mine and my partners cards not being accepted. I started doing voucher top-ups instead, i buy a £10 o2 voucher from the local newsagent and top up that way, takes 20 secs, then the lend a quid method is simple enough to get the last £5 off it!
They cant decline a voucher you have already paid for X)
Futureshark
2 Dec 16#1450
Be good if this change of SIM to the international also brought back the return to the old days of the £20 top up, where you'd get an email reminder if you didn't top up enticing a further tenner. We can but dream!
theeighthday
2 Dec 16#1449
Yeah I thought that would probably be the best thing to do. I just wondered if I was doing anything wrong myself, but it's probably to do with them stopping that type of sim.
Thanks for your reply.
MSK.
2 Dec 16#1448
You're probably best off just binning them and starting with new SIMs if you haven't loaded any money on to them yet.
theeighthday
1 Dec 16#1447
I ordered 4 sim cards a few weeks ago before they changed what ones you needed to order, they came through and they do say about the extra £10. I followed the instructions and did it once and it worked absolutely fine, I decided to do the others at a later date as the only phone I have unlocked is my main one.
I tried to do it again yesterday and it didn't work, it's not even the extra £10 that's the issue as I haven't reached that stage. When I tried to top up it said it had been unsuccessful, I tried again today with one of my other sims and had the same problem.
Could this be because I'm using the same phone, address, credit card etc? I could understand if the offer wasn't working but it won't even let me top up the sim.
copperspock
1 Dec 16#1446
Nice one :). From now on I think it'd be a good idea to follow MSK's advice and limit contact with CS though - the less their attention is brought to this offer, the better :).
Bure11
1 Dec 16#1445
Thank you Buba :smile:
BubaMan
1 Dec 16#1444
International - I've updated my summary on page 1.
Bure11
1 Dec 16#1443
Is it the international or classic pay as you go that's working now? Haven't done this in a while
Cheers
Just.Wondering
1 Dec 16#1442
Just contacted o2 via webchat and quoted the terms and conditions on this link
even though I had only just ordered the sim and no mention of £10.00 on the packaging , I said I had ordered via the link and the offer had not worked , they applied the £10.00 with no need for me to complain other than a 5 minute wait while "they talk to there manager"
Ordered a couple of international sims...
markftmuk
28 Nov 16#1441
Got the £10 bonus with the international sim just now with no problems :sunglasses:
MSK.
28 Nov 16#1440
I was pretty sure it was, but I couldn't be bothered arguing with them. Thanks for confirming, hopefully the next one will be more helpful :smile:
BubaMan
28 Nov 16#1439
That's a lie, as I've just managed it.
BubaMan
28 Nov 16#1438
It was loosely worded - easy to misinterpret :smile:
MSK.
28 Nov 16#1437
Sorry about the other day too, I was feeling a bit dense. I didn't catch on to what you meant until the next day.
MSK.
28 Nov 16#1436
I'm glad you got it sorted :smile: The one I am waiting on is a Simply Pay and Go SIM. I tried yesterday or the day before and they tried to blag me that only phone support could add credit, web chat people didn't have access to the right system. Should give it another go today really. Getting tired to the effort though!
BubaMan
28 Nov 16#1435
After a tough chat with CS, I got them to add the £10 manually but they really didn't want to... They pointed out that product name in the Ts&Cs is "Simply PAYG" so they weren't budging but I used the transcript from my 1st chat (where I used the current name to confirm that the offer was available) as evidence to make them admit they'd made a mistake by confirming it to me. If you don't have a transcript of confirmation, I wouldn't hold out much hope... International SIMs from here on (I'll edit my summary). :smile:
keefytruant
27 Nov 16#1434
I topped up the last few of my classic sims this week, gameshare with my brother so we got watchdogs 2 for £10 each! On one of the top ups I did get the message saying I needed to top up £10 first [when I just had done £10], if you get that guys just re-send the message for the free £10 and the second time it works fine, no issues atall.
Gonna be doing an international sim this week to go towards final fantasy, ill update with a comment if there are any issues but I doubt it :sunglasses:
good luck everyone!
mongo116
26 Nov 16#1433
As per - o2.co.uk/ter…ons The promotion is only open to customers who order and activate a new Big Bundles, Simply Pay As You Go or International sim via O2 online (o2.co.uk/freesim) process or via SMS during the promotional period.
Just noticed the middle option is Classic Pay As You Go, and there isn't an option for Simply, unless I am missing something
starsi360
25 Nov 16#1431
Thanks kitten, I couldn't see a reason why it wouldn't work and it's good to know it's back on ... for now! :smile:
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1432
They told me to wait 48 hours to mine that didn't work too. That was one of the old batch. No sign of it yet.
BubaMan
25 Nov 16#1430
No... OK - so it seems the International one is the one to go for then.
I had a chat with CS: ...but I'm not confident that it will work - I feel like I've been fobbed off :disappointed:
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1429
Glad to hear it's working for you, really happy I could help :smile:
BubaMan
25 Nov 16#1427
I've texted FREE10 straight after topping up before and it didn't work... Trying again 30 mins later did the trick. Glad to hear that's all it was :grin: Thanks for doing the research :smile:
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1428
I was using the international SIM when it worked yesterday. Does the classic SIM have the offer on the back?
BubaMan
25 Nov 16#1426
Classic PAYG
atom
25 Nov 16#1425
Can the new process be explained as I'm not following recent developments.
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1423
That's interesting to know. I don't think I've ever had it before. Nerves must have speeding up my response.
Lets hope not, it's so similar to the old one, lets hope it's the same :smile:
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1424
Which type of SIM are you using?
Yesterday's was a new one.
davejb
25 Nov 16#1421
yeh i had this all the time with the free10 sims.. just meant you sent the free10 text too soon. after putting on the credit leave it a while before sending the free10 text. gives the system a chance to register it all. then keep trying with the text until it works. all sounds like its working the same as before then.
only thing, i dont want to jinx it but if this is your first international sim then maybe that counted as a "new customer" so you got a simcard with the free credit this time..
BubaMan
25 Nov 16#1422
I meant historically... I've tried with a SIM that turned up today but I'm getting "this offer isn't for you" replies... Was yours an old SIM?
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1419
What a relief eh? :smile: So glad I don't have need to ask customers services, I think that's about the worst thing you can do really. Bring their attention to it.
I think it's worth doing, I've never seen PS+ go as low as 50% off and it's necessary really. Not just nice to have. Like you say, there are always games sales :smile:
Another phew, I can stop eyeing the US store now :smile:
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1420
No worries :smile: Fingers crossed it lasts!
copperspock
25 Nov 16#1418
Woohoo nice one! Lol that's what I would've done, most games can wait until the sales.
MSK.
25 Nov 16#1417
Second time was the charm :smile: We're back in business! They even texted me to tell me they had added the credit.
Loaded successfully to PSN and bought another years PS+ sub while the going is good. Dull, but I didn't want that feeling of regret again :smile:
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1416
I've text the number again to see what happens and it's repeated the first message. Not keen on contacting them again to be honest, that's why I was going to wait for the first SIM to sort itself out before I tried it. Doesn't seem wise to keep bothering them.
I guess trying to be helpful and curiosity got the better of me :disappointed:
copperspock
24 Nov 16#1415
Strange. Are you going to contact CS again?
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1414
So, it's not great news.
First I got the normal SMS:
Then I got this message fifteen minutes later:
I topped up £11.
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1413
Okay done, now we wait.
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1412
I suppose I can take on for the team. Someone else's turn next time yeah though? :smile: Still waiting on the other tenner they promised me and I will have maxed the number of phones I can link my card to after this one.
davejb
24 Nov 16#1411
i think the standard payg sim was the one used because it was tried and tested and everyone knew it was the "safe" sim. no risk of it being eaten up by any bundles..
the international sim does say "Keep your credit and get 3000 O2 to O2 texts 100MB data 4G ready"
so it appears that it doesnt eat the credit.... wont know for sure until someone is a guinea pig and tries it :P
starsi360
24 Nov 16#1410
Is the one in the picture a SIM you have in hand now? Can you give it a go?
I see no reason why it wouldn't work as before! :smile:
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1409
As always, please let us know how you get on :grin:
markftmuk
24 Nov 16#1408
Says you keep the credit on the o2 site. Might as well try ordering one :sunglasses:
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1407
I know right? :grin: But... the caveat... I know we didn't use the big bundles or whatever it was called SIM because the credit was eaten by the allowance somehow. Or the credit isn't credited as money, it's credited as minutes to that value.
There has always been an international SIM, I can't remember if we weren't using it because the credit gets eaten, or because there just wasn't an offer.
markftmuk
24 Nov 16#1406
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1405
Was there some reason we weren't using International SIMs? Just got this:
BubaMan
24 Nov 16#1404
Get in touch with customer services - they said only yesterday that the offer was still active:
Just.Wondering
24 Nov 16#1403
fair enough , looks like its game over then :disappointed:
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1402
It was an old SIM from before the offer expired with a best before date of tomorrow on it. It didn't work, I got the same error message as you. So I had to ask them to add the £10 credit. It was simple enough, but it wasn't one of the new types of SIM.
Just.Wondering
24 Nov 16#1401
Ohhh no , how did you go about trying for the free £10.00 , did activate the sim then apply a credit then wait ? or before activating the sim , did you contact o2 and have a bit of a moan etc ?
Just.Wondering
24 Nov 16#1400
Top Up applied , I tried the FREE10 text to 21500 , it simply came back with a message starting this offer is not for you , that no longer works , I shall leave the sim in my phone for 48 hours and see if a free £10.00 is applied !!!! worse case , not lost much , other than a quid......worth the wait , one less thing to ponder about if nothing else !!!
MSK.
24 Nov 16#1399
Let us know how you get on please! I contacted O2 today about my last SIM with the offer on the back, they have added it manually, said it will take 48 hours.
copperspock
24 Nov 16#1398
Let us know if you have any luck.
Just.Wondering
24 Nov 16#1397
I think I might just give it a go , top up £11.00 , should cost me 5p to send the text for the Free10 , then another text for the PSN transfer........WORSE case , I will end up with £10.95 sim that I can use to top up my PSN account with for £10.00 , I would be risking £1.00 which is no biggie.......
Just.Wondering
24 Nov 16#1396
Live chat with o2 , said the £10.00 credit should still activate.
New Pay As You Go Customers ordering a SIM via o2.co.uk/fre…sim or SMS during the Promotional Period will receive a promotional Pay As You Go SIM (the "SIM"). The promotion is to claim £10 extra credit. Customers must activate the SIM by topping up with a minimum of £10 and text the code 'FREE10' to 21500 within 28 days of ordering the SIM. Texts must be sent from the SIM and the original mobile number
Just.Wondering
24 Nov 16#1395
Oooooooooh man so many good PSN deals , I wish I had the credit , only just over £10.00 in there :disappointed: 2 sims sat here doing nothing.........sadly no extra £10.00 confirmation text :disappointed:
Cool keep us updated , no messages yet from my freshly installed o2 sim , hopefully a nice £10.00 free offer message in a week or so's time :smile: or sooner !
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1392
:grin: it's good to have yourself covered. You don't really lose anything by trying if you had to buy from PSN credit anyway, but it would be really annoying. So hopeful!
BubaMan
23 Nov 16#1391
I've saved the transcript, confirming that it's still active so I'm going to try it... and kick off if not :stuck_out_tongue:
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1390
Thank you, that's really helpful! Hadn't see that offer :smile:
Wow, I should have scrolled down before I wrote my first message! Nice bit of investigation work :smile: I'll be crossing absolutely everything that works out :smile:
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1389
Can't do any harm to stick the SIM in and watch it. Please do keep us posted if you do.
I have wondered if you order the new SIM, top up £11 then send the free10 text to 21500 whether it would work even without it being written on there. I don't know if I am brave enough to try though :disappointed: If I get desperate to make a purchase and have to spend a tenner anyway I might give it a try and see what happens. Nothing to lose by doing that.
I've ordered one of the new type and of of the international SIMs to see if they come through with any offers.
BubaMan
23 Nov 16#1387
Just had a chat with Customer Services and have saved the transcript:
So I'll order one and let you know how I get on.
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1388
I wish :disappointed: Been trying to find out if BT do payg. Doesn't seem like they do :disappointed:
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1386
I had one SIM card left to use, which isn't due to expire until the 25th. They've sent me a message saying:
:disappointed: Have yo get on to chat tomorrow I guess.
same here , got 2 sim cars , no mention of a free £10.00 offer , I shall of course stick the sim in and monitor any MSG texts they send , as it might be a waiting game for the offer , just like the 10 for 30 offer !!!
If it does become a waiting game , then no problem , I have a basic dual sim phone , so easy enough to stick 2 in at the same time !!! time will tell !!!!
But lets be honest , HOW could they do this to us , especially around black Friday ! their is bound to be deals galore on offer on PSN !!!
dreadzone101
23 Nov 16#1384
If only PS store allowed Tesco sims. People would be all over Tesco's triple credit payg sims.
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1381
It's worth a shot but I think it's unlikely. They've changed the name of the SIM card too, it seems to be a different thing now.
Thanks for the tip :smile: I loath CD Keys, but the others might be worth a go.
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1382
I still have a couple of sim cards from back then I didn't get round to activating on the self. So much regret X) I don't know if we will ever see an offer that good again.
davejb
23 Nov 16#1379
you can get 12 months psn for around £32.99. maybe a bit less if you can find a discount code to go with it. places like cdkeys, electronicfirst, g2a... etc.
dreadzone101
23 Nov 16#1380
"Back in the day" (_;) Went through previous comments to see when they stopped doing the £20 bonus. Looks to sometime around February.
davejb
23 Nov 16#1377
in the terms and conditions it says "new customer.." im wondering if a new name/address or email would get a sim with the free10 bonus and we dont because its detected we've already had simcards..
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1378
Oh, I suppose it was £20 back then too!
jco83
23 Nov 16#1375
X) lol
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1376
2015? oO
dreadzone101
23 Nov 16#1374
MSK.
23 Nov 16#1373
I worked it out, lets just say... lots! Bit gutted it's over just before the xmas sales and my PS+ is up in January :'(
Must find a new plan of attack... I used a game disc today. It was awful.
copperspock
23 Nov 16#1372
Nooooo! I've been rationing my PSN credit for the last year too as I haven't had access to a UK address, was hoping it'd still be active by the time I got back :(. It was good while it lasted though, who knows how many thousands it has saved all of us :).
MSK.
22 Nov 16#1371
I like your positivity, but I think it's time to start researching the next best alternative.
markftmuk
22 Nov 16#1370
Well I'm going to be positive, i reckon it'll be back soon enough.
superfreddy
22 Nov 16#1369
Me too. I'll have to ration my PSN spending now.
MSK.
22 Nov 16#1368
Gutted to be honest, think I am going through all the phases of denial and grief.
superfreddy
22 Nov 16#1367
Yeah I got a SIM and it's got no offers. No more free PSN.
superfreddy
22 Nov 16#1366
Same here - no free credit.
MSK.
22 Nov 16#1365
Oh crud :disappointed: Simply pay and go or whatever has gone? Have ordered one to confirm, seems likely though :disappointed:
BubaMan
22 Nov 16#1364
Oh dear - this would be very bad news! Point 5 does say "We reserve the right to amend this offer in future." :disappointed: o2.co.uk/ter…ons
You might want to call them up to see if it's still on.
davejb
22 Nov 16#1363
i ordered a classic payg sim and it arrived today. no mention of the free £10 anywhere on the card. so id say no it doesnt work anymore.. unless they email and offer it later..
didsburydan
20 Nov 16#1362
is this still working with the new o2 "classic payg" sim?
do you know the process of redeeming the free £10? thanks
Jamie724
1 Nov 16#1359
Always received my codes instantly, no problems here.
davejb
1 Nov 16#1358
how reliable are they. ive seen a lot of complaints about them..
Jamie724
1 Nov 16#1357
When i hit the limit i started using buygamecredit.com. You wont get 100% of your credits worth, but they are reliable and the fees aren't too bad.
heeljames
1 Nov 16#1356
Gah, got £40 I can't currently use then. Had my cards stolen so used my actual phone number to buy some store credit along with 2 other sims. Have been saving them, didn't know about the limit.
Jamie724
31 Oct 16#1355
It's a month after topping up :disappointed:
heeljames
31 Oct 16#1354
Did you ever find out if it's the start of the month or a month after last top up?
davejb
31 Oct 16#1353
if youre just gonna play the campaign then buy the disc and resell it after. if its something youre going to play for years then buy it digitally...
taiko
31 Oct 16#1352
buy the disc and sell it after you done.
ibzhayat1233
31 Oct 16#1351
F*** i ordered 4 yesterday lol. I'm not sure whether I should pay £40 then for Call of Duty Infinite warfare legacy edition or should I buy the disc for £50?
taiko
30 Oct 16#1350
No but they are giving 10 quid free.
ibzhayat1233
30 Oct 16#1349
Is o2 no longer giving £20 free credit?
superfreddy
19 Oct 16#1348
Everyone still doing this?
Every so often my corner shop does £10 O2 vouchers for £9 lol so I tend to do. With lend us a quid, I'm getting £20 PSN for £9.
£18 for a years PS+ sub tonight!
davejb
5 Oct 16#1347
ive wondered the same.. they offered me £15 bonus for £15 topup the other day.. i did consider it but to be honest its the same as £10 for £10...just doubling our money. so not really worth the risk. might aswell just order another sim and do it the tried and tested way...
chezybezy
5 Oct 16#1346
Does anyone know if those "bonus" credit they sometimes give, will work for this? Last week that gave me £5 extra to use: "O2: Thanks for topping up recently. We had a problem that delayed us adding your extra allowance. Sorry about that. It's ready now for you to use any time before the end of 29/09/2016 - and we've added another £5 to it. On us." Would that have worked for this? (Ironically they removed it on that 27th)
Also they often do top up x and we'll give you y on top for calls, texts or data etc to use before DATE? Any idea if this would work?
davejb
4 Oct 16#1345
thats just for you...the date changes for everyone.. it should be 30 days from when you ordered it.
KiNG
4 Oct 16#1344
i just got a new sim card today, you get £10 extra credit when you topup £10 before 31/10/16
davejb
4 Oct 16#1343
yup. rewards are now available today. just redeemed the 50p's :smile:
kinesin
1 Oct 16#1342
The T&C links says the rewards pay on on the 4th Oct, on any credit applied in July, Aug, Sep, so check the o2 site then not today.
no. it doesnt cost anything to text rewards but i think you need to do it after putting on some credit. free10 is something else unrelated to the rewards so you can do that before or after or not at all..
i usually top up, text rewards... text free10.
ndksamb
29 Sep 16#1339
Does it matter what order you text reward /free10
davejb
27 Sep 16#1338
sometimes it takes ages. just be carefull though, after youve had 3 sims they might still list the £5 as payable but when you come to claim it they put it on hold until you contact them. so when you claim dont mix it in with anything else. just claim the £5 on its own and keep an eye on its progress.
chris88
26 Sep 16#1337
Five times in the last year it tracked at £0.00 for me. Even claiming would never work for me but all of sudden out of no where the last two changed to £5.05 & payable :smile:
MSK.
24 Sep 16#1336
They've limited it to 3 SIMs per household per year now.
jamcd
24 Sep 16#1335
Has anyone had success with topcashback recently? I have tracked and topped up 3 sims in the last month or so and none of them have appeared on there at all!
BubaMan
24 Sep 16#1334
Received one yesterday... Takes 2-3 days typically for me.
quango88
24 Sep 16#1333
Is anybody still getting the sims? I keep on ordering them but nothing for ages.. :-(
davejb
23 Sep 16#1332
if you do want the credit quick... order a few sims... topup and then extract £15 from each one. that leaves £4.90... then when the 50p bonus arrives you can extract the remaining £5 at no cost... depends how much you need in total really..
BubaMan
23 Sep 16#1331
It's worth it for the patient but most coming fresh to this thread have something already in their basket :wink:
davejb
23 Sep 16#1330
dunno, i find it easier lol. it not only for the saving, i have a hard time getting them to accept the £11 on a card. and the lend a quid thing seems like too much effort. so i just top up £10 online.. then claim the free 50p. i found it quicker than spending 5minutes going through the menus and typing in my card details and then after all that it doesnt work. The main disadvantage of course is its not instant, but ive built up a load of credit now so im always ahead.
BubaMan
23 Sep 16#1329
Added :smile: For me, it's a bit too much like hard work and I'd rather just lose a quid but it's there for the ultra-savers like yourself :wink:
davejb
23 Sep 16#1328
you might want to add that its possible to get the full £20 without paying any extra.
every quarter o2 gives out a 5 percent bonus. so 50p per £10. thats enough to pay for the text. just remember to sign up for the free Rewards scheme by texting REWARD to 50202 (its on the card they send.) when you want the credit you google o2 rewards and go to the website. log in by entering the simcard phone number. theyll send you a passcode by text. enter that code and youll be in your account. you have to "save" the bonus. once its been saved you can choose what you want to do with it. we want the free credit of course so select that and enter £0.50. a few seconds later 50p will be added to your £20 sim and you can then extract the full £20.
the next bonus is due october 1st so any credit put on between now and the end of the month will get the bonus next week. what i do is build up a few sim cards over the qualifying period then when the bonuses are applied i transfer them over to psn as i need them.. and then build up a new stack.
the next quarter will be january 1st...then april 1st etc...
BubaMan
21 Sep 16#1327
With the changes that O2 have imposed, the previous summaries aren't that relevant any more, so here's an update...
1st, you need to request a £10 International SIM from here: o2.co.uk/sho…go/ (Remember to check TCB for any other potential cash-back offers - Quidco are tracking less reliably but worth a go if you've already used TCB 3 times in a year)
You should get the SIM within a few days - top up as soon as you like and then send a text to 21500, with the word "FREE10". If you top up by £10 (via debit card on 4444 or top-up card), you’ll either have to wait for O2 rewards or have to do some mucking about with Google Play store and O2’s “Lend us a Quid” service to get the full £20 out. For a faster, smoother process, it’s best to call 4444 and top up by £11 (as it costs to send the necessary text). Either way, you’ll have to wait for an hour or two (can be up to 48 hours) for the bonus credit to be added (dial *#10# to check).
£11 Top-up Method Once you have the full £21 credit, go to your PSN account and select “add wallet funds”. Click “use mobile”. Select £20 and continue. Enter your O2 mobile number and continue. Wait for the message to your O2 phone and reply with “Y”. £20 PSN credit for £11 and you also have 90p to spend.
£10 O2 Rewards Top-up Method (lengthy) Top up by £10 via any method and then sign up for the free Rewards scheme by texting REWARD to 50202 after you top up. Wait for the next quarter to roll over (January, April, July & October) and you'll get 5% bonus (with a little work)... Go to the O2 Rewards site and log in with the SIM's phone number, they'll send you a passcode by text - enter that code and youll be in your account. Once there, you have to "save" the bonus and then you can choose what you want to do with it (choose free credit and enter £0.50). Fairly shortly, you should have a total of £20.50 on your SIM (dial *#10# to check) - follow the £11 method from here.
£10 Google Play Top-up Method (needs O2 SIM to be in an Android phone) As the reply uses 10p of credit, you don’t have enough credit to get the full £20 into PSN. Instead, select £15 and follow as per the £11 method. To get the remaining £5 across, you need to find something on the Google Play store that costs around £4.50 (or 2 that total this), using mobile billing to pay for it. Dial 4444 and use the “Lend us a Quid” service (option 6). Go back to the Google Play store and get an instant refund on the app(s) to make the phone credit £5.90. Then top up your PSN wallet by £5… Some have been worried about the repercussions from not paying back “Lend us a Quid” but nobody has yet reported any action from O2’s part.
Tips: PSN limits to the frequency that you can do this to 3 times a month and there is also a ceiling of £120 on your PSN wallet. Cashback is limited to 3 times a year. Once you've topped up your PSN wallet once it may not give you an option to switch to another mobile - use the desktop version of the PSN website or delete your cookies on your mobile browser. You cannot get a 2nd refund for the same software on Google Play so you will have to find a different £4.50 app each time. Credit cards won't work for top-ups - use a debit card. Sometimes, a certain bank card will not work - try another or wait a few days to try again... If you still get no joy, you can get £10 top-ups from shops / banks but you may have to borrow a bank card (legally :p) to get exactly £11 on. Keep the SIM in a drawer, along with the date you activated it - Carphone Warehouse give discounts on PAYG handsets if you've had a SIM for 6+ months. PSN is not the only store that accepts mobile payments: o2.co.uk/cha…ile
BubaMan
21 Sep 16#1326
It's called "Simply Pay As You Go" these days - some comments above are problems that have come from not chosing this one.
Just.Wondering
21 Sep 16#1325
cheers Buba , which is the best sim to go for these days.....I could no longer see big talker option....or will any of the cheaper deals do for £10.00 min top up ?
BubaMan
21 Sep 16#1324
That ship has sailed and subsequently sunk. £10 will be the best it'll be from here on I reckon.
Just.Wondering
21 Sep 16#1323
Is the bonus still just a extra £10.00 or has it gone back to the wait a while and it will eventually offer a £20.00 freebie ??
Ashe
18 Sep 16#1322
If you ordered a bundle sim, rather than 'Classic PAYG', your only hope to get that £10 back would be a sympathetic customer services advisor.
eezeedeal
18 Sep 16#1321
Hi, need help, the initial £10 top up has gone to pay for the bundle leaving me only £10 bonus credit.Can I convert bundle £10 to credit?
eezeedeal
16 Sep 16#1320
ok thanks for heads up, hsbc and nationwide debit cards not avin it.
ndksamb
16 Sep 16#1319
No £11, It was my Santander debit that worked, I did try a tesco credit card at first but that didn't work, like others have said its a bit hit and miss with the cards so if someone else in your house has a card ask to use there card and pay them back.
BubaMan
16 Sep 16#1318
I have problems from time to time, using a certain bank card... I have another that seems to work most of the time but others aren't as lucky... Try another card and if that fails, you can look at other funding methods but sometimes, it just needs a day and it'll work again :-S
eezeedeal
16 Sep 16#1317
Hi, may I ask what method you used to top it up? I was unable to use debit card online or using 4444, did you use £10 shop voucher?
ndksamb
15 Sep 16#1316
Ordered a sim last week and topped it up on Tuesday and received bonus no problem :smile:
davejb
10 Sep 16#1315
might be worth starting again then.. order one sim per day.. youve got plenty of time before COD is out... then top them up from the website. any you top up between now and the end of the month will get you the free 50p on october 1st.. so no rush.
also remember you can only use 1 per day upto a total 3 per month when you top up your psn.. but 3 should be plenty for cod standard edition...
im building mine up for watchdogs 2 lol...
eezeedeal
10 Sep 16#1314
Didn't let on what is what for, not even sure a voucher would work either.I ordered 2 sims and its the same for both.Trying to get enough credit for new cod.Not interested one bit in the new one but want to play the remaster and don't want to part with £70 ,wish they'd release as a stand alone.
MSK.
10 Sep 16#1313
I'd bin it and get another one. Sounds duff, but like dave said, I wouldn't tell them what you're using it for. It's asking for trouble.
eezeedeal
10 Sep 16#1312
Quite possibly the worst experience Ive ever had simply trying to top up a tenner.I have an activated sim with 50p on and I have registered the sim to my account.I am still unable to top up using 4444 or web top up.The gurus don't know why so the last thing left is to get a store voucher.
eezeedeal
10 Sep 16#1311
Despite putting 50p on sim for me I was still unable to top up £10 via 4444 auto line or o2 website.
davejb
10 Sep 16#1310
that was nice of them.. i wouldnt tell them why though....lol. theyre not keen on people using it for other purposes...
eezeedeal
9 Sep 16#1309
Think it may be time to give up.Web chat advisor kindly put 50p on sim for so I could put a tenner on using website...oops something went wrong!!
ndksamb
8 Sep 16#1308
With regards to the sim you've ordered, does it have the offer on the back of the pamphlet about the free £10?
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1307
I have 2 bank accounts and tried both cards from them, its not the card, its the initial top up.O2 did mentioned that the sim wasnt activated when they checked number, maybe thats the problem.Can I activate the sim before topping up?
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1306
When I dial 4444 I am asked to put debit card details in and choose how much to spend, I choose £11 and after a few secs it says unsuccessful.I tried 2 diff debit cards so its not that.O2 stated that you cant use the 4444/debit card method for first top up and I need to buy a voucher from a shop which is a pain because I will have to do £15.I was wondering if I could top up with a £10 voucher then top up a further £1 by the 4444 debit card method thus giving me the extra quid for the text.
MSK.
8 Sep 16#1305
You should be able to top up in whole pounds over £10. So you should be able to enter £11, but you couldn't enter £1.
Sounds like maybe it's the card you are using or the type of card. Pre-paid debit cards for example it won't accept.
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1304
first try
Raaawr
8 Sep 16#1303
I got the following text message on an old o2 number , keep in mind the original bonus top up is supposed to be used on extra minutes etc as well, has anybody else received this and tried to use it for psn O2: Don't pass this up! Get an extra £20 allowance when you top up once by 11/09/2016. Then use the extra allowance for calls, text or data over the next 21 days. To stop these offers, call 2220.
ndksamb
8 Sep 16#1301
How many sims have you done recently or is this your first?
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1302
thanks mate, appreciate the time you took to write a solution.
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1299
if indeed you can top up a single pound via debit card?
davejb
8 Sep 16#1300
i had this problem many times. its nonsense if they say you cant do it with the first top up... i had trouble with my barclays debit card and it wouldnt do it. on one occasion i spoke to an o2 guru who did something (they wouldnt say what) but they said try tomorrow and it worked. but when i tried for another sim it wouldnt work anymore.. luckily i have a lloyds account and when i tried that it worked first time. for some reason some cards just dont work. either its o2 or its the bank. noone will confirm the problem.
if youre patient you dont need to put on £11 this month. youre in luck since its near the end of the rewards quarter. put on £10 using the web top up or by voucher. then make sure you text REWARD to the 50202 rewards number. its free. on october 1st youll get a 50p bonus back. you just go to the o2 rewards website. enter you phone number and youll get a text with the login code... then log in. check your rewards balance and select "save". thatll move the 50p into your account and then you can select what you want to do with it. choose the "request free credit" option. just type in 0.50 as the amount and youll have 50p on your balance a few minutes later. enough to pay for the 10p text. i basically build up a few sims every 3 months then wait for the rewards bonus and transfer it over to psn. you know what games are going to be out for the next few months so its not too hard to plan ahead and keep your psn balance up.
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1298
yes
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1297
over phone, you put card details in so you can top up in single £s, this was unsuccessful , I tried 2 diff debit cards.Contacted o2 who stated that the first top up has to be done via voucher.This means either buying a £15 voucher or a £10 voucher and topping up a £1 over phone once account is active.
MSK.
8 Sep 16#1296
How were you trying to top up? Online or over the phone?
eezeedeal
8 Sep 16#1295
This is now proving a bit of a headache.I was unable to top up with initial £11 because (according to o2) you cannot top up with debit card on 4444 for the very first top up.Apparently I have to get a voucher from the o2 shop.These are in £5 increments so would need to top up £15 to cover the text. Not sure if I could initially top up £10 via voucher and then add £1 via debit card on 4444 giving me £20 clear for psn after text and £10 bonus.
MSK.
6 Sep 16#1294
Yeah, it would be great if Tesco did work :disappointed: Sainsbury's used to work which was based on Vodafone, but Tesco didn't. Anything based on the Vodafone network might be worth a shot,if they are even still doing MVNO. But I couldn't promise it will work.
eezeedeal
6 Sep 16#1293
Thanks for reply, just received a payg sim from o2 with free £10 credit when you top up, gonna give it a whirl...shame about Tesco
davejb
5 Sep 16#1292
ah, probably not worth bothering then. im not a member of quidco so not even looked at it properly yet. quidco and TCB must have caught on.
Ashe
4 Sep 16#1291
Hmm, just noticed my TCB payment hasn't been made. I don't think the TCB O2 page said that before, otherwise I wouldn't have done any more.
jonk
4 Sep 16#1290
Quidco has one sim per household clearly stated in terms.
davejb
4 Sep 16#1289
it now clearly says 3 per year on the o2 sim cashback page. sure it didnt before. they tracked fine but when i claimed the money it took weeks to come through so i messaged them asking what happened to it. when they finally replied they said they put it on hold (nice of them to tell me) they agreed to pay any outstanding o2 cashback as long as i didnt start any more until next june. think ill give quidco a try lol..
psn accepts.. o2, orange, T mobile, Three, vodafone. according to the psn website. id imagine that they mean EE now that T mobile and orange have merged. people have tried tesco before but it doesnt work. doubt any of the other smaller companies work either.
Unfortunately it just seems to be the larger carriers that support this. Though I have never tried lycamobile.
I was questioned by TCB too. Does appear to be a limit of how many times you can claim cashback now. They had been tracking quite reliably, but the last two haven't tracked.
eezeedeal
4 Sep 16#1287
Hi all, just wondering if theres a list of sims that work for psn wallet top up? Theres some good deals I've found for Tesco, Giff Gaff and lycamobile among others, be great to know if they would work.
davejb
31 Aug 16#1286
for anyone using topcashback, be warned they now have a 3 per household per year policy which im sure they didnt have before. theyve not paid out the last simcard cashback im owed.
MSK.
28 Aug 16#1285
They don't send e-mails any more. There should be a number to text, to get the free credit on the back of the pack.
decrypt
28 Aug 16#1284
Does this still work, I have ordered 2 sims in the last month but getting no emails from o2 offering the extra to topup.
Jamie724
26 Aug 16#1283
Thanks, I guess I'll just give it a go once in a while to see if it's lifted.
copperspock
26 Aug 16#1282
From what I experienced, it's from when you last topped up, though I haven't availed of this in over a year now.
Jamie724
26 Aug 16#1281
My 'friends' aren't doing this because we game share, which only requires one account. The limit was imposed by Boku not O2 and I get the error "Whoa, you've requested a lot of payments! Please take a break and try again later. Contact us if you have questions." and if I'm not mistaken by reading back in this thread, that equates to 3 numbers in a month, i.e. £60 of credit.
I know this used to get £30, I used to do that too.
Thanks for warning, I really appreciate that. Do you know whether the restriction is lifted at the start of the month or when I last topped up?
MSK.
26 Aug 16#1280
Because the number of SIM cards you can link to one payment card is very similar to the number of times you can load credit in that time period. So it's very obvious you are either stacking more credit than you can use or loading it to more than one PSN account.
You run the risk of being blacklisted by O2 which has happened in this thread in the past. If 'your friends' are doing this too, why don't they use their own cards?
See the title of the thread? This used to get £30. That was before people massively took the **** by going through many SIM cards a you are. I don't want to see this end because people are being greedy.
It's two fold, I'm trying to do you a solid by warning you O2 can ban you and your address from using any of their services at all and trying to explain to you if you take the pish this is likely to end.
Jamie724
26 Aug 16#1279
How is it? I buy multiple new releases with my friends and even if I didn't, how is £60 far more credit than I can use? That's barely 1 game.
MSK.
26 Aug 16#1278
Does it matter? If you've got that far it's more credit than you can use.
Jamie724
26 Aug 16#1277
Is the limit of 3 top ups on different numbers reset at the start of the month or on the date that I last topped up?
henryftw
25 Aug 16#1276
remind me
superfreddy
25 Aug 16#1275
I have 2 sim packs and the offer for £10 on the back says "top up by 18th august" - I'm late! Is it still worth doing, or will it not apply now?
ndksamb
19 Aug 16#1274
Agree with above I usually do two every 6 weeks or so and haven't had any issues
MSK.
19 Aug 16#1273
That's really quite a lot, I would guess 3 or 4 times as many as you can use on one account in that time period. Probably time to dial it back a bit, it does sound like you've ordered far too many.
Jamie724
19 Aug 16#1272
Maybe 6 or 8 over the last month.
MSK.
19 Aug 16#1271
No problems here. I only order one at a time. How many have you ordered?
Jamie724
19 Aug 16#1270
Anyone trying to order some now, but they aren't turning up? Have I ordered too many?
Jamie724
6 Aug 16#1269
Yeah, I think you're right. Thanks.
davejb
6 Aug 16#1268
you can only order 2 a day as far as i know.
jonk
4 Aug 16#1267
Has anyone received any Sim yesterday or today? I ordered one on Tuesday (before 9) and it is yet to arrive.
Jamie724
3 Aug 16#1266
Do you guys know if there's some sort of limit of ordered sim cards within a time frame? I ordered 4 but only 2 arrived.
L_K123
18 Jul 16#1265
Ive had my sims for over 6 months, i did the top ups when they were giving £20 free which was earlier in the year around Jan time.
davejb
17 Jul 16#1264
how does that work? thought you needed to be with o2 for 6months before you get any upgrades...
L_K123
14 Jul 16#1263
Just used my sims to get some payg upgrades from carphone warehouse!! Got some 99p nokias lol
BubaMan
14 Jul 16#1262
Via 4444. The summaries on page one cover almost everything about this deal... The bonus has been dropped to £10 and the name of the sim has changed but the rest is the same.
cxv
14 Jul 16#1261
How did you manage to top up 11 pounds? I've only been able to do 10 pound topups
Received my simply payg sim today with extra £10 credit offer on back of leaflet topped up £11 and sent text to 21500 and within 20mins I have been given the extra :smile: so still working ok
MSK.
5 Jul 16#1257
That's a shame, thanks for posting anyway.
MR1123
5 Jul 16#1256
my uncle changed from tesco long ago cannot check it unfortunately.
MSK.
5 Jul 16#1255
Mine says 25.06.2016 on the back, yet I got a reminder to get £10 e-mail on the 26th. Not sure if that's a mistake or what.
chunk3rvd
5 Jul 16#1254
Looks like a few people have had trouble topping up after 1st July. Seems odd though as someone said they received a sim that says "top up by 28th July to get £10 extra credit". Will order another one for myself today and see what turns up
cammeyz
5 Jul 16#1253
Just a heads up, after calling 445 the girl said to me the offer stopped on July 1st, but spoke to manager and he said its ok to give me it this once. So with other sim i tried my luck again with online chat...they said i will definatly get the offer(as i mentioned to them it said to top up before 29th/7 on the offer and this guy said i'll definty get the credit in the next 24/48 hours.
Guess just keep at them and you'll get it :smile:
chunk3rvd
4 Jul 16#1252
Thanks for the link. Claim process is working now if anyone was waiting on rewards credit from Apr/May/Jun
bamboosensei
4 Jul 16#1251
It does still say that, yes
MSK.
4 Jul 16#1250
Ordered a SIM on the 1st of June an left it be to see if there would be a second £20 e-mail. There wasn't. It just keeps reminding me about the £10. I can't see any expiration dates on any of the e-mails, but not sure I want to risk it after this length of time.
Any idea when we should expect the O2 rewards credit to be applied? I have a sim I topped up last month and I'm waiting for the 50p credit before I top up my PSN wallet
ndksamb
4 Jul 16#1248
Ok that's the one I ordered yesterday so should receive tomorrow does it still say on the back of the leaflet they'll give you a free £10 if you top up £10?
The first option with the Keep your O2 Credit and 3000 O2 to O2 minutes + 50mb data for £10 a month was the one I selected.
ndksamb
4 Jul 16#1246
What sims are you guys ordering?
bamboosensei
4 Jul 16#1245
Same thing happened to me. I called 4445 and the advisor basically said what the 'extra credit' means is you get to keep the £10 whilst getting the tariff.. which quite frankly is a load of uninformed b.s. Just a note as well, calling 4445 from a pay as you go sim costs 25p. I'm going to hold out for a while and try and see where this goes.
cammeyz
4 Jul 16#1244
Did it with 2 sims that came on saturday, both didn't receive the free credit. Yesterday adter contacting cs, they said wait 24-48 hours. Just spoke to them again online, for 15 mins...they asked me to phone 4445 to get them to sort it. Lot of hassle, but hopefully i'll get it sorted.
MR1123
3 Jul 16#1243
Just to point out the obvious that some may forget that you have opt in for the £10 extra credit by sending a text.
jonk
3 Jul 16#1242
I got reply saying "Oops, you need to top up to get £10 extra, ... etc" but I did. My problem also happened on July 1 so am wondering whether this indicates some change at O2, or just one off. Anyone topped up after July 1 and still get extra credit?
Realhoneyman
3 Jul 16#1241
Okay give it until Monday morning. If your still haven't received it you can either call 02 CS or use online chat to ask them about it.
Ashe
3 Jul 16#1240
I topped up Friday early evening and not yet had the £10 through yet also.
Realhoneyman
3 Jul 16#1239
I did a top-up in June and it came through within hours.
Perhaps its just taking time to reach your handset. Have you received any confirmation text stating thanks for opting in or anything like that?
MSK.
3 Jul 16#1238
Please let us know how you get on :smile:
jonk
3 Jul 16#1237
Any one topped up O2 recently and still got extra £10? I topped one on Friday but yet to get the extra credit. The "top-up by" date is 28/07 if that matters. Ta.
MR1123
3 Jul 16#1236
Thanks guys, i think my uncle has tesco sim I may try £5 and pay him if it works.
Realhoneyman
3 Jul 16#1235
I wonder if anyone with a Tesco Mobile PAYG facility can confirm if this is the case or not?
ndksamb
3 Jul 16#1234
Would agree with the above two comments but I did have success on two occasions when I had the ovivo sim but it did take a few attempts/10p texts to go through. If you already have a tesco sim its worth a shot. But I wouldn't hold your breath
Realhoneyman
3 Jul 16#1233
I've had a look on Sony's site and it doesn't appear to be one of the networks you can use.
If only! Nah unfortunately Sony only accept credit from certain networks (O2, t mobile, Orange, vodafone the last time I checked).
MR1123
3 Jul 16#1231
okay i ordered an o2 sim,its been two weeks they offered extra £10. Tesco are doing triple credit. any ideas if it would work with ps+
davejb
16 Jun 16#1230
sometimes before, sometimes after.. dont think it matters. you just have to do it before each quarter ends..
Ashe
16 Jun 16#1229
I never did the O2 rewards thing just in case it affected the bonus - do you register for it before topping up?
davejb
16 Jun 16#1228
you can top up online at the website.. might be easier? thats how i do it. limited to £10 £15 £20 etc of course.. but with the o2 rewards bonus theres no need for topping up odd ammounts this month.
Realhoneyman
10 Jun 16#1227
I managed to do the top-up process but ended up topping up more due to the automated system not comprehending my inputs and the phone going into hibernate mode during the process.
I got the £10 promo credit quite quickly and although it was annoying at the time I can use the additional credit for PSN later or migrate my PAYG number/balance over to my pay monthly service.
P.S: If you top-up more than intended O2 won't allow refund you or allow you to transfer the balance to another account (unless you intend to migrate as stated above). Alternatively speak with PAYG CS to make payment as i learned the hard way (i.e the situation is convenient for the provider but not for you as the costumer).
ndksamb
8 Jun 16#1226
I'd wait until new sim arrives and check the back of that(to see if promo blurb is on back) to be in the safe side, I have read some people have managed to get them to change it over, but have never done it myself
Realhoneyman
8 Jun 16#1225
Will this work if your receive a Big Bundles SIM and top that up?
I'm holding off currently as I'm concerned it will immediately give me the allowances instead. I'm also going to order a Simply PAYG SIM and do it from that instead I think.
Alternatively, is there an option to choose the tariff type your want once your go through the top up process?
Realhoneyman
8 Jun 16#1223
On my leaflet it says the same thing on the front (Go large with your new online Big Bundles sim).
They're is no mention of a £10 promo on the back. All it says is 'Tuck into more with your new invoice Big Bundles sim', then the Ts & Cs in small print at the bottom.
I think I'll wait for the Simply PAYG SIM. I can anticipate if I top this up now it will just give me the allowances immediately (I want the PSN credit instead).
davejb
8 Jun 16#1224
id stick to the "simply pay as you go" sim which clearly states the free £10 on the back. they usually arrive very quickly so if you think you got the wrong one just bin it and order the correct one. stick with the tried and tested method.
good news is that since its june that means we're near the end of the current o2 rewards 3 month perod. the 5% bonus will be applied at the end of the month. so no need for lend a quid or anything like that. if you top up £10 by the end of this month and register free for O2 rewards youll get 50p back in july. thats enough to cover the 10p text to psn (if thats what youre using the credit for).
ndksamb
8 Jun 16#1222
What does it say on the back of the leaflet? On the front of mine it mentions go large with your new big bundle and on the back it mentions the £10 promo
Realhoneyman
8 Jun 16#1221
Does the process allow you to get the extra credit if I've ordered a Big Bundles SIM? I'm holding off for now as from what I've read it will give you instant allowances if I top up at least £10. I'm also going to order a Simply PAYG SIM and then carry out the process from there.
