£1 Talk and Text pack which gets you the best value pay as you go in the UK with 25 minutes and 50 texts. Your pack starts as soon as you start using your call or text and last for up to 7 days. As soon as this time is up, a new one will start so remember to top up your credit to keep getting great value. And the longer you stay, the better it gets. Get your pack each week and every 12 weeks, you can add more minutes, texts or add some data at no extra cost.
Please note that you may only buy two pay as you go units in total per household within a three month period.
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GuruMeditationError
26 Jan 168#5
If you don't stop the auto-pack straight away then it will go down to £4 credit.
Turn off data, turn off phone, insert sim, start phone and text "STOP PACK" to 150. It sends you a message asking to confirm, you need to reply "YES" I think.
Now you have £5 credit to do as you will.
MrJinxy
26 Jan 163#1
Cold.. because it's EE
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MrJinxy
26 Jan 163#1
Cold.. because it's EE
:stuck_out_tongue:
5Rivers79
26 Jan 16#2
Can this be used to top up psn? Whats the minimum top up on these?
miikeyblue to 5Rivers79
27 Jan 161#16
Not easily... the text costs 10p so you're down to £4.90 straight away. Minimum top up for both PSN and EE is £5, so you'll always be out of pocket.
EE will however transfer the balance for you from one SIM to another - but they only allow this once per SIM, whether you're transferring to it or from it - so to get a fivers worth of credit on PSN you'd need to buy 2 of these cards, and one would be left with £4.90 credit, whilst you've got a fiver on PSN for a £1.98 outlay. I did this on Black Friday with the phones they were doing for £20 with £20 free credit... then sold the phones to CEX for £23 each!
With PSN though they only allow you a certain number different numbers to top up from, caused me a bit of a headache!
polarbaba
26 Jan 16#3
how do i top up psn with payg credit?.. wasnt aware of this... very interested now ! cheers
5reds
26 Jan 162#4
Can I top up £5 on this and unlock my phone so it costs £6. Thanks.
DavieJones to 5reds
28 Jan 16#34
I saw this offer before the deal was posted. My sim arrived today, and my plan is to use it to unlock an iphone 6s.
Before I stick the sim in my phone, can anyone confirm that if my first action is to txt STOP PACK that I will keep my £5 credit. I believe that once my phone is linked to an EE number I can start the unlock process online. Any idea whether I need to do anything to get my phone registered to this sim, or is just switching on the phone good enough?
GuruMeditationError
26 Jan 168#5
If you don't stop the auto-pack straight away then it will go down to £4 credit.
Turn off data, turn off phone, insert sim, start phone and text "STOP PACK" to 150. It sends you a message asking to confirm, you need to reply "YES" I think.
Now you have £5 credit to do as you will.
MrBrightside1987 to GuruMeditationError
27 Jan 16#7
What about the 10p to text PSN?
pantaiema to GuruMeditationError
27 Jan 16#11
Hi GuruMeditationErro
Once you activate the £5 credit is there any expire date,if you just keep it ??
Thanks
Al18 to GuruMeditationError
4 Feb 16#41
I just bought this sim to see if I get decent 4G signal. Do I still need to cancel the pack?
sofiasar
27 Jan 161#6
lasts you 7 days , no thanks.
sion22
27 Jan 16#8
can you use the credit in itune with andriod phone?? i got a ipad and nexus 5
subas7
27 Jan 162#9
So far three networks is better, 3p for call , 2p for text and 1p internet (mp)
Rich44 to subas7
27 Jan 16#17
Not if you can't get a signal from them
SFconvert to subas7
28 Jan 16#32
Hardly, this deal will get you 500 MB of data (100 MB x 5 weeks) for 99p, its a fifth of the cost, plus you get 10mins and 10 texts each week for 5 weeks. Ideal in a dual sim phone. I've been using these for the last year!
pantaiema
27 Jan 16#10
I bought more than a dozen of them last year from 99p.. I just activated a few of them by texting “STOP PACK” to 150. On the Package it is written to be activated until July 2016. A few weeks a go I tried to activated a few more and I got a message “barred” and I still have more than a dozen of them.
Is there anyway how I could activate or use my credit on this case? I mainly use this credit to access mobile internet while traveling to EU countries as in the UK my monthly contract cover all of my needs.
I try not to loose another £12 again. If I buy a new one like this, is there any way to prevent this thing to happen again? Someone has mentioned to activate £5 credit as soon as it arrives as the credit never expires. Could someone else who have tried it please share their experience.
