Maybe not a deal as such but I just discovered how to use up unwanted PAYG SIM credit to pay for apps on Google Play. I believe the same method will work on IOS devices. This works on EE, O2 and Three. EE (Chitterchatter) often have PAYG SIM cards on eBay with £5 credit for a quid so this is a very cheap way to buy apps, music and movies.
I don't have an Apple device so I haven't tested it but O2 has a link to doing this http://www.o2.co.uk/chargetomobile
and I suspect that other providers will do it too.
1. (optional) remove your usual SIM from your phone and insert the SIM with the unwanted credit.
2. Start up your phone and turn on data (even if WiFi is on).
3. Open Google Play, go to My Account, Payment Methods, Add Payment Method, Mobile Billing.
4. Choose whatever paid-for app you want and make sure you select Mobile Billing as the payment method.
5. You can now stick your usual SIM back in your phone but you will still be able to charge apps to your SIM with the unwanted credit. The payment method also shows up in other devices such as tablets.
6. Once your credit has been used up, go to Google Wallet https://wallet.google.com/manage/w/0/#paymentMethods:
on your PC and remove the mobile billing facility for that SIM card.
7. Repeat as required!
looks like you can buy movies and music as well...not just apps.
See post #51
- golo83
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jaydeeuk1
20 Nov 1541#14
Been doing this for years with t mobile sims. Its also the reason why several years ago they now limit the number of sims per 3 months. Pound shops still sell them though with £5 on.
Except I made an app (did naff all) and then used the credit to purchase it. Think it was listed in the top 500 at one point, and then for some reason joe public bought it, gave it 1 star reviews saying it was broken and got it taken down. Google takes about 30%, would make £1.80 per sim. Was boring and tedious, and destroyed several backplates of my old phone from removing the sim card so many times. Decided other money making ways were far more profitable.
nublets2k to RiverDragon8
21 Nov 1520#81
Me too, I've also found that you can get free food by stealing it from Tesco, and save money on petrol by driving off before you pay.
Tesco Mobile’s pay as you go Triple Credit tariff gives you three times as much credit when you top up with £10, £15, or £20. So you could get up to £40 of credit for free. Furthermore, when you top up £15 or more you can add an extra 5000 free texts, 150 free minutes or 500MB of free data – the choice is yours.
Don't think it works with Vodafone/Sainsbury's Mobile any more, was trying to use up some credit this evening.
Link in step 6 is very useful, thank you :smiley:
FrozenFire to moneysavingkitten
20 Nov 154#3
Sainsbury credit is better to be converted to nectar points by calling helpline . Chance of double
Gordinho to moneysavingkitten
22 Nov 15#126
I was just thinking the same thing, I have about a fiver on a Sainsburys SIM and they stop working in the new year, would be a good way to use the credit up. I'll give it a go and see what happens.
veedubjai
20 Nov 15#2
Good to know. Thanks OP.
widzmorrow
20 Nov 15#4
Good to know thank you ..heat
moneysavingkitten
20 Nov 15#5
Ohh that's very interesting, didn't know you could do that thanks very much! :smiley: Is it Sainsbury Mobile I need to call or Nectar? You wouldn't have the number would you?
Baz417
20 Nov 151#6
Heat alone for the new idea. Thanks OP.
happydeals
20 Nov 151#7
Anybody know whether Three sim card works?
caliber2001 to happydeals
21 Nov 15#106
it does
flintstone
20 Nov 152#8
this is one worth keeping a note of for the future
lost count of the number of SIM cards I throw out because I had no use for them and they still had a couple of pounds worth of credit on them :disappointed:
heat added
superivanho
20 Nov 151#9
the problem is it takes ages to convert it to points. Actually since mobile by sainsbury's first announced their close-down last month I've phoned them convert my credits to nectar points. After I've phone them 10+ times and a month later, not only I got no nectar points, the original sim card and all credits have been wiped off. Everytime I called them they kept apologizing for the delay...
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I don't have an Apple device so I haven't tested it but O2 has a link to doing this
http://www.o2.co.uk/chargetomobile
and I suspect that other providers will do it too.
1. (optional) remove your usual SIM from your phone and insert the SIM with the unwanted credit.
2. Start up your phone and turn on data (even if WiFi is on).
3. Open Google Play, go to My Account, Payment Methods, Add Payment Method, Mobile Billing.
4. Choose whatever paid-for app you want and make sure you select Mobile Billing as the payment method.
5. You can now stick your usual SIM back in your phone but you will still be able to charge apps to your SIM with the unwanted credit. The payment method also shows up in other devices such as tablets.
6. Once your credit has been used up, go to Google Wallet
https://wallet.google.com/manage/w/0/#paymentMethods:
on your PC and remove the mobile billing facility for that SIM card.
7. Repeat as required!
looks like you can buy movies and music as well...not just apps.
See post #51
- golo83
Top comments
Except I made an app (did naff all) and then used the credit to purchase it. Think it was listed in the top 500 at one point, and then for some reason joe public bought it, gave it 1 star reviews saying it was broken and got it taken down. Google takes about 30%, would make £1.80 per sim. Was boring and tedious, and destroyed several backplates of my old phone from removing the sim card so many times. Decided other money making ways were far more profitable.
Tesco Mobile’s pay as you go Triple Credit tariff gives you three times as much credit when you top up with £10, £15, or £20. So you could get up to £40 of credit for free. Furthermore, when you top up £15 or more you can add an extra 5000 free texts, 150 free minutes or 500MB of free data – the choice is yours.
https://www.cable.co.uk/guides/3-ways-to-get-a-free-sim-with-free-credit/
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Link in step 6 is very useful, thank you :smiley:
lost count of the number of SIM cards I throw out because I had no use for them and they still had a couple of pounds worth of credit on them :disappointed:
heat added