Alternatively, is there a way to choose the tariff type your want when your go through the top-up process?
ndksamb
6 Jun 16#1220
+1
davejb
6 Jun 16#1219
thats the same as before.. you get 1 month to top up £10 to get the bonus. the date is printed on the back of the envelope. if you dont top up in time just throw the sim away and order another one... no point keeping it. ive got a few simcards i didnt top up and received no further offers after the 28 days expired.
Don't need any credit atm, but ordered one to see if another offer comes after the 28 days.
davejb
3 Jun 16#1216
i ordered one. got it today. looks like the same deal just a slightly different design envelope. still says £10 extra credit when you top up £10. one difference i can see is you now have to text 21500 to get the free £10.
ndksamb
1 Jun 16#1215
Just went to do the same and noticed that also :disappointed: I've ordered one anyway and I'll post back in a few days
MSK.
27 May 16#1214
So, I went to order a SIM as I haven't done for a while and there doesn't seem to be a Big Talker tariff any more.
Has it been replaced with simply pay and go? It looks like the same tariff with a different name, I think as I said it's been a while.
Has anyone tried it? Do you still get the bonus credit please?
JtSinghsation
17 May 16#1213
Just contact them through online chat. There more then happy to add the credit on. :grin:
kevinc6784
16 May 16#1212
Anyone else not received the £10 bonus lately? Still not received it since topping up last week? I'm not going to contact them and complain as I have done a lot of Sims over the last year.
L_K123
15 May 16#1211
Yes you can do lend us a quid thing too, never done that myself but you can do that too!
Jammy212
14 May 16#1210
I thought you could do it with one sim using the lend a quid thing?
L_K123
12 May 16#1209
You need two sims pal, top up each with £11 from a debit card then top up £20 from each sim as a text cost 10p so youll be left with 90p on each sim!
If you top up £10 from a voucher youll have £15 on psn and £4.90 left on each sim. Then send a text to O2 and get 5% top up back in 3 months then you can use other £5
Matty8787
12 May 16#1208
Saying I wanna use this for the PSN thing....
Do I need to order 2 sims and top up each to be able to get £40 or do you top up the 1 sim numerous times?
davejb
10 May 16#1207
noones had the email for months. thats been confirmed as finished. free tenner is still going though. just top up as soon as the sim arrives. no need to wait for the email anymore.
chunk3rvd
7 May 16#1206
Cheers. A friend got 2 over the phone a few weeks ago and they didn't have the offer on. Have just ordered myself one online so hopefully it's still the old style with the free £10 offer. Did you still get the e-mail telling you about the deal after ordering the sim? Haven't had that through yet this time (ordered about 10AM this morning)
ndksamb
7 May 16#1205
Yep done one last week, and ordered a sim 2 days ago and £10 extra on back of pamphlet.
chunk3rvd
6 May 16#1204
Are we sure this is still going? No mention of the free £10 credit on the website anymore. Anyone got a sim in the last week or two?
MSK.
6 May 16#1203
No worries, just turn the caps down. They give me a headache :wink:
aaronwong10
6 May 16#1202
This will be my first time using PSN so excuse me if the questions seem very noob.
MSK.
6 May 16#1201
He answered your question in the second word of the first sentence.
In answer to your second question, it's actually irrelevant and makes no difference whatsoever.
aaronwong10
6 May 16#1200
Bubaman, I have read it, but it does NOT answer my question: 1) Does PSN will STILL allow you to add credit using O2 sim? and 2) Do you transfer the O2 credit using the PS4 or via the Sony website on a DESKTOP PC or TABLET? Thanks
BubaMan
6 May 16#1199
It still works but the bonus credit is a only £10 these days, not £20. Have a look at luvclub's and my summaries on page one for all your questions.
aaronwong10
6 May 16#1198
Can anyone tell me if this is still working. ie) PSN will still allow you to add credit using O2 sim? and do you transfer the O2 credit using the PS4 or via the Sony website on a desktop PC or tablet? Thanks
copperspock
28 Apr 16#1197
Look on the bright side, at least you live in a country where networks offer these kinds of promotions :). Canada is a rip-off in terms of mobile networks (eg. PAYG credit expires after 30 days even if you're active).
bigly96
28 Apr 16#1196
Man I wish it was 10£ for 30£ again like the good old days :disappointed:
ndksamb
25 Apr 16#1195
Not as far as I'm aware, I think its 10,15,20etc
Deedie
25 Apr 16#1194
can you buy an £11 voucher in the stores. as I cant topup with my card now.
jco83
21 Apr 16#1193
I just got my £5 Quidco X) Not bad - £30 psn for £5.10 lol
LuFc6686
7 Apr 16#1192
I have now got all cashback from quidco for lots of sims I topped up last year. Got another £40 this week.
davejb
4 Apr 16#1191
for people like me who only managed to put on £10 and was stuck with £4.90 on the sim... the o2 rewards bonus works... you get 5% bonus back every 3 months.. which is 50p. .. ive just checked and i redeemed the 50p as credit. i then had £5.30 on my sim and just extracted the remaining £5.
5ack8oy
3 Apr 16#1190
Just found a sim in my draw that has £30 on it. Guess I must have topped it up then forgot about it after 24 hrs waiting for the extra credit.
LuFc6686
3 Apr 16#1189
Got some more cashback for some I topped up last year. Worth checking to see if you got some more
ndksamb
2 Apr 16#1188
Buy a voucher from shop
henryftw
2 Apr 16#1187
o2 seem to have blocked my postcode - can't top up
arjanvirdi
30 Mar 16#1186
when i topped up 11 back when you got 20, it took longer than 48 hours and a few phone calls. but when i topped up 10, it came within the 2 hours
LuFc6686
25 Mar 16#1185
You sure the sim hadn't expired? Tells you on back the ending date
ndksamb
24 Mar 16#1184
I did a sim yesterday and received the extra £10
I did a sim yesterday and received the extra £10.
Koifaber
24 Mar 16#1183
Has this happened to anyone else now, I've topped up sim last night with £11 after O2 saying about the free £10 credit and no free credit has gone on. I did it about 16 hours ago so that's more that enough time. I think it might completely be coming to an end now?
LuFc6686
23 Mar 16#1182
Received cash back from TCB and Quidco past week from last year's sims. A few were £10 too which means the PSN credit was free :smile:
davejb
21 Mar 16#1181
i manually opened some claims about a week ago... just checked my topcashback account and theres £20 in there... think i spent out £44 over 4 sims. so ive actually only spent £24 to get over £100 of psn credit. nice.
ndksamb
21 Mar 16#1180
Just received some tcb from sims last year, maybe worth checking your accounts :smile:
LuFc6686
19 Mar 16#1179
Don't know how some get no cash back, Ive got loads from topcashback, takes a while but I nearly always get cash back. Quidco sucks though I will never use them again
Kraezae
19 Mar 16#1178
Quidco tracked 3 of my sins £5 each. Took nearly a month for each to track though oO
hotdealsuk1973
19 Mar 16#1177
thanks for the reply i'll keep adding them to topcashback in case they do but won't hold my breath still in the process of trying to get as much in my psn wallet as possible i'll be trying the swapmysim at some point to combine some balances
davejb
19 Mar 16#1176
ive not got anything from topcashback for any of them.
hotdealsuk1973
18 Mar 16#1175
how are people coming along with qudico or topcashback any luck with either i did see one post mentioning its hit and miss with manual claims having to be done any update would be appreciated
davejb
18 Mar 16#1174
no. you have to top up by the date. you wouldnt have got the £20 either once it passed the 14th... just order another and top it up straight away. theres no reason to wait anymore.
Deedie
17 Mar 16#1173
I got an email saying if I top up by the 14th march I would get £10 topup bonus. was waiting till this had passed to get the £20, and just realised today that it doesn't work anymore. so will I still get the original £10 bonus even though its past the 14th.
ndksamb
17 Mar 16#1172
Your same question was answered yesterday, I'm pretty sure if anyone were to get £20 they would of said something by now :stuck_out_tongue:
Koifaber
17 Mar 16#1171
Has anyone had the £20 free credit lately or is it only £10 now ?
Koifaber
17 Mar 16#1170
How many top ups can you do in a month, I've done just 2 of the £10 free credit sim but when I try to do my 3rd it's says I've reached my limit . I've only got £40 in my wallet? Can you only do 2 a month?
Koifaber
17 Mar 16#1169
How many top ups can you do in a month, I've done just 2 of the £10 free credit sim but when I try to do my 3rd it's says I've reached my limit . I've only got £40 in my wallet? Can you only do 2 a month?
_Craig_
17 Mar 16#1168
Just done my last sim, Also just a £10 bonus so I think we can say for certain that the £20 is long gone now.
Still a decent offer but I think that will be my last sim, My wallet is at its limit again anyway X)
stranger1984
17 Mar 16#1167
looks like it's only £10 extra credit now. Still £20 psn credit for £11 is a hot deal.
LuFc6686
16 Mar 16#1166
Just £10 now
Koifaber
15 Mar 16#1165
Has anyone had the £20 free credit lately or is it only £10 now ?
jco83
15 Mar 16#1164
Big Talker doesn't take your credit
Koifaber
15 Mar 16#1163
Has anyone had the £20 free credit lately or is it only £10 now ?
Tomw3uk
11 Mar 16#1162
Swapmysim.o2.co.uk takes about 3hrs after following what it says, and I've used it to combine more than 1 sim.
ndksamb
10 Mar 16#1161
I got paid from an October sim last month but one I did in sept is still showing as confirmed, so its just as and when
FrozenFire
10 Mar 16#1160
Any idea on TCB payout time frame ? I ordered 2 sims in December & 2 in January.. They are tracked but no payment yet ?
Nudanude
9 Mar 16#1159
search for O2 gurus, online chat.
Bear in mind that you can only transfer credit onto a sim once. I tried to stack several £4.90 ones I had left. I ended up with something like £9.80 so I topped up PSN with a fiver then did the Google Play refund - lend us a quid trick to get another fiver the following day.
Leigh2612
9 Mar 16#1158
I got the £20 extra a couple of weeks ago but before I could top up my psn it took £10 for the big talker package I don't want...
Just.Wondering
9 Mar 16#1157
Interesting I've got a few with 90p left on them , can you send a link please
shak
8 Mar 16#1156
When did you order the sim? And what date did you get the j£10 bonus email? I think you were before the cut off?
Tomw3uk
8 Mar 16#1155
if anyone has any O2 SIM cards with low balances (£4.90 or lower) on you can combine them easily online (but make sure you've used your £20 free topup first or you might lose it).
rocky1234432
8 Mar 16#1154
Hi
Ak new on here but i did what was told and even though i only got tge £10 ekail promo i did get the extra £20 when i topped up so it worked for me alson Also if u topup by £10 and contact live customer services via o2 website and ask them for an extra £1 credit they may do it out of goidvwill as tgey did for me so no need for googleplay store. Thanks to the originator of this post for this secret.
hotdealsuk1973
8 Mar 16#1153
no third email and its almost the day the bonus offer ends so its probably random who gets the 20 pounds bonus
so far only one person has said they have got the full 20 bonus from sim cards delivered after the 10th feb maybe the person was just lucky can't think of any other reason.
Just.Wondering
8 Mar 16#1152
Hmmm maybe wait until the 3rd email
KyleGM
7 Mar 16#1151
Just got £20 from a sim dated 14th February so there's still hope if you have a sim from last month lying around! Got 3 emails saying it was only £10 but took a shot anyway due to people on here saying they got it and just got the text.
luvclub
7 Mar 16#1150
Still a good deal if you manage to get the £5 TCB (ie £5 for £20 credit)
So far I have had a ~90% payout rate from TCB, albeit half of them were manual claims. A few of them were £10 cashbacks too, so my average spend was less than £5 for £30 credit.
Just.Wondering
6 Mar 16#1149
Ah okay, but I presume you do this before you put any balance on the phone?
hotdealsuk1973
6 Mar 16#1148
I think you need to buy an android app or mutliple ones to make the balance reach zero then lend the quid from o2 and request a refund for the android app.
Just.Wondering
6 Mar 16#1147
How do you request a lend a quid if you have 20 on the sim? How does it work pld
lainux
6 Mar 16#1146
Wish i knew about this deal earlier when they did £20 credit! Oh well will just need to keep my eye out, hopefully they will bring this back. Double your money is still ok though!
bigly96
6 Mar 16#1145
Bonus is 10£ now only. I asked one of the o2 gurus via the online chat what the consequences would be if the lend me a quid service is not paid back, he said and I quote "nothing will happen". Obviously it is the longer route, but there's no problem doing it. £20 for £10 is still good, Im hoping to top up both my PS accounts to max.
lainux
6 Mar 16#1143
Oh well brought credit online and used the lend us a pound/Google play trick
JCBRFC
6 Mar 16#1144
I'm not sure about that, I don't imagine it being too long, maybe 48 hours or so.
lainux
6 Mar 16#1141
You cant top up £11 online though, as you need money left to transfer to psn credit. How are people getting around this by topping online?
Just.Wondering
6 Mar 16#1142
Ah brilliant, how long will Play store store allow you the option for a refund?
Just.Wondering
6 Mar 16#1139
I think you can only use each card x amount of times, I think people top up online via o2 site
JCBRFC
6 Mar 16#1140
Add £15 to PSN, should be left with £4.90 and then spend about £4.50 on the Play Store. Then use the lend us a quid and get your refunds and you then have over £5, add that to PSN and done. You need to top the sim up first though.
lainux
6 Mar 16#1138
When i topup via 4444 and enter CC details it says topup unsucessfull, have tried 2 other cards too.
lainux
5 Mar 16#1137
How many Sims can you topup in a day? I just done 2 and won't allow me to topup a 3rd sim
davejb
5 Mar 16#1136
3 per month...and £30 at a time... im guessing its 30 days since your first one. since i did my 3 in february and it wouldnt let me do another one until the 4th of march which was around 30 days after my first. if it was per calender month then surely it would have let me do it on the 1st... just keep trying until it works.
Kraezae
4 Mar 16#1135
Really need advice on these limit guys, got 3 cards here with £100 between them and can't too my account up at the moment oO
Got £30 bonus on one sim also :sunglasses:
hotdealsuk1973
4 Mar 16#1134
I tend to buy most digital copies from canada much cheaper but deals on the uk store are fewer and more expensive saying that i bought little big planet for 7 pounds last week so credit on the uk store will come in useful.
Just.Wondering
4 Mar 16#1133
DLC, yearly psn and sale games, might be a better option, as you can buy a physical copy of most new games for a couple of pounds more, plus you can resell them
ndksamb
4 Mar 16#1132
So it now works out £30-33 for £60 psn credit, which will buy u a new release digital in most cases with a couple of £ spare. Still think its not too bad of a deal considering I prefer the ease of digital over disc now.
Just.Wondering
4 Mar 16#1131
Offer has not ended it has been revised
Kraezae
4 Mar 16#1130
Not sure anyone answered last time. Anyone know what the limit is on topping up? Is it exactly a month after reaching the limit?
FrozenFire
4 Mar 16#1129
That's a confirmation for cut off date ... An amazing offer ended :wink: Still not bad as no more 2 week wait required.. Hungry PSN :wink:
davejb
4 Mar 16#1128
just did a sim dated 10th feb and got £10 bonus... .. so think that confirms the feb 10th cut off date...
hotdealsuk1973
4 Mar 16#1127
I can confirm its now 10 pounds bonus not 20 pounds still a decent offer i'll top up both sims already done one and transfer.to psn
ordered the sim cards 13 feb so it does look like anything after the 10 feb is now 10 pounds not 20 pounds
LuFc6686
3 Mar 16#1126
No they weren't purchased before. I checked. I contacted Devs and so far 1 has sent the refund. Maybe it's changed?
donster
3 Mar 16#1125
I was trying this method for the first time. I did not receive the £20 top up e-mail and was not going to bother with it. But I saw this post and checked when I applied. It was about 5th Feb with an offer expiry date of 5th of March. Since mine was a couple of days earlier than yours and you got the £20 I thought i would give it a go. I just did it and it worked perfectly. I inserted the sim, rang 4444, topped up £11 no problem, got a text in about an hour saying my £20 had been added, finally found the account settings for PSN and topped up my wallet. With the £15 left over from the Sainsburys sim offer a year ago I now have enough for another year of PS+. Perfect.
Techn
3 Mar 16#1124
I ordered one on the 10th that has a barcode and one on the 11th which doesn't. I haven't topped up either though as I didn't get any £20 emails.
onebelo
3 Mar 16#1123
you cant get a refund on apps youve already got a refund on, could be that
LuFc6686
3 Mar 16#1122
So play store no longer offers refunds? Just gone to do the lend us a quid trick but play store isn't offering a refund
Just.Wondering
3 Mar 16#1121
Hey, why not ask Massimo, to invest the 30 quid budget he has to spend on team purchases on o2 big talker sims, so he can buy a copy of Fifa 16 on psn, to play on the clubs pitch big screens, so the supporters have some interesting football to watch during the games
LuFc6686
3 Mar 16#1120
Found a way to get the £30. Go to shop buy a £20 top up voucher. When the free £10 comes through you now have £30 credit. Your welcome.
davejb
3 Mar 16#1119
yeh all mine have said that. all the envelopes have been identical so far. only difference is the "top up by" date on the back.
bigly96
3 Mar 16#1118
No, I had sins fro 2-3 months ago and they had the same £10 message on the back of the sim pack. So I don't think there's any difference, I ordered 2 more sims, let's see if there's any difference.
cicobuff
3 Mar 16#1117
Just received my two today. The new ones are packaged in a envelope with a 'Get £10 extra credit when you top up your sim' advert. If there is no longer a £20 bonus credit then despite not being as great an offer now it does have two advantages in doubling your money.....
- No longer do you have to wait to activate your sim for the extra credit. - No longer are you reliant on using differing emails and keeping track of what sim goes with which email offered.
bigly96
2 Mar 16#1116
SOMEONE TAKE A PIC OF THE BARCODE LEMME SEE
davejb
2 Mar 16#1115
theres never been an "amount" box....you just place two orders using the same email lol. fill in the form then hit submit... then when youre finished hit the back button and start again. just re-enter the same details... you shouldnt even need to type most of it as it remembers it all when you press the first character.... you can do two a day using an email.
FrozenFire
2 Mar 16#1114
Hahaha .. Good one :wink: good story for grand kids :wink:
LuFc6686
2 Mar 16#1113
Yea but it's not worth it in my opinion anymore. £20 got us £60 which made games on store worth it, now a new game is say £50-60 that's still £30-40 so you may as well just buy the physical copy cheaper. This O2 deal is only good for ps Plus now
BubaMan
2 Mar 16#1112
Haha - you keep lamenting it's demise but it's not over! It's just not as good as it was. It's still one of the cheapest ways to get PSN credit (the £5 EE SIMs is a bit too painful for me) and still bares a chance of getting TCB.
Though your body will decay, your spirit lingers on
LuFc6686
2 Mar 16#1111
In a few years we will look back and say do you remember what you we're doing the day the O2 deal ended :disappointed:
ndksamb
2 Mar 16#1110
I ordered two more the other day and received this am, but there's no sign of a barcode on it oO
cicobuff
1 Mar 16#1109
I reordered today, cannot say whether I will have problems or not...upon calling O2 they told me I had to obviously order them online to get the email with the offer. I was told though that I should be able to order two on the same email address which was incorrect there is no 'amount' box when ordering. I put another two through using separate email addresses, I doubt I will get confirmation of despatch for another couple of days....and then like with the others I am not confident!
youseftoma
1 Mar 16#1108
did you re order on the website again with no problems?
youseftoma
1 Mar 16#1106
They haven't got my email address so I guess I'll miss out. Thanks for the reply
Just.Wondering
1 Mar 16#1107
Interesting , My latest sim which arrived today , does indeed have a barcode on it.....we shall see in a week or 2 !!
cicobuff
1 Mar 16#1104
The couple I ordered never showed up. I just had to re-order today.
wrexham13
1 Mar 16#1105
Any sims from 10th Feb+ will only get £10 bonus credit and sims ordered which come with barcode looking sticker on front I'm near certain will only have £10 bonus, they started putting them on around the 10th
Just.Wondering
1 Mar 16#1102
Well my sim turned up today....I was wondering a similar thing , But I will still test once I have the 2nd email ....but will be a little while longer yet
cicobuff
1 Mar 16#1103
Well certainly from the second emails I received for the two that were lost/never sent (It is rare I have any post go missing, and doubly odd they would have been sent separately) they give the phone numbers associated with the sims sent out, I think it is all tied in and doubtful orders requested via phone would be eligible for the extra credit, unless they send out letters instead to entice you to activate.
FrozenFire
1 Mar 16#1100
Someone mentioned 10th February is the day when they updated the system.. Do we have someone who got £20 bonus who ordered sim after this date ?
youseftoma
1 Mar 16#1101
Ah, hopefully it works! Might try it out myself again just to see what happens since I won't receive any emails with the new sims they send out
zerowing
1 Mar 16#1099
I applied on the 10th and topped up today and only got £10 bonus :disappointed:
cicobuff
1 Mar 16#1098
I never received my sim cards from 3 weeks ago, but had the two follow up emails both stating it is £10 top up.
Phoned up customer services who said offer is still running but had to re-order online rather on the phone to tie up the cards to the email offer....just hope the cards arrive this time around, and that the £20 top up is still being applied despite the 2nd email offer of £10 now being to the contrary.
pigdog237
1 Mar 16#1097
Registered the SIM and topped up £11 today. After an hour or two, my balance changed from £11 to £31! :smile:
If this helps anyone - this was my experience...
9th Feb - applied for sim, which arrived a few days later. 13th Feb - received email stating £10 extra credit if I topped up by 7th March. 22nd Feb - received email (including the new phone number), still stating £10 extra credit if I topped up by 7th March 1st March - registered and topped up £11 by calling O2 using the sim. Balance updated from £11 to £31 within two hours.
oldsystem
29 Feb 16#1096
Wait for the emails
youseftoma
29 Feb 16#1095
do I need to receive the emails to get the bonus? I received the first email for the bonus however I didn't receive the actual sim. Rang up o2 today and they said they will send out new sims today, can I just wait 2 weeks and then top up or do I actually need to receive an email?
wildcat___
29 Feb 16#1094
i had the same issue with 2 different debit cards (Natwest/Nationwide) and also credit cards. spoke to bank who confirmed nothing wrong that end.... ended up topping up a tenner using the online webpage which funnily enough worked with the same cards!!!
glad I did though as i got the extra £20 not the £10 as per the 2nd email... just now got to mess about with the Google play and lend a quid rubbish to stick the full £30 on pn store
Just.Wondering
29 Feb 16#1093
If you have used the same card to top up o2 sims in the past then it can cause issues
Kraezae
29 Feb 16#1092
Also, got £20 Bonus on 2 sims so far. Trying No 3 tomorrow. :sunglasses:
Kraezae
29 Feb 16#1091
Nope, worked fine both times on 2 different cards. Some banks block top ups due to normally being used to test fraud before making a big purchase. Call your banks. :grin:
mattjones182
29 Feb 16#1090
Anyone having difficulty topping up £11? Tried with several different cards, each time it's telling me it's unsuccessful.
Just.Wondering
29 Feb 16#1089
I have just ordered another sim, I shall post my bonus funds after the 2nd email.
zerowing
29 Feb 16#1088
email I got was also £10 but I got £20 credit bonus today when I topped up, maybe I was the last batch?
BubaMan
29 Feb 16#1087
degraded :wink:
LuFc6686
29 Feb 16#1086
It's only sending me £10 emails now, looks like it's ended.
zerowing
29 Feb 16#1085
I did exactly the same thing, topped up £11, and it took £10 off, I got the £20 bonus (activate by 2/3/16) contacted o2 via chat and get it changed I now have £31
SupraGaz
28 Feb 16#1084
Order a new sim, I also made the same mistake initially but realised the same day and ordered the correct one. Don't know how I missed them big tabs on the Web page when choosing the sim X)
lainux
28 Feb 16#1083
Help!
When I ordered my sim from the website I selected big bundles rather than Big talker. My SIM arrived, but I haven't activated or topped up yet, is there anyway when I top up I can select Big talker. Or do I need to order a new SIM?
davejb
27 Feb 16#1082
the original £20 email was completely different. but now the second email is identical to the first... yet still gives the £20 bonus..for the moment..
wildcat___
27 Feb 16#1081
same as my 2nd emails but I still got £20 extra when I topped up a tenner.
DaviesH
27 Feb 16#1080
Only got £10 extra credit for my sim order on the 11th. I have another sim ordered on the same day so I am going to experiment with it by waiting a few days to see if I get extra credit.
Still double is better than nothing!
youseftoma
27 Feb 16#1079
can anybody tell me how long it takes you actually receive the sims please? ordered 2 last weekend and still haven't received any.
I have received the email an email saying it's on the way I think on Tuesday and I have received the first email saying £10 bonus
Techn
27 Feb 16#1078
Trust me to get on this just as it ends, I ordered two on the 10th and 11th, have had second £10 email for both. I think the wording in the email is important, what does it say for those with the £20 email?
For the second £10 email it says, "Don't forget you can still claim your £10 extra credit when you top up your new sim by 10th March 2016" This is exactly the same as the first email basically saying, hey this offer is still here, and with the same end date. Did the £20 email claim to be a completely different offer?
BubaMan
27 Feb 16#1077
Read my summary on page 1.
lainux
27 Feb 16#1076
Do you have to top up £11, can you do £10?
Kraezae
27 Feb 16#1075
I've hit the top up limit. Any ideas how long i now need to wait? Exactly 1 month from the 1st top up or 1st of each calender month?
FrozenFire
27 Feb 16#1074
Agree, thanks.. this make sense.. Let us know for this one matey
davejb
27 Feb 16#1073
dont think you need to wait 5 days. i usually wait until the day after just to be on the safe side. if youre in no rush then wait as long as possible i suppose.. i still suspect its more to do with the order date. ive still got a couple left. ive just got the 2nd email for one i ordered on the 10th. ill see if that works in a few days.
jonk
27 Feb 16#1072
Are you sure? For a SIM ordered on 11th, you will only get the 2nd email on 25th or 26th, as a poster mentioned earlier. Another 5 days will take you to March. How can you top up now and get 20 extra? I wish to be proven wrong but I think gameover for SIMs ordered after 10th Feb (when they had trouble to adjust the system as several posters have experienced).
Koifaber
27 Feb 16#1071
I've found the way to still get the £20 free credit every time and not the £10 that some people are getting is wait another 5 days after receiving the 2nd email offering the now still £10 . I'm receiving the 2nd email after 9 days from te 1st email and if I top up then I only get the £10 but wait another 5 days after you received the 2nd and in total 14 days from the first email and I've got the £20 every time including one sim I ordered on feb 11th
SupraGaz
27 Feb 16#1070
Topped up about an hour or 2 after the 2nd email. Maybe I needed to wait longer.
SupraGaz
27 Feb 16#1069
Quite a feasible explanation. I ordered on the 13th Feb, first email offering £10 came on the 17th and another £10 email on the 26th. Maybe I didn't wait long enough or something but did get 2 emails offering the bonus so tried it after the second offer came through.
oldsystem
26 Feb 16#1068
Can take 48 hours even if you get the text
Jimmied
26 Feb 16#1067
I ordered mine on the 11th, had my 2nd email today saying about £10 top up. I topped up about an hour ago with £11 using 4444. I received a text twenty mins ago saying we have applied your £10 bonus credit. But when I check my allowance it says I only have £11 :s
Sam2xp
26 Feb 16#1066
I waited 1 day after 2nd email and got the extra £20 So I can confirm it works
davejb
26 Feb 16#1065
when did you order the sim? i just topped up one i ordered on the 2nd february and just got the £20. (the email only said £10) .. maybe sims ordered before a certain date still get the £20..
Sam2xp
26 Feb 16#1064
how long after 2nd email did you top up?
BubaMan
26 Feb 16#1063
See the summaries on page 1. Normally an hour but up to 48. Dial *#10# to check
SupraGaz
26 Feb 16#1062
Mine took an hour or so if that.
Kraezae
26 Feb 16#1061
How long does it normally take for the bonus credit to be added? Just topped up £11 after the second email.
hotdealsuk1973
26 Feb 16#1060
I'm going to see if i get a further email it says i have until the 11th march to top up to get my bonus so a week to see if i get it is ok.
SupraGaz
26 Feb 16#1059
Just topped up after the 2nd email and received bonus £10 so got what the email said. Still, can't complain at that. Cheers
hotdealsuk1973
26 Feb 16#1058
I do use the xbox one to watch tv and movies so it has to be compatible with that just looked at the review of the Golds on Youtube they do look good !
wildcat___
26 Feb 16#1057
the official Sony 2.0's (Golds) are the dogs do das.. for the price nothing else comes close.
hotdealsuk1973
26 Feb 16#1055
sorry i meant headset i've seen afew on amazon but i'd like to have a set that can be used with xbox one (with adaptor) and ps4
are there any headsets that can be both wireless and and wired ?
further to the original thread I've just got what i think is my second email regarding the top up bonus it mentions 10 not 20 but others are getting the same so that doesn't worry me. Checking my inbox i got an email on the 17th first mentioning the bonus and now another one 9 days later i was sure it said wait two weeks though ?
Jimmied
26 Feb 16#1056
Thanks, I looked, you can change but it only becomes active when this months allowance ends, so £1 down, but ah well. I topped up the missus account with the £10 so she can buy emotes on destiny. I did get another card so I'll give a try later on and make sure I choose the right tarried first. You live you learn :smile:
BubaMan
26 Feb 16#1053
If it's just headphones you're after, I had some Sony wireless ones for about £40 that were good but I wanted a headset...
I have the 1st official Sony wireless Pulse headset (PS3 but PS4 compatible) and the connection drops out all the time :disappointed: It might be the fact that I've got the wifi router in the same room as even the gamepad audio connection cuts out on me once in a while. I've also had issues with wired though, where they take power from USB on the console... The PS3 and PS4 both have grounding issues which manifest themselves as high pitched whining through a headset. I've had issues with microphones too - most "in-line" ones (in the cord) aren't near enough to pick up comprehendable talk, I've had a stick mic that was just poor and I've had a flexible stick that was too flexible so it ended up under my chin :stuck_out_tongue: These days, I mostly use a budget 3.5mm Turtle Beach headset (NLA) - the sound quality could be better but they're cheap, robust and people can hear me.
Headsets... :disappointed:
Edit: BTW... The PS4 supports most USB microphones so you can get away with simply choosing a good set of headphones.
davejb
26 Feb 16#1054
maybe you can convert it? i think you can change tariffs once a month...
Raaawr
26 Feb 16#1051
How long until the you've requested too many payments thing goes away? I combined some sim and toppeed up £5.
Jimmied
26 Feb 16#1052
Thanks, I messed up, I got the big bundle instead of the big talker, which meant my bonus credit was automatically converted to the bundle. That'll teach me to go over the fine details before jumping in. Oof.
hotdealsuk1973
26 Feb 16#1050
The games on PS+ were great but as you said since the ps4 release its become less appealing i got the ps4 in january mostly for the VR stuff which will be released later this year.
I'm steadily buying titles i've always wanted to play Knack Little big planet Borderlands etc. Hopefully they will release afew of older titles on PS+ or at least offer them in flash sales.
Next thing i'd like to get is a good solid pair of headphones prefer wireless so if anyone can recommend a decent set it would be appreciated.
JCBRFC
26 Feb 16#1049
Wasn't always the case, PS+ used to be brilliant before PS4 came out, I've been subscribing from near the start long before it was required to play online and most of the time Games With Gold just gets games that we got years ago. Super jealous that Xbox gets Lords of the Fallen though, even though I already own it, just the fact that they are willing to give decent stuff out.
L_K123
25 Feb 16#1048
I just topped up a sim and got the £20 free credit although email said £10 so its still working!!
taiko
25 Feb 16#1047
never add remaining credit to 30 quid sim , always use 25 x 2 and then merge the 2x 4.90 ones.
onebelo
25 Feb 16#1046
People have tried that before and say the bonus 20 dissapears because it's promotional credit.
superfreddy
25 Feb 16#1045
You don't need to be topping up £11... I top up £10 online, then use webchat to transfer the credit onto another sim i have another £30 on!
wildcat___
25 Feb 16#1044
Both my sims topped up gave me £20 bonus even with 2 x £10 e-mails. unfortunately it wouldn't let me top up £11 via 4444 so had to top up a tenner online instead....
either stick £25 on psn and be done with it or do the Google play and lend a quid trick to stick the other fiver on.
either way £50 or £60 psn credit for £20 is a mega deal...
BubaMan
25 Feb 16#1043
Just to confirm, another £10 2nd email and £20 bonus credit last night (£11 via 4444).
hotdealsuk1973
25 Feb 16#1042
You can't really compare the free xbox and free ps+ offerings each month xbox blows them out of the water most of the time. Sony has the numbers so why give away excellent games when they can offer lukewarm and get away with it. Xbox on the other hand needs to keep its userbase happy and attract new buyers i just bought my ps4 last month mostly for the pending VR stuff but still prefer my xbox one and the freebies each month reiterates that for me.
JCBRFC
24 Feb 16#1041
£8 on the deal of the week, tempted to leave it since it'll probably be free for plus members at some point, though now I'm not so sure after the announcement today.
hotdealsuk1973
24 Feb 16#1040
I know the canada store has the critics sale going on right now which has already been posted some decent titles on offer and Little big planet is at half price on the uk store i have soo many games yet to play on ps4 and xbox one but the games will be useful for when theres a dry spell.
superfreddy
24 Feb 16#1039
Eh? Why?! Is there a sale on?
superfreddy
24 Feb 16#1038
Yeah same here - £20 when the email said £10.
It's probably the end of this now though. The £20 bonus will be on it's way out.
JCBRFC
24 Feb 16#1037
I can confirm it too, just got my extra £20 despite the 2nd email saying £10, happy days! May grab Little Big Planet 3 to celebrate.
ndksamb
24 Feb 16#1036
I agree some bargains to be had on there,I also think u should be able to gift games,
Just.Wondering
24 Feb 16#1035
Another good option is to sign up for a Canadian PSN account, they have great deals, just picked up life is strange full season for £6 and the telltale borderlands season for £3.74
Shame you cannot send other accounts funds / gifts, would make a o2 and Canadian offerrings a mega option....
hotdealsuk1973
24 Feb 16#1034
Thats my point of you others might disagree but nearly 100% return is pretty good. Do you buy from the canada store ? thats a good way to save on games also.
superfreddy
24 Feb 16#1033
True. I might top up. I guess it's better than paying the full amount for PSN.
davejb
23 Feb 16#1032
i topped up 2 sims and got the £20 email and bonus credit... but then on my 3rd sim i only got the £10 email and then when i should have had the £20 email i got another email saying £10.. after seeing the comments i figured the deal was over so left it. but since some people still got the £20 i thought id chance it... just got my £20 bonus credit :smile: so it appears that even though you dont get the email it might still work.... possibly its because the sim was from last month?
onebelo
23 Feb 16#1031
To the user's still getting £20 bonus, was it your first batch of sims?
FrozenFire
23 Feb 16#1030
Make sense.. May I ask how many u ordered in last month ? Someone mentioned blacklist;)
wrexham13
23 Feb 16#1029
It must be for random people, I topped up £10 after receiving second email and only got £10 bonus =\ but worth a try I guess
Kraezae
23 Feb 16#1027
Same here. Should hopefully come through tomorrow
hotdealsuk1973
23 Feb 16#1028
@superfreddy Some people are still getting the 20 pound bonus although the second email offer says 10 pounds when people top up it can be either 10 or 20 no idea why some get it others don't.
once i have the second email i'll top up hoping to get 20 if not then i've doubled my money for PSN can't complain.
superfreddy
23 Feb 16#1026
I ordered another sim on 10th Feb, just got the bonus email but is only for £10 when usually after this time it's £20...
I'm guessing it's over now and you only get a £10 bonus?
hotdealsuk1973
23 Feb 16#1025
i have two sims just waiting for the second email will wait afew days before topping up
oldsystem
23 Feb 16#1023
Got £20 extra as well last night.
wildcat___
23 Feb 16#1024
Yer it's a bit poop that ur restricted to multiples of £5 online.... what is this 1960s!!!
wildcat___
23 Feb 16#1021
cheers dude :grin:
davejb
23 Feb 16#1022
i had a difficult time topping up by £11. it refused the first card i had but i tried another and it worked.. last time i had to spend ages talking to o2 chat. took 3 people but the last one got it working after half an hour... they kept telling me to do it online or in store..
Kraezae
23 Feb 16#1019
Thanks for this. :sunglasses:
wildcat___
23 Feb 16#1020
tried 2 different debit cards and a credit card.. it's like they auto block £11 transactions lol
Just.Wondering
23 Feb 16#1017
Yes, I did using my debit card via top up using o2
ndksamb
23 Feb 16#1018
Try different card if you've got one, had same issue before
wildcat___
23 Feb 16#1015
can u top up £11 so u can move £20 (or if it lucky still £30) straight into psn account rather than messing about with this lend a quid and refund from Google store?
wildcat___
23 Feb 16#1016
annoyingly trying to top up £11 via 4444 keeps failing!!!!
what other options are there? just top up £10 online and go through this lend me a quid crap to get credit onto psn??
didsburydan
23 Feb 16#1014
still working for me. just had the second email only offering £10 extra, but topped up and got the £20. happy days
Sam2xp
23 Feb 16#1013
2nd email says £10 bonus too? should I go for it and hope for a 20 bonus?
Kraezae
20 Feb 16#1012
Ordered 2 sims. Got them and had the first email. Waiting on the second. Do you get the £20 free on both as the first bonus email says £10 extra per number.
Also, how is everyone topping up? Via voucher or online?
Sam2xp
20 Feb 16#1011
I'm still awaiting 2nd email :stuck_out_tongue:
FrozenFire
19 Feb 16#1010
I don't think even per month is correct because few people mentioned ordering few in same week...
rapidracer10
19 Feb 16#1009
Sorry, i meant 2 per home per month, which for you does equate to 2 per month. Read it many times here
FrozenFire
19 Feb 16#1008
Where does it says 2 per household ? ... I ordered around 5/6 in 3 month time .. :-) PSN wallet is happy enough with them :-)
rapidracer10
19 Feb 16#1007
Well...monday I got my email after 2 weeks saying £10 bonus, which is still a good offer So I topped up anyway, and 30 mins later I got the £20 bonus... :stuck_out_tongue: Adding to psn wallet worked just fine using the website on pc. Btw this is my second ever sim so no more for me as its 2 per household...dont be greedy my friends :grin:
davejb
19 Feb 16#1006
youll be lucky to get anything... ive not got any cashback from any of them. consider it a bonus if it works...
sprucemoose
19 Feb 16#1005
am i correct in thinking that if i order two sims at once I will only get £5 cashback from quidco/tcb?
Just.Wondering
19 Feb 16#1004
Yes I topped up my wallet on PSN using the method around a hour or so ago.
Zeb4779
19 Feb 16#1003
Hi, does anyone know if this is working ?
Also do you have to activate the sim, for instance put it into a phone ?
BubaMan
19 Feb 16#1002
So the only thing that's changed is that the amount of bonus credit will never be more than £10. Sad for the amount of savings to be had but at least you don't have to wait for that 2nd email :smile:
ndksamb
19 Feb 16#1001
That's good news, thanks for confirming
Just.Wondering
19 Feb 16#1000
I would like to confirm , that I topped up 2 minutes ago , with a 10 pound + 20 bonus sim = 30.00 to my PSN account , all worked smoothly no hitches...
MSK.
19 Feb 16#999
The point is, if people behave this way the chance of the offer being pull altogether is high. I see you are 'new' here, but I can tell you it has happened many times in the past. This is not the first SIM offer.
MSK.
19 Feb 16#998
That doesn't really answer my question, but thank you for admitting that you are trying to screw them.
JCBRFC
19 Feb 16#997
I'm not worried about being blacklisted, just curious to see what they say. They're hardly gonna stop it all together just because one person tried to screw them, they would have done so already instead of just removing the £20 email.
So far I've only seen one person get blacklisted and so what if I have to be dishonest, we're all here exploiting their system so we're no saints.
jco83
19 Feb 16#996
Just a thought - maybe people are being blacklisted who repeatedly used 'lend us a quid' on multiple sims
MSK.
19 Feb 16#995
Why would you do that when people are being blacklisted? It's dishonest and double your money is still better than any other offer you will get. Why would you abuse it? You just make the risk of it being stopped altogether higher.
JCBRFC
19 Feb 16#994
Oh no, 2nd email also said £10, I'm gonna top up and then ring them claiming that I was supposed to get £20, maybe I can blag them a bit.
ndksamb
18 Feb 16#993
How'd you get on? Its just got a £10 extra sim ready to top up if it still works oO
Just.Wondering
18 Feb 16#992
they dish out PAYG Sims like candy I would say ,all is well and you are not blacklisted .
shafiulhussain
18 Feb 16#991
Ordered 1 the other day for my tablet and it came yesterday so seems ok at the moment
Just.Wondering
18 Feb 16#990
If your curiosity is getting the better of you ,you could try order another sim , you will know all is well if they dispatch a sim to you .
Just.Wondering
18 Feb 16#989
I still have a 30 credit to put into my PSN wallet , I shall attempt to apply the credit shortly .
shafiulhussain
18 Feb 16#988
Fair enough. Can o2 blacklist you without notifying you?
Nudanude
18 Feb 16#987
it wouldn't as there's no finance involved.
shafiulhussain
18 Feb 16#986
Wonder how this would affect your credit score in the longterm
Just.Wondering
17 Feb 16#985
I've put a few pounds on tonight ,not surprisingly considering the curry I had
ndksamb
17 Feb 16#984
Anyone else manage to put something on?
MSK.
17 Feb 16#983
Interesting, perhaps it is/was temporary?
oldsystem
17 Feb 16#982
Err i've just added funds to PSN and it worked fine. :neutral_face: :grin:
I could only do £25 though due to the wallet limit.
Just.Wondering
17 Feb 16#981
That is good news ,at least its still spendable on something ,as I still have a 30.00 credit to spend
MSK.
17 Feb 16#980
Should do. This error is specific to the Sony store as far as I am aware.
MSK.
17 Feb 16#979
A few things have changed about the system of the last few days that I have noticed. I kind of doubt it.
onebelo
17 Feb 16#978
That is an odd message. Though o2 is still listed as usable on Sony site and vice versa. I Would give a day or two then try again see if it works then, could just be a temp issue. Seems overkill that they remove it altogether!
Just.Wondering
17 Feb 16#977
Will the credit still work on Google play stores ?
MSK.
17 Feb 16#976
The error message is:
It's not to do with how many time credit has been loaded. If you click the contact us link, it just takes you here:
Gutted but it's still better value than most other ways to get PSN credit - £10 bonus for every £10/£11 and the chance of TCB. There's still the £5 EE SIMs for £1 from eBay / Rakuten but it's a lot of mucking about for low amounts.
ndksamb
17 Feb 16#974
Same here, sad day :disappointed:
ism
17 Feb 16#973
Just got my second email offering £10 free credit. Think this has expired now
onebelo
17 Feb 16#972
You cant top up more than 2 or maybe 3 times a month via sim. Also your wallet can have a max of 120 credit. Any of those fit?
Seems unlikely psn just would stop accepting sim cards
oldsystem
17 Feb 16#971
Hopefully its just an error, still mentions it on psn and o2 sites. Will try my sim tonight.
bigly96
17 Feb 16#970
Yeah, and via my ps4, I even made a new ps4 user and tried... Same error.
davejb
17 Feb 16#969
you tried it via the psn website?
Just.Wondering
17 Feb 16#968
Soooo does this mean, a sim I loaded up say 2 weeks ago, before things changed, I still cannot use that for PSN?
Can I still use it for Google app store purchases?
MSK.
17 Feb 16#967
Nit pick all you like. 6 Sims, £180. 1 week, 3 weeks, it was still much faster than suggested.
You even multi-accounted to load credit faster.
It worked right up until the day after you were black listed. I don't think you should be the one feeling angry about this. You're quite likely the one that screwed it up by being greedy.
Which, I don't think you are betting truthful about. All apart from the bit about being blackliisted.
Not that it matters now. Game over.
Farhan007
17 Feb 16#966
I'm sorry. Where did I try to do £200 in a week?
Also can I just say, I contacted O2 AFTER the offer went, don't try blaming me when if you look a few pages back there is one guy stating BLATANTLY "I've abused the hell out of this" and he has been doing this for months on end.