Any info on this will be very much appreciated.
PaulCCT to pantaiema
1 Feb 161#39
EE's policy is that you have to make at least two chargeable actions every 120 or the you loose the credit and SIM is switched off. This is done because there is not an infinite amount of telephone numbers and they recycle old/unused ones.
pantaiema
27 Jan 16#12
Also one of the good feature of this sim card is that they normally have multiple adapter, so you could use it for nano, micro and standard sim card.
If you need an adapter, buying adapter on its own already cost you more than 50p.
cb-uk
27 Jan 162#13
Always activate these special offer SIMs immediately.
Then, you need to make 1 "chargeable event" (i.e. one text message or phone call) every 180 days to keep the SIM active and retain your credit balance.
HTH :smiley:
woodg8
27 Jan 16#14
I get these free from rakuten every month when they give me my free points every month, excellent sims. I usually just send a STOP PACK immediately and then put on a 100 min 30 day PAYG bundle (£5) to get the 100 mins free to use that month
kingcrimson
27 Jan 162#15
Be careful with EE they failed to add my 100 GB of data to the Christmas sim offer, customer service is appalling and only a signed for letter threatening further action sorted it out, any problems write to customer complaints and dont try calling they lie on the phone ....
Rich44 to kingcrimson
27 Jan 16#18
Do a live chat and keep the transcript although the letter is the less stressful option LOL
trackdayking
27 Jan 16#19
Do you have a new number with every sim ?
pantaiema
27 Jan 16#20
Thanks for reply. I know that most simcard need to be used for chargeable call/text every 3 months. The problem is that if you buy a dozen of them and activate it using 150, it is difficult to keep it on your diary to make a call.
I remember someone mentioned in this forum that once activated, this particular simcard will not expire even you do not use this simcard.
Has anyone tried this who would want to share his experience?
nuttyphilt
27 Jan 16#21
Anyone know if it's possible to transfer PAYG credit to a contract account? Could be a good way to reduce my monthly bill by a few quid...
princeprecious
27 Jan 16#22
You want AE
Lanius
27 Jan 161#23
I'm tempted to buy for a very low use phone but the prices are so high that even at 1/5th normal price it's still twice as expensive as Threes PAYG rate, 30p/min v. 3p/min. Only 16 mins of calltime on this! I don't really understand how companies can exist like this in a competitive market.
woodg8 to Lanius
27 Jan 16#24
i dont think you understand how these ee payg packs actually work
Lanius
27 Jan 16#25
I was thinking that it simply gave me £5 of EE PAYG credit for £1. Feel free to educate me if not :smiley:
woodg8
27 Jan 16#26
it gives you £5 credit that you can use to buy packs or addons. You could spend that £5 on 100 minutes with 30 days use, or £3 on 100 minutes with 7 days use. Or you could a stick to the £1 pack it gives you that keeps rolling with 25 mins, 50 texts and 10mb each. So you could technically get 150 minutes, 20mb and 100 texts for this 99p sim
tommy8
27 Jan 16#27
should be 125 mins not 150 mins.
flooker
27 Jan 161#28
Visiting Sainsbury's the other day, they had some EE £5 credit sims for £1 (?), I'm not sure if they are the same as these.
Just saying, :smiley: don't mind being corrected, may be of use to someone........
woodg8
27 Jan 16#29
2x25 mins for £1 each + 100 mins for 7 days for £3 = £5 tbf
pantaiema
28 Jan 16#30
What Cold ???
Do not you know EE is Estonia ?? How come Estonian babes are not hot ??? They are leggy, have natural blond hair and blue eyes.
There are a lot of them here in London is posing as Golddiggers ...
Lanius
28 Jan 16#31
Aha i see, thanks for the help :smiley:
SFconvert
28 Jan 16#33
Btw that's if you use the £1 data pack, which I don't think has been mentioned on this thread yet, text dp1 to 150 when you get the sim.
Turret
29 Jan 16#35
You'll need to unlock your phone before you can register it with the EE sim.
Once unlocked, yeah, just text STOP PACK and then reply YES to the confirmation message. You'll then have £5 credit.
GotBass
29 Jan 16#36
how do you acquire that?
DavieJones
29 Jan 16#37
Thanks.
My phone is locked to EE and I want them to unlock it but don't have an account with them.I am hoping that this route will cost me £6 for the first phone and allow me to unlock a couple of phones that I have.