I DID 6 SIM CARDS OVER 3 WEEKS, READ MY WORDS, ffs.
MSK.
17 Feb 16#965
Congrats. That's what happens when your area greedy enough to try to do £200 worth in a week. You ruin it for everyone. I hope this is a lesson to all in this thread.
bigly96
17 Feb 16#964
Doesn't work anymore when trying to top wallet on psn store. Doesn't allow o2 top ups anymore, says there's an error. Sad times
L_K123
16 Feb 16#963
I dont think they stopped it due to abuse, i think it may have been a limited time offer because its been going on for almost a year! Maybe when people stop getting sims they bring the offer back!
FrozenFire
16 Feb 16#962
Now start finding some other cheap PSN credit option ... Not happy... Looks like people abused a lot :wink:
FrozenFire
16 Feb 16#961
Can't agree any more ...~
L_K123
16 Feb 16#960
Ive just received another sim today. Got one where the £10 text came in but waiting the next text!
If its not £20 then scrap that will just have to stick to CD keys or ebay!!
FrozenFire
16 Feb 16#959
Looks like no more £20 email offer :cry:
L_K123
16 Feb 16#958
Not sure if that would work.
I tried to use my Revolut card which is a virtual card and O2 rejected it! I think its only UK debit cards only.
davejb
16 Feb 16#957
anyone used somthing like "entropay"? its a virtual debit card... im wondering if we can get over the debit card 2 uses limit by using virtual debit cards instead.....
Just.Wondering
16 Feb 16#956
It will cost them if you move the money out of o2 or spend on different platforms , but your kind of right if you just use the credit for o2 calls / services.
JCBRFC
16 Feb 16#955
I've only ever used the Big Talker Sim, worked fine this time, full amount got added without any issues. Might be worth waiting a little longer.
JCBRFC
16 Feb 16#954
I'm assuming when 02 add the £30 credit to the sim it doesn't actually cost them anything, maybe I'm just being silly.
copperspock
16 Feb 16#953
He's talking about the money that has to be paid to Sony for the PSN credit.
rapidracer10
16 Feb 16#952
Hmm, did you get the big bundle sim or the big talker? Thinking because i got the 20 last week using the big bundle sim. Today I was due the email on a big talker sim but only got the extra 10 quid email :neutral_face: But still...extra 10 is not bad at all, gonna do it anyway
taiko
16 Feb 16#951
they lose out by paying PSN virtual 30 quid for your 10 quid real money.
rapidracer10
16 Feb 16#950
You topup with £10 from your own pocket, and they give you £20 'virtual credit'. In the end they are up 10 quid...or am i missing something oO
Ashe
15 Feb 16#949
How exactly do you imagine they're earning money from this?! If you pay them £10, and they pay £25 to Sony for, say, a PSN top-up, I can't exactly see how they're earning....
FrozenFire
15 Feb 16#948
Thanks, hope so :wink:
JCBRFC
15 Feb 16#947
£20 email still came through for me, should receive the credit any minute now.
Highly unlikely, they can only blacklist you I'd assume. Either way they still earn money from this.
Koifaber
15 Feb 16#945
I've waited the 10-14 days for 2nd email offering £20 but and have received one today but it stil only offers £10 credit. Is anyone else having the same problem? I did one about 10 days ago and i had the £20 email but when I topped up I only recieved £10. Is this coming to a end now?
FrozenFire
15 Feb 16#946
Question here, do they have right to take any action against ?
wildcat___
15 Feb 16#944
ignore first email and u should get a second email stating £20 in 10>14 days apparently. that's what I'm waiting for
malkin94
15 Feb 16#943
Woops.. Got email today that's says £10 only now. Also the date that is different to the sims date? Guessing it's cus it fell on the weekend tho
LuFc6686
14 Feb 16#942
All working as normal I just use top up vouchers
sprucemoose
14 Feb 16#941
so the status is that's working, but must be topped up online? having read the thread I'm confused
ndksamb
13 Feb 16#940
Working
zaheer2003
12 Feb 16#939
Is this expired or still working if I order a sim now?
Techn
12 Feb 16#938
Ordered two to see if this works for me, I'll be happy if just those two work, don't need much :smile: also £5 quidco and topcashback
malkin94
11 Feb 16#937
Good to know it's still working for some mate.
Ahh that happened to me too before, can never remember em all :disappointed:
fps_d0minat0r
11 Feb 16#936
Its not to do with the difference between £10 and £11. I tried both with 2 different cards, neither worked. I just popped down to O2 and got £10 vouchers and used lend us a quid.
LuFc6686
11 Feb 16#935
Just topped up 2 sims and got the £30 in just over 30min. Not sure how everyone else does it but I buy vouchers put the sim in then wait until I get the configuration install, then top up and text the number every few min so the balance pops up. Done this every time and got the £30 within the hour. Although this time I messed up buying games on play store to get a refund and bought one I already had refunded so lost the £5 :disappointed:
malkin94
11 Feb 16#934
Yeaa to be honest it was exhausting for the one sim talking to them, never mind the other I had the same problem on. From no idea that offer exists, to it must've been a fraudulent email (people pretending to be o2 to trick people into o2 credit lol?), the most helpful ones just say they can't do anything and will forward it on. That sucks as I ended up just using the 20 squid n dumping em! Oh well can't complain :).
Glad for future ref others have had it resolved by phoning support. Will use that one
Ahhh mutes my theory, I've got some maturing, hate to think they'll only get 20 each aha :disappointed:
JCBRFC
11 Feb 16#933
Total 25p, if you use the sim that you're doing this on anyway, I'm sure landlines and other providers will cost more.
LuFc6686
11 Feb 16#932
Is it 25p per min or is that total?
JCBRFC
11 Feb 16#931
Maybe it depends on the number you press at the start, I pressed 5 for other inquiries and the guy seemed to know straight away after I explained, took him 2 minutes to check and that was it.
LuFc6686
11 Feb 16#930
Last time I did this they said they have no idea what I'm talking about, he said we don't offer the deal you are talking about.
LuFc6686
11 Feb 16#929
Looking at my emails I have nearly always got the on the way email 13 days before the £20 email.
JCBRFC
11 Feb 16#928
I had this problem, all you need to do is ring 4445 and just explain it to them, they'll add the missing £10 on during the call. The call does cost 25p but that shouldn't affect this as you'd usually have 90p credit left at the end anyway.
Save yourself some time and don't do the live chat with an 02 Guru, they'll just tell you to ring that number.
starsi360
11 Feb 16#927
Hi
I have done them quite a few times before without issue, these ones I actually did 2 days after the email and still only got the smaller bonus. Just done another today and same problem. :-(
malkin94
11 Feb 16#926
Same, quoted the email to gurus who aren't interested. One was telling me I topped up before the 14 days, despite receiving the email. I think maybe it's best leaving it till the day after the email, maybe the time matters? Yesterday I did it at 3pm received the email at 2.30, I definitely ordered them 9am and they were sent out that day, maybe it's when they're marked as 'dispatched' though. If they were marked as 'active' sims 5pm that day it would explain it. I need to check my emails to see what time they sent the on the way email
This was just my own speculation though to honest as I've never had chance to do it that early in the day before, and never had this problem
runuali
11 Feb 16#925
Did my 2nd sim using wifes debit card for £11 and it worked first time. Definitely something wrong with 4444/. Anyway added £60 in total and got one more sim left :wink:
vinh33
11 Feb 16#924
Thanks
ndksamb
11 Feb 16#923
When I receive sim I just leave it in the cupboard til I have the 2nd email for the £20 bonus, that's when I put in phone to do top up
starsi360
10 Feb 16#922
Anyone else having trouble getting the extra £20 at the mo? I only got an extra £10 yesterday and today despite getting the emails offering £20 bonus :disappointed:
fps_d0minat0r
10 Feb 16#920
I gave up topping up by card... Just got a £10 top up voucher from the shop and used lend us a quid.
What are the chances of this offer coming back? Knew I should have ordered more sims lol.
vinh33
10 Feb 16#921
I confused, the OP says don't activate the sim but on a few post I've read, some people have activated the sim. Please some let me know if i should activate the sim or not?? Thanks
runuali
10 Feb 16#918
I appreciate that, but I have never used the card before, this was my first time, also I used my wifes credit card and it still failed. I am on pay montly and only got the sim purely to use for PSN. I spoke to my bank and no attempts were made to authorise, so the problem is definitely at o2 end
davejb
10 Feb 16#919
its definitely their end as i tried two cards from seperate banks and neither worked. i spoke to several chat assistants and the first 2 just copy and pasted the same info about buying online. on my 3rd attempt i explained it in more detail that i wanted £11 and therefore could not use the online service and that i would like to use the 4444 top up by debit card option. they took a lot of details and it was a good half hour chatting. they said they would "pass on the details to the support team and it will work in 7 days"... i tried it the next day and it worked lol. i asked at the end of the chat if there was an issue with cards at the moment and the response was vague. i dont think they can say "yes its our fault" but i got the impression that it was their end.
BubaMan
10 Feb 16#917
I use 4444 every time but there are occasions where it doesn't like a certain debit card so I have to use another. I think it's the card issuer's fault (anti-money laundering or something) when you use the same card for multiple SIMs. A few months later and my original card started working again.
runuali
10 Feb 16#916
Yes same here, I tried 6 times and it doesnt work, even when I tried £10, o2 web chat customer services was poor, they try and make you use the site. I spoke to customer services in the end and they could see the attempts made to top up but had no reason why they were failing. so in the end I used the online service to do £10 and they added £1.
I have one more sim to do and I dont think it will work, I think there is an underlying bug associated with these sims and topping up via 4444.
eechiwawa
10 Feb 16#915
I topped up yesterday after getting the £20 bonus offer by email. I received a text after an hour saying that my £10 bonus has been added. Going to have to contact them about it.
KyleGM
8 Feb 16#914
Just got my bonus today so definitely still working!
fps_d0minat0r
6 Feb 16#913
Thanks, I was going to bin the second sim, but now I will try it.
onebelo
6 Feb 16#912
Not true. If you order 2 at the same time then both get the bonus, even if only one email is sent out. Numerous comments have confirmed this and I've done it myself several times.
However I don't know about the 3rd sim
davejb
6 Feb 16#911
@fort.... no, got bonus credit today...still working fine.
and it doesnt matter if you only get one email. if you ordered both sims the same day then both sims will have the bonus. youll only get one email but itll work for both (as it states in the summary post on the first page) i left my second one an extra day though just to make sure.
fort
5 Feb 16#910
Doesnt look like o2 is offering activation bonus credit anymore. Does this mean its all over?
BubaMan
5 Feb 16#909
Yep
didsburydan
5 Feb 16#908
i did read, must have missed the bit about multiple email addresses. so the other 2 sims that i havent topped up are pretty much useless now for this deal?
BubaMan
5 Feb 16#907
Go to page 1, go directly to page 1, read the summaries, do not collect 3x £20. :stuck_out_tongue:
In short, no - the email will state which sim the £20 bonus will work with (it'll have the phone number on) but do yourself a favour and read through Luvclub's and my summaries on page 1 to avoid any more pitfalls and to answer common questions - most people won't reply to questions that have been addressed many times before.
didsburydan
5 Feb 16#906
question.. i ordered my sims (3 total) using same email address and registered them to same my02 account. will i only get the bonus £20 for one of them, as the T&Cs say for new customers only?
also... when the sims arrived (about 2 weeks ago... i have received the £20 email already) i only put one inside my phone...so by having the email for one would the other 2 sims now be automatically eligible for the offer or would i have needed to insert the sims to make them active? confused.
bigly96
5 Feb 16#905
No.
FrozenFire
5 Feb 16#904
Did u top up after mentioned promotional date ?
bigly96
5 Feb 16#903
okay £20 hasn't come and it's been 31 hours, is that okay? If it doesn't come within 48 hours what do I do?
BubaMan
4 Feb 16#902
Or even if you did use Lend Us A Quid, it'd at least put your mind at ease :wink:
dave1233
4 Feb 16#901
if you sign up for the 02 rewards you get 5% of your credit back.. so if you put on £10 you get 50p... that makes the remaining balance £5.40.. its only credited at the end of each quarter but its a way to get that remaining fiver off the simcard without putting £11 on or if you dont fancy using lend a quid.
L_K123
3 Feb 16#900
Your right it aint that!! Ive done it 4 times. 2 via debit card, £11 each! Debiit card only works twice. 3rd via voucher and 4th via online top up!! Got £20 each time within an hour or so!
MSK.
3 Feb 16#899
No, it isn't. I don't know why it's happened, but it definitely isn't that.
bigly96
3 Feb 16#898
Actually it says in the email that you'll get the top up if you top up online or call 4444, it says nothing about voucher top up, maybe that's why?
bigly96
3 Feb 16#897
It says you'll get the 20£ within 48 hours and not 24, if not give them a call
superfreddy
3 Feb 16#896
Not doing this again. 2nd time I've had the £20 email, 2nd time I topped up - both times via voucher, nothing.
O2 say there's nothing they can do.
L_K123
3 Feb 16#895
Hi
I got my email few days ago, topped up online £10 and text came within an hour. So not sure why its taking so long for you. This is my 4th sim and each time text has come within hours.
superfreddy
3 Feb 16#894
I got the £20 email, topped up at midnight last night, text to confirm the bonus credit would be applied, but still nothing? O2 chat say it can take up to 24 hours, is this right?
superfreddy
3 Feb 16#893
A guy on ebay every week has £10 top ups for £8.99. Keep your eye out. You give him the number and he tops it up via voucher. Worked for me and I got the £30!
ndksamb
2 Feb 16#892
It is hit and miss sometimes can you try a different card ? In dec I used my debit card to top with no problem but about two weeks ago it wouldn't let me so used a different card and it worked, there is a post somewhere in this thread mentioning this I'm sure :smile:
daveb123
2 Feb 16#891
ive tried to top up £11 using a debit card but it says "sorry your top up was unsuccessful". anyone have any luck using a card to top up the £11. does the sim card have to be registered or anything? ive tried asking online chat but they just direct me to the online top up page and theres only options for £10 or 15 etc.
BubaMan
2 Feb 16#890
Dude, go to the 1st page on this and read the 2 summaries by Luvclub and myself. All questions answered.
zerowing
2 Feb 16#889
once £30 is on my card , can i transfer the whole £30 onto my psn acc? or not?
as voda and ee charge for the text to reply. so the full amount could never be transfered.
Just.Wondering
2 Feb 16#888
Hold out for longer , wait for the 20.00 free bonus message , should arrive in 7 days or so time....
BubaMan
2 Feb 16#887
Nothing's changed in the last 14 hours :stuck_out_tongue:
zerowing
2 Feb 16#886
This still work? I got £10 bonus email now. Any probs transfer to psn these days?
BubaMan
2 Feb 16#885
I've been on this thread a while and I don't remember anyone managing that... Here's what you can spend your O2 credit on: o2.co.uk/cha…ile
Just.Wondering
2 Feb 16#884
No, I'm sure it has been mentioned at some point during this thread.
copperspock
2 Feb 16#883
You're joking right oO?
Just.Wondering
2 Feb 16#882
Anyway to transfer the 30.00 credit onto say a prepaid debit card or into PayPal, my PSN account has plenty of credit currently thanks to this method :smile:
bigly96
1 Feb 16#881
Works as of 1/2/16 The 20£ email took 9 days to come after the £10 email was sent. I had trouble topping up via 4444, so I topped up on the website. Thanks OP!
FrozenFire
29 Jan 16#880
No expiry till you keep making a chargeable call every 6 month.. Cheers
MR1123
29 Jan 16#879
when does the bonus credit expire, havent used mine yet. please
ndksamb
28 Jan 16#878
Its still worth going via cashback routes though as it does track, but weather it pays out is a different matter
BubaMan
28 Jan 16#877
No - I think the cashback was cancelled some time ago and that's why it's expired on here but O2 still dole out £20 bonus credit to those with patience and who follow the summaries :wink:
darkspace100
28 Jan 16#876
So the deal isn't expired?
BubaMan
27 Jan 16#875
Check out luvclub's and my summaries on page 1... Covers most of it.
darkspace100
27 Jan 16#874
Is this deal still on? Can someone help me as I don't understand how this works.
shak
22 Jan 16#873
Perfect, thanks!
ndksamb
22 Jan 16#872
ordered on 2nd jan £10 email sent on the 9th jan £20 email sent on 18 jan
shak
22 Jan 16#871
Can someone check their emails and give the exact number of days between order confirmation, first £10 email and the £20 email please.
Thanks in advance!
MR1123
22 Jan 16#870
you wait 2 weeks, its email will be £10 bonus i think then the following one will be £20
lampard123
22 Jan 16#869
I've received a big talker sim when i bought a phone from o2, I've activated the sim but how do I go about getting the email for the top-up?
ndksamb
21 Jan 16#868
Yeah
taiko
21 Jan 16#867
yes you can.
L_K123
21 Jan 16#866
When you say merge with sim swap?
I've got an 02 sim with £4.90 credit after a £25 psn top up with voucher. I also have a 2nd sim with 90p after using debit card to top up £11.
So i can merge the £4.90 one with the 90p top up sim to give me £5.80 then top up psn with £5. Is that right?
ndksamb
21 Jan 16#865
Done it twice in sept 15 and not heard from them, didn't feel too comfortable doing it so find it best putting £11 on one sim to top up £30 to psn then top up a £10 on 2nd sim to top up £25 to psn then merge with sim swap to get final £5, not had any probs doing this way
Jamie724
21 Jan 16#864
Does anyone know what happens if you don't repay the lend us a quid?
L_K123
18 Jan 16#863
Oh no not after expiry! It was well before. Once it expires then i assume sims no good for free credit, you have to make sure you top up before the expiry!
galactus2013
18 Jan 16#862
Are you saying it worked for you AFTER the expiry date of the offer? That's what they was talking about
ndksamb
17 Jan 16#861
The best way to do it is order 2 sims using different email address, and maybe leave it a few weeks in between ordering,
superfreddy
17 Jan 16#860
Do you order multiple ones?
phosphize3
17 Jan 16#859
Sorry I refreshed the page and it updated again.
phosphize3
17 Jan 16#858
I am just not sure if we should be ordering multiple ones
MSK.
17 Jan 16#857
Did you not get the answer you wanted the first time?
MSK.
17 Jan 16#856
I don't know. If you aren't comfortable with it, perhaps you shouldn't.
phosphize3
17 Jan 16#855
Is this illegal at all?
superfreddy
17 Jan 16#854
It does concern me though about ordering multiple ones. How often are people ordering?
MSK.
17 Jan 16#853
You can use a voucher.
superfreddy
17 Jan 16#852
Can you top up by voucher or do you have to top up by calling or online?
L_K123
17 Jan 16#851
How is it illegal? You order a sim and O2 give you £10 top up for free anyway with the sim, stated on the website!
Then it was discovered that by waiting a week or tow they offer you £20!
What law have you broken other than order a sim and O2 make a Tenner out of it!
phosphize3
17 Jan 16#850
Is this illegal at all?
FrozenFire
16 Jan 16#849
Lucky u .. No luck for me even few days :cry:
L_K123
16 Jan 16#848
Worked for me! Just topped up by voucher
L_K123
16 Jan 16#847
Just did it and my £20 arrived within an hour!!
Got 3 sims done so far.
Keep the sim for carphone warehouse payg upgrade deals for 99p then discard sim!!
FrozenFire
13 Jan 16#846
Don't do it , I just did & no bonus ...
Raaawr
11 Jan 16#845
I remember somebody saying that you can topup after the offer expires? Is this still true? - I was supposed to topup a sim by 1/01/2016
LuFc6686
11 Jan 16#844
Can take a few days sometimes but I only ever order 2 at a time both with different names, if I use same name I only get 1
taiko
11 Jan 16#843
I ordered a few and nothings turned up recently :disappointed:
MSK.
11 Jan 16#842
Same thing happened to me, was very pleased :smile:
LuFc6686
11 Jan 16#841
Finally got my cache back from TCB after months of no payments, it just all became payable at once. So if you are waiting for it to become payable have a look now.
arjanvirdi
7 Jan 16#840
when i topped up £11 once the £20 didn't come through for 48 hours but when i top up £10 it came through right away.
Topher2
30 Dec 15#839
Ok, I'll just be "patient" and keep checking *#10#. Thanks again.
BubaMan
30 Dec 15#838
I never get that text... I just keep dialling *#10# a few hours after topping up until my bonus balance shows up. My last one took nearly 48 hours but normally, it's about an hour.
Topher2
30 Dec 15#837
I see that, and thanks for the reply, but I have received my text to say the £20 has been applied but it doesn't show in my balance. That was a couple of hours ago, I wasn't/still not sure if that is normal. Thanks
BubaMan
30 Dec 15#836
Read 4 posts up.
Topher2
30 Dec 15#835
I have just topped up after getting my email, how long did it take for the £20 bonus to actually show as £30 balance? I got my " You topped up, we've added your £20 bonus" message but balance still only shows the £10. Thanks
Just.Wondering
30 Dec 15#834
Perfect thank you :smile:
BubaMan
30 Dec 15#833
Yes - as long as the O2 sim is in the device that you're buying from - choose mobile billing as your payment method.
Just.Wondering
30 Dec 15#832
Great post , I have been using this to top up my psn account for a while.....BUT just spotted that you can use the sim credit for googleplay to ?!?! how does this work best ? if my sim card has say £30.00 credit on the sim , can i use it as a pay option choice when I click to buy google apps ? as i quite fancy TOM TOM , but not prepared to pay the price !!
BubaMan
30 Dec 15#831
Here's another summary for those unwilling to read back a few pages...
1st, you need to request a £10 Big Talker SIM from here: o2.co.uk/fre…ank (Remember to check TCB for any other potential cash-back offers) When signing up, you must leave the “spam” box checked or you will not get the important email below.
You should get the SIM within a few days and about a week after that, you should receive an email, offering a bonus £10 if you top up… Ignore this one… About 7-10 days after that, you should receive another email, offering a bonus £20 if you top up… Now is the time to do it.
If you top up by £10 (via 4444 or top-up card), you’ll have to do some mucking about with Google Play store and O2’s “Lend us a Quid” service to get the full £30 out. For a smoother process, it’s best to call 4444 and top up by £11 (as it costs to send the necessary text). Either way, you’ll have to wait for about an hour (can be up to 48 hours) for the bonus credit to be added (dial *#10# to check).
£11 Top-up Method Once you have the full £31 credit, go to your PSN account and select “add wallet funds”. Click “use mobile”. Select £30 and continue. Enter your O2 mobile number and continue. Wait for the message to your O2 phone and reply with “Y”. £30 PSN credit for £11 and you also have 90p to spend.
£10 Top-up Method (needs O2 SIM to be in an Android phone) This works as above but as the reply method uses 10p of credit, you don’t have enough to use the full £30. Instead, select £25 and follow as above. To get the remaining £5 across, you need to find something on the Play store that costs around £4.50 (or 2 that total this), using mobile billing to pay for it. Dial 4444 and use the “Lend us a Quid” service (option 6). Go back to the Google Play store and get an instant refund on the app(s) to make the phone credit £5.90. Then top up your PSN wallet by £5… £30 PSN credit for £10 and you also have 90p to spend on Google Play store. Some have been worried about the repercussions from not paying back “Lend us a Quid” but nobody has yet reported any action from O2’s part.
Tips: PSN limits to the frequency that you can do this in a month and there is also a ceiling of about £120 on your PSN wallet. If ordering multiple SIMs in the same month, use multiple email addresses. Once you've topped up your PSN wallet once it will may not give you an option to switch to another mobile - The change mobile number option only appears on the desktop version of the PSN website or when you delete your cookies. You cannot get a 2nd refund for the same software on Google Play so you will have to find a different £4.50 app each time.
copperspock
30 Dec 15#830
You only get the £20 bonus offer after a few weeks if you don't top up.
superfreddy
30 Dec 15#829
Do you HAVE to top up by card? I bought a voucher, topped up and the £20 never appeared.
L_K123
30 Dec 15#828
To top up for £11 use a debit card, that way you can choose. By topping up £11 and you have to send a text. Your left with 90p in end.
BubaMan
30 Dec 15#827
Call 4444 and do it through the automated system.
L_K123
30 Dec 15#826
No still works! Got another email yesterday asking me to too up for free extra £20 credit. So still working!
jouster
30 Dec 15#825
Just to clarify. Has this offer finished now.
And yes I know I'm very late to the party.
Newbie99
30 Dec 15#824
how to topup for £11? Thanks
FrozenFire
30 Dec 15#823
@Bdrl/All. I thought to summarise usage options.. Feel free to add to below list. Looking for more options to utilise :wink:
1. PSN Credit 2. Google Play Store 3. iTune codes via O2voucher.co.uk 4. Spotify 5. ??
MR1123
30 Dec 15#822
Thanks
L_K123
29 Dec 15#821
I ordered 2 sims together, got an email today for £20 free credit but the email had one number? Anyway topped that up with £11 and got bonus £20. Just topped up my psn account for £30.
So anyone know about the 2nd sim that came with the first one? Does the bonus apply to that too?
Also one more question, can i say order another single sim wait 2 weeks and do it again?
Thanks in advance
MSK.
29 Dec 15#820
You can't, that's how the person above you lost their money. You can transfer the £10 that wasn't bonus credit, that you paid for.
MR1123
29 Dec 15#819
hi ive got 2 sims ready and loaded with bonus credit, how do i put credits into 1 sim please?
popoyaya
29 Dec 15#818
I did the sim swap with a £30 sim and of course the £20 disappeared. Spoke to an O2 guru to try and get the £20 back and was told it was only eligible on the original sim and couldn't be transferred. :disappointed:
MSK.
16 Dec 15#817
I've only had it paid once. My other claims have been on hold for months.
taiko
16 Dec 15#816
i just got 2 sims using 2 different cashback accounts , will let you know if i get it from o2 :smile:
LuFc6686
16 Dec 15#815
Do you ever get cashback from then anymore? I used to after a while but haven't for ages
malkin94
16 Dec 15#814
The limit is per account per service.
You can hold multiple mmoga accounts under the same name but obviously fees are there too. You get the same message trying a bunch of cards within a one month rolling period there too though.
Oh and I read the terms as 3 per order so until informed otherwise believe it's OK to do a few orders a month. Also, the system recently looks updated so I'm sure they could have a) blacklisted abusers or b) limit the the amount of promotion given to 3 sims each household. They're in control.
oldsystem
15 Dec 15#813
Got £89 so just under, also tried £25 and did the same.
onebelo
15 Dec 15#812
i read theres a £120 limit ifor psn accounts or something like that. do you have £91 or more in your account?
oldsystem
15 Dec 15#811
Just PSN not letting you top-up from phone. I'm just going to setup a second PSN account, dont fancy leaving it on the sim just in case O2 decide you cant top up PSN from O2 anymore.
taiko
15 Dec 15#810
are you guys talking about o2 not letting you have the 20 quid bonus or psn not letting you top up ?
MSK.
15 Dec 15#809
Ohhh that's not good news :disappointed:
luvclub
15 Dec 15#808
Actually, you're correct. I think they might have changed their system now as I'm also blocked from topping up the third time!
oldsystem
14 Dec 15#807
Bit different for me, i've only had two top-ups in the last calendar month and getting the whoa message. WIll give it a week then try setting up another PSN account.
That's helpful to know thanks, I didn't know you could get clubcard points on them :smile: I was looking at some bonus nectar points offers at Sainsbury's local this week and phone top ups were excluded. Thought that was a bit miserable.
luvclub
8 Dec 15#804
Well, at least it is possible to get some Clubcard Points on my voucher purchases and it saves a lot of time by not having to repeatedly try on the website or by card on the phone.
MSK.
8 Dec 15#803
Thanks for the reply :smile: Looks like vouchers it is then, at least there is still SIM swapping :smile:
I am pretty sure they do keep a record of the cards, because when I contacted support they asked me for the last 4 digits on it to confirm I had tried to top up. Then told me they could see it had been used with two other SIMs and that their policy was you could only use one card for up to 2 SIMs.
They must drop off at some point, because I've certainly used it on more than two! I hadn't run into this problem for a while, but I had been timing my SIMs quite carefully. I did an extra one this month to give to someone else, which messed things up I think.
luvclub
8 Dec 15#802
No, sorry. I've encountered this problem a lot too, so have gone down the voucher route myself.
I really think that after a while due to fraud protection they sort of block any credit cards you've used a lot and if you mistakenly use one of these cards during an initial attempt on a new sim then they make it extremely difficult to use any new cards to top up that sim too. They may even keep a record that these cards are somehow connected too!
MSK.
8 Dec 15#801
You don't have any bright ideas about how to top up by £11 do you?
I tried on my latest one with a card and it won't let me top up. Support told me it was because it was linked to two other SIMs and that if I waited 24 hours I would be able to top up. But that didn't happen.
I switched to another pre-paid card, but it wouldn't let me use that to top up. Said the payment type wasn't recognised even though it was a Mastercard.
I know I could just buy a voucher, but it's so much easier doing things with an £11 top up.
Any suggestions very much appreciated :smile:
luvclub
8 Dec 15#800
Of course this has happened to someone else. It has been discussed extensively already.
You could only top up your PSN wallet with no more than 3 different sim cards during a one month period. If you're able to somehow transfer more credit on to any of these 3 sim cards then you could top up your PSN multiple times during this one month period.
e.g Sim 1 used on 5/11/15 Sim 2 used on 8/11/15 Sim 3 used on 10/11/15
You won't be able to top up again with Sim 4 until 5/12/15. Then you need to wait until 8/12/15 to use Sim 5.
However, if you put more credit on to Sim 1, 2 or 3 then you could top up your PSN before 5/12/15, however there is a daily top up limit per sim (probably £30 too).
chris88
2 Dec 15#799
No it was o2. My number I've been using for years. Still working even though I used it a few days ago. Tired my girlfriends o2 number & it didn't work. I'll just leave it & try another time. Hopefully will sort itself out. Hope nothing really good shows up in the Xmas sale till then :face_with_monocle:
LuFc6686
2 Dec 15#798
On PS4 you can have 6 accounts activated I think at once. Was it a different network you tried it with?
chris88
2 Dec 15#797
Yea I was thinking this since it had been a busy time with Black Ops 3 & Fallout 4 & a few games on sale. Might give it another week. Weird it still lets me use other numbers. Never thought of using it on another account. Nice thinking :smile:
I'll keep you in mind :wink:
ndksamb
2 Dec 15#796
I'll take it at cost :wink:
LuFc6686
2 Dec 15#795
I always get that message you can only top up about 3-4 times every 4 weeks I think it is. Sometimes it's just random. I've just made multiple accounts so If one doesn't work I try another.
chris88
1 Dec 15#794
Yea I just seem to be having the problem with this one sim. Hopefully the next one will be fine. I may stick this one on eBay since it's no use to me.
Voltix
30 Nov 15#793
I have seen this extra data bonus before. It should still work.
oldsystem
30 Nov 15#792
Could this have finished now?
Says 50% extra data, for three months. Ends 31 Dec.
Sure it said £10 extra credit before. Ordered another anyway.
oldsystem
28 Nov 15#791
Third one in a month went fine
Voltix
28 Nov 15#790
I added today £25 without any problem.
chris88
25 Nov 15#789
So tired to add money to my account but I get a message 'Whoa, you've requested a lot of payments! Please take a break and try again later. Contact us if you have questions.'
Weird thin I then tried my normal mobile number & it worked fine though I didn't reply to the text. Anyone else every get this?
oldsystem
23 Nov 15#788
My second one went fine, £20 arrived 20 mins later.
MSK.
21 Nov 15#787
Thanks for the reply :smile: I ended up converting the Sainsbury's credit to nectar points, but it's good to know.
Voltix
21 Nov 15#786
They accept only Three, T-Mobile and O2
to topup your PSN wallet u can use O2, Orange, T Mobile, Three and Vodafone
MSK.
20 Nov 15#785
Not strictly PSN related, but was trying to buy an app with Sainbury's credit on Google play and discovered Vodafone is no longer supported as a payment method:
I guess that's why I can't use up my Sainsbury's credit?
Anyone tried Sainsbury's or Vodafone on PSN lately?
LuFc6686
18 Nov 15#784
Doesn't that mean you can only order 3 at a time? Not bothered anyway they can't do anything
RedDragonX
18 Nov 15#783
Free Sim Offer terms and conditions
The offer is available to UK residents only. Applicants must be 16 or over. There is a maximum number of up to three O2 Online SIMs per household, as specified in the relevant promotion.
Raaawr
18 Nov 15#782
Yup, two sims, neither one got it after 48 hours.
LuFc6686
18 Nov 15#781
What?
RedDragonX
18 Nov 15#780
Did you read the terms and conditions? Could be a massive repayment in store for you.
onebelo
18 Nov 15#779
alright cheers
ndksamb
18 Nov 15#778
Y
Yes, when you've put your card details in it asks how much you want to top up. Just put £11 and it should go through
onebelo
18 Nov 15#777
thanks. that can be done through the 4444 number?
ndksamb
18 Nov 15#776
By phone using automated service
onebelo
18 Nov 15#775
how did you top up £11?
starsi360
18 Nov 15#774
Anyone else had trouble getting the bonus this last day or 2?
LuFc6686
18 Nov 15#773
Can't believe this is still going haha. Not going to lie i have absolutely abused this. I must of topped up well over £1000 and only paid about £50 thanks to topcashback and quidco. My accounts are maxed out ready for the xmas sales :smile:
arjanvirdi
17 Nov 15#772
Its been 6 hours, and still not come yet. However it does say on the email 48 hours
MSK.
17 Nov 15#771
Up to 24 hours I think. It usually takes a few hours.
arjanvirdi
17 Nov 15#770
I topped up £11 after getting the email. Its been 2 hours, how long will it take?
henryftw
16 Nov 15#769
Still valid
MSK.
12 Nov 15#768
Errr, I've forgotten to be honest X) I'd try it at 28 days, if it doesn't work, leave it well alone and try on the calendar month.
Just.Wondering
12 Nov 15#767
Brilliant , Thank you , so its not say per calender month , its per 28 days ?
MSK.
12 Nov 15#766
You can add credit three times in a month. It's not about the length of time from you most recent top up, but the one three top ups ago.
Just.Wondering
12 Nov 15#765
tried to use my 30.00 credit today via PSN top up service , i got the message to slow down and take a break , I have have been doing too many credits to my psn account !!!
But I only did it about 10 days ago for 30 quid !!! how long do you normally have to wait ??
Khairul
11 Nov 15#764
@bdrl
Many thanks for this deal, which I've had my eye on for a long time to use when the need arises. Today I got my £20 free credit email.
TheVoid
7 Nov 15#763
Why do £11 when you could just do the lend us a quid service?
Can I ask if I should be worried about ordering some more even though I've used 6 already?!
MSK.
6 Nov 15#762
He got it sorted now, he was just being a ****.
ndksamb
6 Nov 15#760
Do you have to speak to a cs rep to put £11 on or can you use the automated system?
ndksamb
6 Nov 15#761
Thanks, I"ll give it a try when I get my next email, :smile:
MSK.
6 Nov 15#758
Thanks :smile: I can't see why it would be an issue either, I've never had that problem.
MSK.
6 Nov 15#759
You can use the automated system :smile:
markftmuk
6 Nov 15#757
Worked fine for me, used 4444.
MSK.
6 Nov 15#756
Has anyone run into problems using a card to top up? A friend has tried to top up his first ever SIM using a card and not been able to. Rang customer services to try to top up and they told him he has to buy a voucher for the first top up on a SIM.
If he can only top up using a voucher, there's no way for him to top up by £11 is there?
markftmuk
6 Nov 15#755
Thanks worked for me today.
Just.Wondering
5 Nov 15#754
Got 2 sims in the post a few weeks ago , activated both , both received the the free 20.00 email :smile: so I put a credit on one of the numbers today, no issues , 30.00 straight into my PSN account.........BUT the 2nd sim , I tried to top up with the same debit card , it would not accept the top up , so I used a totally different card never used on o2 before.....same thing it would not top up the sim.......this is my 3rd sim , so is there another method to get 11 quid onto the sim card ?!!?
wer342
2 Nov 15#753
Yes you will receive the extra £20 credit
TheVoid
1 Nov 15#752
Been reading these posts for the past hour! Do you think it's likely that o2 would attempt to claim anything back if you have gone over the 3 in their t and c's?
Skiso38
1 Nov 15#751
Hello I have rated the previous posts but I am still worried. The top up £10 get £20 email expired on the 28th of October. If I top up today will I still get the extra £20 ?
jaydog69
31 Oct 15#750
Eh? If you ordered the big talker sim then nothing should be going on a bundle...
stranger1984
31 Oct 15#749
So I've used this glitch for some time now, getting the £30 PSN credit for £11 topup.
Although, just the other day, I received the extra £20 topup emails for two £20 bundle sims, I activated and topped them up £11 each as normal (to give me £31) BUT the sneaky **** have updated how they take the credit for sim bundle and automatically took it from the extra £20, without warning, leaving me with the £11 credit and a sim with the £20 bundle, lol
I knew this day would come and I wasn't that bummed about it.
Although, there is still another way around this, to get £20 PSN Credit for £11 topup. Simply order the £25 bundle sim, only activate and top it up £11 as soon as you received it, giving you an extra £10 as stated on the back of the packaging :grin:
ism
26 Oct 15#748
Be a bit wary of Quidco for O2 free sims
I went with them previously and it did not track
And when i tried to raise a claim they said they couldnt for O2
not sure if this is still the case this time around and again it may be fine if it tracks
Khairul
26 Oct 15#747
Quidco offering £10 cashback for the next 6 days.
jaydog69
26 Oct 15#746
To be fair, I have stopped ordering SIMs now. I tended to do maybe 2 a month anyway.
jaydog69
26 Oct 15#745
They'd probably just blacklist your address.
Nudanude
26 Oct 15#744
They could hire Dog and Beth to come around to your gaff to take back the cheap little pieces of plastic you ordered.
RedDragonX
26 Oct 15#743
I have ordered over 3 sims. What action could o2 take against me? Bill me?
RedDragonX
26 Oct 15#742
I did just sign up to warn you guys. These T&Cs aren't exactly straightforward to find but they are there.
MSK.
26 Oct 15#741
No :smile:
I find it interesting you signed up to HUKD just to say this.
RedDragonX
26 Oct 15#740
Have you ordered more than 3 sims?
RedDragonX
26 Oct 15#739
Free Sim Offer terms and conditions
The offer is available to UK residents only. Applicants must be 16 or over. There is a maximum number of up to three O2 Online SIMs per household, as specified in the relevant promotion.
MSK.
26 Oct 15#738
Which term, exactly?
5ack8oy
26 Oct 15#737
What is against o2 t&c's?
RedDragonX
26 Oct 15#736
You do know that this is completely against o2s terms and conditions. There will likely be repercussions. Be careful.
BubaMan
25 Oct 15#735
I think so... I've got a SIM on the way but it'll be 2 weeks before I can try. I think I'll carry on with the PSN method for PSN credit but it interesting to think that we could be getting XBox credit through the bonus credit. I suppose you could use HMV to side-step the monthly top-up limits on PSN but you'll still have to use PSN to get the last fiver out of your credit.
jaydog69
25 Oct 15#734
That's good... however £30 + standard text for £25 PSN?! Do they just give you a PSN code?
taiko
25 Oct 15#733
only good if you top up 11 quid to get the 30 ....
BubaMan
25 Oct 15#732
Has anyone tried spending the mobile credit @ HMV? I don't currently have any credit but I'm thinking about 2 of these...
BarmyBulldog
23 Oct 15#731
I thought as much that's what Google is implying. Tad annoying thanks for the reply.
Other topics say topping up at the cash machine is another good work around.
luvclub
23 Oct 15#730
I get those error messages 7 times out of 10. The best method of getting around it is to purchase a voucher code from a shop, especially if you've been using your existing credit cards a lot on these sims.
MSK.
23 Oct 15#729
I am inclined to agree.
luvclub
23 Oct 15#728
I think jaydog is just slightly annoyed that some people would just want everything served to them on a plate and would not attempt to read any posts themselves to answer their own question.
I would believe that if the deal is really finished then a lot more people would be posting the fact.
MSK.
23 Oct 15#727
Are you on the wind up? I added £30, 30 seconds ago.
How has it finished? Are they not sending e-mails any more? Is bonus credit not being added?
ndksamb
23 Oct 15#726
Noooooooooo, was planning to pre order a game and get a years PS+ :disappointed:
BarmyBulldog
23 Oct 15#725
Could this be related to the fact I receive a sorry something has gone wrong when topping up from the £20 offer e-mail?
jaydog69
23 Oct 15#724
No it's finished
Scrumpert
23 Oct 15#723
is this still going?
jaydog69
19 Oct 15#722
Just send a text to someone on another network, just to be sure.
atom
19 Oct 15#721
I think my sim from April has £30 on it might expire as I haven't made a call or done anything, will I have to get the money transfered off asap if I don't want to lose any?
copperspock
16 Oct 15#720
Does anyone know if they're still accepting T-Mobile/EE credit? I have a few SIMs left from a while ago that I've been saving.
atom
14 Oct 15#719
Thank you :smile:
luvclub
14 Oct 15#718
Please try to read at least a few posts. E.g #662
ndksamb
13 Oct 15#717
Had same thing happen the other week and I got the extra £20 on both.
atom
13 Oct 15#716
Ordered a couple of sims a couple of weeks ago, but only a £20 extra email for one of them? Is this normal as I don't want to to up the second without the extra £20 of course.
ism
9 Oct 15#715
Thanks very much that seemed to work although i needed to reboot phone after manual selecting network
luvclub
9 Oct 15#714
It might work if you "manually" choose O2 as your network under "network operators" under android settings instead of choosing "auto" network.
ism
9 Oct 15#713
I have found this to be temperemental
currently have just topped up a new O2 sim card and its not showing in my payment methods
however have had this problem with other sims and where they havent worked in one phone they have worked in another
MR1123
9 Oct 15#712
sweet thank you. will order another sim now. :grin:
ndksamb
9 Oct 15#711
If you have the 02 sim in your phone go onto play store>my account> payment methods you should be able to enable o2 billing, buy what you want then swap your sim back. Hth
MR1123
9 Oct 15#710
hey i want to pay for in app purchases on my android phone, does anyone know if i could use o2 top up and add it to google wallet or some other way please?
luvclub
4 Oct 15#709
From my post #662: "Be careful with Swap Sim. If you want to merge 2 x £30 then you would only get £40. You would need to Guru Chat to get the missing £20 back, but it might take some persuasion. Best to only merge smaller amounts e.g 2 x £4.90. Or if necessary £30 and £4.90. If so, then the £30 should be the mobile number you wish to keep and the £4.90 is the SSN sim. Otherwise you'll lose that free £20!"
bdrl
3 Oct 15#708
Wait until you receive the second email from O2 before top up, which will confirm you to get £20 for £10 top up!
thegamingkinginfo
3 Oct 15#707
Hmm, do I activate it when it comes? I haven't got any free credit emails though..
henryftw
3 Oct 15#706
is this still going on lol
for sims ordered today
leroybrown1999
2 Oct 15#705
It has in the past, but this time was fine
Siggipugger
2 Oct 15#704
So you merged the 90p to the £30 sim? Doesn't this normally lose the bonus £20?
MSK.
2 Oct 15#703
I gave it a try, but I am stuck on a whoa at the moment :disappointed: Perhaps someone else can confirm?
leroybrown1999
2 Oct 15#702
Has the Boku (PSN) site changed the way you add credit?
I merged two sims yesterday, 90p sim onto a sim with £31 credit (wanted the number from 90p sim onto new sim to avoid the 3 sim per month limit), this gave me £31.90 onto new sim, and this essentially is now the same mobile number that I previously used on PSN site.
When I went through PSN site to add credit via mobile, I wasn't asked to enter the mobile number (also no text "Y" to confirm) and PSN credit increased by £30 and SIM card credit decreased by £30 (not £30.10 to take into account the text message)
If so, this is great, as it means no more having to add £11, and we can just add £10 and use all the credit in one go. Also means we can now just add £10 from o2 store or pay point top up and avoid the 2 credit card transactions per month via the phone top up system.
Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this? Only thing different I have done between this transaction and previous is install PSN app on my iPhone, but can't think it's to do with that?! Have done about 10 PSN top ups before this and all required a text message, even when using the same number.
ndksamb
1 Oct 15#701
OK cheers, was thinking if I did 3 x£25 top ups then use swap my sim for the 3 remaining £4.90's to do one final £10, so hopefully £85 top up for £30 outlay.
MSK.
1 Oct 15#700
I stacked 5 or 6 with no issues :smile: I won't load the next ones onto the same SIM now I have loaded that credit though, I will start stacking them on a fresh SIM. I don't think it's a great idea to link all of my £20 SIM I have ever got together.
Just make sure you have used all of the £20 promotional credit first, else you might lose it.
ndksamb
1 Oct 15#699
Any idea as to how many sims you could put onto one? Ie, could you do it twice if you had 3 sims?
MSK.
1 Oct 15#698
Probably tomorrow your first payment drops off then.
MSK.
1 Oct 15#697
If you have more than one of them you can use swapmysim.o2.co.uk/ and add them together.
jamcd
1 Oct 15#696
Did anyone work out how many payments you can make to your PSN account within a certain time frame? I topped up 3 times from 01/09 till 07/09 and I am still getting the "Whoa" message today!
cxv
29 Sep 15#695
Is there any other way to get the 4.90 into atleast 5 pounds so i can get psn credit?
(Asking as i haven't got an android phone).
Thanks in advance.
luvclub
29 Sep 15#694
They can't really prove you were the one who had used it though. Just tell them you chucked it in the bin and someone must have picked it out of the rubbish. Or Postman Pat nicked it!
I don't think they would go to such lengths to recover that 20p loss though.
MSK.
28 Sep 15#693
Stacked all my left over credit onto one sim using the sim swapper. Have been wondering why I couldn't load it on to PSN. It would say it couldn't identify my mobile network, so I would manually choose O2, the process would carry on but I would never get the Y message.
Just worked it out. When I look at my own phone number in the about phone menu on my phone, it displays the original number of it the SIM, not the new number it has been swapped to *facepalm*
Just thought I would share that in case anyone else has the same trouble.
jaydog69
28 Sep 15#692
They have your address from sending you the sim lol
adbs213
28 Sep 15#691
Hello are you sure that the offer has not expired I have ordered some sims and the sim cover says top up £10 get £10 credit free. I really hope it hasn't as i was just about to start doing it.
luvclub
25 Sep 15#690
By the time they do the sim card would probably be in the bin.
Most people would start with £30 - £25 (to PSN wallet) - £0.10 (to pay for text) = £4.90
At this point they would mess about with the Lend-A-Quid. So £4.90 + £1 - £5 (to PSN wallet) - £0.10 (to pay text) = £0.80
So at the end of the day the sim would end up in the bin with an unused credit of 80p and expire like that. Therefore they've only lost out on 20p!
If they do try to send the bailiffs around then they would need to call the PAYG sim and ask you for your address. However the sim is in the bin!
ndksamb
25 Sep 15#689
Are there any negatives to using the lend us a quid? Ie: will they contact you asking for it back ??
Just.Wondering
24 Sep 15#688
Perfect , I shall do that then , gives me more scope for adding more balance ! :smile:
MSK.
24 Sep 15#687
It comes out of your balance right away and adds 12 months to whatever you have left now.
Just.Wondering
24 Sep 15#686
My PSN yearly fee is not due for another 6 months or so.....If i purchased another 12 months , would it stack and continue / extend my current expiry date , e.g 18 months for now , or would that come up as a pre-order , e.g not really using any of my balance ??
Just.Wondering
24 Sep 15#685
cool , I see quidco are offering 5.00 today , so I have ordered 2 , 1 via TCB for 10.00 Cash back And 1 via Quidco
After that I shall order more and top up my PSN account to the max !
MSK.
24 Sep 15#684
You'd have to get paid for any of them first. I have claims months old they haven't responded to.
Just.Wondering
24 Sep 15#683
With this , I would of thought TCB would only pay out on 1 order , so if i made 2 seperate orders , would i get 2 lots of 10.00 , or would I have to wait say 1 month in between ?
BubaMan
23 Sep 15#681
When you do this for the 1st time on your phone, it stores the phone number in a cookie and every time after that, it refers to the cookie and doesn't ask you for the number again. When you come to your 2nd SIM, you'll have a new number but you won't have the ability to change it... unless you delete your cookies (cache).
luvclub
23 Sep 15#682
When you first attempt to transfer credit from your O2 sim card to your PSN wallet it would ask you for the sim's mobile number so that it could send a text to it, which you need to reply to for authorisation.
If you did this using a mobile Internet browser (ie on your phone) it would store the number of the O2 sim that you had used to credit your PSN wallet.
If you then wanted to credit again using a second O2 sim there would be no option to change the original mobile phone number which it had stored when you used the first sim.
The website version of the PSN site asks you to enter the mobile number each time.
Siggipugger
23 Sep 15#679
What's the benefit of this?
jamcd
23 Sep 15#680
Could you elaborate on this please? I'm not sure what you mean. On what website at what point is your phone number stored, and why would this be a problem?
BubaMan
23 Sep 15#678
Good post :smile: 1 point to add is that you can change the phone number on mobile browsers by clearing your browser cache.
Nudanude
21 Sep 15#677
Still works.
Yesterday on TCB I noticed that the £5.25 cashback was expiring, so I ordered a bunch more. Today the cashback is back up to £10.50.
They're really spoiling us.
Siggipugger
21 Sep 15#676
I topped up 2 sims and didn't get my bonus credit
jattmaniac
21 Sep 15#675
Just topped up four sims for £20 bonus - definitely not over!
gobby88
16 Sep 15#674
no its not finished. I just topped up yesterday got my extra 20quid within a few hrs
hotdealbreaker
16 Sep 15#673
is this over ? I only saw this a couple of days ago someone please tell me its not over. :disappointed:
hismum
16 Sep 15#672
Don't think it's expired i just topped up six SIM cards for their £20 bonus
Nudanude
14 Sep 15#671
Expired?
It's as if millions of PS Store pre-orders suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly cancelled.
Say it ain't so.
MSK.
13 Sep 15#670
Thanks so much for your help :smile: I had misunderstood the part about the serial number, that is much clearer. Have got all the left overs stacked on one SIM now.
luvclub
10 Sep 15#669
You give them the mobile number which you want to keep that is on one sim (the first sim). They would verify the number by sending a text. Then you also give them the SSN of a second sim that you want the first mobile number to be swapped/ported to. If successful you would only be able to use the second sim from now on and the mobile phone number of it would be from the first sim. The first sim card is deactivated. Both credits "should" be merged on the second remaining sim.
This may take up to 24 hours.
luvclub
10 Sep 15#668
I found it's a month after the last wallet funding.
Never heard anything about this bonus credit expiry. It should expire together with the sim card if the sim card is inactive for 6 months which is standard for PAYG sims.
If you wish to keep a stock of £30 credit sims you should keep them active by making a chargeable call or text at least every six months.
_Craig_
10 Sep 15#667
I dont think that is true, My wallet is currently full so I have a sim card here which I toped up on August 4th, It is now over 1 month and it still has the bonus and is still active.
MSK.
10 Sep 15#666
It's counted from the first day you topped up :smile: Seems to be 4 SIM cards for me *shrugs* 3 changes and 4 numbers, if you see what I mean.
While there's lots of 'should know this already' questions floating around :grin: How does SIM swapping work? Put the details of one SIM into the website, expecting it to ask for the details of the second, but it didn't. What happens now?
jamcd
10 Sep 15#665
Thanks luvclub. I have actually read through practically all of the comments, but even still it is quite hard to remember everything. One thing worth noting is that you can top up £11 over the phone (number is 4444) when calling from that sim card. This saves all the hassle of the other methods and gives you a quick and easy £30!
Also, just wondering, when you have to wait a month for the next lot of top ups on PSN, is it counted from the day you did the first top up of the 3/6, or the day you did the last top up? If it's the former that's going to be a massive pain in the a##.
Another thing I picked up was someone mentioning that you only get one month to spend the credit before the bonus disappears, or the sim card deactivates. Any idea about this?
luvclub
10 Sep 15#664
Actually you may be correct there.
I charged 3 lots of £25+£5 to 3 sim cards during the first month before it became locked for the month and had thought I was limited to 6 charges during the first month but in fact I was probably more likely limited to those 3 sim cards.
Siggipugger
10 Sep 15#663
For point 4 I thinks its that you can only use 3 different number a month and doesn't actually matter about the number of charges.
luvclub
10 Sep 15#662
Actually this has already been mentioned back in post #324. In actual fact all the questions being asked in the last 2 weeks are just a repeat of what has already been discussed in the last few months.
I suggest new-comers should attempt to read through the first few hundred posts. It is not asking a lot, maybe half an hour of reading, but considering the savings it is worth it.
Here some tips on a "plate with a cherry on top" for the lazy new-comers:
1) If "Enable O2 billing" to purchase at the Google Play store is not appearing you may need to manually register on the O2 under the phone's settings (network operators).
2) Once you've topped up your PSN wallet once it would not give you an option to switch to another mobile. The change mobile number option only appears on the desktop version of the PSN website.
3) The maximum PSN wallet amount is £120, so if you want to top it up you need to spend something first. Pre-orders are only deducted from your funds on release, so don't think you could top-up some more if you're maxed and then pre-order something.
4) The initial PSN mobile charge limit is 6 charges. No matter if charged 6 lots of £5 or 6 lots of £30, so of course you should try to maximise each individual charge. You would then need to wait a compulsory month before you could charge again. Then you could only do it 3 more times and then another wait.
However (per Siggipugger): "For point 4 I thinks its that you can only use 3 different number a month and doesn't actually matter about the number of charges."
5) Since the actual charge to mobile requires a 10p text you cannot top-up your wallet with £30 in one go, unless your sim credit is more than £30. So either top-up £25 and make use of the different methods such as Lend-A-Quid/Google Play Refund, Swap Sim or Guru Chat (to merge credits) to use the remainder.
6) If you need to Guru Chat then you might encounter a Guru who is more fussy with the details and unhelpful. Just disconnect and speak to another.
7) Be careful with Swap Sim. If you want to merge 2 x £30 then you would only get £40. You would need to Guru Chat to get the missing £20 back, but it might take some persuasion. Best to only merge smaller amounts e.g 2 x £4.90. Or if necessary £30 and £4.90. If so, then the £30 should be the mobile number you wish to keep and the £4.90 is the SSN sim. Otherwise you'll lose that free £20!
:sunglasses: When ordering a free Sim do it through TCB for a possible free £5. Don't use Quidco. They're scummy and don't allow you to make a manual claim if it does not track. Be also careful to copy down the order reference shown on screen during confirmation. You would only see this number this one time and may need it for a manual TCB claim.
9) You should not be too greedy and only order a maximum of 2 sims at a time. You should then receive your free £10 credit email and then free £20 credit email after approximately 2 weeks. If you don't receive the £20 email for one of the sims you would still get the free £20, as long as you've waited long enough, but if you got the email for one of them which you ordered at the same time then it should be ok.
MSK.
9 Sep 15#661
LOL, you're new here aren't you? :smile: No they won't. They don't deal with mobile top ups at all.
Ps4all
9 Sep 15#660
Would it not be possible to just call playstation support and ask them to remove the whoa have message.
MSK.
9 Sep 15#659
Didn't know you could do that, thanks very much :smile: Just done that.
zeekh_mb
9 Sep 15#658
Has anyone received the £20 Bonus email either today or yesterday? Is the offer still working?
gobby88
9 Sep 15#657
thanks, didn't know you could do that.
ndksamb
8 Sep 15#656
I just rented a movie from the playstore :smile: left with 40p then...
jamcd
8 Sep 15#655
What I don't understand is why has no one mentioned the possibility of topping up over the phone? You can top up £11. Problem solved...?
MSK.
8 Sep 15#654
Thanks, will give this a go with my next SIM :smile:
gobby88
8 Sep 15#653
yep
MSK.
8 Sep 15#652
Do you need to do that before you add credit to the SIM?
gobby88
8 Sep 15#651
not seen it mentioned here, but an alternative way to get the final 5quid topup for psn is to register for o2 rewards before topping up. You then get 5% of your topups back a reward every quarter, I think you can get it as phone credit. Thats what I'm doing with all my sims with 4.90 left on them.
Siggipugger
8 Sep 15#650
That's the big question. Some people say you can only do 3 top ups in a month. If only there was a way to merge 2 £30 without using live chat, that would help alot.
taiko
7 Sep 15#649
i ordered some more sims and they never arrived but the 1st 10 quid top up email come :disappointed:
leehardacre
7 Sep 15#648
So I have just hit the whoa message. Topped up via two different sims a couple of weeks ago, did another last night and tonight I have hit the whoa message on trying my 4th different sim within the month. Any ideas on how long to wait?
taiko
2 Sep 15#647
sorry my mistake i thought you meant the top ups dont work not about the psn top ups.
jaydog69
2 Sep 15#646
You were able to top up 2 x £30 on one PSN account?
taiko
2 Sep 15#645
worked for me yesterday on 2 sims.
jaydog69
2 Sep 15#644
Also, how many times can you top up your PSN with different sims before it gives you a woh message?
jaydog69
2 Sep 15#643
Hmm, ok I think o2 are catching on.
Today on chat, none of them would allow me to transfer the credit from one sim, to another. Eventually they agreed, but then took the £20 bonus off me?! I complained and luckily got this back, but the sim transfer looks like it's stopped.
decrypt
1 Sep 15#642
Does this still work?
jaydog69
31 Aug 15#641
No, I'm asking...
taiko
31 Aug 15#640
so you are saying you can buy 10 pound top up from somewhere else for cheaper ?
jaydog69
31 Aug 15#639
I got two more £20 bonus emails today lol
Anyone know where you can buy cheap o2 top ups?
Siggipugger
30 Aug 15#638
Has anyone worked out how much you can top up in whatever length of time?
Alexandre77
30 Aug 15#637
lol thats what i did in the first 2 times a chat with them and in the beginning of the 3 chat, but seems you are only seeing the last part of the 3rd chat. Doesn't matter, call O2 (£0.25 charge for each call) got the £20 extra credit on the first 2 sim card, and the 3 sim card the guy ask me to send the email (£20 extra credit) to him, he confirm that he received the email from me, he will redirect the email to his manager and will added the £20 extra credit in 24 hours.
Call the customer support from the 3 different sim cards.
Edit: The third sim card already been credit with extra £20, total credit that i have now is £29.75 (-£0.25 for call customer services) It seems that o2 webchat and customer services line don't talk the same language
jaydog69
30 Aug 15#636
You were pretty rude. If you had taken the opposite approach and been nice and polite and composed yourself like an adult, things probably would have been different.
MSK.
30 Aug 15#635
Clearly, because you didn't understand (read: listen) to anything the guy said.
Alexandre77
30 Aug 15#634
Talking a different language here oO
MSK.
30 Aug 15#633
How are they supposed to help you? You didn't do anything the guy asked you to, you just raged at him them posted your rant here for 'glory'. You didn't ask him for an alternative to going to the store, you were just rude to him.
Alexandre77
30 Aug 15#632
here one of the email i receive from O2 regarding the £20 extra credit
Alexandre77
30 Aug 15#631
copperspock
[/quote]The £20 promo isn't something that they've promised to everyone who gets a new SIM card. They owe you precisely nothing. You have a false sense of entitlement and your rude attitude to the CS guy was completely uncalled for. Ervin deserves a bonus for keeping his patience.[/quote]
So you are are saying when you receive the email saying that you will get £20 extra credit if you top up before (17/08/2015) in my case, and i do exactly that, "They owe you precisely nothing" lol you are making me laugh now.
And i was rude because patience has a limit, this was the third time i contact them, first time i contact them was told to wait 24 to 48 hours that i will get the extra credit, the second time around was told to wait 5 working days, and the third time after all that chat just sent me to a store !!! lol
Had problems before with Lebara mobile, and even lebara mobile they had a best support, send them a quick email that i had received from them (lebara) regarding a promotion, they confirm i was telling them the true and everything was sorted.
In this case with O2 i cannot even resend the email i received from them (£20 extra credit email) to prove am telling the true!!!
jaydog69
30 Aug 15#630
You have a point then, you received an email with that offer on the condition you topped up £10.
Alexandre77
30 Aug 15#629
yes i received the £20 email for the 3 sim cards, all different emails.
Siggipugger
29 Aug 15#628
Has anyone worked out how much you can top up in whatever length of time? £100 in 15 days? Seems to be a big mystery.
jaydog69
29 Aug 15#627
lol So this guy hasn't even received the £20 bonus email?!
copperspock
29 Aug 15#626
The £20 promo isn't something that they've promised to everyone who gets a new SIM card. They owe you precisely nothing. You have a false sense of entitlement and your rude attitude to the CS guy was completely uncalled for. Ervin deserves a bonus for keeping his patience.
jaydog69
29 Aug 15#625
So to confirm, you received the £20 bonus email from each sim, then topped those sims up with £10, and your credit is still just £10?
taiko
29 Aug 15#624
might be at an end now :disappointed:
Alexandre77
29 Aug 15#623
i top up 3 sim cards (are received the £20 email on all of the 3 sim cards "different emails") didn't received no bonus at all, already contact o2 web chat 3 times, first time told me to wait 24 to 48 hours that the credit will be added, the second time i contact them Web Chat, was told to wait 5 working days, and the third time i contact them Web chat again, was told to go to a store with the printed email i received, got a feeling when i go to a store will get a rubbish excuse to not receive the £20 bonus credit.
This is a copy os the third chat i had: Chat Transcript
info: Welcome to O2, someone will be with you soon. info: You are through to Ervin MIGUEL: hello ERVIN: Hello, it's Ervin here. I hope you're well. What can I do for you ? MIGUEL: this is the third time am contact o2 to try to sort out my problem about the £20 extra credit i never received ERVIN: Hi Miguel. ERVIN: I'm really sorry for all the trouble caused to you. ERVIN: However I'll check the details for you and help you in the best manner. ERVIN: Please help me with the concerned mobile number. MIGUEL: 07xxxxxxxxx MIGUEL: and my wife number has well : 07xxxxxxxx ERVIN: Thanks. MIGUEL: we are waiting since 17/08/2015 ERVIN: Okay. MIGUEL: first we were told to wait 24-48 hours MIGUEL: then to wait 5 working days MIGUEL: and until today still didn't receive the extra £20 on booth our numbers ERVIN: I'll check the details for you. ERVIN: Thanks for waiting. MIGUEL: i MIGUEL: ok ERVIN: Can you tell me the current calltime balance and what you get free when you Top-Up for both account ? MIGUEL: My balance is £10.00 MIGUEL: Top up now to get £20 credit Don't forget you can still claim your £20 extra credit when you top up your new sim by 17th August 2015. MIGUEL: i received this email on 03/08/2015 ERVIN: Thanks. MIGUEL: no problem ERVIN: Thanks for waiting. ERVIN: Do you've the same email with you ? MIGUEL: yes ERVIN: That's great. ERVIN: I would personally suggest you to please get a print of that email and visit at the any of nearest O2 store and give the same print to store manager, they'll surely help you to get the credit straight away. ERVIN: You can visit at any of nearest O2 store. MIGUEL: no MIGUEL: that's why i contact you ERVIN: Please click here to find the nearest O2 store : o2.co.uk/sto…tor ERVIN: I won't be able to see the email over the chat. MIGUEL: all of this and now you are saying to go to a store?!! MIGUEL: seriously MIGUEL: this is getting silly now ERVIN: I'm really sorry for all the trouble caused to you, however we've received a confirmation that the offer is not going on your SIM. MIGUEL: rubish ERVIN: But I can understand your point and trust on you. MIGUEL: this is one of the worst customer srvice i ever seen ERVIN: That's the reason I'm asking you to visit any of nearest O2 store to get the sorted out. As I`ve also discussed with my supervisor. MIGUEL: you as a worker don't have a email on o2? where i can resend the email i receive from O2? ERVIN: You don't need to re-send anywhere, just need to visit at any of nearest O2 store as I've go the details from my supervisor. MIGUEL: i have feeling the way O2 works, i lose me time to go to a store so they can give as well another rubbish excuse MIGUEL: no i will not submit to that, i heard that O2 customer service wasn't great, but this is silly ERVIN: I'm really sorry for all the trouble caused to you, however I've personally suggested you with the best option. ERVIN: That's the only option to get your extra credit amount, you just need to show the email at any of nearest O2 store. MIGUEL: well just do copy of this chat and spread trough forum, this just become a joke. MIGUEL: thanks but no thanks. MIGUEL: sim will go straight to the bin, O2 never i gain, this is the way you attract new customers by lying to them, and make them go around and around. ERVIN: I'm really sorry for that and I would personally like to inform you that our customer will always happy with our services. ERVIN: We want our customer will always happy with our services ** ERVIN: These promotional offers are system generated. The number who get the text will only be getting the offers. ERVIN: text or email ** MIGUEL: i received a email ERVIN: Also I've double checked the details for you about the promotional offers but there is no any details as you're saying, and that's the only reason I'm asking you to show the email to our any of nearest O2 store. MIGUEL: but unbelievable you as a worker don't have email so i can send to you for you to check!!! ERVIN: I hope you'll understand the same. MIGUEL: what? MIGUEL: and am saying i can send it to you the email i received ERVIN: I understand your point but in that case we won't be able to refund the extra credit from chat support team. Because we can go through the system details only and there is no offer as per our system details. ERVIN: You can simply get the print of that email and visit at any of nearest O2 store. I've also checked with my supervisor and there would be any other option. info: Miguel has left the chat
Nudanude
28 Aug 15#622
Just another heads-up if anyone is trying to buy something off the Google Play store to do the Lend Us a Quid thing - you can only request a refund from buying a particular app once. This only applies if you're using the same Google account for multiple sims though. I tried buying the same app to request a refund on, but it didn't work the 2nd time.
tldr; buy different apps each time you want a refund.
jamcd
28 Aug 15#621
Excellent, thanks! :smile:
There are so many quirks and instructions for this deal, I'm considering just summing them all up in one comment to make things easier, if I get time to read through all the comments again that is.
BubaMan
28 Aug 15#620
The payment is limited to £15 on Sony's side for me today... Is this because I've done 2 already this month?
MSK.
28 Aug 15#619
When you get the £20 e-mail, it has the phone number of the SIM in it :smile:
jamcd
28 Aug 15#618
This is a fantastic deal and I've looked through as many comments as I can so I hope someone doesn't mind answering any questions :smile:
I have received a few of my sims in the post at the same time, despite ordering them a day or two apart. Just wondering, is there any way to tell which sim is tied to which email? Or some way of knowing when the sim was ordered? I have two different £10 emails, waiting for the £20s, but I don't want to top-up the wrong one! oO
taiko
28 Aug 15#617
I think he means how are they still doing it cos it must be making them lose money !
jaydog69
27 Aug 15#616
Huh?
ather7851
27 Aug 15#615
I wonder how you are doing this :stuck_out_tongue:
jaydog69
27 Aug 15#614
Got another £20 email today lol
How are they still doing this, it's crazy!
MSK.
27 Aug 15#613
No idea sorry :disappointed: Only use the one account.
jaydog69
26 Aug 15#612
So if I top up my PSN with a SIM now for £5, then do it again with the same SIM but different PSN account, will it give me a woh message? It just did do, so is it because it's one use per sim per 24 hours?
MSK.
26 Aug 15#611
Ahhh, I see. That makes more sense. I guess I have screwed the older ones up then. I will give that a go with the newer ones, thanks for the advice :smile:
jaydog69
26 Aug 15#610
I tend to use a sim, then whatevers left on it, get it transferred to the newest sim with £30 on it (inc the £20 bonus).
I'll be doing it again today, you just have to have it transferred to a SIM which is not older than 3 - 4 weeks
MSK.
26 Aug 15#609
What reason were you giving for wanting to stack them?
I tried just now, first they told me that they wouldn't merge SIM older than 28 days old. Then when I explained some of them were less than 28 days old they told me they wouldn't do it unless they were damaged.
Then when I asked them why they didn't just ask me if they were damaged if that was the case, they told me to ring customer services :worried:
jamcd
20 Aug 15#608
If it helps, I got an email just basically confirming that I had ordered it, then another one confirming that it had been sent. Did you get an email offer or on the back of the packaging? Did you choose the big talker package when you signed up for the sim? I did.
wizard101
20 Aug 15#607
Did everyones have the free £10 extra top up deal on the back of the free sim packaging.
Or is this a new thing and not sending emails now
jamcd
18 Aug 15#606
Any idea why I haven't got the email? It does offer the £10 extra top up deal on the back of the sim card packaging, but no mention of it in the emails. If I don't get the £20 email, how long exactly do I have to wait till I can redeem? Thanks.
taiko
17 Aug 15#605
2 of us lost the 20 quid top up and had to webchat to get it back.
leehardacre
17 Aug 15#604
To update. I took the gamble and topped up the other one that I didn't receive an email for... It worked. Expecting to have to do the same for my next two as I've only received one £10 offer for one of the two I ordered last week too.
s4m77
16 Aug 15#603
It won't do both, you will get a seperate e-mail for that.
Do you know why the Google play store is declining my payment method, when I try to pay via the sim card?
leehardacre
16 Aug 15#602
So I finally got an email for one of my two sims asking me to top up for the extra £20. The two SIM cards are one digit out from each other, do you think if I top them both up that I'll receive the extra £20 on both?
s4m77
16 Aug 15#600
Thanks.
s4m77
16 Aug 15#601
You will probably only recieve the extra £20 on of them but you could give it a try I guess.
leehardacre
16 Aug 15#599
Both sims were ordered at the same time using the same email address. It says on the email that I must top up by tomorrow to receive the extra credit. Didn't receive the £10 email for either of them. Thought I read somewhere up the thread that some emails don't get received.
jaydog69
16 Aug 15#598
About 2 hours
s4m77
16 Aug 15#596
Thanks, just topped up. How long does it take to get credited the extra £20?
Siggipugger
16 Aug 15#597
Has anyone tried inline merging (through website not live chat) a £30 sim with one that only has a few pennies? If so what's the result?
copperspock
15 Aug 15#595
It doesn't have to be one app, you can buy a few, as long as they add up to >£4.50.
jaydog69
15 Aug 15#594
I don't use the lend us a quid thing anymore. I just get o2 to transfer the credit to different sims lol
Can't believe they are still doing this.
s4m77
15 Aug 15#593
Are there any apps that are between £4.50 and £4.90?
BubaMan
15 Aug 15#592
I've not used my 2nd card for O2 before. There were 'page not found' error on the top up site yesterday too. Just tried again now and it went through OK so the problem must have been with o2.
jaydog69
15 Aug 15#591
They may have put a block on your card? You can only top up twice a month using the same card.
BubaMan
14 Aug 15#590
I've tried 2cards via Web and 4444 today with no joy - maybe O2 have been declared fraudulent with all banks :stuck_out_tongue:
henryftw
14 Aug 15#589
Is web top up down? or me being paranoid and they've blocked me?
jaydog69
10 Aug 15#588
I've not loaded anything on to PSN yet lol Who gives you the error about vouchers then, Sony?
MSK.
9 Aug 15#587
Seems to be 4 loads within a calendar month for me. Unsure as to whether or not that included PSN vouchers now though. I think it takes longer for it to drop off if you keep trying an unreasonable amount.
jaydog69
9 Aug 15#586
Is there a pattern to the woah messages then? i.e how many top ups on a SIM can you do in a month? Should you leave it a while inbetween?
Don't rush to add the credit from the sims... just keep the credit loaded on.
CJerry
9 Aug 15#585
Tried today and it worked My first successful was 8th of July, so perhaps it resets a month after the first ? Who knows... certainly not Boku
MSK.
8 Aug 15#584
Just tried again out of curiosity and got the whoa message. Looks like my last successful load was on the 20th. I have loaded 4 lots of credit in the last month, which is what I would expect to get a whoa message. By the dates I would expect it to drop off at some point next week. I have been trying to space them out.
However, one of those credit loads wasn't from a SIM, it was from a PSN voucher, so that seems a tad unfair. Not all of them were for the full amount either. So it's only really three SIM payments. Wondering what would happen if I tried to load real money :thinking:
MSK.
8 Aug 15#583
Do you still have the £20 e-mails? They have the phone number of the SIM written in that one, but none of the others. I'm also unable to top up. Well I was unable when I tried a couple of days ago. I thought I'd better give it a break.
Siggipugger
8 Aug 15#582
I think I put in my email address wrong because I got no emails at all. Do you think if I topped up I would get the £20 extra
copperspock
6 Aug 15#581
Same here. I don't bother with Boku though, they're useless. I've been calling and emailing Sony about it for over a week and they're now asking for the phone numbers I used to top up ( which I don't have as I chuck out the SIMs after using them). They're saying it's probably being blocked because of the amount of different numbers being used. At this rate I may have to just add the credit to a new account.
CJerry
6 Aug 15#580
last successful top up to psn was 23rd July since then the 'whoa' message every time tried speaking to boku customer service but they are useless Hoping that on the 9th, which will be 30 days since first transfer, it resets and works. Only topped up a few times before it hit limit
_Craig_
6 Aug 15#579
Just done my last sim card merge yesterday, Thats me done now, No more X)
On my last one I have got just over £35 on it so I can load the full amount onto my PSN account. Can only do that once my pre-order charge happens at the begining of October tho because my wallet is full :smile:
BubaMan
5 Aug 15#578
Have you tried putting full stops in your Gmail address? i.e. fingle.burt@gmail.com, f.ingleb.ur.t@gmail.com, etc.
fingleburt
5 Aug 15#577
How are you guys making emails, yahoo free ones? I've tried the gmail alias trick but never get any of the O2 emails or sims for that matter, but yahoo ones get through fine.
LuFc6686
4 Aug 15#576
They replied and said I have reached the limit, I've only topped up about 5 times
maddog2
4 Aug 15#575
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this OP :smile: Managed to get the offer on 4 sims I've ordered spread out over the past 2 months.
Getting PSN credit for a 1/3 of the price makes the digital prices fantastic. Just picked up Metro Redux for effectively £3.44!
MSK.
4 Aug 15#574
It's not fun when it happens :disappointed: Wish there was something you could do other than wait. Did wonder if you could have hit a limit on the amount of credit you can load, but I guess if you have only had one successful attempt, you couldn't have loaded more than £30?
LuFc6686
4 Aug 15#573
well that sucks, need to renew my ps plus. Why did I have to enter the wrong number :'( lol
MSK.
4 Aug 15#572
It's probably better to have a break. If you hit the whoa message, wait at least a day or two, don't try again right away. You have to wait a week or two if you've really over done it. I guess if you hit the submit button after the miss-typed number, it will count those as an attempt.
LuFc6686
4 Aug 15#571
re tried it a few times, I put the number in but the wrong one first time I put a 9 instead of an 8, now its giving me that woah message :thinking:
MSK.
4 Aug 15#570
You can't. How many times are you re-trying the payment?
LuFc6686
4 Aug 15#569
Anyone know if we can delete the numbers from our account? I'm getting the woah you've requested a lot of payments message. I've only topped up once in past month
BubaMan
4 Aug 15#568
It's normally within an hour but others have reported it taking longer.
stranger1984
4 Aug 15#567
Just got the £20 email from O2, for one of my sim card orders. I matched it up with the sim card mobile number and successfully topped it up the minimum £10.
I've not yet received the extra £20, does anyone know how long it can take? 24hrs?
Hendies
3 Aug 15#566
OP! Quidco are back up to £10 cashback!
s4m77
3 Aug 15#565
Sounds easy enough, thanks.
MSK.
3 Aug 15#564
Go back to the app you bought in the store and there should be a button for it. You have to do it within 15 minutes of purchase though.
s4m77
3 Aug 15#563
Got the extra £20 email. How do you get an instant refund on the app?
smw1948
1 Aug 15#562
Thanks for all the information sent in, I had no idea that you could do any of this, I had a £10 free credit email if you top up, will wait to see if I get the £20 email
Siggipugger
31 Jul 15#560
So you can get £60 on one sim from 2 top ups? I thought people were saying that didn't work.
jaydog69
31 Jul 15#561
No, you speak to o2 and they merge all credit onto one
jaydog69
31 Jul 15#559
No, they just disconnect one sim and put the credit on the other. Don't do it too often though.
Siggipugger
31 Jul 15#558
Do you lose your money if you merge without doing live chat?
Siggipugger
31 Jul 15#557
Might merge all my 50 sims into £1500 master sim. Sim might get a bit heavy though.
jaydog69
30 Jul 15#556
I've stacked my sims via o2 guru live chat. I have almost £85 of free credit on one sim now lol
MSK.
30 Jul 15#555
Yep, got both the £20 e-mails today. So it's make no difference at all whether you opt in or opt out of marketing e-mails.
leehardacre
30 Jul 15#554
Ordered 2 for the first time then ordered another 2 last week after the Mrs binned them on arrival. Found the original 2 since then though so sitting on 4 now.
Haven't taken advantage of this before.
Hendies
29 Jul 15#553
No idea then. How many times you used it?
leehardacre
29 Jul 15#552
Nope, on advice from the thread, I left the box un-ticked!
MSK.
29 Jul 15#551
I don't think that makes any difference, I've been testing that out and have still got the £10 e-mails anyway. The £20 is due tomorrow.
Hendies
29 Jul 15#550
You probably ticked the "tick if you DON'T want to receive marketing emails from O2" box when you ordered it
leehardacre
29 Jul 15#549
Had my SIM cards for over a week. No emails of any sort as yet.
chris88
29 Jul 15#548
Can the credit be spent on anything else? Any online betting sites take phone credit any more?
I buy my top ups via Tesco since you can get clubcard points.
kevinc6784
29 Jul 15#547
Thanks will do the same, sounds better.
jaydog69
29 Jul 15#546
Saying that, my addiction just caused me to order 2 more...
jaydog69
28 Jul 15#545
I'm still getting the £20 bonus emails! Had my final 3 this week.
The pattern I've work out is that the day you get the reminder email 'activate your sim', on the 9th day after this email, you get the £20 bonus email.
They will stop this soon though guaranteed. I have plenty to keep me going now so I don't think I'll bother any more
jaydog69
28 Jul 15#544
They don't allow you to use the same debit card to top up online more than twice a month, or once a day.
I just buy vouchers now.
ather7851
28 Jul 15#543
7 to 10 days
s4m77
28 Jul 15#542
On the 25th I got an e-mail stating top-up to get an extra £10 after how long roughly should I receive a second e-mail stating an extra £20?
kevinc6784
28 Jul 15#541
Anyone else having problems topping up any of their sims? I have only done 2 sims before now but this third sim just won't top up. Tried via 4444 and website using my own and my wife's debit cards, but its just not having any of it.
adammegsue
28 Jul 15#540
Is Anyone still getting the second email only 3 days left of my free £10 credit offer and still haven`t had £20 email !
Hundreds and hundreds. I have more phone numbers than Botswana. It's like sim city where I live
copperspock
24 Jul 15#536
Siggipugger
24 Jul 15#535
I guess no one knows the answer to my question of why tcb only tracks 1 sim per day. Hundreds of my sims are going untracked
jaydog69
24 Jul 15#534
What are the limits per month you can use a SIM to top up your psn, or just in general before getting the woh message?
luvclub
24 Jul 15#533
It's probably fine to merge two new sims, but if you take that resulting sim and merge it with another £30 and then take that and merge it with another £30.............. Sooner or later the O2 Guru should start asking questions unless they're really incompetent.
e.g I used the Swapsim trick to merge two £30 sims but ended up with only £40. A quick 10 minute Guru chat sorted it out.
I then had a £4.90 sim and a £9.80 sim (from a previous manual chat merge of 2 x £4.90). I merge those two to £14.70 using Swapsim. Then I decided to Swapsim again with a £30 new sim, but only got £24.70. Then began the O2 Guru chat nightmare. It took over an hour to convince the Guru the missing £20 was from the free credit, so the lesson is to try to keep things as simple as possible.
copperspock
24 Jul 15#532
I wouldn't use it too much myself just to be on the safe side.
luvclub
24 Jul 15#531
No, I just checked for you, they're different.
jaydog69
24 Jul 15#530
Is it wise to keep getting o2 to stack all the credit on one sim do you think? i'm about to get them to put my £20 on one with £30...
MSK.
24 Jul 15#529
I wonder if it's the same as any of the numbers printed on the envelope, on the bottom right of the address? Those numbers all appear to be unique.
MSK.
24 Jul 15#527
LOL skills, will have to look out for those.
MSK.
24 Jul 15#528
Pants, looks like I'm stuffed then :disappointed: Didn't note them down.
jaydog69
24 Jul 15#525
There is a pattern to it in terms of how many days between each email is sent in the process. With this SIM, all my predicted dates were correct!
Also, you can buy o2 top ups for £8.99 on eBay lol
copperspock
24 Jul 15#526
I think they only provide the order number on the order confirmation page, I keep forgetting to make a note of it myself :). I got £5.something from TCB for the one order I did remember though (no dice with Quidco of course).
MSK.
24 Jul 15#523
That's interesting :smile:
I have been testing the marketing opt in. So far I have for the £10 emails, even when I have said I don't want to receive marketing e-mails. Few more days to wait to see if I get the £20 e-mails.
luvclub
24 Jul 15#524
This has already been discussed earlier in this thread. The order reference is only ever shown once immediately after the online form has accepted your sim order.
jaydog69
24 Jul 15#521
As I predicted, I got the £20 bonus email today so there is a pattern. I also used the same email address as before too.
Once I get the bonus credit, I'll be straight on to O2 to transfer the credit to my other sim which I have £34.14 on lol
jaydog69
24 Jul 15#522
I don't bother with the cashback, it's pennies compared to the PSN credit I'm getting.
Siggipugger
24 Jul 15#519
If I order 2 on the same day only 1 tracks. Any idea what going on there?
MSK.
24 Jul 15#520
Gah, filling out a missing cashback claim and they are asking for an order reference number. Hate that, no idea what the 7 digit order reference number would be. None of the e-mails have reference numbers, the phone number is more than 7 digits. Had other claims denied because I couldn't supply a reference number, when none was ever given!
luvclub
24 Jul 15#517
I only "cashed" them in the last week, don't really remember when they reached "paid" status.
Those two dates should have been the date the sims were ordered, so adding 20 odd days on to that for the £20 email wait and then 30 days for the TCB to reach paid status. It seems about right.
copperspock
24 Jul 15#518
'02-uk' is gonna wonder why they're getting so much business all of a sudden :). I hope they don't get ripped off though, digital selling on ebay is like Russian Roulette!
copperspock
24 Jul 15#516
Both. I find that I don't get it as much if I rotate between networks.
jaydog69
24 Jul 15#515
Just be aware... sometimes you may not get an email about the £20 bonus. Keep track of the activation emails and work out the pattern of how many days inbetween them all, then leave 2-3 days after the date you should have had the £20 bonus email and top it up. It's happened to me and sure enough, the sim had £30 credit on it once I topped up.
henryftw
24 Jul 15#513
has this offer finished ):
jaydog69
24 Jul 15#514
Can I just check, when do you start getting those woh messages? Is that when you keep topping up the same PSN account, or keep using the same sim card?
MSK.
24 Jul 15#512
Thanks for the info :smile: Can I ask how long it took for you to get paid? It sounds like you ordered yours a month ahead of me.
luvclub
24 Jul 15#511
Yes I've already been paid for two from 14/5/15 and 23/5/15, though they did decide to reduce them to £5.25 each.
MSK.
23 Jul 15#510
Was wondering, has anyone had cashback yet? I am wondering if I should put in a claim yet. TCB says 30 - 60 days it should be paid. I am over 30 days since my first top up now and not a sniff.
copperspock
20 Jul 15#509
A fool who couldn't see beyond the present. There have been plenty of instances on HUKD of people trying to get as much as they can in the short term, failing to realise that they could get more in the long term if they paced themselves. Ordering one or two at a time is the wisest way to use this offer.
luvclub
20 Jul 15#508
Yes, it has been mentioned many times already.
taiko
20 Jul 15#507
yep , i only ordered 37 , 50 is too much.
Siggipugger
20 Jul 15#506
I'm only messing around. What nutcase would order 50 sims.
jaydog69
20 Jul 15#505
I have 4 sims I'm waiting on the £30 for - this should happen once a week over the next 4 weeks. That'll be plenty for me as my wallet currently stands at £116 lol
Please don't be greedy and ruin this for everyone.
MSK.
20 Jul 15#504
If it doesn't then you've lost hundreds of pounds. That is truly crazy and greedy.
Siggipugger
20 Jul 15#503
It's that crazy it might just work.
MSK.
20 Jul 15#502
I don't see how you are going to be able to load all of the credit until this time next year though. At which point you are risking real money for digital money which could be lost.
Say these top up expire after three months for some reason, and you have 50 SIMs. You would be able to load 12 SIMs in three months, leaving 38 SIMs, You have to top up each SIM by £10, meaning you have spent £380 of real money. If the free credit expires, you have then spent £380 for precisely no gain.
It's bonkers, you don't know how this is going to pan out. Regardless of it looking really, really suspect that you have ordered so many SIMs.
Siggipugger
20 Jul 15#501
In the age you microtransactions you can never have too much psn credit. Do you think if I topped up the one I didn't get the email for I would get the full £30?
MSK.
20 Jul 15#500
That would take 10 months + to load on to PSN wouldn't it? oO Better hope the free credit doesn't expire by then. I've only been ordering what I can use.
copperspock
20 Jul 15#499
So you'll have spent £1290 worth of PSN credit by the time you've gotten through them..are you sure there's enough good games on the store for that amount :)?
Siggipugger
20 Jul 15#498
Seems I wrote it off too early. Didn't get the offer email for one but got the offer for another one I ordered. A couple of days later than normal. The 43 sim dream lives on
Siggipugger
20 Jul 15#497
Now what am I going to do with these 43 sims.
copperspock
20 Jul 15#496
It's entirely your fault for ordering nine in one go :p. Nah it was inevitable, I'm surprised the offer went on this long.
Siggipugger
20 Jul 15#495
I'm not getting the £20 offer anymore. Only the extra £10 offer. I think the dream is over.
Siggipugger
19 Jul 15#494
You don't have to put it in a phone before you top up I got £10 offer email but not £20. I think I should have got it by now, maybe o2 have caught on.
henryftw
18 Jul 15#493
Does anyone know if you actually need to put the sim into a phone before topping up? Im in the US right now, and took 1 sim with me but just topped up one online and the sim is in the uk, so guess we will find out.
MSK.
18 Jul 15#492
Just occurred to me, if you opted into O2 rewards, you would get 10% of your £10 top up back. Then you would have £5.90 on each left over SIM instead of £4.90, which would be enough to load.
Then you wouldn't have to bother stacking all the credit on one SIM and you would have slightly more credit over all. Or could maybe even then stack the remaining 80p credits on to one SIM at later date.
Downsides would be having more SIMs to keep track on, having more transactions to use the credit, rather than doing it in one lump and a longer wait. Rewards get paid every 3 months.
Still pondering what to do, but I thought I would put that out there :smile:
_Craig_
17 Jul 15#491
That's interesting, I will pester them on live chat tomorrow to find out what's needed and how often :sunglasses:
copperspock
17 Jul 15#490
I don't know about O2, but with EE all I had to do to keep the SIM active was to call/text their free helpline.
_Craig_
17 Jul 15#489
Thanks, Yeah I will make a chargeable action once a month just to be safe :sunglasses:
copperspock
17 Jul 15#488
Don't forget to keep the SIM active, I don't know how long credit lasts on inactive O2 SIMs but it's only a few months with some networks.
_Craig_
17 Jul 15#487
Thanks for your help, Yeah it is pretty stupid, Considering the fact that once you transfer you can't take it back so it's a win win for them.
All I could do is get the sim ready but not transfer it till October when my first pre-order happens.
copperspock
17 Jul 15#486
It's £120. It's pretty stupid that they don't specify what it is (or that it isn't a bigger amount for that matter).
_Craig_
17 Jul 15#485
Does anybody know what the limit is for your PSN wallet? I have a lingering £4.60 so I was going to do this one more time so I can get the full £30 but when I click the add funds button it says "The wallet is full. Cannot add more funds."
I have already allocated some to pre-orders but they dont take the funds till launch. I know I could make another account but I would rather just keep them on one.
PS. Iv not gone crazy and ordered loads of sims, I already had some funds in my account before I started :stuck_out_tongue:
geofferino
17 Jul 15#484
Don't stack the credit on the SIMs until you've used the initial £25. My friend did this & lost their bonus credit.
Siggipugger
17 Jul 15#483
I'm using new email addresses. Does transferring the credit give you £60 always
jaydog69
17 Jul 15#482
Is everyone using different email address? I've started using the ones i first used when i started doing this and the 'activate your sim' emails are still coming through so looks like it works...
The transferring credit to other sims is the best way to do this - i'm going to get o2 to stack the bonus credits on one sim.
geofferino
16 Jul 15#481
Just order 2 every 3/4 days, easier to keep track of & more likely to keep getting them.
Siggipugger
16 Jul 15#480
Ordered 9 but only got 2. Going to try 3 and see what happens.
copperspock
15 Jul 15#479
One :p. No idea, but please don't order too many in one go - think longterm by not arousing O2's suspicions.
Siggipugger
15 Jul 15#478
What's the most sims you can order at once?
copperspock
15 Jul 15#477
I said it will increase the risk of them noticing. Phone credit does not have the same value to them as actual money.
Both of those are complete guesses. Do you think those 'millions' are also failing to pay back the lent £1 like we are doing? Do you realise how many members and lurkers are on this site?
That's also a problem I agree. Like I said this has happened before where people didn't think long-term and just rushed to get as many as they could, which led to the offer being pulled.
LuFc6686
15 Jul 15#476
Lmfao lend us a quid has been around for years!! And millions of people use O2 as well as the lend us a quid..... You really think they are going to notice a few people LOL! I think what's more noticeable is multiple people ordering multiple sims to the same address and using them all for the same thing.... And they are already giving us £20 extra each time and you think £1 will stop the whole thing hahahahaha.
copperspock
15 Jul 15#475
Because exploiting the LUAQ offer more often will increase the risk that O2 will notice, who could then decide to stop it altogether or add conditions which would make it unusable. Things like this have happened before. Transferring all the credit to one SIM means you're using the LUAQ offer less often.
Not to mention the fact that you're cheating O2 out of more money if you just use the LUAQ method.
LuFc6686
15 Jul 15#474
Why would you want to take less? That's just stupid.
copperspock
14 Jul 15#473
Why not? you're taking less from O2 that way.
LuFc6686
14 Jul 15#472
People are still merging sims instead of doing the lend us a quid trick? Hahaha
Siggipugger
14 Jul 15#471
This process is evolving and getting a bit out of hand. Tried to merge 6 sims together at once let's see what happens.
jaydog69
13 Jul 15#470
Can you keep using the same email address a couple of times and they will still send you the bonus £20 email?
jaydog69
13 Jul 15#469
lol the o2 Guru's are not very clever...
I did the transfer sim swap - this disconnected one of the sims but the credit wasn't transferred. Went to o2 chat and he said he'd do it manually there and then which he did - so 2 x £4.90 put together... an hour later the credit was automatically transferred so i got another £4.90 as the Guru obviously didn't know it can take up to 24 hours to go...
jaydog69
13 Jul 15#468
Are people still managing to get sims? I ordered 2 last week and only received 1.
geofferino
13 Jul 15#467
That would be my advice, I haven't tried it any other way.
jaydog69
13 Jul 15#466
Basically, just merge all sims where you're left with £4.90 on them right?
jaydog69
13 Jul 15#465
I have one SIM where I only topped up my PSN by £10, so it has £19.90 left - I presume I'm best not to transfer anything to it then?
ather7851
13 Jul 15#464
Ask your friend to wait full 24hrs £60 will be available after 24hrs as same happened to me only received £10 instead of £30 so contacted o2 and they said wait as its still in process so checked after 24hrs and my credit was £60 :smile:
geofferino
13 Jul 15#463
Word of warning when using the swapmysim trick, don't try & transfer credit to a SIM that has the full £30 on. A friend tried this & it looked like it wiped out the promotional £20. Just do it after spending the £25.
leehardacre
12 Jul 15#462
On ordering multiple sims, does one need to use different email addresses for each of the sims ordered?
Alexandre77
11 Jul 15#461
Didn't know about that. have few sim cards from EE that bought from eBay £1 each with £5, does anyone know a way to top up or get in any way £1 for EE?
donnamaca
11 Jul 15#460
You can top up any whole amount over £10 by calling 4444. You need to give your bank details then they ask how much you want to top up. I am using sim in an old Nokia so can't do Google play trick, topped up £11 got £20 extra credit taking my balance to £31 moved £30 to psn 10p for text and have 90p left. Got another to do might try get 90p moved over so I only need to do £10 top up this time
geofferino
11 Jul 15#459
By the way, for anybody who's filled up on PSN credit, I might try & use a SIM on this one soon, looks like it works the same way: o2vouchers.co.uk/
geofferino
11 Jul 15#458
OK, just reporting back in. This has worked twice now! Got the leftover credit from 3 sims transferred to one using the process outlined above!
Alexandre77
11 Jul 15#457
thats another option if works properly :heart_eyes:
geofferino
11 Jul 15#456
Well, I don't want to claim that this is a perfect technique but I wanted to combine the remaining credit on my first two SIMs. I used LiveChat & they needed stuff like my most phoned numbers to verify my account but obviously I'd not made any calls. They said I could do it with customer services on the phone instead.
I was going to do it later that day but in the meantime, I found a "swap my sim" site on o2 & thought I'd give that a go to see if it would combine the credit on the two SIMs. It transferred the number & credit at first but didn't keep the existing credit from that SIM so I contacted livechat again to see if they could help. They said they couldn't & that I would have to ring customer service again. I put the SIM in again later that day in order to do that but strangely, the credit had been combined & I had the remaining balances from both SIMs on the one. So I've just done my 3rd SIM & have used the swap service again to see if it works. I'll report back. In the meantime if anybody wants to use the site it's here:
Don't think you can top up £11, only £10, £15, £20, £25....
Alexandre77
11 Jul 15#454
yes
taiko
10 Jul 15#453
can you buy PS+ sub with this trick ?
leroybrown1999
10 Jul 15#452
Daft question, but please bear with me :wink:
I've already done 2 sims, got the bonus credit, and used it to get 2 x £25 PSN credit, but still got £4.90 left on each - can't do the google play trick to get another £5, as got an iPhone, so can't use play store app to pay and refund etc, so will maybe try and transfer credit to another SIM card or something?
Already got a couple more SIM cards to activate, but thinking I could top up £11 and once I get the bonus £20, just buy £30 PSN credit - anyone know if I'd have an issue with this? Thinking not, but wondered if anyone tried it? Wouldn't want to not load £10 (if that matters?) and miss out on the £20 bonus if that makes a difference?
Apologies if it sounds like a stupid question - it's been a long week!
Cracking deal by the way, and a really great way to load up on PSN credit! Thanks OP!
Cheers!
gizz_mo
10 Jul 15#451
I did this at the time the OP first posted it. Quidco declined my cashback even though it had tracked. I sent screenshots, phone number, order reference for the £10 top up etc. That worked and I got £30 credit. Yet Quidco still declined it. They are becoming notoriously bad at honouring cashback these days. Very disappointing indeed.
jaydog69
9 Jul 15#450
Why are people setting up new PSN accounts to fill them up too? Surely you can just keep the £30 on these SIMs and then top up your PSN as and when?
Siggipugger
9 Jul 15#449
Yes. It's changed to £5 now
BigGoron
9 Jul 15#448
Yh i'm done with this process now too. Has been a great deal though, even if it requires a litle effort.
BigGoron
9 Jul 15#447
I could only use onenew sim and now i'm told to wait again, this sim is the same one i couldnt use before so don;t know why it doesn't want to top up with that one. Gonna give it another month and see if it will work then.
Hendies
8 Jul 15#446
It says £5 cashback with both quidco and tcb. Is this correct?
jaydog69
8 Jul 15#445
Speak to o2 chat whilst topping up and they will change it for you.
chris88
8 Jul 15#444
Dam I just notice I had ordered the big bundles not the big talker :(. Can I still top up (I know I'll lose the £10) then get the £20 bonus then top up my PSN with the £20?
geofferino
7 Jul 15#443
Has to be a way we can find out the limits on Boku payments. I can't find anything online but don't see why they wouldn't tell us if we asked?
luvclub
7 Jul 15#442
I'm back to waiting again.
Did my 1st to 6th PSN Wallet top-ups and then had to wait a month before I was able to top-up again Did my 7th to 9th PSN Wallet top-up on 20/6/15 and I'm already forced into the compulsory waiting period after 3 top-ups.
Hope it is not a whole month again!
kaiser051
7 Jul 15#441
Just done my 9th and 10th sim and preordered fifa 16 with it think thats the end of it for me now a lot of swapping sims and waiting for rmails but well worth it cost me £100 to top up the 10 sims but got back £250-£300 on a few different psn account wallets ended up with mortal kombat x, witcher 3 ,fifa 16 and black ops 3 digital deluxe edition and still have £70 in wallet remaining for £100
Alexandre77
7 Jul 15#440
hot form me :smile:
copperspock
6 Jul 15#439
50? Phew! For a second I thought you said 51 :).
Siggipugger
6 Jul 15#438
Don't go crazy? But I've got 50 sims on the way. BTW topcashback has been changed to £5.
copperspock
6 Jul 15#437
Considering you're only using 20p of the £1, I very much doubt they would bother. I haven't heard of anyone getting chased up on it. Just don't go crazy by abusing the offer too much and you will be okay.
Siggipugger
6 Jul 15#436
I wonder about this too. Does anyone know?
jaydog69
5 Jul 15#435
Do you think there could be any comeback on this 'lend us a quid' thing and not paying it back?! I must have borrowed about £4 so far, although each sim still has about 80p left on them.
donnamaca
5 Jul 15#434
You can top up £11 by calling 4444
jaydog69
3 Jul 15#433
Damn, o2 only allow one credit/debit card to top up a maximum of 2 mobile numbers per month.
Now using another card to do my third sim lol
BubaMan
3 Jul 15#432
I'm not sure if any other store gives you refunds as reliably as Google Play but here's a few other alternatives: o2.co.uk/cha…ile
adammegsue
3 Jul 15#431
Will give it a try when second sim has arrived.
Siggipugger
2 Jul 15#430
TCB confirmed at £5.05. Anyone got the full £10.10?
geofferino
2 Jul 15#429
Didn't some people have success getting the credit transferred to another SIM through Live Chat? I'm also lacking an Android device...
adammegsue
2 Jul 15#428
excellent find, just done my first £25 haven`t got a android phone so can`t buy from play store :disappointed: to do the lend a quid nevermind £10 for £25 psn is great and get some mobile credit to use.
going to order another sim soon.
benjam1n
29 Jun 15#427
i just activated my sim after getting the 2nd email. It showed £20 credit and the tariff. I tried to transfer £25 and it rejected it. I contacted 02 and they said the £10 goes to the tarrif and is not available for charge2mobile. And the first text used up 10p of my credit as it's a premium number (so down to 19.90). So I could only add £15, plus I could try the extra £5 lend us a quid thing. But how did people transfer £25? did I do something wrong? I didn't see any "big talker" tariff, just a range from £10 to £30.
update: I think I see where I went wrong. When I ordered the sim I chose the wrong one, doh.
hismum
29 Jun 15#426
Do I have to have an android phone to do that or can I do that on a computer
BubaMan
29 Jun 15#425
No - Read the OP. Top up your PSN by £25, buy a £4 app from the Play Store to get your credit below £1, use "lend us a quid" to put another £1 on the SIM, refund the Play Store purchase and then transfer £5 to PSN.
hismum
29 Jun 15#424
Can I top up £10.10 so I can transfer the full £30 to psn?
Farhan007
28 Jun 15#423
Ahh, Didn't see that one. Just went back a few pages and saw it.
Thanks for the help, appreciate it.
And thanks to everyone else too.
luvclub
28 Jun 15#422
Most of the posts do say "2 weeks", but if you really wanted to know then the information is there if you put in the effort to find it, as I did when I shared my experience.
My post #379
My post #399
Farhan007
28 Jun 15#421
Yeah, I have opted in. I'll keep waiting Thanks for the reply.:)
copperspock
28 Jun 15#420
It's give or take. Did you make sure to opt-in to their emails?
Farhan007
28 Jun 15#419
I am not expecting that. Most of the posts relating to my query say "2 weeks". Now all I am asking, (which I cannot seem to find in previous posts,) is the "2 weeks" precisely 2 weeks (14 days) or is it 'give or take' 2 weeks?
luvclub
28 Jun 15#418
All of this has already been explained many times including the last two pages of posts. We are willing to post and share what we know, but if you want to save money then the least you could do is try and read a few posts and not expect everything served to you on a plate.
Farhan007
28 Jun 15#417
It's been two weeks, I got the first email, but not the second. Is it precisely 14 days? Or around two weeks? And no, I did not opt out of emails.
Siggipugger
26 Jun 15#416
Affirmative
taiko
26 Jun 15#415
I presume with psn credit you can actually buy games from the psn network ?
gobby88
26 Jun 15#414
doing this for the first time, its only £5 through quidco now!
biscuitracer
25 Jun 15#413
Email came two weeks after the sim, topped up £25 to psn and bought and refunded the play store apps. Refunded money seems to have disappeared but £25 psn top up for £10, possibly free is awesome!
corastuff
25 Jun 15#412
I have ordered mine in April and failed to track from TCB. Submitted a claim but still nothing. Oh well. I knew TBC is not reliable all the time.
Siggipugger
24 Jun 15#411
How many days between ordering the sim and getting the extra £20 email? I wonder about the lend us a quid thing as well. Someone go read the terms and conditions. Did you use topcashback?
jaydog69
24 Jun 15#410
Done another £30 for PSN tonight! £20 for £60 credit... amazing!
I have two more sims left - one I opted out of marketing so potentially there's only going to be £20 credit on the sim from topping up £10 and the other one is still awaiting the email.
Using the lend us a quid service then not paying it back though... can they do you for that?!
_Craig_
23 Jun 15#409
Yeah that's right, That's what I mean, Spend the money on the play store, get the £1 from O2, get a refund, then transfer the £10 :smile:
copperspock
23 Jun 15#408
First? The 'lend us a quid' offer only works if you have something like less than 50p credit I think.
_Craig_
23 Jun 15#407
Yes I will be doing that but I need to do the lend thing first because my sim now has £9.80
copperspock
23 Jun 15#406
You could just do the Play store method instead.
_Craig_
23 Jun 15#405
Because I can do the lend us a quid option and still get my £10 :smile:
jaydog69
23 Jun 15#404
What's the point in doing that though?
_Craig_
23 Jun 15#403
I just done a live chat with O2 to see about getting my sims merged, It was a painless process but I did end up missing out on one :disappointed: I will put it here as it might help somebody else.
Apparently you cant merge sim cards which are older than 28 days (which was the case with my first one). This includes moving credit both to and from the sim card.
Still at least I got my other two done :sunglasses:
BigGoron
22 Jun 15#402
They both tracked but only at £5 each. Can't really complain though
luvclub
22 Jun 15#401
Ordered two sims simultaneously and got the initial £10 emails for both. For whatever reason only got the £20 email for one of them. Topped up both and both came to £30.
Exactly the same thing happened again to another pair of sims.
Siggipugger
22 Jun 15#400
Anyone got the £10 cashback on these bad boys?
jaydog69
22 Jun 15#399
I've had 2 out of 4 emails tonight for the £20.
What I don't understand though, is that the first email address I used didn't receive the offer. I'm guessing it's because I opted out of marketing emails with that one... Is there a chance if I top it up, I'd still get the £20 bonus, or should I not bother and just use it to get £20 PSN from topping it up with £10?
Siggipugger
22 Jun 15#398
Do they not email the offer if you ordered more than 1?
Siggipugger
22 Jun 15#397
Not really. 2 apps by my count
copperspock
22 Jun 15#396
Slydog69 :).
jaydog69
22 Jun 15#395
I did but to different addresses. 2 at my current address and 2 at my previous address as I still have redirection on lol
copperspock
22 Jun 15#393
Did you order more than one SIM at a time Jay? That might've tripped you up.
jaydog69
22 Jun 15#394
Did this process tonight - got £30 PSN for a £10 top up.
Amazing!
jaydog69
22 Jun 15#391
Because that'd be a lot of apps to request ot be cancelled lol
jaydog69
22 Jun 15#392
Hmm, bit of a risk putting £10 on it though as it may only end up being £20... I guess half price PSN credit is good - I'm spoilt lol
Siggipugger
22 Jun 15#390
Why don't people spend £29.50 on Google play store then lend a quid and get refund. Then you could add £30 to wallet in one go
jaydog69
22 Jun 15#389
I'm waiting for my emails :-(
Today is day 16 since I applied for them.
luvclub
20 Jun 15#388
Your best option was to read the thread like every one else. It has been mentioned twice. You need to use the desktop version of the website.
copperspock
20 Jun 15#387
I'd like to ask those who've ordered lots of SIMs to please slow down and think ahead. When people started abusing the ChitterChatter free credit offer a while back, they stopped the promotion. O2 want new customers, but if they see in their records what's happening they will stop the promotion as well. It's in everyone's best interest that this promo lasts for as long as possible. Slow and steady!
ather7851
20 Jun 15#386
Hi i have added £25 but cant add another £25 as its not giving me an option to add mobile number just start processing without asking new sim number can anyone help please? Many thanks
luvclub
20 Jun 15#385
Ok finally able to make my 7th, 8th and 9th top-ups to my main PSN wallet.
I had previously waited 15 days after my 6th wallet top-up and was still unable to make my 7th top-up to my main PSN account. I do not know whether if my other attempts during those 15 days using the same sim card affected things.
Decided to wait a further 16 days so that the 7th top-up happened a full one month and one day after the successful 6th top-up. During these 16 days I made no other attempts until that final day.
Decided to use a fresh sim card and topped-up the PSN wallet by £25. Used a second new sim card and did another £25. Used a third sim card (the one which was failing on the original 15th day wait) and it also went through fine with £25. All within a span of 15 minutes.
So, it is possible to carry on topping up the same PSN wallet. I'm not sure what conclusions to draw, but I suggest after your 6th wallet top-up you should wait 16 days without any intermediate attempts before making your 7th top-up with a new sim card. If that doesn't work then wait a total of 1 month and 1 day after the 6th top-up before trying again with maybe another fresh sim card. If it goes through then you could re-use any other sim card which you have already tested previously, but had failed.
I'm guessing there will be another compulsory wait after your 12th top-up.
94jdh
19 Jun 15#384
I'm up to my 12th SIM now, makes the digital prices a little better to swallow!
geofferino
19 Jun 15#383
Great, thanks very much!
So are people having any issues doing multiple top ups or ordering multiple sims? I'm ready to get on a roll.
Thanks.
copperspock
19 Jun 15#382
Yup it was pretty much two weeks for me as well.
BubaMan
19 Jun 15#381
Within an hour normally... Dial *#10# to check.
geofferino
19 Jun 15#380
Got my £20 email today so just stick with it.
Now that I've topped up, when are people finding the credit applied to their account?
luvclub
19 Jun 15#379
This is my last order with dates and emails: 14/05/2015 Thanks for ordering your free sims 16/05/2015 Your free sim is on its way 20/05/2015 Activate your sim today 29/05/2015 Activate your sim today to get £20 credit
jaydog69
19 Jun 15#378
Tomorrow will be day 14 since I applied for the sims... Are people still getting the £20 email offer through?
shafiulhussain
17 Jun 15#377
Haha fair enough then
BubaMan
17 Jun 15#376
None have tracked but I'm not bothered TBH. I've got Diablo III, Far Cry 4 and Bastion for a £20 spend (I had a few quid in my account already) so I feel I've exploited O2 enough :stuck_out_tongue:
shafiulhussain
17 Jun 15#375
How long did your TCB take to track the £10? I got my £30 PSN credit, but just waiting on TCB.
geofferino
17 Jun 15#374
I got the £10 so here's hoping!
BubaMan
17 Jun 15#373
Yep - claimed my 2nd & ordered a 3rd. The last email was about 18 days from ordering but it did follow a £10 email which came fairly quickly... If you haven't had a £10 email, it hasn't worked - order again and make sure you allow them to spam you when you order. If you have had the £10 email, sit tight.
geofferino
17 Jun 15#372
Has anybody got the £20 top up Email from O2? Still waiting on mine after over 2 weeks.
Taz1529
16 Jun 15#371
Topped up one sim, the email said by the 11th (to me that includes the 11th). Money didn't appear, now online chat say I need to go in store
copperspock
16 Jun 15#370
I wondered the same thing until I spotted the username X).
shafiulhussain
15 Jun 15#369
Thank you for that !
copperspock
15 Jun 15#368
It's about two-three weeks, depending on whether you topped up with the same network or not.
luvclub
15 Jun 15#367
(Please see my posts #316 and #319.)
I still wasn't able to top-up my wallet the seventh time even after waiting 15 days after the sixth, so committed to wait another 15 days without any intermediate attempts. It's been 11 days, so I've still got another 4 days to go.
It is possible that I could make that seventh wallet top-up already, but I want to be 100% sure and wait the full additional 15 days without any intermediate attempts. Don't want to mess up by being impatient after all of this!
I may even delay it for a few days more so that my next attempt happens at least 1 month and 1 day after the last successful (sixth) wallet topup.
BigGoron
15 Jun 15#366
Did you find a way round the limit on wallet topups from mobile luvclub. Just hit it on my 6th charge to sim on playstation site. Any idea what the cool down period is until i should try again?
luvclub
15 Jun 15#365
1) Put the sim in your mobile. Top up your sim with £10 from your credit/debit card 2) Wait a few minutes to an hour or two, for the extra £20 credit to appear. At which point you should have £30 credit on the sim (Hopefully another £10 cashback would also track/appear on your TCB, but I have found tracking to be very poor!) 3) Log on to your PSN account (preferably desktop browser) and add £25 to your wallet by charging to your sim mobile number (you would need to reply to a text via the sim mobile which would cost 10p and leave you with £4.90 credit on the sim) 4) Use Google Play to purchase something costing more than £4.40 by charging to your sim again leaving you with less than 50p credit on the sim 5) Dial 4444 on the mobile and take advantage of the Lend-A-Quid. You would now have another £1 credit 6) Go back to Google Play and find the app you purchased and get it Refunded 7) By now you should have more than £5.10 credit 8 ) Go back to PSN and transfer the last £5 credit to your account
For more details, please read through the previous posts. Its only 19 pages and is all explained there.
shafiulhussain
15 Jun 15#364
Either next week or the following week.
shafiulhussain
15 Jun 15#363
Hi guys, if someone can confirm for a newbie like me, I have ordered the sim through TCB and received it a few weeks ago. I just got sent my 'Top Up now for extra £20 credit'. To confirm, after topping up £10 and activating the sim, on my TCB account it will track as £10? Then i just transfer the £30 credit to PSN account right? Saw some posts about lending a pound, but dont quite get it aha.
luvclub
14 Jun 15#362
It's probably best to order 2 per address at a time. I used my name and my wife's name and received both. I did the same for my work place address.
I waited a month before repeating at each address. You may wish to use a "variation" of your names the second time around to be safe.
jaydog69
14 Jun 15#361
Getting impatient having to wait 2 weeks lol
I have an email come through today offering me £10 free credit, so hopefully next week I'll get the £20 one?
Farhan007
13 Jun 15#360
Ok thanks, Ill stick to one account then as I'd rather not risk my account by referring myself.
Oh, and how often do you recommend I order the sim cards? Like 1 a week or?
luvclub
13 Jun 15#359
You could do it through the same TopCashBack account repeatedly as their T&C does not state it is one cashback claim per account unlike Quidco which I believe states once only.
They give you the option of reverting to the Classic Membership and then they would not deduct the £5 annual membership fee for the Plus account.
You would only need to open multiple accounts if you wish to abuse their Tell-A-Friend referral scheme. Some people have been referring themselves and then once the secondary account earns £10 cashback the main account would also receive a further £5 to £15 referral cashback.
Farhan007
13 Jun 15#358
They are giving £10.50 or something for it anyways, still £5 I guess, but can anyone still answer my question? Ty.
jaydog69
13 Jun 15#357
Don't bother they take the first £5 off you as part of a membership fee and they go by bank account too I think.
Farhan007
13 Jun 15#356
Thanks OP One quick question. Am I able to use the same TopCashBack account to do the same offer over and over? Or should I change my IP, and make new accounts, how would I go about it?
kwanzee
10 Jun 15#355
Can't believe I've only just seen this... Heat
jaydog69
10 Jun 15#354
I just checked topcashback and it tracked at £1??
TwentyTwo
10 Jun 15#353
Big Talker To switch your tariff to Big Talker, text BIGTALK to 21300 free from your O2 phone.
BubaMan
10 Jun 15#352
Within an hour certainly... Dial *#10# periodically to check.
Darzen
10 Jun 15#351
Thanks
kaiser051
9 Jun 15#350
I left them in the envelope until i got the £20 email,took about 2 weeks to get the email from when i received sim
MR1123
9 Jun 15#349
No idea mate I haven't done my first sim yet. Maybe someone else can answer that but I'm assuming yes becuase they have topped up their psn already.
jaydog69
9 Jun 15#348
Thanks, and when you top up with £10, is the bonus credit immediately applied or do you have to wait?
MR1123
9 Jun 15#347
20th may. And received £20 email on 4th June.
MR1123
9 Jun 15#346
Decided to scrap everything and start all over again. Ordered sim yesterday and got a call from 01619023780.
copperspock
9 Jun 15#345
It was about 2 weeks from the date I ordered the SIM to the date I got the offer for the £20.
jaydog69
9 Jun 15#344
Did you register them when you received the £20 bonus email? How long did that take to come to you from ordering the sim
kaiser051
9 Jun 15#343
Just registered another two sims and purchased witcher 3 dont know wether to get my 9th and 10th sim and keep the money in wallet for fifa 16
jaydog69
9 Jun 15#342
From how long when you ordered the sim did you get the £20 bonus credit email please?
jaydog69
9 Jun 15#341
I'm not fussed about the cashback really. I didn't keep the order numbers to raise a claim anyway.
Basically, worst case is that these SIMs give you £20 PSN credit for £10.
Now that I have the SIMs, how long do I wait for the email to come through offering me £20 free credit?
I'm guessing as I opted out of marketing with the first sim, I won't get any email giving me £20 with that one?
toughCookie
9 Jun 15#340
Yes this is possibe with the 'lend a quid' trick, but you still need to transfer the credit in two process (i.e. £15 first, the £5 later).
It does say somewhere on the cashback sites, that tracking will/might be different to begin with, some will even track at £0.00 at first. All I can say is... be patient for now. And once/if it pays out, send the cashback site an enquiry.
MR1123
9 Jun 15#339
Thank you I am very aware, but that doesnt answer my question.
jaydog69
9 Jun 15#338
Oh, I thought you could squeeze the full amount out for PSN credit by borrowing some credit?
toughCookie
9 Jun 15#337
I'd still keep the sim just in case you do get the emails.
No, you will get £15 PSN credit with £4.70 remaining on the O2 sim as you need to take into account the text charge.
Cashbacks are not guaranteed, ever! Treat them as a hit or miss bonus.
MR1123
9 Jun 15#336
I ordered 1 sim, 2 arrived maybe the second sim is the one I ordered when this thread was created and never showed up. tcb tracking is at £5.05 when its supposed to be £10.10 maybe someone can tell me why? I do have the email of £20 credit it says the phone number of the sim. But I have only one tracking for one sim on tcb, and no idea which sim its for. Emails don't say order number but there is an order number on tcb.
jaydog69
9 Jun 15#335
Right, I've received two SIMs today...
One of them I think I may as well throw away as I didn't opt in for marketing emails - however, they called me yesterday and said something about if I call them to activate it and top up, they will give me £10 free credit? So i could do that and get £20 PSN for £10 right? This was the SIM that I did through topcashback anyway.
The other SIM I did opt in for marketing so from what I read, I should wait for an email to offer me £20 credit for free when I top up £10 right?
copperspock
7 Jun 15#334
Nah minimum topup is £10 I think. But you're able to get the full £30 if you do the 'lend us a quid+google play refund' trick. I wouldn't apply for too many SIMs too close together just in case, at least not to the same address.
jaydog69
7 Jun 15#333
And... is it worth applying for 3 sims altogether or best to give it time inbetween?
jaydog69
7 Jun 15#332
Can you put £1 top ups on these? If so, £30 PSN credit for £11 sounds excellent and that's if the cashback fails!
jaydog69
7 Jun 15#331
I didn't get the order number either lol great. I've clearly messed this up completely!
copperspock
7 Jun 15#330
Aye, same thing happened to me. Make sure to record the order number in case you have to raise a claim with TCB.
jaydog69
7 Jun 15#329
Thanks, shame about that first sim though.
copperspock
7 Jun 15#328
Yeah I think you'll be okay.
jaydog69
7 Jun 15#327
Grrr I also forgot to opt in for offers.
Have started again and ordered a second one - is that ok?
jaydog69
7 Jun 15#326
Damn, I forgot to choose the big talker option - does this matter and is it too late?
kaiser051
5 Jun 15#325
To be honest they didnt mention about being the owner so neither did i i just said i had two existing sims i wanted to merge and gave their numbers they did then ask the names of the sim card holders which i gave my name and my wifes name ,ive ordered two sims at a time in our two names adding the odd middle name different or in her maiden name etc
luvclub
5 Jun 15#324
Hahaha..... this is like a little club now and you're a bit of a Guru. :smile:
I've been using the Lend Us A Quid thing to maximise my £30 credits so have been able to get both a £25 and £5 PSN credit from my sims so far, but may mix in some of this credit merging in the future so that I could do 6 lots of £25 PSN credits instead of the existing 3 lots of (£25 + £5) due to this 6 x Mobile Charge limitation.
Since I mentioned the Lend Us A Quid trick I may as well give a tip for others. At one time I did fall foul of using the Google Play purchasing and refunding trick, because I mistakenly re-purchased an app which I had already previously purchased/refunded on another sim. It would seem there is a smallprint somewhere which states you could only refund once on any specfic app. No problem though as I just did a refund claim through email stating the app's storage space requirement was too high for my phone and was refunded instantaneously.
Back to the merging credit point I wanted to ask you about. When you do the Live Chat with the Gurus. How do they confirm you are the owner of both Sim cards that you want to merge the credits for? Do they maybe just require the SSN number? Hopefully you don't need to register an account for each sim.
_Craig_
5 Jun 15#323
Awesome, thanks for letting me know, I will certainly be doing that then, I figured they may have been sticky about it for some reason...
Would love to use the lend us a quid option to finish it off the £4.60 that I will have left in the end but I used my card to top up the first sim :disappointed:
kaiser051
5 Jun 15#322
I didnt give them a reason i just said i have 2 seperate 02 pay as u go sims with credit on each and i would like to merge the two anmounts onto one card They said thats no problem
_Craig_
4 Jun 15#321
I have decided to give this another go, Done it once already but a certain game has became available that I want :stuck_out_tongue:
So as I have done it once I now have a sim here with £4.90 on it, I have ordered another 2x, Again I will of course be left with £4.90, I have seen comments that you can get the sim cards merged via live chat, Is there any particular reason you need to specify when you request this? I ask as I would like to try it, That way I can top up my wallet with another £10
Thanks Craig
The_SpinDoctor
4 Jun 15#320
Let us know if that theory works - I'm interested to know!
luvclub
3 Jun 15#319
Thanks!
Well, I think it is very unlikely that there is a connection between your "sub-account" and "main account" where just because a sim was charged by the sub-account would in effect reset the main account so that it would enable further charges by the main account. More so the sim cards most likely being different sim cards as well.
The only possible reason that I could imagine is that there is a requirement for the seventh charge to take place after a continuous period of approximately 10 days without any intermediate attempts and possibly a totally new sim card too.
So far even though it's been 15 days for me I have attempted to use this card a few times during the 15 days so it is possible it could be due to this reason. I will leave this PSN account for another 15 days and at that point try with a fresh sim card to test my theory.
kaiser051
3 Jun 15#318
I topped up 6 on my main account and wouldn't take any more so i topped up the next on another account and then went back on my main account around ten days later and i topped up another £50 fine
kaiser051
3 Jun 15#317
Hi ive checked and after my 6th top up i had to top up the £25 on a sub account and then the next two top ups worked fine on the main account i topped the other 6 up on
luvclub
3 Jun 15#316
Tried to top up my seventh time today (3/6/2015) after reaching the sixth top up limit on the 19/5/2015, but even though it has been 15 days I'm still getting the same error message.
Could you check your transaction history to confirm the number of days between your sixth and seventh top ups? Or do you remember doing anything else "special" such as contacting Boku during that time?
ssc1
2 Jun 15#315
got the £20 credit email can i now transfer my number to o2 with my PAC and still get credit? thanks in advance.
BigGoron
30 May 15#314
Thanks this was the only method that worked for me on the second sim,got the extra credit no problem after entering the voucher. This deal is awesome and deserves even more heat then its got.
luvclub
30 May 15#313
You have to do it via the desktop website otherwise it won't let you add a new number, so try your PC.
luvclub
30 May 15#312
That's great news. I've just tried to top up my seventh time using my fourth sim (previously I've topped up both £25 and £5 from 3 sims only) since I'm around the 9 or 10 day mark but it's still coming up with the error. I'll probably wait a couple days more before trying again.
94jdh
30 May 15#311
Thanks, that's what I thought - will just keep setting up dummy accounts lol
kaiser051
30 May 15#310
Some times it failed the 2nd 02 top up because it was too soon after the first so i switched cards or tried the other top up method and always worked, Just be careful about twice it said oops something went wrong there cant top up on 02 store And then a few minutes later text message on phone saying your balance is £10.00
kaiser051
30 May 15#309
No it hasn't taken the money yet i found this
When will I be charged for my pre-order? You will be charged two days before the expected release date. However, this may vary from product to product. Please refer to your pre-order confirmation email for details.
kaiser051
30 May 15#308
It happened to me where it wouldnt top up so i topped up the other way so if online top up fails try manual top up via dialling 4444, It did fail both ways once so i tried my other card and it worked fine
94jdh
29 May 15#307
Does pre ordering take the psn credit immediately?
94jdh
29 May 15#306
Go and get a 10 pound top up code from Tesco , that will solve the problem
BigGoron
29 May 15#305
Cant top up my second sim for some reason. Keep getting error 505 despite it being a different email. Are you using the same card for all sims?
BigGoron
29 May 15#304
No, maybe in a few sims time. (_;)
kaiser051
29 May 15#303
Did u preorder the black ops 3 ?
BigGoron
29 May 15#302
Haha you are a HUKD legend.
BigGoron
29 May 15#301
It actually worked! Awesome heat added.
kaiser051
28 May 15#300
Just preordered black ops 3 ultimate edition with the season pass for £79 on psn store costing me £30 to top up three sims £10 on each and merged two sims remaining £4.90 onto one sim via o2 live chat ,
kaiser051
28 May 15#299
Just topped up my psn wallet with my 8th £25 so there doesnt seem to be a limit i couldnt top up after my 6th sim so i gave it around ten days and tried again and topped up another £50 from two sims
ism
27 May 15#298
hmm used this on a few purchases on the play store and now its saying 02 billing is not available and to try again later or contact carrier - will give it a try later
henryftw
27 May 15#297
Both TCB accounts stll at £0.00, quidco I'm assuming won't track, tried 2 sims with quidco, its suppose to appear in tracking after you top up, but i've no idea how they track the sims and whether or not they've been topped up..
copperspock
26 May 15#296
I sent 'REWARD' to 50202 and it activated for me. Unfortunately I had already topped up at that point, though I might be cheeky and call them to see if they'll add the 50p after the fact.
LuFc6686
26 May 15#295
How do you add a new number? I'm trying to add more money but its trying to take it from old number
atom
26 May 15#294
Has anyone actually been paid out by TopCashBack as mine as been 6 weeks and not a dickie bird. I flagged my 3 sims up after 4 weeks but keeps saying "waiting for merchant" i'm not holding out any hope, as I also have a giffgaff one that has been over 8 weeks and no payout, despite reviews saying other people got theirs very quick.
BubaMan
23 May 15#293
You could use the credit on one of the mobile stores or Spotify / Facebook: o2.co.uk/cha…-it
luvclub
22 May 15#292
Arggghh! I think I've been caught out by this hidden Charge To Mobile limit too. The limit seems to be 6 charges and I've not done as well as your £150 total because I've done 3 lots of "£25 followed by £5" (using the Lend Us A Quid trick). If i had known there was a 6 charge limit I would have done all 6 as £25 charges and maybe charge the remaining 6 x £5 to a less important secondary PSN account.
kaiser051
20 May 15#291
Seems to be a limit on the ammount you can top up your wallet managed to get 6 sims loaded on my wallet giving me £150 to spend ,got another 4 sims but it wouldnt let me add any more credit so i put the other £100 on another psn sub accout bought the witcher and preordered black ops 3 and play fine on my primary account
BigGoron
20 May 15#290
Is there any way to sign up for o2 rewards before your first top up? If so you I think you would get 5% back of your £10 top up on June 30th which would be an extra 50p credit you could add onto your sim bringing it back over £5 for PSN. Anyone know if this is possible?
Darrelg
20 May 15#289
my sim didn't turn up. Had to start the whole process again ...
LuFc6686
19 May 15#288
As if in going to put £10 credit on a sim I'm not going to use just to pay £1 back lmao no chance.
BubaMan
19 May 15#287
A little p***-takey after already taking £20-£30 off them but I'll put the £1 boot in too :stuck_out_tongue:
LuFc6686
19 May 15#286
Yea but I doubt many if anybody is actually going to use these sim cards, most just get the PSN credit and throw the sims away.
BubaMan
19 May 15#285
By the way, the service is called LEND us a quid so you do have to pay it back - either as part of a top-up or with 25p added on if you don't top up within 7 days. It's still worth £1.25 to get £5 into your PSN account but just be aware that it's not free.
BubaMan
19 May 15#284
Any quick recommendations for something around that price mark (everything seems to be £4.99 or £3.99)? Cheers.
I didn't even get my sim yet its been over 4 weeks
kaiser051
19 May 15#282
Thanks i was thinking of doing that ive got another £120 to put on altogether il try putting £30 on another master account and see what happens
94jdh
19 May 15#281
I'm getting the same now, ive contacted boku? And they said to leave it for longer but still doesn't accept - only way is to make up another psn account and download to that and then switch to your normal account -not a problem if you have one ps4, but can't do it on two ps4's with this method and use your original psn account for playing
kaiser051
18 May 15#280
Is there a limit to the amount of times you can do this ? Done it with 6 sims so far but tried again with another and i get the oops your trying to top up your wallet too soon message even though ive left ot a few days inbetween
ssc1
18 May 15#279
will this work if i port my number over to o2? thx
luvclub
16 May 15#278
Found a picture of what the "Enable O2 billing" looks like under the payment methods and my Google Play shows all possible payment methods except for that.
Edit: finally got it working. For some reason even though my mobile was set to register to the sim's network automatically and is already able to receive and send calls/text using the sim I had to make sure it was registered "manually" to O2 before the "enable o2 billing" was available via Google Play. Thanks!
LuFc6686
16 May 15#277
It doesn't charge you if you pay it back but the sims ordered in this deal are used only for the PSN credit so will probably never actually be used.
LuFc6686
16 May 15#276
Just tried a new sim and gone to the store, clicked my account and it says enable O2 billing. That's what you click.
to clarify does "lend a pound" apply to o2, where does it come from?
luvclub
16 May 15#273
Tried removing my PayPal account and credit cards, but still no mobile or o2 option. Thought it may be because i had some Google Play credit, so tried another google account without any credit but still no other payment options apart from adding Paypal, credit card, debit card or Redeeming code. Wonder if it is a temporary glitch. Could you try and pretend to buy something and see if the charge to mobile option is still appearing?
LuFc6686
16 May 15#272
I think its at the checkout you select use O2 credit. So press pay then you it should pop up. If not try removing the other pay options.
luvclub
16 May 15#271
Sounds like a great idea. I've tried to do what you suggested but for some reason I'm not getting a "Charge to mobile" option under the Google Play payment methods. All I have are Google Play Balance, Paypal, credit/debit cards and then Add another Paypal/credit card method and Redeem Code.
Tried using my mobile, tablet and desktop PC. Am i missing something? Would appreciate any advice. Thanks
taiko
15 May 15#270
just watched the Kingsman and its putting me off free sims :stuck_out_tongue:
ipsa
15 May 15#269
Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK ,BBC
FreedomPop will offer Sim cards that offer 200MB of data, 200 texts and 200 minutes of voice calls per month using the cellular network at no cost.
LuFc6686
14 May 15#268
Not sure but doubt it, I've used lend us a quid a few times on previous sims that I've not paid back
copperspock
14 May 15#267
Fantastic, cheers for the idea dude. I wonder if Sainsbury's would make a fuss about the unpaid loan? Surely not for such a small sum..
LuFc6686
14 May 15#266
50p or less. And the refund from app store is instant.
copperspock
14 May 15#265
I didn't get an opportunity to try the 'borrow a pound' offer yet. So you have to have no credit left on the SIM in order to qualify for it then?
LuFc6686
14 May 15#264
Found a way to get £30 psn credit without using a bank card. What you do is top up the £25 psn so you will then have £4.90..... Then go to the google play store and spend at least £4.50... Then dial 4444 and get the lend us a pound....then go back to the google play store and get an instant refund on the apps to make the credit £5.90, top up psn wallet and you also have 90p to spend on google play store :smile:
LuFc6686
14 May 15#263
It worked thanks! :smile: was stressing when I didn't get the credit at first haha.
ipsa
14 May 15#262
Ordered 2 weeks ago ,Only checked Quidco's tracking now but am getting this ""Unfortunately we are unable to investigate transactions for this merchant." Anyone else got it OR know why Quidco cant raise a claim wtih O2 ?
johnb667
12 May 15#261
Is this offer still live?can you order over the phone or only thru link
kaiser051
11 May 15#260
Yes its one sim per account so only the first two sims i got were paid for by £10 tcb and £10 quidco The other sims i had to use £10 of my own money to top up but left me with £30 credit on each sim so it cost me £20 to top up but recieved £60 for psn
copperspock
11 May 15#259
Are you ordering these SIMs through the same TCB or Quidco account? I just assumed it was one SIM per account..
kaiser051
11 May 15#258
Just Ordered my 5th and sixth sim Used the first two to buy mortal kombat x with £20 cashback costing me nothing 3rd and fourth sim didnt track so had to use £20 to receive the £60 credit and bought project cars Then got o2 live chat to merge the remaining £4.90 on both sims to one card,done this on another two sims for another £4.90 x2 and topped up what i could onto my ps wallet Got another two sims in the post which i will have to pay £20 to top up but will have £50 plus the £15 from merging the sims to give me another £65 in wallet and will preorder pay for black ops 3
Taz1529
10 May 15#257
Has anyone successfully had 2 card stracked from TCB and one from quidco? My TCB one works.
copperspock
8 May 15#256
I tried to make a manual claim for the SIM I ordered through Quidco, and the site came back with 'Unfortunately we are unable to investigate transactions for this merchant.'. I'm very much regretting not downgrading to a basic membership :(.
TCB on the other hand has tracked no bother, just waiting for the £20 email from O2.
FrozenFire
8 May 15#255
Comment
Yes third sim tracked :-)
FrozenFire
8 May 15#254
Comment
Yes iTunes code by o2voucher site
LuFc6686
5 May 15#253
Sorry it was topcashback not quidco.
sysboy
5 May 15#252
I have activated one of the 2 sims but neither has tracked by quidco, and have to claim... Weird
94jdh
5 May 15#251
Yes, lots of time for the psn credit, once for the cashback
LuFc6686
4 May 15#250
I haven't activated any of my sims yet but got the cashback from quidco... Weird.
smsmasters
4 May 15#249
Does this work for anyone?
sysboy
2 May 15#248
Is there any other way to use the o2 credit?
henryftw
2 May 15#247
thats not bad tracking though, quite impressive i guess, even though it tracked incorrectly
_Craig_
2 May 15#246
I have just checked and it has but only at £5 (+ 5p top up from TCB), Its status is also payable. Dont really know what to do now as it should have been £10.
Edit: Apparantly you should file a incorrectly tracked claim but it asks for an order number, I was sure I took a note of it at the time but I cant find it and its not in any of my emails.
Reflective
1 May 15#245
Will get around to activating the sim card tomorrow. How do I convert the credit into Playstation credit for my son?
sysboy
1 May 15#244
extra 20 received in half an hour when topping up using the Top up online linke provided in the 2nd email.
Waiting for the quidco cashback.
sysboy
1 May 15#243
I topped up 10 pounds, but didnt got such text finally.
sysboy
1 May 15#242
My order has never been tracked, and I have to raise a claim. however the t&c says O2 does not support cashback claims. The current status is Claim processing. Status Update : The retailer will process your claim in due course. Please check the retailer's Quidco page for information on payment speeds. How to do next? Has anyone obtained the caskback from o2?
Terms & conditions One order per household. Please remember Quidco accounts are for your direct and individual use only.
Your transaction will initially track on to your Quidco account at £0.00 and will update to the correct cashback amount once you have activated the SIM. Please make sure you clear the cookies on your Internet Browser before making your online transaction as this retailer does not support cashback claims. Members should only use voucher codes listed on Quidco. If you use voucher codes or gift vouchers that are not listed on Quidco your cashback may not track or be declined.
henryftw
30 Apr 15#241
Looks like you need to reorder the sim, i ordered 3, only 2 got email
henryftw
30 Apr 15#240
Has your TCB tracked?
BubaMan
30 Apr 15#239
Ordered 3 weeks ago and never got an email :disappointed: Has anyone topped up without an email?
S-360
30 Apr 15#238
Thanks
94jdh
28 Apr 15#237
Don't activate it until you get your 2nd email with the extra £20 offer approx 2 weeks after you ordered the sim
jkcool
28 Apr 15#236
Can I still do it? Once I receive the Sim, I should not put it on the phone. Right ?
mlpinto
27 Apr 15#235
Thanks OP. All worked fine with the top up and credit. I just need to cash in for my PSN credit now and to cross my fingers that my cashback tracks.
bdrl
27 Apr 15#234
Enjoy!!
AAB
26 Apr 15#233
Topped up £10 at 9pm, just checked the balance and got £30 already. Thanks op.
kaiser051
26 Apr 15#232
Thanks
5ack8oy
26 Apr 15#231
what did you give as a reason?
msesaver001
26 Apr 15#230
Thanks for this OP, I got £25 free PSN credit too. Shame about the 10p charge to text otherwise would have got the £30! I'll remember this when in need of another top up! :wink:
neilm22
26 Apr 15#229
Mine actually shows as £30 on my phone and with customer services. Just strangely online shows £21.70*
iAndroid
26 Apr 15#228
thank you for your advice, got the credit just now with your method...
The_SpinDoctor
26 Apr 15#227
I did indeed - rung up again today, got through to someone much more helpful and after asking me to forward her the email she applied the top-up manually! Job done :smile:
94jdh
26 Apr 15#226
Same name but different emails
kaiser051
26 Apr 15#225
Are you using different names and email adresss each time for each sim or the same ? Thanks
kaiser051
26 Apr 15#224
Cheers will try
94jdh
26 Apr 15#223
Did you use the same email address when paying the £10 top up?
ventis86
26 Apr 15#222
I went online to an online guru and got both balances merged to have £55 on psn. Easy to do and hassle free doing it online!
iAndroid
26 Apr 15#221
The same +1
The_SpinDoctor
26 Apr 15#220
Yep, I've tried every few hours, and it hasn't been added.
94jdh
26 Apr 15#219
Just keep going as it doesn't cost anything as long as you wait for the emails - I have!
kaiser051
26 Apr 15#218
Is it too late to order more sims does the £20 extra offer expire soon ?
94jdh
25 Apr 15#217
Have you checked by ringing *#10# from the phone to see your balance as you don't get a confirmation email?
The_SpinDoctor
25 Apr 15#216
Good to see I'm not alone.
94jdh
25 Apr 15#215
I guess the limit is £30 per sim in a 24hr period then
kaiser051
25 Apr 15#214
Hi i done it thanks there was no 24 hour wait i done one sim £25 and them the other straight after so i have £50 in my wallet now just a shame i have £4.50 left on each sim
94jdh
25 Apr 15#213
You will have to do it in two slots of £25, each time you add £25 you need to wait 24 hours before adding the next £25
94jdh
25 Apr 15#212
You can only top up £25 to the psn as replying to the psn text costs 10p leaving you £29.90 ( £4.90 after the top up)
kaiser051
25 Apr 15#211
Hi how did u top up £25 and have money remaining i have £29.50 but cant see how to transfer it to psn without losing £5
kaiser051
25 Apr 15#210
Agh my balance is £29.50 thats why im insure what to do now i want at least £50 on my wallet to but the game
kaiser051
25 Apr 15#209
Ok im stuck i select £30 and reply y to the text then it says processing order and payment error top up your mobile phone account by calling 202?
kaiser051
25 Apr 15#208
Hi i have a question I have £60 credit £30 on 2 sims but when i try to put the credit onto my wallet i cannot do it it says i have to make a purchase first ? I want to preorder the witcher for £47 but i can only put £30 on towards it ?i cant have £60 sitting in my wallet ? Any help appreciated
d_lee_83
25 Apr 15#207
My £20 extra was never added either. Got in touch with O2 who said they'd look into it & get back to me but heard nothing since.
atom
25 Apr 15#206
Did you call and get them to transfer to another o2 sim with no fuss?
atom
25 Apr 15#205
Now showing £30 on balance. :smile:
I ordered a few sims but annoyingly I have only had the £20 email for one of them, has anyone else experienced this? I don't want to top my others up and not receive the extra £20.
The_SpinDoctor
25 Apr 15#204
Topped up £10 about 5 days ago, no £20 bonus even though I got the email - rung them up, they say that the email is not from them.
94jdh
25 Apr 15#203
Done it 3 times so far £30 for £75 psn credit, heat added
atom
25 Apr 15#202
Topped up by voucher using 4444 phone number. Says £10 quid balance, will report if and when I get the extra £20.
atom
25 Apr 15#201
Ah thanks.
AstalaVista
25 Apr 15#200
I topped up online . I think there was tick box there to save the card details (which obviously I did not select). I got email confirmation that topup was done but no confirmation was sent for the free credit. I had to check my balance.
5ack8oy
24 Apr 15#199
I slways Disable 3g\4g before I top up. You're probably being charged for data.
atom
24 Apr 15#198
Which method are people using to top up which successfully adds the bonus £20. I think I'm going to go for the top up voucher route so they wont have my card details then.
94jdh
24 Apr 15#197
What phone have you put it in, if its one with apps etc running in the background, that maybe why?
neilm22
24 Apr 15#196
Has anyone else got the free credit and automatically lost money? I signed up for Big talker and my credit is already down to £21,70.
AstalaVista
24 Apr 15#195
Topped up £10 and got additional £20 credit. Also TCB has tracked. If TCB pays then I will make £0.10 profit with a £30 free credit. Thanks again OP.
unfortunately I didn't go for the cashback as completely forgot! I know that sometimes quidco can take ages sometimes though.
iAndroid
24 Apr 15#192
Any update? I am still waiting...
copperspock
24 Apr 15#191
Did you order one each through quidco and TCB? How long did it take to track?
ventis86
24 Apr 15#190
unfortunately the minimum top up is £5 which sucks!
bombproofduck
24 Apr 15#189
Is there any way to top up a small amount like £1 so you can use all £30 for PSN instead of just £25?
ventis86
23 Apr 15#188
hi all, as an update just topped up my first £25 successfully and have £4.90 left. will do the second one tomorrow (as max £30 per 24hr). once done will call o2 to see if they can transfer one balance to the other sim so I can get another £5 in the wallet!
corastuff
23 Apr 15#187
Further to my comment today. I have managed to complete my £10 top up and I just found out I have received the £20 bonus credit as well :grin:
I hope my cashback would be tracked.
taiko
23 Apr 15#186
haha while i was on chat to o2 webchat i thought i would try again and it worked so guys try again now.
taiko
23 Apr 15#185
I wonder if i logged in my o2 account and bought £10 credit ,would they credit the £20 ? or do i need to click the email link they send you ?
d_lee_83
23 Apr 15#184
Well at least I'm not the only one, been over 24 hours now. For anybody that's had the bonus come through do you get an email or text through as confirmation or is my only option to keep checking my balance?
iAndroid
23 Apr 15#183
Same boat...
corastuff
23 Apr 15#182
And I only ordered one O2 SIM...
May be O2 did not anticipate a sudden increase in amount of customers. I bet their system is having a meltdown.
taiko
23 Apr 15#181
had some problems myself , in 1 sim it took my card and other one failed even after trying 3 different cards.
corastuff
23 Apr 15#180
Hi everyone,
I need some advice. But let me tell you about my experience - might be useful to some.
I have applied for the O2 Sim on 8th April and it arrived the next day on the 9th - very fast delivery! The SIM actually came with the £10 bonus when I top up - It was printed on the note that was posted with the SIM.
Then I received the first email on 13th telling me about the £10 bonus credit when I top up. As recommended, I ignored it.
Second email came yesterday (22nd April), giving me the £20 bonus credit when I top up :smile:
This is where I am at and I need some help from those who have successfully topped up and got the bonus credit:
1) I have tried many times today trying to top and it just failed. Has anyone experienced this? It is a little worrying as I was already on the security code page (where they ask for the a few digit of the code). Then O2 tells me "something has gone wrong and they are looking into it". May be I just happened to be unlucky and their system is down at that point. I will try again.
2) Do I have to top up via the link their email provided in order to get the £20 bonus? Or I can just top up on the website?
3) Do I have to top up via quidco/topcashback in order to have my cashback tracked?
Thanks so much for your help in advance :smile:
d_lee_83
23 Apr 15#179
Topped up £10 around 6pm yesterday but still no sign of the extra £20, I know it says upto 48 hours but has everybody else's come through much sooner or is this normal?
smsmasters
22 Apr 15#178
Can the credit be used for the Google Play Store and Spotify?
copperspock
22 Apr 15#177
I'm in the same boat. I might just re-order a SIM through TCB instead of Quidco this time and record the order number.
atom
22 Apr 15#176
speaking to o2 chat and they wouldn't do it. something about they dont keep them on record which i find hard to believe but its like getting blood out of a stone.
atom
22 Apr 15#175
Will try tomorrow. :smile:
AAB
22 Apr 15#174
Only way to find out is by trying:)
copperspock
22 Apr 15#173
You can top up with any mobile number (provided it's one of the participating networks), you don't have to change any settings.
atom
22 Apr 15#172
Unfortunatly I did not log the confirmation numbers at the time. Do you think o2 would release the confirmation numbers to me if I call them up, and tell them my details and new o2 number?
AAB
22 Apr 15#171
You're correct, there is no mention of order number on any of the emails. But I took screen print at the time of ordering and that has got a 7 digits number against "Confirmation number". I think that is same as order number.
kaiser051
22 Apr 15#170
My two £20 emails came today for 2 seperate sims so i now have £30 on each sim can i top up from one sim then change my number on ps4 settings to the other sim ?
atom
22 Apr 15#169
I thank you for your comment however there is no email from o2 with the order number on, not even on the £20 offer email, if the cash back is delayed TCB will want the order number, which I don't have? :disappointed:
eternaldragonuk
22 Apr 15#168
got second email yesterday, topped up £10 yesterday online, balance today shows £30, will transfer £25 to psn. just bought the telltale games collection earlier for £33. tcb is not showing the £10, not used it before, how long does it normally take to update? also how long till I can withdraw the cashback? a previous post says at least 3 months, is that correct? thanks for the help.
happydeals
22 Apr 15#167
I got the second e-mail. Topped up and waiting for the £20 credit. Thanks OP.
_Craig_
22 Apr 15#166
Ok so I just topped up my sim by £10, Had to do it online because for some reason it was not working via phone.
In the top up confirmation email it states:
"With our new Auto top-up, there`s no need to worry about running out of credit. When your balance falls to a set amount, we`ll top it up again. Or we can set an automatic top up, on the date you choose."
Is this something I should be concerned about because it reads that you are auto opted in, Does it need disabled?
Edit: I just signed into the MyO2 page and found it is not on by default, Guess its just poor wording (Or me being paranoid and reading to much into it oO)
cwhiz77
22 Apr 15#164
i got 2 emails .. first was order confirmation and 2nd one was confirming that sim is on its way but none of them got any order info. got the £20 email today but not sure if i should go ahead with the topup.
ventis86
22 Apr 15#165
not 100% but I think there is a maximum wallet amount of about £100 so maybe you need to spend a bit of what you have first?
ventis86
22 Apr 15#162
just got my emails too (1st ones sent 13th) will top up the psn account tonight! Thanks again op
taiko
22 Apr 15#163
thanks fauji for the info.
fauji786
22 Apr 15#161
got the extra £20 credit added and transferred £15 to PSN but wallet is at £120.......how can i add to play store (an idiots guide anyone?)
_Craig_
22 Apr 15#160
Ok, So Im in this for the Playstation credit like many others :grin:
Just got my email from O2 offering the £20 credit, MY TCB tracked by itself at £0.00, So just to confirm when I top up £10 the cashback should update?
Do I need to wait for TCB to update or can I go ahead and transfer it to my Playstation account as soon as it becomes available on the sim?
Thanks
twinkle
22 Apr 15#158
Me too, don't think I even received an email from O2 to confirm...got the £20 email though so they have my correct email addy.
Reflective
22 Apr 15#159
Does the credit expire?
fauji786
22 Apr 15#157
second email received big talker done top up done awaiting extra £20 credit.......
cwhiz77
22 Apr 15#156
quidco didn't tracked and claim process is asking for order number which i cant find on any email from O2. anyone else faced the same issue?
taiko
22 Apr 15#155
so did i :smile:
AAB
22 Apr 15#154
Just got a 2nd (£20 free) email
sysboy
21 Apr 15#153
Your claim is currently in the cooling off period, during which time the retailer will not accept claims from us. What is the meaning of this message? Cant I claim the cashback from O2? Thanks for your help.
Reply from Quidco support
Hi ,
I can certainly explain.
The majority of retailers on Quidco have a 'cooling off period' which means they will not accept the claim from us during this time, so we hold the claim back until this time has passed so we can then send the claim to the retailer for you.
This is nothing to worry about and is completely normal. The cooling off period is set by the retailer and includes, but is not limited to, the returns period for the retailer or if they have asked for a certain amount of payments to be made first.
The cooling off period is integral to the claims process and is included in the retailer's average claim speed.
I hope this reassures you. Do come back to me if you have any further questions about this, or anything else for that matter.
Kind regards,
Quidco Support
sysboy
21 Apr 15#152
The 2nd email received.
Activate your sim today to get £20 credit
Top up now to get £20 credit Don't forget you can still claim your £20 extra credit when you top up your new sim by 5th May 2015. Your new sim phone number is: 078******** Just follow these simple steps:
Put your sim in your phone
Top up online or call 4444 free from your O2 mobile That's it. Your credit will be added to your new sim within 48 hours.
The_SpinDoctor
21 Apr 15#151
When did you order? Its exactly 14 days today from when I ordered but I haven't heard anything yet.
SuperMariosDad
21 Apr 15#150
Got the second email today for £20 with the £10 top up. Says it takes up to 48hrs to be added to account, also says in terms new pay and go customers only.
AAB
20 Apr 15#149
No, not second.
happydeals
20 Apr 15#148
Did anybody receive the second e-mail about the £20 off? I am still waiting after the first e-mail.
AAB
17 Apr 15#147
You don't need credit rating for PAYG
taiko
17 Apr 15#146
how is your credit rating ?
Darrelg
17 Apr 15#145
I ordered a sim on the day the deal was posted but it's not yet arrived. Am I the only one who hasn't got one? May be lost / intercepted in the post?
AAB
17 Apr 15#144
Ordered on 7 April through Quidco, sim card received a week or so later.
Quidco not tracked, but I have raised a query with them, so fingers cross.
Received the 1st email offering free £10 credit on Mon 13 April, which I have ignored as per Op original post. Waiting for the 2nd email for £20.
rodman
16 Apr 15#143
just had chat online, they changed my sim to Big Talker so now have to top up
bdrl
16 Apr 15#142
You will receive your cashback after activating by top up at least £10 on your sim. when you receive your bonus credit you can use it as a regular credit to by psn or games or any apps. Quidco/tcb cashback will go to your account once it received from the network, which will take at least 3 months.
buddn07
16 Apr 15#141
I've had one call from them asking if I wanted to keep my existing number. I told them I had ordered the sim to check coverage before I take out a contract with them (I'm not), and the guy said 'cool'. Told me If I top up with 4444 I'll get a free tenner and that was it.
Yes everyday, they get the same reply from me everyday yet I still get calls asking to sign up to pay monthly.
LavenderGooms
15 Apr 15#137
Has anyone else been bombarded with calls from an 0161 number since taking this out?
kaiser051
13 Apr 15#136
Thanks will do just that
ventis86
13 Apr 15#135
If you read the topic description it says to ignore the £10 email
kaiser051
13 Apr 15#134
This was after one week so do i wait another week and il get another email saying £20? Ive got two sims and have recieved cashback on both one through topcashback and another through quidco after raising a claim,so i have £20 can i spend this £20 on one psn account even though its from two different phone numbers ?
kaiser051
13 Apr 15#133
got this email today Top up your sim today Now you've got your O2 sim, it's time to make the most of it. To get you started, we're giving away £10 extra credit when you top up by 6th May 2015. Just follow these simple
Rob_B
13 Apr 15#132
Just got the "please activate your sim" email.
But only £10 extra free, so £15 PSN for a £10 outlay it seems.
buddn07
13 Apr 15#131
I was looking for a free o2 sim just for Priority moments, but this has worked out quite well! I'll keep the sim in my Dual Sim Moto G and use it when I don't have signal!
Cheers OP!
smsmasters
11 Apr 15#130
My 3 sims arrived but have no idea which to topup.
bdrl
11 Apr 15#129
You can do missing cash back manually later on. In this case, you could have referred other two family members for quidco/tcb and possibly earn another £10 for each member from tcb.
sleephunter
11 Apr 15#128
Couple of points - Ordered 3 different sims - all for 3 different family members living at same address. None tracked on Quidco. ] Quidco - T&Cs - say CB eligible only once per household.
So, I guess Il only get CB on one sim, that too if it ever tracked.
bdrl
10 Apr 15#127
you will receive reference number with the email from O2.
atom
10 Apr 15#126
Two sim cards recieved today, neither with order numbers, I can tell this will be hell trying to get the cashback.
atom
10 Apr 15#125
Did anyone order more than 2 sims using the same details?
bdrl
10 Apr 15#124
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You have not activate your sim yet therefore wait for O2's email.
bdrl
10 Apr 15#123
Comment
you can change it when you activate the sim. Contact to the customer service when you activate. You can select the big talker bundle.
duckative
10 Apr 15#122
I popped my sim into my phone (im not sure why, and I might have called 4444 to activate it, again, i'm not sure why I did...), will I still be valid to 'activate' it with the extra £20? :worried:
Spark
10 Apr 15#120
I received a sim yesterday but I accidentally chose the Big Bundle option which is no good in my case as I was planning to just use the credit for PSN.
Is there any way to change the tariff attached to the sim card or will I need to order another one?
atom
10 Apr 15#121
Ordered a few sims the other day, but only one dispatch email titled "Your free sim is on its way". No order reference number on initial email and this email.
Yet to receive anything in the post yet, might come today.
bdrl
9 Apr 15#119
If you considering about bundle O2 is better than three's package. There are 3 different bundles for O2. Apart from the bundle, you can use your credit to buy psn/apps and other available stuffs. Three has not offer to make the top up credit at least double, in the recent past. Also they stopped paying the cash back through tcb/quidco. No incentives for the customers from three.
BFLEM
9 Apr 15#118
Was going for this deal until I seen there tariff 25p a minute and 12p a text? Don't think your credit would last long unless you got a bundle. Currently use THREE 3p a minute and 2p a text.
sysboy
9 Apr 15#117
2 weeks is too long. I want the next email now. Could bdrl post out the 2nd email received from O2?
bdrl
8 Apr 15#116
you will find the order reference in any corresponding email with O2. You should have received one already. If not then wait until you receive the next email from o2.
taiko
8 Apr 15#115
My 2 TCB tracked but not my 2 Quidco :disappointed:
PS they were on 2 diff accounts for both TCB and Quidco.
atom
8 Apr 15#114
Would this be a couple of days from when I receive the sim pack or to days after the two weeks and I have topped up? Can you tell me if the order number comes with the sim pack because I forgot to note them down?
eternaldragonuk
8 Apr 15#113
signed up to tcb for this. they put me on plus membership which costs £5 a year, glad I spotted that and downgraded to classic.
eternaldragonuk
8 Apr 15#112
damn, not sure if I unticked the promotions box by default, will wait two weeks incase.
z18runway
8 Apr 15#111
sorry! i mean i got £20 free credit on top of £10 topping up credit, so £30 credit overall
LongPockets
8 Apr 15#110
So only £10 bonus. Should have waited.
z18runway
8 Apr 15#109
i got instant £20 credit once i topped up £10 for international sim
bdrl
8 Apr 15#108
I found the opposite recently, quidco tracking everything but tcb missing. Google add on causes the problems. for quidco you can try with internet explorer instead of google chrome
bdrl
8 Apr 15#107
It seems your order did not track. You can do a missing ash back claim by providing your order reference number which you have received from O2 after ordering the sim. Thanks
bdrl
8 Apr 15#106
Ya this is one to one offer but from my experience they offering to everyone a £20 bonus credit for £10 top up after 2 weeks
prhotosho
8 Apr 15#105
Thanks I have made note of both order number so I can claim cashback from TCB
z18runway
8 Apr 15#104
i ordered one through TCB and one through QUIDCO, both didnt track for 3 weeks, so decided to use missing cashback claim, QUIDCO replied they cannot claim O2 cashback, so i dropped that, TCB asks me order number to claim, i have submitted and they said they will forward it to O2. its a pain, but worth waiting from TCB.
Sniper_Monk
8 Apr 15#103
Voted hot, just did the same with O2 international sim, but their call centre said that it is probably a one to one offer. The sim i received said £10 top up if i top up before 2 weeks from date of dispatch.
prhotosho
8 Apr 15#102
Ordered 2 sims separately via TCB but both were not tracked :disappointed:
DesG
8 Apr 15#101
Great deal!
Khairul
8 Apr 15#100
No, this is not like Tesco Triple Credit. Tesco free credit expires after a certain amount of days and can only be used on a 'pure' pay as you go basis, being charged per minute and per text. You can't buy bundles with, whereas it seems the O2 free credit can be used in any way you like.
Dutrix
8 Apr 15#99
Thank's bdrl. I'm afraid the transaction wasn't tracked by tcb, there's nothing showing under "My recent transactions" tab. First time experience with this cashback sites, does this look alright?
bdrl
8 Apr 15#98
tesco offering directly but O2 has not declared it on their promotion
bdrl
8 Apr 15#97
I ordered for international tariff
bdrl
8 Apr 15#96
yes this offer is applicable to international sim as well
atom
7 Apr 15#95
How do I order multiple sims through TCB, do I have to click on the "get cashback now" button in TCB or after I fill my address in, go back to the same form and repeat (will this miss the cashback?)
ericcc123
7 Apr 15#94
my tcp only tracked at £0.00?
cru
7 Apr 15#93
so this is basically like tesco triple credit?
decrypt
7 Apr 15#92
If you order the 02 international sim from Carphone warhouse they only charge £5 for it and it comes with £10 topup.
0800 049 6250
bdrl
7 Apr 15#90
The data you should be able to use in a tablet. I am not sure about the particular micro/nano sim for ipad or tablet that included in the offer. There is a £10 bonus credit though.
happydeals
7 Apr 15#91
Ordered international sim. Thanks OP.
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#88
"Big Bundle" is one option. Select "Big talker" for the classic style PAYG tariff that does not expire monthly. It is only the bonus free O2 to O2 minutes, texts and data that expire, not the credit itself.
Khairul
7 Apr 15#89
@bdrl When you ordered your SIM, could you tell us what tariff you ordered?
bdrl
7 Apr 15#86
Yes O2 will email you definitely after 2 weeks. Initially they will email you top up £10 to get £10 bonus credit. Just ignore it. wait for 2 weeks and you will receive the £20 bonus offer. Simple!
Tcb or quidco are not a requirement. It is only for making some cash back to heat the £30 absolutely free!
robblack3538
7 Apr 15#87
PSN Credit brilliant X)
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#85
Obviously (at least I thought so) the International Sim option on the linked page is part of the same offer as the other options on the page. I thought you might be referring to some kind of roaming sim deal elsewhere on the site.
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#84
There is a clause upon ordering that states:
Does this mean the credit will automatically be used for a bundle?
bdrl
7 Apr 15#82
It will work surely unless they change their policy, I have been receiving over the last 6 months!
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#83
If you opt for Big Bundle, it clearly say the credit will be converted to a bundle which expires in a month.
If you opt for Big Talker, the credit stays as credit which does not expire, but there are a few extras that only last a month after you top up.
If you opt for International, the credit stays as credit which does not expire, but there are a few extras that only last a month after you top up. The cheap international call rate does not expire, it just uses your credit when you call.
senukas
7 Apr 15#81
O2 never honoured my TCB cashback so I will pass this roulette of wait and hope...
Reflective
7 Apr 15#80
Ordered a £10 sim.
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#78
I think this credit can be used on the Google Play Store too!
AstalaVista
7 Apr 15#79
One of the free sim option O2 is offering is the international sim (which has special discounted rates for some selected countries). o2.co.uk/sho…sim
bdrl
7 Apr 15#76
Use your pc, laptop or ipad/tab instead.
ipsa
7 Apr 15#77
Has credit to be used within a 1 month period ?
stphnstevey
7 Apr 15#74
Nice
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#75
Not sure what you mean by an international SIM. There is a tariff choice for cheap international calls.
allowed
7 Apr 15#72
They are brilliant I have made £350 over 2 years
2017lastyear
7 Apr 15#73
Thanks
powerjumps18
7 Apr 15#70
have u got a screen shot of the email that 02 are stating the free credit as proof?
AstalaVista
7 Apr 15#71
Will this apply to international sim as well (Which O2 is offering)?
Voted hot as it is a good payg deal.
miked
7 Apr 15#68
great stuff, just ordered one
happydeals
7 Apr 15#69
Thanks
awesomegiles26
7 Apr 15#66
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Usually topcashback and quidco have nothing to do with the merchants. So you should still receive email from O2, but will only make a profit of £10.
I highly recommend topcashback and quidco! I have made way over £100 from them in less than 6 months! Every little helps!
ventis86
7 Apr 15#67
any issue ordering more than 1? thinking that getting 2 would get me a £50 psn game for £20 which isn't bad at all.
eslick
7 Apr 15#64
None of the cash back is guaranteed so title should be updated to possible cash back :disappointed:
5Rivers79
7 Apr 15#65
Which one is best for psn?
Darrelg
7 Apr 15#63
Ordered one - thanks.
Sunrayho
7 Apr 15#62
Great, thanks op, ordered.
kaiser051
7 Apr 15#60
Can i order two sims to get £60 credit for psn?
Spark
7 Apr 15#61
Damn, I'll need to order a 2nd one as well. :disappointed:
tan159
7 Apr 15#58
Great fine thanks for Sharing
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#59
Gah I have to order a 4th SIM now :disappointed:
LetoKynes
7 Apr 15#56
Thanks
5ack8oy
7 Apr 15#57
use a different spelling of your name so when they all arrive you will know which one you should top up lol
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#54
Gah I have to order another 3rd sim :disappointed:
dude_1234
7 Apr 15#53
Thanks..OP... Ordered International Pay as you go Sim. cheers
MistaMo
7 Apr 15#55
If you're right, you get £20 'worth' of credit to use on calls, texts and data not actually £20 that could be used for PSN. If that's the case, there are going to be a lot of upset HUKD peeps. Personally I think it is as I've had my o2 SIM for a few years and if I miss topping up for a couple of months, I get the same text as an 'incentive' to top-up.
M1sterDeeds
7 Apr 15#50
I'm not bothered about Quidco or TCB are they a requirement for O2 to e-mail you later? It's unclear from the deal posting.
If I order a SIM directly from O2 are they likely to e-mail me?
5ack8oy
7 Apr 15#51
done. :smile:
bdrl
7 Apr 15#52
wait for a couple of days if tcb not track then you can do a missing cashback claim.
p_ist_a
7 Apr 15#47
Go to your Playstation account, buy £25 topup, pay with SMS. O2 credit turns into PSN credit.
bdrl
7 Apr 15#49
There is no problem between paypal and tcb/quidco but I am not sure if O2 accept payment through paypal.
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#48
Which means DON'T tick the box to opt out. You are opted in by default.
DJC31
7 Apr 15#44
Cheers
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#45
The above two posts should be included in the original post so that it's clear for everyone :smile:
bdrl
7 Apr 15#46
it should do.
mr-mixalot
7 Apr 15#41
Cool
5ack8oy
7 Apr 15#42
Don't forget to opt in to the o2 offers or you won't be getting no email.
bdrl
7 Apr 15#43
If charity text come through a valid way then why not.
Right now is 10.10 on tcp. Had no problem with them but quidco is refusing to show the transaction.
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#39
That's the deal. Big Bundle converts your top up to a bundle that expires. Big Talker does not convert your top up; you use it until the credit is used up and it does not expire at the end of the month (but you get some freebies as well that do expire).
twinkle
7 Apr 15#35
Actually TCB are offering an extra 50p on top of the £10...so that's more than a minute :smile:
UKPokemonMaster
7 Apr 15#37
I think it's £10.50 with Top Cash Back
mahmoods
7 Apr 15#36
I ordered one (forgot TCB) and only got £10 free...? can I do it again?
Bogditzy
7 Apr 15#32
Psn psn psn psn!:D
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#33
With the Big Talker you have to top up £10 or £15 anyway? So how does the credit remain intact?
walsh_luke
7 Apr 15#34
will this work for Play Store?
IHussaiN
7 Apr 15#29
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How do you get PSN credit from this?!
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#30
Looks like I'll have to order another free sim.
r4t
7 Apr 15#31
There is a way to change bundle without topping up or loosing credit.
My wife ordered that free SIM before I saw this deal (she thought she will get £10 free), 2 weeks later she got email about £20 if she will top up. We have international SIM which we needed to top up anyway, so we thought we going to use new one with £20 bonus but when I tried to activate it by calling 4444 I found out that SIM is already locked to some bundle. What I did was open an online chat on o2 website and asked to change that SIM to international. They asked about SIM number on back of SIM card and within seconds switched that new SIM to international. (so no risking loosing Your credit and also can do this with no credit on SIM). THEN I toped up £10 and 5 minutes later recieved extra £20 from o2.
IHussaiN
7 Apr 15#26
People are actually gonna try the 1% cash back?? Wow you can buy a whole extra minute with that!!!
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#27
Either of the other two, depending on which freebie you want. I took the Big Talker, because I already have a landline service that gives me international calls for a penny a minute (1899.com). The O2 to O2 minutes are probably no use to me though, and I don't text.
atom
7 Apr 15#28
Should imagine so. I would definitely select big talker.
twinkle
7 Apr 15#23
Was this a one off email as I've ordered O2 sims before that I've never activated and never been offered credit to activate?
pipsqueak
7 Apr 15#25
Can I use this £30 for charity texting?
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#24
There is a tab at the top of the offer page (not right at the top, but above the bundle options) to select between phones and tablets. Try that.
artnada
7 Apr 15#20
Could this be used in a tablet?
Dutrix
7 Apr 15#22
Can you use tcp/quidco with paypal and can you top-up O2 using paypal? Thank you.
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#21
Damn I selected the wrong option when ordering a free sim. Which option is best so that the £30 credit remains intact?
stresshead
7 Apr 15#17
Thanks op how do you turn this into psn credit? advice please newbie to psn :smile:
LongPockets
7 Apr 15#18
No. They say "Choose a £10, £15 or £20 Big Bundle tariff. Top up this amount each month and we'll automatically exchange your credit for the minutes, texts and data allowance of your chosen bundle. " You can change your tariff once a month, but I don't know if that means switching to "Big Talker" from "Big Bundle" or just switching between £10, £15, or £20 bundles.
atom
7 Apr 15#19
Ordered a couple through the same cashback site, TCB, I wonder if they will have seperate cash back assigned to them as only one is showing up in my account. :neutral_face:
Borat
7 Apr 15#14
Thanks
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#15
Must be since o2 is one of the supported direct billing carriers on google play.
cavemana
7 Apr 15#16
Voted hot. Hoping the free credit will allow me to unlock an old iPhone for my folks.
goonertillidie
7 Apr 15#12
OP any chance of a screenshot of the said email please? Thanks :smile:
SuperMariosDad
7 Apr 15#11
Going for the psn credit as well. If all goes according to plan. Great deal
s4m77
7 Apr 15#13
It says you need activate the sim for the proper amount to show up.
chrispne
7 Apr 15#10
Can this be used for google play credit as well?
eternaldragonuk
7 Apr 15#9
Thanks, will give this a go, if it works out its £25 free psn credit.
abusaleh
7 Apr 15#7
Doesn't offer me cashback via mobile app :disappointed: Will try to try from desktop another day
smsmasters
7 Apr 15#8
I selected Big Bundle £10. The £10 credit will remain intact when I top up, correct?
jsty3105
7 Apr 15#6
Isn't the £20 bonus offer only applicable to phone credit?
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Opening post
Most of the times O2 transfer cash back quickly. Make sure your order tracked properly or do it manually to claim your cash back for a missing track.
Please note that initially O2 will offer you £10 bonus credit for activation. Just ignore it and wait for the next email which will tell you about £20 bonus credit. Using TCB/Quidco is not mandatory but a platform to get cash back.
Don't forget to opt in to the o2 offers or you won't be getting no email.
Make sure you select Big Talker, as it does not convert your top up. That way you can use your credit for anything.
- 5ack8oy
Found a way to get £30 psn credit without using a bank card. What you do is top up the £25 psn so you will then have £4.90..... Then go to the google play store and spend at least £4.50... Then dial 4444 and get the lend us a pound....then go back to the google play store and get an instant refund on the apps to make the phone credit £5.90, then top up the psn wallet and you also have 90p to spend on google play store :smile:
- LuFc6686
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Seeing is believing...what the back of my International SIM pack said in large text (received 25.01.17, so still works beginning of 2017):
If the image link above doesn't work / load: i.imgur.com/BIc…jpg
- Crossbow
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£15 transferred to PSN and then the 'lend me a quid' o2 service used.
£5 then transferred toe PSN wallet.
Worked a treat!
Does the sim card come with micro popout?
Has anyone been able to use the same card more than twice? I'm getting a top up unsuccessful error when I try, wondering if it can only be used for two sims (my own and a new £10+£10 one). Would I just be best trying to get one of those vouchers at a shop now? What do I ask for?
hotukdeals.com/com…199
Note: Just be careful to not do it the otherway around.
Please ignore the 'Not Eligible' thing below, as I am using my primary Sim.
Note: While adding and purchasing your O2 number should be active and the default Sim for SMS and Calls should be set as O2.
EDIT: Still no dice with just the one sim - strange.
Any ideas why O2 billing is gone? Huawei honour 8
A tip for people with Dual Sim: Disable other sim while adding the 'Subscriber billing' and actually paying with it. Play store checks if you have the authenticated SIM on the phone.
Does it have to be International Sim ? I ordered a classic SIM. Will it work ?sometimes the new sims dont have the deal on the back. but it doesnt matter. you can still text FREE10 and claim it. until the end of september at least.
Has anyone else not had to wait for the email that takes 2 weeks?
tried topping up via 4444 today and it worked. first time in a year lol.
E: can receive texts & a call but not send text. Could it be due to not topping up yet?
EDIT: Free 10 has arrived :sunglasses:
e: something caught my eye earlier, about only being able to use a card twice. can someone elaborate? if i use the same card as i would for my normal phone would i have a problem? cant i just use paypal or some other method?
Edit Finally worked looks like they have a temporary lock out for trying too many times I suspect
Edit: I should have read up. I see others are struggling too.
"some good things must come to an end. This offer has expired"
then loads of random chat about o2 rewards... :angry:
Yes you could re-use the 90p sim.
E.g
Send the swap text with the £4.90 sim A inserted.
Enter the 90p sim card B details.
Wait, preferably 24 hours.
Insert sim card B and it should show £5.80 balance.
Send £5 to PSN leaving 70p.
Repeat using another £4.90 sim card as A and the 70p sim card as B.
Or another example is:
£4.90 + £4.90 = £9.80
£9.80 + £0.90 = £10.70
Send £10 = £0.60
If you are brave, in the past I have been able to retain the credit by :
£20 + 90p = £20.90
Send £20 = 80p
But never use:
90p + £20
It will become £10.90 unless you chat to a guru to restore the credit
With the credit swap, as you know it is 10p for the PSN confirmation text, so can I keep pushing the same 90p around until it is all used up, or is there a minimum credit swap amount?
If it is an ongoing thing or if you have any 90p Sims from your previous £11 top-ups you could merge the balances with your £4.90 left over cards using their automated service. Far better than chatting to one of their Gurus who may ask too many questions.
Text the word SWAP to 20220 from your O2 phone (ie the SIM which you would want to retain the mobile number of). You will get step by step instructions via text message.
Be very careful you don't merge 2 sims with anything over £10 each as that would mean they still have a part of the free credit on them and the free credit from the the new sim will be lost.
2 of the cards have never been used to top up a o2 sim before.
Do tesco stores or similar offer a top up service , ideally I would just like to top up £11 and not have to get into the borrow a quid situation....
It's a sales courtesy call but I was caught a bit unawares and flapped too :stuck_out_tongue:
dont put your real phone number on the sim order form!
my kid bro text me tonight and said someone from o2 rang and asked what the sims where for... he said "a friend". but they proper grilled him about it. baffles me why he would put a real phone number on the order form...but thats kids for you..
the contact number box is optional so leave it blank...
If insane questions keep being repeated, no doubt it will catch 02's attention and "no longer an offer".
We were all worried that the offer had stopped because it's no longer stated on the packaging but it's still working... For now anyway.
Which sims should I be ordering please.
Just thought may be I could blag being forced to top up a new sim when I had one already
Sometimes a certain card will work, sometimes it won't.
I rarely find that neither of my cards work.
You could keep moving the same £10 from SIM to SIM to SIM, rinsing them of the bonus £10 every time :stuck_out_tongue:
About to buy a pay as you go phone which requires a £10 top up. Don't think they'll allow me to just buy the airtime
Will theses sims still give the £10 free top up offer? If so do I just wait for a email with the offer to top up?
Ironically a year or two ago o2 did my mum out of £10 so I'll feel this balances it out, yay.
Thank you very much again.
I had to select this "Keep your credit and get
3000 O2 to O2 texts
100MB data
4G ready
Our sims fit all devices
When you top-up
£10+
a month" under the international sim option. Is that the right one?
Oh do I have to select a tarrif when I top up?
you dont require the offer on the back. just text FREE10. theyre rotating other deals too but the free10 still works as normal.. its definitely working until the end of july as thats whats dated on the back of one of my cards....
now i wonder how many days before someone else asks the same question... lol :stuck_out_tongue:
Check here o2.co.uk/ter…ons
No end-date
My three instances of topping up were
14/6/17
15/6/17
04/7/17
So when can I top up next? A month after the first date, or the last one?
Or the full 30/31 days?
I ordered two SIMS and topped up PSN with £20 from one SIM on the 4th, it won't let me do the other at the moment.
Although it doesnt appear to be account specific
There was no mention of the free £10 on the packaging or the reminder email which came a week after
I have only just received the offer by email
I accidentally ordered 2 sims but only have 1 email so hoping it will work on both
PSN are having a sale so its good timing
I'm trying to rope in PSN spending a little tbh (got a ridiculous backlog atm) but I also pay for the little one's Roblox subscription through this.
If you scroll up you'll see when I topped up it was within date.
You must be topping up a hell of a lot?
I know the date for the free10 was sim-specific but I don't think this date is, the offer to 'opt in' to the free £2 a month or free £5 a month ended on 28th June
Did it work?
I was still waiting today and they added it for me after I used their live chat :smile:
How often can you get away with FREE10? I think the best strategy is to simply load one sim up as often as you can get away with, is that a good idea?
I think there is a monthly limit. I've topped up two at £11 each and it worked but the third one didn't. Worked the following month
Main problem is that I can't seem to top up e.g. £16 via 4444, that'd solve the problem.
what's the most efficient way of buying an Xbox game for, say £25?
so far had 3 sims and 2 of which i've been unable to top up via credit card. I'm beginning to wonder if it's because I selected £16 instead of £11 but that sounds irrational.
Thanks as always for the answers :smile:
you should get your £2 as it says 28th june. today is the 28th so anyone topping up before midnight tonight should qualify. as noted above it can be between 1 to 5 days before it turns up and youll get a text when it does.
Activated a new SIM today so will see if the £2 bonus comes through. The FREE10 offer ends on the 2nd next month. Do you think they'll renew the deal or is this going to be the end of it?
*just got the text. so took 5 days to arrive on this sim.
Thinking that I did, I topped up PSN £15 and had £4.90 remaining on the sim.
Luckily had another sim with 90p remaining on it. Was quite easy to transfer the credit over to the sim with £4.90 via live chat.
always double check the item can be purchased using mobile credit first. mmoga is a marketplace and some sellers dont accept that option.. add it to your basket and try to complete the sale. and remember theres an extra fee for using mobile payment.
ive just checked and the 25 euro card will cost you £27.75 including the fee. itll round that up to the nearest pound so itll charge you £28 in total with the spare 25p being left in your mmoga acccount for a future purchase.
id say the most cost effective way is top up two sims. then use £28 on mmoga and youll have £12 left over.. you could transfer £10 to psn then or use it on mmoga in the future. even at £28 the 25 euro card would have cost you £14 in real money.
Question about MMOGA though, to buy a 25 Euro Nintendo voucher from MMOGA (The price for that is £25) do i have to do the £10 to £20 o2 trick, then can I upload the £20 to MMOGA then pay £5 from just a debit card etc?
a few other hints.. theyll round up the price to the nearest pound when using mobile payment. so for example £18.53 becomes £19 charged to the sim. but youll get the 47p change left in your mmoga account which you can use next time.
you can also fiddle it a bit by not completing the sale. say you want to buy something for £30...but the o2 sim of course only has £20 on it.. you pick any old item for £20, let it charge the sim the money. but then just close the basket.. dont complete the sale. youll then have your mmoga account with a balance of £20. then make a new basket for £40...(it needs to be higher as it will knock off any amount already on your account balance first) . and then use the credit from another sim. you can keep loading your account with more sims until you have the amount you need.
up until the 28th june you also get £2 of credit allowance. takes 3 to 4 days to apply. if you wait for that to arrive then no need to put on £11 or use lend a quid or whatever. it can only be used for calls and texts but its enough to pay for the psn text. youll know youve got it when you get a text saying "hay your free credit has been applied"
First SIM topped up fine with £11. Second SIM wouldn't accept the same card at all, be it £10, £11, or £12 top-ups. So bought a £10 top-up voucher. Now playing the waiting game for the bonus £2 to come through so I have enough to send it to PSN.
Both SIMs got the FREE10 credit within the hour.
Real classy move
if you wait for the £2 to be applied then theres no need for the lend a quid...
The last two I tried quidco but it never tracks and they don't do manual claims.
That's why I'm giving up with quidco I find it far less reliable and more often gets declined compared to tcb
And now I'm doing the same with another referral lol.
if you really have to have the credit on psn instantly youll have to put on £11 or use the lend a quid method. if you can wait 24-48 hours then hold out for the £2. you should definitely get it as its the current deal up to june 28th. just be patient.
Just wanted to know if its a block from 02s end or the cash back sites.
it took a lot longer than last time to come through. but when it does then the text charge will come out of the £2 credit allowance not the £20 topup. its shown as two separate balances, you can only see it if you text balance to 20202 and its shown as credit allowance.
It's great if you're a bachelor but it's awkward and/or rude to shut yourself off from the family for more that 30 mins at a time.
Add to that, the constant distraction of a family and the immersion is lost.
So if anything will kill VR, I'd say broad practicality.
It's at a tipping point if it's don't right it will be brilliant if it isn't it will be dead in 2 years. I believe it will be the second.
I think it will either be ditching vita games in favour of VR or perhaps an extra game added.
May get 1 extra just incase this E3 announcement turns out to be important!
The prices will inevitably drop. I disagree that it's going the way of 3D. We haven't even scratched the surface of what's possible with the tech yet, it isn't static like 3D is. The next iterations will have 4K+ displays, eye-tracking, untethered HMDs, better tracking/inside-out tracking etc.
The technology is maturing but it's going the way of 3d, hardly any games are coming out and it's too fiddly and expensive for most people.
Don't have a VR either but would like one when it gets a bit cheaper, I would also need a new version of the breakout box capable of handling HDR.
Imagine if this was still running as it did way back in the beginning, with cashback you could have gotten a year for £5 oO
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I hope they don't get rid of the Vita games (though I guess that's the most likely platform to go), they still have a load of good ones they haven't put on PS+ yet :smile: . Though adding VR would be very welcome, it'd no doubt get more people interested in it.
I tried through the PS4 and it forced me to add a card to my account before putting it in the basket.
I added an empty prepay card and it allowed me to complete.
store.playstation.com/!/en-gb/reward_game/playstationplus-12-month-membership-days-of-play/cid=IP9102-NPIA90006_01-PSPLUSSUBS12MDOP
2nd Edit: Looks like it will stack if you have a card registered to the account :smile:
so if you want instant removal to psn then yes its safer to put on £11. ive always waited for the rewards bonus so not a big deal to me. if i do want credit quick i just take out £15 and then grab the remaining fiver when the bonus comes through at the end of the quarter.
the £2 thing finishes in a couple weeks so id just stick to whatever your tried and test method is. at least the free £10 is still going on until july at the minimum
but it seems that its not a permanant deal.
*Grab a Pay As You Go sim today and get up to £25 credit, on us. Choose to top up £15 or more a month to get £5 extra a month, over five months. Or top up £10 a month to get an extra £2 a month, over five months. This offer ends 28 June
on the back of todays envelope it had the free £10 in large writing as normal and the other deal was in the small print underneath and also advertised on the front. so they appear to both be available at the same time.
so it should be running until july at least.
"6ixFoot1 16 hours, 43 minutes ago
#1695
I noticed I didn't get charged for the text too. Isn't it safer just to top up £11 anyway just in case? Otherwise you lose a fiver"
I suspect they make good money from Sony and I doubt the FREE10 offer was abused all that much in the greater scheme. Even if it was, better to just end FREE10.
I'm sure you're correct (thanks for your thoughts!). Otherwise people would report experience to the contrary (the one guy who got charged earlier was perhaps using an old sim or topping up psn before the extra £2 being granted).
ive got a sim on the way hopefully and ill test it again to double check my theory when it arrives.
" I got a message saying: "Whoa, you've requested a lot of payments!"
You have initiated several transactions within a short period of time, please wait a few hours and try again later. If your payment is not completing or failing, initiating several transactions at the same time will not make your payment complete but it might confuse the system and further delay the completion of the payment. If you continue to experience this error message after waiting, please contact us by clicking on "Submit a Request" at the top of this page, then fill in all the fields in the form."
https://boku.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/228485708-I-got-a-message-saying-Whoa-you-ve-requested-a-lot-of-payments-
so sounds like a boku issue rather than an o2 one.
Maybe they lowered the limit.
If they ever made a significant change (such as not allowing PAYG) they would have to announce it well ahead of time, not just stop accepting it.
"You've requested too many payments"
Even though is a new sim?
Anyone experienced that
That we don't need to do £11 anymore.
you dont need to topup £11. they dont appear to be charging for the text anymore. £10 would have been fine..
20:20 ~ Topped up £11.
20:21 ~ Sent FREE10 text.
20:21 ~ "We're on the case-" text received.
20:30 ~ "Oops. You'll need to top up at least £10 to get your free £10 credit." message received.
20:38 ~ Phoned Check Balance shortcode. Showed £11.00. Perplexed look develops.
20:38 ~ Repeats sending of FREE10.
20:38 ~ "We're on the case-" text returns.
21:20 ~ Confirmation of credit application received.
TL;DR. Ordered on the 25th. Topped up tonight. FREE10 still works.
Either way I suspect the bolt on credit is the one that expires after 30 days. The T&C on FREE10 says nothing about expiring.
Have you used it this month? supposed to be 3 a month. Is it giving you the "slow down" message?
looking at the terms and conditions it says that for £10 credit we get £2 bonus.. and that the free credit lasts 30days.
so i think that is what the text is referring too.. not the £10 bonus...
"Free Credit
Eligible Customers who make a Qualifying Purchase (a ‘Participant’) can get additional Pay As You Go credit (‘Free Credit’) applied to their O2 Pay As You Go balance, subject to acceptance of additional terms or eligibility criteria, as applicable to the Free Credit. The amount of Free Credit that can be claimed is either:
i. £5 (with purchases of £15 or more credit) or
ii. £2 (with purchases of £10 credit) (‘Free Credit’).
Eligible Customers can get a total of 1 Free Credit per month for up to 5 months. Free Credit will be applied within 36 hours after each Qualifying Purchase or, for Big Bundles customers, on their allowance renewal date."
what im wondering is... do we still get the free £2 too since we have put on £10. it does say only one free credit per month so i suppose the £10 counts as free credit and supersedes the £2. if thats true then the Free10 text needs to be sent quick before the £2 is applied.
re: the 30 day expiration.
Check your bolt ons. New international sims offer 3000 texts, calls from 1p and 100mb data when topping up £10. Mine also gave me £5 for UK calls. These expire after 30 days and it is likely what the text is referring to. Also explains why you didn't get charged for your text - came out of your bolt on allowance.
so i figured id take out £15 and then if it does disappear within 30 days before i get the 50p bonus then ive at least got something.
but it didnt charge me for the text like it normally does... i had £20 on there..took out 15 and still had 5 left.. when normally there would only be £4.90. so i sent another text to psn and took out the remaining fiver..
so by the looks of it theres no need to muck around with putting on £11 credit or waiting for 50p bonuses any more. thats handy for people who have problems with their cards. just use the web topup to put on a tenner.
I wonder if the legendary £20 email will come back oO
"O2: Hay. We've just added your free credit allowance which you can use for the next 30 days." To check your remaining allowance text BALANCE to 20202. Terms apply. To stop texts, call 2220."
You won't get a £20 e-mail. That offer ended a very long time ago. That's not the only reason, it won't work unless you have many bank cards.
where youll be limited is the number you can order.. you can order 2 a day i think. but maybe order 1 to be on the safe side.
the other limit is how many you can use on your psn account. 3 per month upto £120 .. so no point going mad and ordering too many... unless you want a load of cash sitting on your sims for a long time. might be risking the cash expiring in that case..
I got one on April 24th and it was still being advertised so I think it makes sense that they were advertising it to the end of the month. My wallet will be full, Shame its ending but it was good and I am surprised they kept it going. Perhaps one day it might come back.
@craig. yeh my thoughts exactly. depends when they stopped sending out the last sims. could probably risk it one more week i reckon.
Based on previous replies I would bet it will work up till around May 30th as they were still sending out sims till the end of last month with the promotion on the back and they gave you 1 month to top up.
just in time for Elite Dangerous :smile:
Ordered Sim last week, got one of the new ones in the new packet. Yesterday I bought a £10 topup from O2 shop, loaded it on the SIM and texted FREE10. Took sim out and waited 24 hours. Just now I popped the sim back in and checked my balance, was told by the nice robot lady I have £20!! I also got the text that my bonus £10 had been applied.
So don't lose heart, it still seems to work at the moment. Time to order another sim!
You could try texting to join O2 reward to test this idea.
youre not going to lose anything as you can still extract the £10 you put on. you just wont gain any profit.
Well it looks like FREE10 is still working!!
I popped my O2 sim in today and I my first message was "You need to top up £10 before you can get your free credit", which I had done yesterday. So heart sinking, expecting this to be the automated message for now on whatever, I tried again anyway. And it came back straight away with the "your free £10 has been applied...etc" message! Wahey!
So it looks like O2 haven't switched off FREE10 yet, but how long it remains for is anybodies guess. Thats 2 out of 3 for me this month so I'm going to order another now and will see next week if it's still working then.
Not sure when I ordered my last, but it was due to expire on the 25th. I guess your's is more recent Futureshark. *sigh* what a rubbish day.
I'm sure promoting doesn't help at all, people should know better :disappointed: but what can you do?
People who use it on 3 PSN accounts are utter ****s.
Time to play some of my backlog and stop scoffing at CDKeys PSN deals :'(
Got my latest O2 international SIM today (ordered on 2nd May) as per usual, arrived today.
Instead of the usual "Get £10 Extra credit" on the back of the packet, this one says "Get free 6 month digital membership with 'The Gourmet Society' for £15 top up"!!
Also says if you top up £15 a month for 5 months you'll get £5 extra a month.
Not really the same is it.
Small print says "top up between 4th May and 28th June to get the free credit" so maybe it's a short term ruse to see if the numbers of free O2 sims orders drop or not ( I think they will).
Anyone else seen this or is it some random rubbish that I've somehow been selected for?
I'll try getting the £10 topup and text FREE10 anyway to see if that still works but I doubt it somehow.
Just had a look at the O2 website and it's changed too.. balls.
O2 International SIM
I thought maybe it was knocking off the rewards bonus, but I just did 90p from one SIM that had no reward bonus because I'd left it too long and only 45p was transferred.
Has anyone else encountered this? Am I doing something wrong?
you dont need to venture out to get a topup voucher. you can use the 02 webtop up page and put on £10 (or £15 or higher) works fine.
youd then need to wait for the quarterly free 50p bonus or use the "lend a quid" method to get enough to cover the 10p text.
the "unable to top up" error is very common. noone truly knows why. not even the gurus. theyll encourage you to use a top up voucher or say its because its a first time top up or other nonsense. but there doesnt seem to be a firm reason for it. sometimes waiting resolves it. sometimes using a different card works.
If you have an Android phone, you can use method 3 from my summary... otherwise you can use method 2 and twiddle your thumbs for a bit.
It's always been known that you can use mobile billing on Google Play so I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner...
You can pay for the Builders Club through the Roblox Android app, using the O2 credit :smile:
Now that's got me thinking... I'm sure there's plenty of other subscriptions or top-ups that can be done through Android apps, using Google Play as the payment method.
Netflix allows you to choose Google Play to pay but I suspect that it might be taken when they say, using your balance, not by you via mobile billing...
I don't subscribe to Netflix so I can't explore this but it might be worth investigating if anyone else does.
Can anyone think what else might be fundable through Google Play?
Ie I add £11 + £10 free, to follow this guide and then they will take the first £10 straight away for bundle so would be left with the £11?
May have to just wait for an international if thats the case
probably not a lot you can do since thats how that sim works, by ordering that sim you agree to that plan. thats why its recommended to use the International Sim. theres a chance the other sims will start charging you for bundles and packages.
4444 is an automated voice system - you type in your card no., expiry, security digits, house number and (the numbers of) your postcode.
Will do one at a time.
Prob do the two for now and maybe a third in a weeks time and then wait a few months so O2 don't blacklist me for ordering so many sims. Wonder how many you can manage to do?
Just going to do enough to cover next subscription (though might buy code from cdkeys for that) and a game or too in future.
If so will report back and let you know.
I have just ordered an international one too so can try both when it arrives.
Is the 4444 adding £11 actually having to talk to someone or is it electronic?
If the O2 packaging says it'll give you the bonus £10, I'd be inclined to trust it - the (current) summary covers what's known to work but if you've found that the Big Bundle SIM works too, go with that :smile:
If others report back that Big Bundle works, I'll include it as an option in my summary.
It does have the Free £10 Credit if I text 21500 once I Credit £10 by 11.03.2017
Will this non-international Sim, still be able to credit my PSN account in the same way?
Or do I have to reorder and get International?
It does have the Free £10 Credit if I text 21500 once I Credit £10 by 11.03.2017
Will this non-international Sim, still be able to credit my PSN account in the same way?
Or do I have to reorder and get International?
Thanks for your detailed responses Jpkboff. Agent took the last 4 digits of my debit card, so hopefully I will get that text. I hope it gets sorted as Topcashback has tracked too. I have left the sim in my old Nokia N-gage so I can check it every so often.
Cheers.
Is it not possible to buy an £11 voucher from the shop as they're just printed receipts these days rather than scratch-off vouchers?
or the alternative is to use the "lend a quid" method detailed on the first post.
Monday - Friday 08:00 - 21:00
Saturday 08:00 - 20:00
Sunday 08:00 - 18:00
Call from a different number. Select that you're calling from a different number and input the O2 PAYG phone number when it asks. Don't use the voice recognition system, let it switch to keypad after 2 requests for you to speak. Head to the Top-up menu. Then choose Help with Topping Up. When it puts your through to someone, ask them to check to see if there's some kind of "business lock" or something on your account preventing you from using your card. There's apparently some kind of form that released the lock and lets you use your card but it can take seven days for the text message telling you you can use your card to come through. I had trouble with my first sim. Second sim came today, topped it up, FREE10'd it and used it within an hour without issue.
I got the sim (my first time) and spent 2 hours reading these posts, the 444 top up simply don't work and I've tried 4 debit cards.
spoke to 2 cs on chat and both were clueless and suggested using e-top up or voucher which won't allow £11.
I give up.
and o2's automated topup voice message has to be the most annoying one out there,repeating long nonsense over and over again.
:neutral_face:
TL;DR: If you can't top up with a card, call the 03 PAYG customer number, select the "topping up" option then select "help with topping up", inform the person you're speaking to that you can't use your card and hint at the existence of a form that should resolve the situation. Hope it helps.
I couldn't top up through 4444 or the 03 number from a different phone, never used O2 before, and after a good few hours in total of interacting with CS over a few days regarding the issue with various assurances and suggested resolutions I spoke to someone who said that there was something related to a "business ????(lock, perhaps?)" that shouldn't be on there and that he'd submit a form off to some team. I was told that in as much as seven days I'd receive a text message telling me I could top up with my cards, and sure enough, I did, and sure enough, it worked.
But, say you have 5 sims with credit on them to be transferred to a single one, I'm not sure they will allow this in one go, but no harm in asking. If they don't allow it, you could try contacting them perhaps once a day & request a transfer from one to another, until all the credit is on one.
Luckily I have an o2 sim with a few quid on which I keep asking o2 to move around and add to the new sim i get the free credit on. That way I only need to top up £10.
Note to others: 4445 calls cost 25p from an O2 PAYG phone, so I used their std rate customer services number - 0344 8090 222 - from my other mobile (contract), so the call was free. Probably also free from most landlines if 01, 02, 03 calls are covered in your call plan allowance. If not, it'll be like making a std 01 or 02 call.
Customer Services opening times:
Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 21:00
Saturday: 08:00 - 20:00
Sunday: 08:00 - 18:00
They called on the contact number I used when ordering the SIM (currently PlusNet contract).
Thanks for the warning, but no more for me. I originally only wanted to top-up the O2 PAYG phone with £5 (backup phone only), but couldn't find how to do it - minimum is £10. Then I heard the +£10 offer apparently returned, which makes it a lot more attractive :grin:
I think the people who are getting several are using it for their PSN accounts, etc.
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Odd thing happened a short while ago - I received a call from O2 customer services to ask if the Intl SIM I'd ordered was for myself. Anyone else have this experience? I did order an O2 PAYG phone last week with a Classic SIM (that I didn't top-up) - perhaps that's the reason.
Are you sure the 2nd SIM is an International?
Better off just waiting.
But prior to them I also received the standard "Thanks for the text. We're on the case and will give you a shout as soon as you're good to go" reply
Shortly after, I topped up a second SIM, and I'm still waiting for the free credit. I realise it can take a long time, but it's really frustrating when the first SIM was done in just an hour.
If I contact customer service, are they able to sort it out instantly on their end? Or can I only keep waiting?
Has anyone had trouble using the same phone/credit card in close succession? I ordered a few sims a month or 2 ago, it worked fine the first time but when I tried it on another sim it just said it couldn't top up my account, and the same for the other sims. I gave up for awhile, like I say I ordered another one a few days ago though and that went through absolutely no problems
It could be a limit of additional PAYG numbers (anti money laundering?), rather than a limit on top-up frequency.
o2.co.uk/cha…ile
Also, what O2 sim was it? Classic or Intl? Thanks.
mine worked fine earlier this week its a common problem with bank cards that you can only use them several times and then it stops working. If you've never used it before for topping up o2 PAYG sim cards it could be that your entering the information incorrectly. If your sure its correct and you've never used it before with o2 then maybe CS could help ?
Its not letting me top up either, brand new debit card. Anyone else having a problem or just us?
maybe they will switch it to a different sim again.
edit: Sorry just noticed all this information is updated on the first comment, I didn't realise it had changed in the last few months.
I received my free sim but there is no mention of the FREE10 offer.
Once it's arrived, I call 4444 to top up by £11, and once that's done I then text 21500 with FREE10 and then this gives another £10 credit on top, correct?
I just wanted to be clear. I think even clearer instructions could be written.
How often can I repeat this?
you could do it either way that you said but im not sure if there are £10 or £20 apps in the google store. if it was me id rather spend as little as possible in the store, just in case something went wrong and you didnt get the refund. you dont want to lose £20 on an app you dont want.
you could try and contact 02 customer services and ask why your card isnt working. maybe they can unlock it or work some magic.
so if I do the lend a quid. do I top up £10, and then text the number to get the £10 bonus, then spend the £20 on an app, do the lend a quid and get a refund.
or.
do I top up £10, spend it on app, do the lend a puid and then get a refund. then text the number for the £10 bonus.
or you could use the "lend us a quid" technique outlined on the first page if youre desparate to use the credit straight away.
Try another or wait a while.
xbox.com/en-…dit
At the bottom, it does mention that a standard rate text will apply and as the prices are mostly hiked, it's not as good as PSN but it is still a lot cheaper than face value and probably cheaper than most other ways of getting Xbox credit.
The same number is stated on an HMV site and initially, the prices look a lot better but when you look at the small print, the prices are the same.
So all still working as before for me too, happy days!
I don't know how you guys ever get anything added. Web chat hasn't helped me once in all my time using O2 SIMs.
You could try Quidco but as has also been mentioned, tracking via Quidco is less reliable.
I've been using the O2 payg PSN since May this year via TCB. I got the TCB reward too 6 times and then all my further O2 sim click throughs (of which there has been many) have not registered.
I'm not worried too much about trying to reclaim the ones that didn't register - it would be nice but don't want to raise unnecessary alerts against ordering so many - but has anyone any tips as to why this might not be working?
I do have adblock on my chrome browser but it's set to green thumbs up for TCB site.
Great news about the international sim btw.
They cant decline a voucher you have already paid for X)
Thanks for your reply.
I tried to do it again yesterday and it didn't work, it's not even the extra £10 that's the issue as I haven't reached that stage. When I tried to top up it said it had been unsuccessful, I tried again today with one of my other sims and had the same problem.
Could this be because I'm using the same phone, address, credit card etc? I could understand if the offer wasn't working but it won't even let me top up the sim.
Cheers
o2.co.uk/ter…ons
even though I had only just ordered the sim and no mention of £10.00 on the packaging , I said I had ordered via the link and the offer had not worked , they applied the £10.00 with no need for me to complain other than a 5 minute wait while "they talk to there manager"
Ordered a couple of international sims...
They pointed out that product name in the Ts&Cs is "Simply PAYG" so they weren't budging but I used the transcript from my 1st chat (where I used the current name to confirm that the offer was available) as evidence to make them admit they'd made a mistake by confirming it to me.
If you don't have a transcript of confirmation, I wouldn't hold out much hope...
International SIMs from here on (I'll edit my summary). :smile:
Gonna be doing an international sim this week to go towards final fantasy, ill update with a comment if there are any issues but I doubt it :sunglasses:
good luck everyone!
The promotion is only open to customers who order and activate a new Big Bundles, Simply Pay As You Go or International sim via O2 online (o2.co.uk/freesim) process or via SMS during the promotional period.
Just noticed the middle option is Classic Pay As You Go, and there isn't an option for Simply, unless I am missing something
OK - so it seems the International one is the one to go for then.
I had a chat with CS: ...but I'm not confident that it will work - I feel like I've been fobbed off :disappointed:
Glad to hear that's all it was :grin:
Thanks for doing the research :smile:
Lets hope not, it's so similar to the old one, lets hope it's the same :smile:
Yesterday's was a new one.
only thing, i dont want to jinx it but if this is your first international sim then maybe that counted as a "new customer" so you got a simcard with the free credit this time..
I've tried with a SIM that turned up today but I'm getting "this offer isn't for you" replies...
Was yours an old SIM?
I think it's worth doing, I've never seen PS+ go as low as 50% off and it's necessary really. Not just nice to have. Like you say, there are always games sales :smile:
Another phew, I can stop eyeing the US store now :smile:
Loaded successfully to PSN and bought another years PS+ sub while the going is good. Dull, but I didn't want that feeling of regret again :smile:
I guess trying to be helpful and curiosity got the better of me :disappointed:
So, it's not great news.
First I got the normal SMS:
Then I got this message fifteen minutes later:
I topped up £11.
I suppose I can take on for the team. Someone else's turn next time yeah though? :smile: Still waiting on the other tenner they promised me and I will have maxed the number of phones I can link my card to after this one.
the international sim does say
"Keep your credit and get
3000 O2 to O2 texts
100MB data
4G ready"
so it appears that it doesnt eat the credit.... wont know for sure until someone is a guinea pig and tries it :P
I see no reason why it wouldn't work as before! :smile:
There has always been an international SIM, I can't remember if we weren't using it because the credit gets eaten, or because there just wasn't an offer.
o2.co.uk/ter…ons
New Pay As You Go Customers ordering a SIM via
o2.co.uk/fre…sim or SMS during the Promotional Period will
receive a promotional Pay As You Go SIM (the "SIM").
The promotion is to claim £10 extra credit. Customers must
activate the SIM by topping up with a minimum of £10 and text
the code 'FREE10' to 21500 within 28 days of ordering the SIM.
Texts must be sent from the SIM and the original mobile number
hotukdeals.com/fre…884
Wow, I should have scrolled down before I wrote my first message! Nice bit of investigation work :smile: I'll be crossing absolutely everything that works out :smile:
I have wondered if you order the new SIM, top up £11 then send the free10 text to 21500 whether it would work even without it being written on there. I don't know if I am brave enough to try though :disappointed: If I get desperate to make a purchase and have to spend a tenner anyway I might give it a try and see what happens. Nothing to lose by doing that.
I've ordered one of the new type and of of the international SIMs to see if they come through with any offers.
Just had a chat with Customer Services and have saved the transcript:
So I'll order one and let you know how I get on.
I had one SIM card left to use, which isn't due to expire until the 25th. They've sent me a message saying:
:disappointed: Have yo get on to chat tomorrow I guess.
If it does become a waiting game , then no problem , I have a basic dual sim phone , so easy enough to stick 2 in at the same time !!! time will tell !!!!
But lets be honest , HOW could they do this to us , especially around black Friday ! their is bound to be deals galore on offer on PSN !!!
Thanks for the tip :smile: I loath CD Keys, but the others might be worth a go.
Must find a new plan of attack... I used a game disc today. It was awful.
It was good while it lasted though, who knows how many thousands it has saved all of us :).
Point 5 does say "We reserve the right to amend this offer in future." :disappointed:
o2.co.uk/ter…ons
You might want to call them up to see if it's still on.
Every so often my corner shop does £10 O2 vouchers for £9 lol so I tend to do. With lend us a quid, I'm getting £20 PSN for £9.
£18 for a years PS+ sub tonight!
Last week that gave me £5 extra to use:
"O2: Thanks for topping up recently.
We had a problem that delayed us adding your extra allowance. Sorry about that.
It's ready now for you to use any time before the end of 29/09/2016 - and we've added another £5 to it. On us."
Would that have worked for this? (Ironically they removed it on that 27th)
Also they often do top up x and we'll give you y on top for calls, texts or data etc to use before DATE? Any idea if this would work?
o2.co.uk/sho…ups
i usually top up, text rewards... text free10.
For me, it's a bit too much like hard work and I'd rather just lose a quid but it's there for the ultra-savers like yourself :wink:
every quarter o2 gives out a 5 percent bonus. so 50p per £10. thats enough to pay for the text. just remember to sign up for the free Rewards scheme by texting REWARD to 50202 (its on the card they send.) when you want the credit you google o2 rewards and go to the website. log in by entering the simcard phone number. theyll send you a passcode by text. enter that code and youll be in your account. you have to "save" the bonus. once its been saved you can choose what you want to do with it. we want the free credit of course so select that and enter £0.50. a few seconds later 50p will be added to your £20 sim and you can then extract the full £20.
the next bonus is due october 1st so any credit put on between now and the end of the month will get the bonus next week. what i do is build up a few sim cards over the qualifying period then when the bonuses are applied i transfer them over to psn as i need them.. and then build up a new stack.
the next quarter will be january 1st...then april 1st etc...
1st, you need to request a £10 International SIM from here:
o2.co.uk/sho…go/
(Remember to check TCB for any other potential cash-back offers - Quidco are tracking less reliably but worth a go if you've already used TCB 3 times in a year)
You should get the SIM within a few days - top up as soon as you like and then send a text to 21500, with the word "FREE10".
If you top up by £10 (via debit card on 4444 or top-up card), you’ll either have to wait for O2 rewards or have to do some mucking about with Google Play store and O2’s “Lend us a Quid” service to get the full £20 out.
For a faster, smoother process, it’s best to call 4444 and top up by £11 (as it costs to send the necessary text).
Either way, you’ll have to wait for an hour or two (can be up to 48 hours) for the bonus credit to be added (dial *#10# to check).
£11 Top-up Method
Once you have the full £21 credit, go to your PSN account and select “add wallet funds”.
Click “use mobile”.
Select £20 and continue.
Enter your O2 mobile number and continue.
Wait for the message to your O2 phone and reply with “Y”.
£20 PSN credit for £11 and you also have 90p to spend.
£10 O2 Rewards Top-up Method (lengthy)
Top up by £10 via any method and then sign up for the free Rewards scheme by texting REWARD to 50202 after you top up.
Wait for the next quarter to roll over (January, April, July & October) and you'll get 5% bonus (with a little work)...
Go to the O2 Rewards site and log in with the SIM's phone number, they'll send you a passcode by text - enter that code and youll be in your account.
Once there, you have to "save" the bonus and then you can choose what you want to do with it (choose free credit and enter £0.50).
Fairly shortly, you should have a total of £20.50 on your SIM (dial *#10# to check) - follow the £11 method from here.
£10 Google Play Top-up Method (needs O2 SIM to be in an Android phone)
As the reply uses 10p of credit, you don’t have enough credit to get the full £20 into PSN.
Instead, select £15 and follow as per the £11 method.
To get the remaining £5 across, you need to find something on the Google Play store that costs around £4.50 (or 2 that total this), using mobile billing to pay for it.
Dial 4444 and use the “Lend us a Quid” service (option 6).
Go back to the Google Play store and get an instant refund on the app(s) to make the phone credit £5.90.
Then top up your PSN wallet by £5…
Some have been worried about the repercussions from not paying back “Lend us a Quid” but nobody has yet reported any action from O2’s part.
Tips:
PSN limits to the frequency that you can do this to 3 times a month and there is also a ceiling of £120 on your PSN wallet.
Cashback is limited to 3 times a year.
Once you've topped up your PSN wallet once it may not give you an option to switch to another mobile - use the desktop version of the PSN website or delete your cookies on your mobile browser.
You cannot get a 2nd refund for the same software on Google Play so you will have to find a different £4.50 app each time.
Credit cards won't work for top-ups - use a debit card.
Sometimes, a certain bank card will not work - try another or wait a few days to try again... If you still get no joy, you can get £10 top-ups from shops / banks but you may have to borrow a bank card (legally :p) to get exactly £11 on.
Keep the SIM in a drawer, along with the date you activated it - Carphone Warehouse give discounts on PAYG handsets if you've had a SIM for 6+ months.
PSN is not the only store that accepts mobile payments: o2.co.uk/cha…ile
£10 will be the best it'll be from here on I reckon.
Try another card and if that fails, you can look at other funding methods but sometimes, it just needs a day and it'll work again :-S
also remember you can only use 1 per day upto a total 3 per month when you top up your psn.. but 3 should be plenty for cod standard edition...
im building mine up for watchdogs 2 lol...
Sounds like maybe it's the card you are using or the type of card. Pre-paid debit cards for example it won't accept.
if youre patient you dont need to put on £11 this month. youre in luck since its near the end of the rewards quarter. put on £10 using the web top up or by voucher. then make sure you text REWARD to the 50202 rewards number. its free. on october 1st youll get a 50p bonus back. you just go to the o2 rewards website. enter you phone number and youll get a text with the login code... then log in. check your rewards balance and select "save". thatll move the 50p into your account and then you can select what you want to do with it. choose the "request free credit" option. just type in 0.50 as the amount and youll have 50p on your balance a few minutes later. enough to pay for the 10p text. i basically build up a few sims every 3 months then wait for the rewards bonus and transfer it over to psn. you know what games are going to be out for the next few months so its not too hard to plan ahead and keep your psn balance up.
psn accepts.. o2, orange, T mobile, Three, vodafone. according to the psn website. id imagine that they mean EE now that T mobile and orange have merged. people have tried tesco before but it doesnt work. doubt any of the other smaller companies work either.
hotukdeals.com/dea…124
Unfortunately it just seems to be the larger carriers that support this. Though I have never tried lycamobile.
I was questioned by TCB too. Does appear to be a limit of how many times you can claim cashback now. They had been tracking quite reliably, but the last two haven't tracked.
I know this used to get £30, I used to do that too.
Thanks for warning, I really appreciate that. Do you know whether the restriction is lifted at the start of the month or when I last topped up?
You run the risk of being blacklisted by O2 which has happened in this thread in the past. If 'your friends' are doing this too, why don't they use their own cards?
See the title of the thread? This used to get £30. That was before people massively took the **** by going through many SIM cards a you are. I don't want to see this end because people are being greedy.
It's two fold, I'm trying to do you a solid by warning you O2 can ban you and your address from using any of their services at all and trying to explain to you if you take the pish this is likely to end.
The summaries on page one cover almost everything about this deal... The bonus has been dropped to £10 and the name of the sim has changed but the rest is the same.
post 38+40
Guess just keep at them and you'll get it :smile:
Ordered a SIM on the 1st of June an left it be to see if there would be a second £20 e-mail. There wasn't. It just keeps reminding me about the £10. I can't see any expiration dates on any of the e-mails, but not sure I want to risk it after this length of time.
Bottom of the page, should be any time now...
o2.co.uk/sho…ups
The first option with the Keep your O2 Credit and 3000 O2 to O2 minutes + 50mb data for £10 a month was the one I selected.
What sims are you guys ordering?
Perhaps its just taking time to reach your handset. Have you received any confirmation text stating thanks for opting in or anything like that?
Link: playstation.com/en-…mo/
Shame as Tesco's promo is pretty damn good.
I got the £10 promo credit quite quickly and although it was annoying at the time I can use the additional credit for PSN later or migrate my PAYG number/balance over to my pay monthly service.
P.S: If you top-up more than intended O2 won't allow refund you or allow you to transfer the balance to another account (unless you intend to migrate as stated above). Alternatively speak with PAYG CS to make payment as i learned the hard way (i.e the situation is convenient for the provider but not for you as the costumer).
I'm holding off currently as I'm concerned it will immediately give me the allowances instead. I'm also going to order a Simply PAYG SIM and do it from that instead I think.
Alternatively, is there an option to choose the tariff type your want once your go through the top up process?
They're is no mention of a £10 promo on the back. All it says is 'Tuck into more with your new invoice Big Bundles sim', then the Ts & Cs in small print at the bottom.
I think I'll wait for the Simply PAYG SIM. I can anticipate if I top this up now it will just give me the allowances immediately (I want the PSN credit instead).
good news is that since its june that means we're near the end of the current o2 rewards 3 month perod. the 5% bonus will be applied at the end of the month. so no need for lend a quid or anything like that. if you top up £10 by the end of this month and register free for O2 rewards youll get 50p back in july. thats enough to cover the 10p text to psn (if thats what youre using the credit for).
Alternatively, is there a way to choose the tariff type your want when your go through the top-up process?
o2.co.uk/ter…ons
Don't need any credit atm, but ordered one to see if another offer comes after the 28 days.
o2.co.uk/sho…go/
Has it been replaced with simply pay and go? It looks like the same tariff with a different name, I think as I said it's been a while.
Has anyone tried it? Do you still get the bonus credit please?
I'm not going to contact them and complain as I have done a lot of Sims over the last year.
If you top up £10 from a voucher youll have £15 on psn and £4.90 left on each sim. Then send a text to O2 and get 5% top up back in 3 months then you can use other £5
Do I need to order 2 sims and top up each to be able to get £40 or do you top up the 1 sim numerous times?
In answer to your second question, it's actually irrelevant and makes no difference whatsoever.
1) Does PSN will STILL allow you to add credit using O2 sim?
and
2) Do you transfer the O2 credit using the PS4 or via the Sony website on a DESKTOP PC or TABLET?
Thanks
Have a look at luvclub's and my summaries on page one for all your questions.
and do you transfer the O2 credit using the PS4 or via the Sony website on a desktop PC or tablet?
Thanks
Not bad - £30 psn for £5.10 lol
I did a sim yesterday and received the extra £10
I did a sim yesterday and received the extra £10.
Still a decent offer but I think that will be my last sim, My wallet is at its limit again anyway X)
Still £20 psn credit for £11 is a hot deal.
Bear in mind that you can only transfer credit onto a sim once. I tried to stack several £4.90 ones I had left. I ended up with something like £9.80 so I topped up PSN with a fiver then did the Google Play refund - lend us a quid trick to get another fiver the following day.
Ak new on here but i did what was told and even though i only got tge £10 ekail promo i did get the extra £20 when i topped up so it worked for me alson Also if u topup by £10 and contact live customer services via o2 website and ask them for an extra £1 credit they may do it out of goidvwill as tgey did for me so no need for googleplay store. Thanks to the originator of this post for this secret.
so far only one person has said they have got the full 20 bonus from sim cards delivered after the 10th feb maybe the person was just lucky can't think of any other reason.
So far I have had a ~90% payout rate from TCB, albeit half of them were manual claims. A few of them were £10 cashbacks too, so my average spend was less than £5 for £30 credit.
I asked one of the o2 gurus via the online chat what the consequences would be if the lend me a quid service is not paid back, he said and I quote "nothing will happen". Obviously it is the longer route, but there's no problem doing it. £20 for £10 is still good, Im hoping to top up both my PS accounts to max.
Then use the lend us a quid and get your refunds and you then have over £5, add that to PSN and done.
You need to top the sim up first though.
Got £30 bonus on one sim also :sunglasses:
Still not bad as no more 2 week wait required.. Hungry PSN :wink:
ordered the sim cards 13 feb so it does look like anything after the 10 feb is now 10 pounds not 20 pounds
- No longer do you have to wait to activate your sim for the extra credit.
- No longer are you reliant on using differing emails and keeping track of what sim goes with which email offered.
It's still one of the cheapest ways to get PSN credit (the £5 EE SIMs is a bit too painful for me) and still bares a chance of getting TCB.
Though your body will decay, your spirit lingers on
Phoned up customer services who said offer is still running but had to re-order online rather on the phone to tie up the cards to the email offer....just hope the cards arrive this time around, and that the £20 top up is still being applied despite the 2nd email offer of £10 now being to the contrary.
If this helps anyone - this was my experience...
9th Feb - applied for sim, which arrived a few days later.
13th Feb - received email stating £10 extra credit if I topped up by 7th March.
22nd Feb - received email (including the new phone number), still stating £10 extra credit if I topped up by 7th March
1st March - registered and topped up £11 by calling O2 using the sim. Balance updated from £11 to £31 within two hours.
glad I did though as i got the extra £20 not the £10 as per the 2nd email... just now got to mess about with the Google play and lend a quid rubbish to stick the full £30 on pn store
contacted o2 via chat and get it changed I now have £31
When I ordered my sim from the website I selected big bundles rather than Big talker.
My SIM arrived, but I haven't activated or topped up yet, is there anyway when I top up I can select Big talker.
Or do I need to order a new SIM?
Still double is better than nothing!
I have received the email an email saying it's on the way I think on Tuesday and I have received the first email saying £10 bonus
For the second £10 email it says,
"Don't forget you can still claim your £10 extra credit when you top up your new sim by 10th March 2016"
This is exactly the same as the first email basically saying, hey this offer is still here, and with the same end date. Did the £20 email claim to be a completely different offer?
I wish to be proven wrong but I think gameover for SIMs ordered after 10th Feb (when they had trouble to adjust the system as several posters have experienced).
So I can confirm it works
Normally an hour but up to 48.
Dial *#10# to check
are there any headsets that can be both wireless and and wired ?
further to the original thread I've just got what i think is my second email regarding the top up bonus it mentions 10 not 20 but others are getting the same so that doesn't worry me. Checking my inbox i got an email on the 17th first mentioning the bonus and now another one 9 days later i was sure it said wait two weeks though ?
I have the 1st official Sony wireless Pulse headset (PS3 but PS4 compatible) and the connection drops out all the time :disappointed:
It might be the fact that I've got the wifi router in the same room as even the gamepad audio connection cuts out on me once in a while.
I've also had issues with wired though, where they take power from USB on the console... The PS3 and PS4 both have grounding issues which manifest themselves as high pitched whining through a headset.
I've had issues with microphones too - most "in-line" ones (in the cord) aren't near enough to pick up comprehendable talk, I've had a stick mic that was just poor and I've had a flexible stick that was too flexible so it ended up under my chin :stuck_out_tongue:
These days, I mostly use a budget 3.5mm Turtle Beach headset (NLA) - the sound quality could be better but they're cheap, robust and people can hear me.
Headsets... :disappointed:
Edit: BTW... The PS4 supports most USB microphones so you can get away with simply choosing a good set of headphones.
I'm steadily buying titles i've always wanted to play Knack Little big planet Borderlands etc. Hopefully they will release afew of older titles on PS+ or at least offer them in flash sales.
Next thing i'd like to get is a good solid pair of headphones prefer wireless so if anyone can recommend a decent set it would be appreciated.
Super jealous that Xbox gets Lords of the Fallen though, even though I already own it, just the fact that they are willing to give decent stuff out.
either stick £25 on psn and be done with it or do the Google play and lend a quid trick to stick the other fiver on.
either way £50 or £60 psn credit for £20 is a mega deal...
It's probably the end of this now though. The £20 bonus will be on it's way out.
Shame you cannot send other accounts funds / gifts, would make a o2 and Canadian offerrings a mega option....
once i have the second email i'll top up hoping to get 20 if not then i've doubled my money for PSN can't complain.
I'm guessing it's over now and you only get a £10 bonus?
what other options are there? just top up £10 online and go through this lend me a quid crap to get credit onto psn??
Also, how is everyone topping up? Via voucher or online?
So I topped up anyway, and 30 mins later I got the £20 bonus... :stuck_out_tongue:
Adding to psn wallet worked just fine using the website on pc.
Btw this is my second ever sim so no more for me as its 2 per household...dont be greedy my friends :grin:
Also do you have to activate the sim, for instance put it into a phone ?
Sad for the amount of savings to be had but at least you don't have to wait for that 2nd email :smile:
So far I've only seen one person get blacklisted and so what if I have to be dishonest, we're all here exploiting their system so we're no saints.
I could only do £25 though due to the wallet limit.
It's not to do with how many time credit has been loaded. If you click the contact us link, it just takes you here:
en.support.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/
There's still the £5 EE SIMs for £1 from eBay / Rakuten but it's a lot of mucking about for low amounts.
Seems unlikely psn just would stop accepting sim cards
Can I still use it for Google app store purchases?
You even multi-accounted to load credit faster.
It worked right up until the day after you were black listed. I don't think you should be the one feeling angry about this. You're quite likely the one that screwed it up by being greedy.
Which, I don't think you are betting truthful about. All apart from the bit about being blackliisted.
Not that it matters now. Game over.
Also can I just say, I contacted O2 AFTER the offer went, don't try blaming me when if you look a few pages back there is one guy stating BLATANTLY "I've abused the hell out of this" and he has been doing this for months on end.
I DID 6 SIM CARDS OVER 3 WEEKS, READ MY WORDS, ffs.
If its not £20 then scrap that will just have to stick to CD keys or ebay!!
I tried to use my Revolut card which is a virtual card and O2 rejected it! I think its only UK debit cards only.
Thinking because i got the 20 last week using the big bundle sim. Today I was due the email on a big talker sim but only got the extra 10 quid email :neutral_face:
But still...extra 10 is not bad at all, gonna do it anyway
£20 email still came through for me, should receive the credit any minute now.
Highly unlikely, they can only blacklist you I'd assume. Either way they still earn money from this.
Ahh that happened to me too before, can never remember em all :disappointed:
I just popped down to O2 and got £10 vouchers and used lend us a quid.
Yeaa to be honest it was exhausting for the one sim talking to them, never mind the other I had the same problem on. From no idea that offer exists, to it must've been a fraudulent email (people pretending to be o2 to trick people into o2 credit lol?), the most helpful ones just say they can't do anything and will forward it on. That sucks as I ended up just using the 20 squid n dumping em! Oh well can't complain :).
Glad for future ref others have had it resolved by phoning support. Will use that one
Ahhh mutes my theory, I've got some maturing, hate to think they'll only get 20 each aha :disappointed:
Save yourself some time and don't do the live chat with an 02 Guru, they'll just tell you to ring that number.
I have done them quite a few times before without issue, these ones I actually did 2 days after the email and still only got the smaller bonus. Just done another today and same problem. :-(
This was just my own speculation though to honest as I've never had chance to do it that early in the day before, and never had this problem
What are the chances of this offer coming back? Knew I should have ordered more sims lol.
Please some let me know if i should activate the sim or not??
Thanks
I think it's the card issuer's fault (anti-money laundering or something) when you use the same card for multiple SIMs.
A few months later and my original card started working again.
I have one more sim to do and I dont think it will work, I think there is an underlying bug associated with these sims and topping up via 4444.
However I don't know about the 3rd sim
and it doesnt matter if you only get one email. if you ordered both sims the same day then both sims will have the bonus. youll only get one email but itll work for both (as it states in the summary post on the first page) i left my second one an extra day though just to make sure.
In short, no - the email will state which sim the £20 bonus will work with (it'll have the phone number on) but do yourself a favour and read through Luvclub's and my summaries on page 1 to avoid any more pitfalls and to answer common questions - most people won't reply to questions that have been addressed many times before.
also... when the sims arrived (about 2 weeks ago... i have received the £20 email already) i only put one inside my phone...so by having the email for one would the other 2 sims now be automatically eligible for the offer or would i have needed to insert the sims to make them active? confused.
O2 say there's nothing they can do.
I got my email few days ago, topped up online £10 and text came within an hour. So not sure why its taking so long for you. This is my 4th sim and each time text has come within hours.
All questions answered.
as voda and ee charge for the text to reply. so the full amount could never be transfered.
Any probs transfer to psn these days?
Here's what you can spend your O2 credit on:
o2.co.uk/cha…ile
The 20£ email took 9 days to come after the £10 email was sent.
I had trouble topping up via 4444, so I topped up on the website.
Thanks OP!
Thanks in advance!
I've got an 02 sim with £4.90 credit after a £25 psn top up with voucher. I also have a 2nd sim with 90p after using debit card to top up £11.
So i can merge the £4.90 one with the 90p top up sim to give me £5.80 then top up psn with £5. Is that right?
Then it was discovered that by waiting a week or tow they offer you £20!
What law have you broken other than order a sim and O2 make a Tenner out of it!
Got 3 sims done so far.
Keep the sim for carphone warehouse payg upgrade deals for 99p then discard sim!!
I just keep dialling *#10# a few hours after topping up until my bonus balance shows up.
My last one took nearly 48 hours but normally, it's about an hour.
1st, you need to request a £10 Big Talker SIM from here:
o2.co.uk/fre…ank
(Remember to check TCB for any other potential cash-back offers)
When signing up, you must leave the “spam” box checked or you will not get the important email below.
You should get the SIM within a few days and about a week after that, you should receive an email, offering a bonus £10 if you top up… Ignore this one…
About 7-10 days after that, you should receive another email, offering a bonus £20 if you top up… Now is the time to do it.
If you top up by £10 (via 4444 or top-up card), you’ll have to do some mucking about with Google Play store and O2’s “Lend us a Quid” service to get the full £30 out.
For a smoother process, it’s best to call 4444 and top up by £11 (as it costs to send the necessary text).
Either way, you’ll have to wait for about an hour (can be up to 48 hours) for the bonus credit to be added (dial *#10# to check).
£11 Top-up Method
Once you have the full £31 credit, go to your PSN account and select “add wallet funds”.
Click “use mobile”.
Select £30 and continue.
Enter your O2 mobile number and continue.
Wait for the message to your O2 phone and reply with “Y”.
£30 PSN credit for £11 and you also have 90p to spend.
£10 Top-up Method (needs O2 SIM to be in an Android phone)
This works as above but as the reply method uses 10p of credit, you don’t have enough to use the full £30.
Instead, select £25 and follow as above.
To get the remaining £5 across, you need to find something on the Play store that costs around £4.50 (or 2 that total this), using mobile billing to pay for it.
Dial 4444 and use the “Lend us a Quid” service (option 6).
Go back to the Google Play store and get an instant refund on the app(s) to make the phone credit £5.90.
Then top up your PSN wallet by £5…
£30 PSN credit for £10 and you also have 90p to spend on Google Play store.
Some have been worried about the repercussions from not paying back “Lend us a Quid” but nobody has yet reported any action from O2’s part.
Tips:
PSN limits to the frequency that you can do this in a month and there is also a ceiling of about £120 on your PSN wallet.
If ordering multiple SIMs in the same month, use multiple email addresses.
Once you've topped up your PSN wallet once it will may not give you an option to switch to another mobile - The change mobile number option only appears on the desktop version of the PSN website or when you delete your cookies.
You cannot get a 2nd refund for the same software on Google Play so you will have to find a different £4.50 app each time.
And yes I know I'm very late to the party.
Thanks
1. PSN Credit
2. Google Play Store
3. iTune codes via O2voucher.co.uk
4. Spotify
5. ??
So anyone know about the 2nd sim that came with the first one? Does the bonus apply to that too?
Also one more question, can i say order another single sim wait 2 weeks and do it again?
Thanks in advance
You can hold multiple mmoga accounts under the same name but obviously fees are there too. You get the same message trying a bunch of cards within a one month rolling period there too though.
Oh and I read the terms as 3 per order so until informed otherwise believe it's OK to do a few orders a month. Also, the system recently looks updated so I'm sure they could have a) blacklisted abusers or b) limit the the amount of promotion given to 3 sims each household. They're in control.
I am pretty sure they do keep a record of the cards, because when I contacted support they asked me for the last 4 digits on it to confirm I had tried to top up. Then told me they could see it had been used with two other SIMs and that their policy was you could only use one card for up to 2 SIMs.
They must drop off at some point, because I've certainly used it on more than two! I hadn't run into this problem for a while, but I had been timing my SIMs quite carefully. I did an extra one this month to give to someone else, which messed things up I think.
I really think that after a while due to fraud protection they sort of block any credit cards you've used a lot and if you mistakenly use one of these cards during an initial attempt on a new sim then they make it extremely difficult to use any new cards to top up that sim too. They may even keep a record that these cards are somehow connected too!
I tried on my latest one with a card and it won't let me top up. Support told me it was because it was linked to two other SIMs and that if I waited 24 hours I would be able to top up. But that didn't happen.
I switched to another pre-paid card, but it wouldn't let me use that to top up. Said the payment type wasn't recognised even though it was a Mastercard.
I know I could just buy a voucher, but it's so much easier doing things with an £11 top up.
Any suggestions very much appreciated :smile:
You could only top up your PSN wallet with no more than 3 different sim cards during a one month period. If you're able to somehow transfer more credit on to any of these 3 sim cards then you could top up your PSN multiple times during this one month period.
e.g
Sim 1 used on 5/11/15
Sim 2 used on 8/11/15
Sim 3 used on 10/11/15
You won't be able to top up again with Sim 4 until 5/12/15. Then you need to wait until 8/12/15 to use Sim 5.
However, if you put more credit on to Sim 1, 2 or 3 then you could top up your PSN before 5/12/15, however there is a daily top up limit per sim (probably £30 too).
I'll keep you in mind :wink:
Says 50% extra data, for three months. Ends 31 Dec.
Sure it said £10 extra credit before. Ordered another anyway.
Weird thin I then tried my normal mobile number & it worked fine though I didn't reply to the text.
Anyone else every get this?
to topup your PSN wallet u can use O2, Orange, T Mobile, Three and Vodafone
support.google.com/goo…-GB
I guess that's why I can't use up my Sainsbury's credit?
Anyone tried Sainsbury's or Vodafone on PSN lately?
The offer is available to UK residents only.
Applicants must be 16 or over.
There is a maximum number of up to three O2 Online SIMs per household, as specified in the relevant promotion.
Y
Yes, when you've put your card details in it asks how much you want to top up. Just put £11 and it should go through
But I only did it about 10 days ago for 30 quid !!! how long do you normally have to wait ??
Many thanks for this deal, which I've had my eye on for a long time to use when the need arises. Today I got my £20 free credit email.
Can I ask if I should be worried about ordering some more even though I've used 6 already?!
If he can only top up using a voucher, there's no way for him to top up by £11 is there?
Although, just the other day, I received the extra £20 topup emails for two £20 bundle sims, I activated and topped them up £11 each as normal (to give me £31) BUT the sneaky **** have updated how they take the credit for sim bundle and automatically took it from the extra £20, without warning, leaving me with the £11 credit and a sim with the £20 bundle, lol
I knew this day would come and I wasn't that bummed about it.
Although, there is still another way around this, to get £20 PSN Credit for £11 topup.
Simply order the £25 bundle sim, only activate and top it up £11 as soon as you received it, giving you an extra £10 as stated on the back of the packaging :grin:
I went with them previously and it did not track
And when i tried to raise a claim they said they couldnt for O2
not sure if this is still the case this time around and again it may be fine if it tracks
These T&Cs aren't exactly straightforward to find but they are there.
I find it interesting you signed up to HUKD just to say this.
The offer is available to UK residents only.
Applicants must be 16 or over.
There is a maximum number of up to three O2 Online SIMs per household, as specified in the relevant promotion.
There will likely be repercussions. Be careful.
I think I'll carry on with the PSN method for PSN credit but it interesting to think that we could be getting XBox credit through the bonus credit.
I suppose you could use HMV to side-step the monthly top-up limits on PSN but you'll still have to use PSN to get the last fiver out of your credit.
I don't currently have any credit but I'm thinking about 2 of these...
Other topics say topping up at the cash machine is another good work around.
I would believe that if the deal is really finished then a lot more people would be posting the fact.
How has it finished? Are they not sending e-mails any more? Is bonus credit not being added?
Is this normal as I don't want to to up the second without the extra £20 of course.
currently have just topped up a new O2 sim card and its not showing in my payment methods
however have had this problem with other sims and where they havent worked in one phone they have worked in another
"Be careful with Swap Sim. If you want to merge 2 x £30 then you would only get £40. You would need to Guru Chat to get the missing £20 back, but it might take some persuasion. Best to only merge smaller amounts e.g 2 x £4.90. Or if necessary £30 and £4.90. If so, then the £30 should be the mobile number you wish to keep and the £4.90 is the SSN sim. Otherwise you'll lose that free £20!"
for sims ordered today
I merged two sims yesterday, 90p sim onto a sim with £31 credit (wanted the number from 90p sim onto new sim to avoid the 3 sim per month limit), this gave me £31.90 onto new sim, and this essentially is now the same mobile number that I previously used on PSN site.
When I went through PSN site to add credit via mobile, I wasn't asked to enter the mobile number (also no text "Y" to confirm) and PSN credit increased by £30 and SIM card credit decreased by £30 (not £30.10 to take into account the text message)
If so, this is great, as it means no more having to add £11, and we can just add £10 and use all the credit in one go. Also means we can now just add £10 from o2 store or pay point top up and avoid the 2 credit card transactions per month via the phone top up system.
Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this? Only thing different I have done between this transaction and previous is install PSN app on my iPhone, but can't think it's to do with that?! Have done about 10 PSN top ups before this and all required a text message, even when using the same number.
Just make sure you have used all of the £20 promotional credit first, else you might lose it.
(Asking as i haven't got an android phone).
Thanks in advance.
I don't think they would go to such lengths to recover that 20p loss though.
Just worked it out. When I look at my own phone number in the about phone menu on my phone, it displays the original number of it the SIM, not the new number it has been swapped to *facepalm*
Just thought I would share that in case anyone else has the same trouble.
Most people would start with £30 - £25 (to PSN wallet) - £0.10 (to pay for text) = £4.90
At this point they would mess about with the Lend-A-Quid. So £4.90 + £1 - £5 (to PSN wallet) - £0.10 (to pay text) = £0.80
So at the end of the day the sim would end up in the bin with an unused credit of 80p and expire like that. Therefore they've only lost out on 20p!
If they do try to send the bailiffs around then they would need to call the PAYG sim and ask you for your address. However the sim is in the bin!
After that I shall order more and top up my PSN account to the max !
When you come to your 2nd SIM, you'll have a new number but you won't have the ability to change it... unless you delete your cookies (cache).
If you did this using a mobile Internet browser (ie on your phone) it would store the number of the O2 sim that you had used to credit your PSN wallet.
If you then wanted to credit again using a second O2 sim there would be no option to change the original mobile phone number which it had stored when you used the first sim.
The website version of the PSN site asks you to enter the mobile number each time.
1 point to add is that you can change the phone number on mobile browsers by clearing your browser cache.
Yesterday on TCB I noticed that the £5.25 cashback was expiring, so I ordered a bunch more. Today the cashback is back up to £10.50.
They're really spoiling us.
It's as if millions of PS Store pre-orders suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly cancelled.
Say it ain't so.
This may take up to 24 hours.
Never heard anything about this bonus credit expiry. It should expire together with the sim card if the sim card is inactive for 6 months which is standard for PAYG sims.
If you wish to keep a stock of £30 credit sims you should keep them active by making a chargeable call or text at least every six months.
While there's lots of 'should know this already' questions floating around :grin: How does SIM swapping work? Put the details of one SIM into the website, expecting it to ask for the details of the second, but it didn't. What happens now?
Also, just wondering, when you have to wait a month for the next lot of top ups on PSN, is it counted from the day you did the first top up of the 3/6, or the day you did the last top up? If it's the former that's going to be a massive pain in the a##.
Another thing I picked up was someone mentioning that you only get one month to spend the credit before the bonus disappears, or the sim card deactivates. Any idea about this?
I charged 3 lots of £25+£5 to 3 sim cards during the first month before it became locked for the month and had thought I was limited to 6 charges during the first month but in fact I was probably more likely limited to those 3 sim cards.
I suggest new-comers should attempt to read through the first few hundred posts. It is not asking a lot, maybe half an hour of reading, but considering the savings it is worth it.
Here some tips on a "plate with a cherry on top" for the lazy new-comers:
1) If "Enable O2 billing" to purchase at the Google Play store is not appearing you may need to manually register on the O2 under the phone's settings (network operators).
2) Once you've topped up your PSN wallet once it would not give you an option to switch to another mobile. The change mobile number option only appears on the desktop version of the PSN website.
3) The maximum PSN wallet amount is £120, so if you want to top it up you need to spend something first. Pre-orders are only deducted from your funds on release, so don't think you could top-up some more if you're maxed and then pre-order something.
4) The initial PSN mobile charge limit is 6 charges. No matter if charged 6 lots of £5 or 6 lots of £30, so of course you should try to maximise each individual charge. You would then need to wait a compulsory month before you could charge again. Then you could only do it 3 more times and then another wait.
However (per Siggipugger): "For point 4 I thinks its that you can only use 3 different number a month and doesn't actually matter about the number of charges."
5) Since the actual charge to mobile requires a 10p text you cannot top-up your wallet with £30 in one go, unless your sim credit is more than £30. So either top-up £25 and make use of the different methods such as Lend-A-Quid/Google Play Refund, Swap Sim or Guru Chat (to merge credits) to use the remainder.
6) If you need to Guru Chat then you might encounter a Guru who is more fussy with the details and unhelpful. Just disconnect and speak to another.
7) Be careful with Swap Sim. If you want to merge 2 x £30 then you would only get £40. You would need to Guru Chat to get the missing £20 back, but it might take some persuasion. Best to only merge smaller amounts e.g 2 x £4.90. Or if necessary £30 and £4.90. If so, then the £30 should be the mobile number you wish to keep and the £4.90 is the SSN sim. Otherwise you'll lose that free £20!
:sunglasses: When ordering a free Sim do it through TCB for a possible free £5. Don't use Quidco. They're scummy and don't allow you to make a manual claim if it does not track. Be also careful to copy down the order reference shown on screen during confirmation. You would only see this number this one time and may need it for a manual TCB claim.
9) You should not be too greedy and only order a maximum of 2 sims at a time. You should then receive your free £10 credit email and then free £20 credit email after approximately 2 weeks. If you don't receive the £20 email for one of the sims you would still get the free £20, as long as you've waited long enough, but if you got the email for one of them which you ordered at the same time then it should be ok.
If only there was a way to merge 2 £30 without using live chat, that would help alot.
Today on chat, none of them would allow me to transfer the credit from one sim, to another. Eventually they agreed, but then took the £20 bonus off me?! I complained and luckily got this back, but the sim transfer looks like it's stopped.
Anyone know where you can buy cheap o2 top ups?
Doesn't matter, call O2 (£0.25 charge for each call) got the £20 extra credit on the first 2 sim card, and the 3 sim card the guy ask me to send the email (£20 extra credit) to him, he confirm that he received the email from me, he will redirect the email to his manager and will added the £20 extra credit in 24 hours.
Call the customer support from the 3 different sim cards.
Edit: The third sim card already been credit with extra £20, total credit that i have now is £29.75 (-£0.25 for call customer services)
It seems that o2 webchat and customer services line don't talk the same language
[/quote]The £20 promo isn't something that they've promised to everyone who gets a new SIM card. They owe you precisely nothing. You have a false sense of entitlement and your rude attitude to the CS guy was completely uncalled for. Ervin deserves a bonus for keeping his patience.[/quote]
So you are are saying when you receive the email saying that you will get £20 extra credit if you top up before (17/08/2015) in my case, and i do exactly that, "They owe you precisely nothing" lol you are making me laugh now.
And i was rude because patience has a limit, this was the third time i contact them, first time i contact them was told to wait 24 to 48 hours that i will get the extra credit, the second time around was told to wait 5 working days, and the third time after all that chat just sent me to a store !!! lol
Had problems before with Lebara mobile, and even lebara mobile they had a best support, send them a quick email that i had received from them (lebara) regarding a promotion, they confirm i was telling them the true and everything was sorted.
In this case with O2 i cannot even resend the email i received from them (£20 extra credit email) to prove am telling the true!!!
£100 in 15 days? Seems to be a big mystery.
This is a copy os the third chat i had:
Chat Transcript
info: Welcome to O2, someone will be with you soon.
info: You are through to Ervin
MIGUEL: hello
ERVIN: Hello, it's Ervin here. I hope you're well. What can I do for you ?
MIGUEL: this is the third time am contact o2 to try to sort out my problem about the £20 extra credit i never received
ERVIN: Hi Miguel.
ERVIN: I'm really sorry for all the trouble caused to you.
ERVIN: However I'll check the details for you and help you in the best manner.
ERVIN: Please help me with the concerned mobile number.
MIGUEL: 07xxxxxxxxx
MIGUEL: and my wife number has well : 07xxxxxxxx
ERVIN: Thanks.
MIGUEL: we are waiting since 17/08/2015
ERVIN: Okay.
MIGUEL: first we were told to wait 24-48 hours
MIGUEL: then to wait 5 working days
MIGUEL: and until today still didn't receive the extra £20 on booth our numbers
ERVIN: I'll check the details for you.
ERVIN: Thanks for waiting.
MIGUEL: i
MIGUEL: ok
ERVIN: Can you tell me the current calltime balance and what you get free when you Top-Up for both account ?
MIGUEL: My balance is £10.00
MIGUEL: Top up now to get £20 credit Don't forget you can still claim your £20 extra credit when you top up your new sim by 17th August 2015.
MIGUEL: i received this email on 03/08/2015
ERVIN: Thanks.
MIGUEL: no problem
ERVIN: Thanks for waiting.
ERVIN: Do you've the same email with you ?
MIGUEL: yes
ERVIN: That's great.
ERVIN: I would personally suggest you to please get a print of that email and visit at the any of nearest O2 store and give the same print to store manager, they'll surely help you to get the credit straight away.
ERVIN: You can visit at any of nearest O2 store.
MIGUEL: no
MIGUEL: that's why i contact you
ERVIN: Please click here to find the nearest O2 store : o2.co.uk/sto…tor
ERVIN: I won't be able to see the email over the chat.
MIGUEL: all of this and now you are saying to go to a store?!!
MIGUEL: seriously
MIGUEL: this is getting silly now
ERVIN: I'm really sorry for all the trouble caused to you, however we've received a confirmation that the offer is not going on your SIM.
MIGUEL: rubish
ERVIN: But I can understand your point and trust on you.
MIGUEL: this is one of the worst customer srvice i ever seen
ERVIN: That's the reason I'm asking you to visit any of nearest O2 store to get the sorted out. As I`ve also discussed with my supervisor.
MIGUEL: you as a worker don't have a email on o2? where i can resend the email i receive from O2?
ERVIN: You don't need to re-send anywhere, just need to visit at any of nearest O2 store as I've go the details from my supervisor.
MIGUEL: i have feeling the way O2 works, i lose me time to go to a store so they can give as well another rubbish excuse
MIGUEL: no i will not submit to that, i heard that O2 customer service wasn't great, but this is silly
ERVIN: I'm really sorry for all the trouble caused to you, however I've personally suggested you with the best option.
ERVIN: That's the only option to get your extra credit amount, you just need to show the email at any of nearest O2 store.
MIGUEL: well just do copy of this chat and spread trough forum, this just become a joke.
MIGUEL: thanks but no thanks.
MIGUEL: sim will go straight to the bin, O2 never i gain, this is the way you attract new customers by lying to them, and make them go around and around.
ERVIN: I'm really sorry for that and I would personally like to inform you that our customer will always happy with our services.
ERVIN: We want our customer will always happy with our services **
ERVIN: These promotional offers are system generated. The number who get the text will only be getting the offers.
ERVIN: text or email **
MIGUEL: i received a email
ERVIN: Also I've double checked the details for you about the promotional offers but there is no any details as you're saying, and that's the only reason I'm asking you to show the email to our any of nearest O2 store.
MIGUEL: but unbelievable you as a worker don't have email so i can send to you for you to check!!!
ERVIN: I hope you'll understand the same.
MIGUEL: what?
MIGUEL: and am saying i can send it to you the email i received
ERVIN: I understand your point but in that case we won't be able to refund the extra credit from chat support team. Because we can go through the system details only and there is no offer as per our system details.
ERVIN: You can simply get the print of that email and visit at any of nearest O2 store. I've also checked with my supervisor and there would be any other option.
info: Miguel has left the chat
tldr; buy different apps each time you want a refund.
There are so many quirks and instructions for this deal, I'm considering just summing them all up in one comment to make things easier, if I get time to read through all the comments again that is.
I have received a few of my sims in the post at the same time, despite ordering them a day or two apart. Just wondering, is there any way to tell which sim is tied to which email? Or some way of knowing when the sim was ordered? I have two different £10 emails, waiting for the £20s, but I don't want to top-up the wrong one! oO
How are they still doing this, it's crazy!
I'll be doing it again today, you just have to have it transferred to a SIM which is not older than 3 - 4 weeks
I tried just now, first they told me that they wouldn't merge SIM older than 28 days old. Then when I explained some of them were less than 28 days old they told me they wouldn't do it unless they were damaged.
Then when I asked them why they didn't just ask me if they were damaged if that was the case, they told me to ring customer services :worried:
Did you choose the big talker package when you signed up for the sim? I did.
Or is this a new thing and not sending emails now
Do you know why the Google play store is declining my payment method, when I try to pay via the sim card?
If so what's the result?
Can't believe they are still doing this.
There were 'page not found' error on the top up site yesterday too.
Just tried again now and it went through OK so the problem must have been with o2.
Who gives you the error about vouchers then, Sony?
Don't rush to add the credit from the sims... just keep the credit loaded on.
My first successful was 8th of July, so perhaps it resets a month after the first ?
Who knows... certainly not Boku
However, one of those credit loads wasn't from a SIM, it was from a PSN voucher, so that seems a tad unfair. Not all of them were for the full amount either. So it's only really three SIM payments. Wondering what would happen if I tried to load real money :thinking:
since then the 'whoa' message every time
tried speaking to boku customer service but they are useless
Hoping that on the 9th, which will be 30 days since first transfer, it resets and works.
Only topped up a few times before it hit limit
On my last one I have got just over £35 on it so I can load the full amount onto my PSN account.
Can only do that once my pre-order charge happens at the begining of October tho because my wallet is full :smile:
i.e. fingle.burt@gmail.com, f.ingleb.ur.t@gmail.com, etc.
Getting PSN credit for a 1/3 of the price makes the digital prices fantastic. Just picked up Metro Redux for effectively £3.44!
I matched it up with the sim card mobile number and successfully topped it up the minimum £10.
I've not yet received the extra £20, does anyone know how long it can take?
24hrs?
How do you get an instant refund on the app?
I thought people were saying that didn't work.
Sim might get a bit heavy though.
Haven't taken advantage of this before.
I buy my top ups via Tesco since you can get clubcard points.
The pattern I've work out is that the day you get the reminder email 'activate your sim', on the 9th day after this email, you get the £20 bonus email.
They will stop this soon though guaranteed. I have plenty to keep me going now so I don't think I'll bother any more
I just buy vouchers now.
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I have more phone numbers than Botswana.
It's like sim city where I live
Hundreds of my sims are going untracked
e.g I used the Swapsim trick to merge two £30 sims but ended up with only £40. A quick 10 minute Guru chat sorted it out.
I then had a £4.90 sim and a £9.80 sim (from a previous manual chat merge of 2 x £4.90). I merge those two to £14.70 using Swapsim. Then I decided to Swapsim again with a £30 new sim, but only got £24.70. Then began the O2 Guru chat nightmare. It took over an hour to convince the Guru the missing £20 was from the free credit, so the lesson is to try to keep things as simple as possible.
Pants, looks like I'm stuffed then :disappointed: Didn't note them down.
Also, you can buy o2 top ups for £8.99 on eBay lol
I got £5.something from TCB for the one order I did remember though (no dice with Quidco of course).
I have been testing the marketing opt in. So far I have for the £10 emails, even when I have said I don't want to receive marketing e-mails. Few more days to wait to see if I get the £20 e-mails.
Once I get the bonus credit, I'll be straight on to O2 to transfer the credit to my other sim which I have £34.14 on lol
Those two dates should have been the date the sims were ordered, so adding 20 odd days on to that for the £20 email wait and then 30 days for the TCB to reach paid status. It seems about right.
Ordering one or two at a time is the wisest way to use this offer.
What nutcase would order 50 sims.
Please don't be greedy and ruin this for everyone.
Say these top up expire after three months for some reason, and you have 50 SIMs. You would be able to load 12 SIMs in three months, leaving 38 SIMs, You have to top up each SIM by £10, meaning you have spent £380 of real money. If the free credit expires, you have then spent £380 for precisely no gain.
It's bonkers, you don't know how this is going to pan out. Regardless of it looking really, really suspect that you have ordered so many SIMs.
Do you think if I topped up the one I didn't get the email for I would get the full £30?
That would take 10 months + to load on to PSN wouldn't it? oO Better hope the free credit doesn't expire by then. I've only been ordering what I can use.
Didn't get the offer email for one but got the offer for another one I ordered.
A couple of days later than normal.
The 43 sim dream lives on
I think the dream is over.
I got £10 offer email but not £20. I think I should have got it by now, maybe o2 have caught on.
Then you wouldn't have to bother stacking all the credit on one SIM and you would have slightly more credit over all. Or could maybe even then stack the remaining 80p credits on to one SIM at later date.
Downsides would be having more SIMs to keep track on, having more transactions to use the credit, rather than doing it in one lump and a longer wait. Rewards get paid every 3 months.
Still pondering what to do, but I thought I would put that out there :smile:
All I could do is get the sim ready but not transfer it till October when my first pre-order happens.
I have a lingering £4.60 so I was going to do this one more time so I can get the full £30 but when I click the add funds button it says "The wallet is full. Cannot add more funds."
I have already allocated some to pre-orders but they dont take the funds till launch. I know I could make another account but I would rather just keep them on one.
PS. Iv not gone crazy and ordered loads of sims, I already had some funds in my account before I started :stuck_out_tongue:
Does transferring the credit give you £60 always
The transferring credit to other sims is the best way to do this - i'm going to get o2 to stack the bonus credits on one sim.
Both of those are complete guesses. Do you think those 'millions' are also failing to pay back the lent £1 like we are doing? Do you realise how many members and lurkers are on this site?
That's also a problem I agree. Like I said this has happened before where people didn't think long-term and just rushed to get as many as they could, which led to the offer being pulled.
Transferring all the credit to one SIM means you're using the LUAQ offer less often.
Not to mention the fact that you're cheating O2 out of more money if you just use the LUAQ method.
Tried to merge 6 sims together at once let's see what happens.
I did the transfer sim swap - this disconnected one of the sims but the credit wasn't transferred. Went to o2 chat and he said he'd do it manually there and then which he did - so 2 x £4.90 put together... an hour later the credit was automatically transferred so i got another £4.90 as the Guru obviously didn't know it can take up to 24 hours to go...
have few sim cards from EE that bought from eBay £1 each with £5, does anyone know a way to top up or get in any way £1 for EE?
I was going to do it later that day but in the meantime, I found a "swap my sim" site on o2 & thought I'd give that a go to see if it would combine the credit on the two SIMs. It transferred the number & credit at first but didn't keep the existing credit from that SIM so I contacted livechat again to see if they could help. They said they couldn't & that I would have to ring customer service again. I put the SIM in again later that day in order to do that but strangely, the credit had been combined & I had the remaining balances from both SIMs on the one. So I've just done my 3rd SIM & have used the swap service again to see if it works. I'll report back. In the meantime if anybody wants to use the site it's here:
swapmysim.o2.co.uk/
I've already done 2 sims, got the bonus credit, and used it to get 2 x £25 PSN credit, but still got £4.90 left on each - can't do the google play trick to get another £5, as got an iPhone, so can't use play store app to pay and refund etc, so will maybe try and transfer credit to another SIM card or something?
Already got a couple more SIM cards to activate, but thinking I could top up £11 and once I get the bonus £20, just buy £30 PSN credit - anyone know if I'd have an issue with this? Thinking not, but wondered if anyone tried it? Wouldn't want to not load £10 (if that matters?) and miss out on the £20 bonus if that makes a difference?
Apologies if it sounds like a stupid question - it's been a long week!
Cracking deal by the way, and a really great way to load up on PSN credit! Thanks OP!
Cheers!
Did my 1st to 6th PSN Wallet top-ups and then had to wait a month before I was able to top-up again
Did my 7th to 9th PSN Wallet top-up on 20/6/15 and I'm already forced into the compulsory waiting period after 3 top-ups.
Hope it is not a whole month again!
BTW topcashback has been changed to £5.
Now using another card to do my third sim lol
o2.co.uk/cha…ile
Anyone got the full £10.10?
going to order another sim soon.
update: I think I see where I went wrong. When I ordered the sim I chose the wrong one, doh.
Top up your PSN by £25, buy a £4 app from the Play Store to get your credit below £1, use "lend us a quid" to put another £1 on the SIM, refund the Play Store purchase and then transfer £5 to PSN.
Didn't see that one. Just went back a few pages and saw it.
Thanks for the help, appreciate it.
And thanks to everyone else too.
My post #379
My post #399
I'll keep waiting
Thanks for the reply.:)
Most of the posts relating to my query say "2 weeks". Now all I am asking, (which I cannot seem to find in previous posts,) is the "2 weeks" precisely 2 weeks (14 days) or is it 'give or take' 2 weeks?
Affirmative
I wonder about the lend us a quid thing as well. Someone go read the terms and conditions.
Did you use topcashback?
I have two more sims left - one I opted out of marketing so potentially there's only going to be £20 credit on the sim from topping up £10 and the other one is still awaiting the email.
Using the lend us a quid service then not paying it back though... can they do you for that?!
Apparently you cant merge sim cards which are older than 28 days (which was the case with my first one). This includes moving credit both to and from the sim card.
Still at least I got my other two done :sunglasses:
Exactly the same thing happened again to another pair of sims.
What I don't understand though, is that the first email address I used didn't receive the offer. I'm guessing it's because I opted out of marketing emails with that one... Is there a chance if I top it up, I'd still get the £20 bonus, or should I not bother and just use it to get £20 PSN from topping it up with £10?
Amazing!
Today is day 16 since I applied for them.
When people started abusing the ChitterChatter free credit offer a while back, they stopped the promotion.
O2 want new customers, but if they see in their records what's happening they will stop the promotion as well.
It's in everyone's best interest that this promo lasts for as long as possible. Slow and steady!
I had previously waited 15 days after my 6th wallet top-up and was still unable to make my 7th top-up to my main PSN account. I do not know whether if my other attempts during those 15 days using the same sim card affected things.
Decided to wait a further 16 days so that the 7th top-up happened a full one month and one day after the successful 6th top-up. During these 16 days I made no other attempts until that final day.
Decided to use a fresh sim card and topped-up the PSN wallet by £25. Used a second new sim card and did another £25. Used a third sim card (the one which was failing on the original 15th day wait) and it also went through fine with £25. All within a span of 15 minutes.
So, it is possible to carry on topping up the same PSN wallet. I'm not sure what conclusions to draw, but I suggest after your 6th wallet top-up you should wait 16 days without any intermediate attempts before making your 7th top-up with a new sim card. If that doesn't work then wait a total of 1 month and 1 day after the 6th top-up before trying again with maybe another fresh sim card. If it goes through then you could re-use any other sim card which you have already tested previously, but had failed.
I'm guessing there will be another compulsory wait after your 12th top-up.
So are people having any issues doing multiple top ups or ordering multiple sims? I'm ready to get on a roll.
Thanks.
Dial *#10# to check.
Now that I've topped up, when are people finding the credit applied to their account?
14/05/2015 Thanks for ordering your free sims
16/05/2015 Your free sim is on its way
20/05/2015 Activate your sim today
29/05/2015 Activate your sim today to get £20 credit
I've got Diablo III, Far Cry 4 and Bastion for a £20 spend (I had a few quid in my account already) so I feel I've exploited O2 enough :stuck_out_tongue:
The last email was about 18 days from ordering but it did follow a £10 email which came fairly quickly...
If you haven't had a £10 email, it hasn't worked - order again and make sure you allow them to spam you when you order.
If you have had the £10 email, sit tight.
I still wasn't able to top-up my wallet the seventh time even after waiting 15 days after the sixth, so committed to wait another 15 days without any intermediate attempts. It's been 11 days, so I've still got another 4 days to go.
It is possible that I could make that seventh wallet top-up already, but I want to be 100% sure and wait the full additional 15 days without any intermediate attempts. Don't want to mess up by being impatient after all of this!
I may even delay it for a few days more so that my next attempt happens at least 1 month and 1 day after the last successful (sixth) wallet topup.
2) Wait a few minutes to an hour or two, for the extra £20 credit to appear. At which point you should have £30 credit on the sim (Hopefully another £10 cashback would also track/appear on your TCB, but I have found tracking to be very poor!)
3) Log on to your PSN account (preferably desktop browser) and add £25 to your wallet by charging to your sim mobile number (you would need to reply to a text via the sim mobile which would cost 10p and leave you with £4.90 credit on the sim)
4) Use Google Play to purchase something costing more than £4.40 by charging to your sim again leaving you with less than 50p credit on the sim
5) Dial 4444 on the mobile and take advantage of the Lend-A-Quid. You would now have another £1 credit
6) Go back to Google Play and find the app you purchased and get it Refunded
7) By now you should have more than £5.10 credit
8 ) Go back to PSN and transfer the last £5 credit to your account
For more details, please read through the previous posts. Its only 19 pages and is all explained there.
I waited a month before repeating at each address. You may wish to use a "variation" of your names the second time around to be safe.
I have an email come through today offering me £10 free credit, so hopefully next week I'll get the £20 one?
Oh, and how often do you recommend I order the sim cards? Like 1 a week or?
They give you the option of reverting to the Classic Membership and then they would not deduct the £5 annual membership fee for the Plus account.
You would only need to open multiple accounts if you wish to abuse their Tell-A-Friend referral scheme. Some people have been referring themselves and then once the secondary account earns £10 cashback the main account would also receive a further £5 to £15 referral cashback.
One quick question. Am I able to use the same TopCashBack account to do the same offer over and over? Or should I change my IP, and make new accounts, how would I go about it?
To switch your tariff to Big Talker, text BIGTALK to 21300 free from your O2 phone.
Dial *#10# periodically to check.
Basically, worst case is that these SIMs give you £20 PSN credit for £10.
Now that I have the SIMs, how long do I wait for the email to come through offering me £20 free credit?
I'm guessing as I opted out of marketing with the first sim, I won't get any email giving me £20 with that one?
It does say somewhere on the cashback sites, that tracking will/might be different to begin with, some will even track at £0.00 at first. All I can say is... be patient for now. And once/if it pays out, send the cashback site an enquiry.
No, you will get £15 PSN credit with £4.70 remaining on the O2 sim as you need to take into account the text charge.
Cashbacks are not guaranteed, ever! Treat them as a hit or miss bonus.
I do have the email of £20 credit it says the phone number of the sim. But I have only one tracking for one sim on tcb, and no idea which sim its for. Emails don't say order number but there is an order number on tcb.
One of them I think I may as well throw away as I didn't opt in for marketing emails - however, they called me yesterday and said something about if I call them to activate it and top up, they will give me £10 free credit? So i could do that and get £20 PSN for £10 right? This was the SIM that I did through topcashback anyway.
The other SIM I did opt in for marketing so from what I read, I should wait for an email to offer me £20 credit for free when I top up £10 right?
I wouldn't apply for too many SIMs too close together just in case, at least not to the same address.
Have started again and ordered a second one - is that ok?
I've been using the Lend Us A Quid thing to maximise my £30 credits so have been able to get both a £25 and £5 PSN credit from my sims so far, but may mix in some of this credit merging in the future so that I could do 6 lots of £25 PSN credits instead of the existing 3 lots of (£25 + £5) due to this 6 x Mobile Charge limitation.
Since I mentioned the Lend Us A Quid trick I may as well give a tip for others. At one time I did fall foul of using the Google Play purchasing and refunding trick, because I mistakenly re-purchased an app which I had already previously purchased/refunded on another sim. It would seem there is a smallprint somewhere which states you could only refund once on any specfic app. No problem though as I just did a refund claim through email stating the app's storage space requirement was too high for my phone and was refunded instantaneously.
Back to the merging credit point I wanted to ask you about. When you do the Live Chat with the Gurus. How do they confirm you are the owner of both Sim cards that you want to merge the credits for? Do they maybe just require the SSN number? Hopefully you don't need to register an account for each sim.
Would love to use the lend us a quid option to finish it off the £4.60 that I will have left in the end but I used my card to top up the first sim :disappointed:
They said thats no problem
So as I have done it once I now have a sim here with £4.90 on it, I have ordered another 2x, Again I will of course be left with £4.90, I have seen comments that you can get the sim cards merged via live chat, Is there any particular reason you need to specify when you request this? I ask as I would like to try it, That way I can top up my wallet with another £10
Thanks
Craig
Well, I think it is very unlikely that there is a connection between your "sub-account" and "main account" where just because a sim was charged by the sub-account would in effect reset the main account so that it would enable further charges by the main account. More so the sim cards most likely being different sim cards as well.
The only possible reason that I could imagine is that there is a requirement for the seventh charge to take place after a continuous period of approximately 10 days without any intermediate attempts and possibly a totally new sim card too.
So far even though it's been 15 days for me I have attempted to use this card a few times during the 15 days so it is possible it could be due to this reason. I will leave this PSN account for another 15 days and at that point try with a fresh sim card to test my theory.
Could you check your transaction history to confirm the number of days between your sixth and seventh top ups? Or do you remember doing anything else "special" such as contacting Boku during that time?
Just be careful about twice it said oops something went wrong there cant top up on 02 store
And then a few minutes later text message on phone saying your balance is £10.00
When will I be charged for my pre-order?
You will be charged two days before the expected release date. However, this may vary from product to product. Please refer to your pre-order confirmation email for details.
It did fail both ways once so i tried my other card and it worked fine
I flagged my 3 sims up after 4 weeks but keeps saying "waiting for merchant" i'm not holding out any hope, as I also have a giffgaff one that has been over 8 weeks and no payout, despite reviews saying other people got theirs very quick.
o2.co.uk/cha…-it
It's still worth £1.25 to get £5 into your PSN account but just be aware that it's not free.
Cheers.
Edit: found one for £4.59:
Blaze and the Monster Machines
Edit: finally got it working. For some reason even though my mobile was set to register to the sim's network automatically and is already able to receive and send calls/text using the sim I had to make sure it was registered "manually" to O2 before the "enable o2 billing" was available via Google Play. Thanks!
link
Could still work.
Tried using my mobile, tablet and desktop PC. Am i missing something? Would appreciate any advice. Thanks
FreedomPop will offer Sim cards that offer 200MB of data, 200 texts and 200 minutes of voice calls per month using the cellular network at no cost.
Anyone else got it OR know why Quidco cant raise a claim wtih O2 ?
The other sims i had to use £10 of my own money to top up but left me with £30 credit on each sim so it cost me £20 to top up but recieved £60 for psn
Used the first two to buy mortal kombat x with £20 cashback costing me nothing
3rd and fourth sim didnt track so had to use £20 to receive the £60 credit and bought project cars
Then got o2 live chat to merge the remaining £4.90 on both sims to one card,done this on another two sims for another £4.90 x2 and topped up what i could onto my ps wallet
Got another two sims in the post which i will have to pay £20 to top up but will have £50 plus the £15 from merging the sims to give me another £65 in wallet and will preorder pay for black ops 3
I'm very much regretting not downgrading to a basic membership :(.
TCB on the other hand has tracked no bother, just waiting for the £20 email from O2.
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Yes third sim tracked :-)
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Yes iTunes code by o2voucher site
Dont really know what to do now as it should have been £10.
Edit: Apparantly you should file a incorrectly tracked claim but it asks for an order number, I was sure I took a note of it at the time but I cant find it and its not in any of my emails.
Waiting for the quidco cashback.
How to do next? Has anyone obtained the caskback from o2?
Terms & conditions
One order per household. Please remember Quidco accounts are for your direct and individual use only.
Your transaction will initially track on to your Quidco account at £0.00 and will update to the correct cashback amount once you have activated the SIM.
Please make sure you clear the cookies on your Internet Browser before making your online transaction as this retailer does not support cashback claims.
Members should only use voucher codes listed on Quidco. If you use voucher codes or gift vouchers that are not listed on Quidco your cashback may not track or be declined.
Has anyone topped up without an email?
Thanks
I have £60 credit £30 on 2 sims but when i try to put the credit onto my wallet i cannot do it it says i have to make a purchase first ?
I want to preorder the witcher for £47 but i can only put £30 on towards it ?i cant have £60 sitting in my wallet ? Any help appreciated
I ordered a few sims but annoyingly I have only had the £20 email for one of them, has anyone else experienced this?
I don't want to top my others up and not receive the extra £20.
I think I'm going to go for the top up voucher route so they wont have my card details then.
Thanks again OP.
I hope my cashback would be tracked.
May be O2 did not anticipate a sudden increase in amount of customers. I bet their system is having a meltdown.
I need some advice. But let me tell you about my experience - might be useful to some.
I have applied for the O2 Sim on 8th April and it arrived the next day on the 9th - very fast delivery! The SIM actually came with the £10 bonus when I top up - It was printed on the note that was posted with the SIM.
Then I received the first email on 13th telling me about the £10 bonus credit when I top up. As recommended, I ignored it.
Second email came yesterday (22nd April), giving me the £20 bonus credit when I top up :smile:
This is where I am at and I need some help from those who have successfully topped up and got the bonus credit:
1) I have tried many times today trying to top and it just failed. Has anyone experienced this? It is a little worrying as I was already on the security code page (where they ask for the a few digit of the code). Then O2 tells me "something has gone wrong and they are looking into it". May be I just happened to be unlucky and their system is down at that point. I will try again.
2) Do I have to top up via the link their email provided in order to get the £20 bonus? Or I can just top up on the website?
3) Do I have to top up via quidco/topcashback in order to have my cashback tracked?
Thanks so much for your help in advance :smile:
Do you think o2 would release the confirmation numbers to me if I call them up, and tell them my details and new o2 number?
tcb is not showing the £10, not used it before, how long does it normally take to update? also how long till I can withdraw the cashback? a previous post says at least 3 months, is that correct?
thanks for the help.
Thanks OP.
In the top up confirmation email it states:
"With our new Auto top-up, there`s no need to worry about running out of
credit. When your balance falls to a set amount, we`ll top it up again. Or
we can set an automatic top up, on the date you choose."
Is this something I should be concerned about because it reads that you are auto opted in, Does it need disabled?
Edit: I just signed into the MyO2 page and found it is not on by default, Guess its just poor wording (Or me being paranoid and reading to much into it oO)
Just got my email from O2 offering the £20 credit, MY TCB tracked by itself at £0.00,
So just to confirm when I top up £10 the cashback should update?
Do I need to wait for TCB to update or can I go ahead and transfer it to my Playstation account as soon as it becomes available on the sim?
Thanks
big talker done
top up done
awaiting extra £20 credit.......
What is the meaning of this message? Cant I claim the cashback from O2? Thanks for your help.
Reply from Quidco support
Hi ,
I can certainly explain.
The majority of retailers on Quidco have a 'cooling off period' which means they will not accept the claim from us during this time, so we hold the claim back until this time has passed so we can then send the claim to the retailer for you.
This is nothing to worry about and is completely normal. The cooling off period is set by the retailer and includes, but is not limited to, the returns period for the retailer or if they have asked for a certain amount of payments to be made first.
The cooling off period is integral to the claims process and is included in the retailer's average claim speed.
I hope this reassures you. Do come back to me if you have any further questions about this, or anything else for that matter.
Kind regards,
Quidco Support
Activate your sim today to get £20 credit
Top up now to get £20 credit
Don't forget you can still claim your £20 extra credit when you top up your new sim by 5th May 2015. Your new sim phone number is:
078********
Just follow these simple steps:
Put your sim in your phone
Top up online or call 4444 free from your O2 mobile
That's it. Your credit will be added to your new sim within 48 hours.
Quidco not tracked, but I have raised a query with them, so fingers cross.
Received the 1st email offering free £10 credit on Mon 13 April, which I have ignored as per Op original post. Waiting for the 2nd email for £20.
Ive got two sims and have recieved cashback on both one through topcashback and another through quidco after raising a claim,so i have £20 can i spend this £20 on one psn account even though its from two different phone numbers ?
Top up your sim today
Now you've got your O2 sim, it's time to make the most of it. To get you started, we're giving away £10 extra credit when you top up by 6th May 2015.
Just follow these simple
But only £10 extra free, so £15 PSN for a £10 outlay it seems.
Cheers OP!
None tracked on Quidco. ]
Quidco - T&Cs - say CB eligible only once per household.
So, I guess Il only get CB on one sim, that too if it ever tracked.
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You have not activate your sim yet therefore wait for O2's email.
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you can change it when you activate the sim. Contact to the customer service when you activate. You can select the big talker bundle.Is there any way to change the tariff attached to the sim card or will I need to order another one?
No order reference number on initial email and this email.
Yet to receive anything in the post yet, might come today.
Currently use THREE 3p a minute and 2p a text.
Could bdrl post out the 2nd email received from O2?
PS they were on 2 diff accounts for both TCB and Quidco.
Can you tell me if the order number comes with the sim pack because I forgot to note them down?
The sim i received said £10 top up if i top up before 2 weeks from date of dispatch.
0800 049 6250
or tablet that included in the offer. There is a £10 bonus credit though.
When you ordered your SIM, could you tell us what tariff you ordered?
Tcb or quidco are not a requirement. It is only for making some cash back to heat the £30 absolutely free!
There is a clause upon ordering that states:
Does this mean the credit will automatically be used for a bundle?
If you opt for Big Talker, the credit stays as credit which does not expire, but there are a few extras that only last a month after you top up.
If you opt for International, the credit stays as credit which does not expire, but there are a few extras that only last a month after you top up. The cheap international call rate does not expire, it just uses your credit when you call.
o2.co.uk/sho…sim
Voted hot as it is a good payg deal.
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Usually topcashback and quidco have nothing to do with the merchants. So you should still receive email from O2, but will only make a profit of £10.
I highly recommend topcashback and quidco! I have made way over £100 from them in less than 6 months! Every little helps!
If I order a SIM directly from O2 are they likely to e-mail me?
can I do it again?
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How do you get PSN credit from this?!
My wife ordered that free SIM before I saw this deal (she thought she will get £10 free), 2 weeks later she got email about £20 if she will top up.
We have international SIM which we needed to top up anyway, so we thought we going to use new one with £20 bonus but when I tried to activate it by calling 4444 I found out that SIM is already locked to some bundle.
What I did was open an online chat on o2 website and asked to change that SIM to international. They asked about SIM number on back of SIM card and within seconds switched that new SIM to international. (so no risking loosing Your credit and also can do this with no credit on SIM).
THEN I toped up £10 and 5 minutes later recieved extra £20 from o2.
Thank you.
Will try to try from desktop another day
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/o2_free_sim/
quidco.com/o2-…rch