DavieJones
29 Jan 16#38
Switch to the 7 day data pack I guess. 10mins, 10 txt and 100Mb data for £1 a week
Hardawan
2 Feb 16#40
Can i buy 2 of these and transfer one to another and use the one with £10 credit to unlock my iphone 6?
BSM9
6 Feb 16#42
If u connect to 4G without canceling the pack first it will deduct £1 of credit and give you the pack. So if u want to keep the credit then cancel the pack first.
J4GG4
7 Feb 16#43
How do you cancel the pack without connecting to the mobile network? I've wasted 2 sims figuring this out but the help/info/guides people have posted DO NOT work.
You HAVE to insert the sim.
When you text 'STOP PACK' then wait for the text from ee then reply 'YES', it simply stops the £1 charge for NEXT month NOT the existing month. So just to clarify from what i have figured using 2 sim cards, THE SECOND you insert the sim in a phone the £1 is deducted. How on earth is everyone getting around this???? am i totally missing a vital step out that nobody is mentioning?
BSM9
7 Feb 16#44
idk what phone you have but turn off mobile data before inserting the sim. Then text stop pack. Then reply yes to confirm. THEN you can turn on mobile data without -£1
DavieJones
7 Feb 16#45
I've done exactly this on two sims and can confirm that my online account confirms that I have £5 credit on each.
My trouble was that I went and bloody lost the first sim!! :confused:
Opening post
Please note that you may only buy two pay as you go units in total per household within a three month period.
Top comments
Turn off data, turn off phone, insert sim, start phone and text "STOP PACK" to 150. It sends you a message asking to confirm, you need to reply "YES" I think.
Now you have £5 credit to do as you will.
:stuck_out_tongue:
All comments (45)
:stuck_out_tongue:
EE will however transfer the balance for you from one SIM to another - but they only allow this once per SIM, whether you're transferring to it or from it - so to get a fivers worth of credit on PSN you'd need to buy 2 of these cards, and one would be left with £4.90 credit, whilst you've got a fiver on PSN for a £1.98 outlay. I did this on Black Friday with the phones they were doing for £20 with £20 free credit... then sold the phones to CEX for £23 each!
With PSN though they only allow you a certain number different numbers to top up from, caused me a bit of a headache!
Before I stick the sim in my phone, can anyone confirm that if my first action is to txt STOP PACK that I will keep my £5 credit. I believe that once my phone is linked to an EE number I can start the unlock process online. Any idea whether I need to do anything to get my phone registered to this sim, or is just switching on the phone good enough?
Turn off data, turn off phone, insert sim, start phone and text "STOP PACK" to 150. It sends you a message asking to confirm, you need to reply "YES" I think.
Now you have £5 credit to do as you will.
Once you activate the £5 credit is there any expire date,if you just keep it ??
Thanks
Is there anyway how I could activate or use my credit on this case? I mainly use this credit to access mobile internet while traveling to EU countries as in the UK my monthly contract cover all of my needs.
I try not to loose another £12 again. If I buy a new one like this, is there any way to prevent this thing to happen again? Someone has mentioned to activate £5 credit as soon as it arrives as the credit never expires. Could someone else who have tried it please share their experience.
Any info on this will be very much appreciated.
If you need an adapter, buying adapter on its own already cost you more than 50p.
Then, you need to make 1 "chargeable event" (i.e. one text message or phone call) every 180 days to keep the SIM active and retain your credit balance.
HTH :smiley:
I remember someone mentioned in this forum that once activated, this particular simcard will not expire even you do not use this simcard.
Has anyone tried this who would want to share his experience?
Just saying, :smiley: don't mind being corrected, may be of use to someone........
Do not you know EE is Estonia ?? How come Estonian babes are not hot ??? They are leggy, have natural blond hair and blue eyes.
There are a lot of them here in London is posing as Golddiggers ...
Once unlocked, yeah, just text STOP PACK and then reply YES to the confirmation message. You'll then have £5 credit.
My phone is locked to EE and I want them to unlock it but don't have an account with them.I am hoping that this route will cost me £6 for the first phone and allow me to unlock a couple of phones that I have.
You HAVE to insert the sim.
When you text 'STOP PACK' then wait for the text from ee then reply 'YES', it simply stops the £1 charge for NEXT month NOT the existing month. So just to clarify from what i have figured using 2 sim cards, THE SECOND you insert the sim in a phone the £1 is deducted. How on earth is everyone getting around this???? am i totally missing a vital step out that nobody is mentioning?
My trouble was that I went and bloody lost the first sim!! :confused: