Sign up as a 'new' customer and receive a SIM with 2Gb data and 1000 minutes for £1.00. Use code ONEOFF90 .
Not used Lebara myself, but seems good for a back up SIM.
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tinca
10 Aug 17#1
Promotion applies until 31st July 2017
mrty to tinca
10 Aug 17#5
Code still works.
DanB89
10 Aug 17#2
30 day contract, code only works for the first month - £10 after that. Good for month one, but overpriced thereafter.
tfish to DanB89
11 Aug 17#22
LOL mate. Its a tenner. For 1000 mins and 2GB.
DanB89 to tfish
13 Aug 17#24
Exactly, not really sure what your point is? A tenner is overpriced for what it is.
tfish to DanB89
14 Aug 17#25
You think ten pounds is over priced for 1000 mins and 2 GB 'Ok Mate'
No UK Telecoms is overpriced. The pricing in the UK is INSANE. Compare it to somewhere else then take a cold shower.
DanB89 to tfish
14 Aug 17#26
Wow you have some sort of attitude on you don't you?
Take a look at the HUKD SIM only megathread and you'll see what I mean.
There's no helping some people :wink: the point is about finding a good deal, and there are some brilliant SIMO deals out there on better networks
It's also not relevant if the UK have cheaper pricing than anywhere else; even if that's the case in comparison to the other UK deals this still has a way to go until it's on par with what else is offered.
woldranger to tfish
14 Aug 17#28
Ok, I'll compare it to India.....bloody hell the UK telecom companies are overpriced! I was getting 3gb of data A DAY for 60 days for under £4.
I think you might need to reword your statement, or take the shower you mentioned.
£10 for 1000mins and 2gb data in the current market is overpriced when you compare it like for like. There's no disputing that - just look at the sim only deals posted on here in the past couple of weeks.
mrty to woldranger
14 Aug 17#29
£4 per month is pretty fair (pro rata) when you realise that the average annual wage income in India is £13K. Our average income in UK is £27K, but we have a much higher percentage of disposable income.
tfish to mrty
15 Aug 17#32
LOL nailed it. £10 is about 1.5 hours work for the poorest. British telecom deals are VERY low. Of course, you've got to have been in this country to have experienced the other side..... it was £40 to £50 average bill not all that long ago. I'm over joyed with £10 and 1000 mins, yeah you can get cheap but its splitting hairs and very far from 'Overpriced'
woldranger to tfish
15 Aug 17#33
It's £2 a month if you read it correctly. The previous comment doesn't really work either - one in India aren't all priced in relation to the wages paid, be either of you been there? Since when was the average sim only bill £40-50?! Being overjoyed at over paying? I think you're on the wrong site! It's not, "splitting hairs" when you compare a plan with 2gb to an equivalent with 5gb for the same price
FlappyPappy
10 Aug 17#3
I would prefer a Vodafone VMNO like this but the plans are just crazy priced.
harmageddon
10 Aug 17#4
Lebara piggy backs on the Vodafone Network, having said that, call quality still better on Vodafone than Lebara. The data is most likely 3G, but you'll have to check.
woldranger
10 Aug 17#6
Do you have to sign up for anything with this or can you just use it for a month and then ditch it? I'm assuming it would be like the rest of the rolling 30 day contracts where you're lumbered with it for 2 months as the minimum term?
AndyRoyd to woldranger
11 Aug 17#7
If the minimum term is stated as 30 days, give notice on the day ordered and the minimum term will be... 30 days. But wasn't aware that this offer is a contract. I thought it was some opt-in PAYG arrangement, where there is a simple procedure to opt-out at minimal notice?
woldranger to AndyRoyd
11 Aug 17#9
I've tried that with other 30 day contract sims and I've never been able to get it done within one 30 day term unfortunately.
MrPuddington
11 Aug 17#8
Wow, that is overpriced. I get more data and unlimited minutes for much less (than 10 pounds, not 1).
voodoo85 to MrPuddington
11 Aug 17#10
I'm confused. Are you saying this is overpriced because you get more data/minutes for less than £10 ??
Old.Gold
11 Aug 17#11
Has anyone had any experience of only being able to use this offer for just the month? Does it automatically renew without you being able to just use it for the 30 days?
zirk
11 Aug 17#12
This will probably cost you £11 for 2 months (£1 first month + £10 for next month) as your unlikely to be able to cancel it until after at least 1 Day after Signing up, theres always a catch somewhere.
So expect to pay the equivalent to £5.50 each month of the 2 months if you cancel asap..
Sorry but that link doesn't seem to take me anywhere other than Paypal's search.
*No worries, I googled it and I think I've sorted it. Cheers for the heads up. I'll be sure to cancel any and everything when I get my sim
bargainBooze to woldranger
11 Aug 17#21
Go to Settings.Click Payments.Click Pre-approved paymentsSelect the seller whose agreement you want to cancel and a new page will open, click Cancel.Click yes to confirm your request.
krazykush
11 Aug 17#16
Lebara has an option when ordering called "Auto renew" - you can turn this on or off. I assume if you turn this off then you effectively have a 30 day contract which will not renew itself. This should address some concerns people have in the comments above. Hope that helps
woldranger
11 Aug 17#17
Does this qualify for TCB? I noticed Lebara Mobile is on there, I guess it doesn't hurt to try!
woldranger
11 Aug 17#23
FYI, TCB tracked but only at £1, not a tenner so it's showing £2.02 pending. Better than nothing!
gtd65
14 Aug 17#27
Well I've decided to take this for a 30 day test drive.
Reminder that I'm not on Auto - Renew
Will send a text the day before just to confirm anyway!
gtd65
14 Aug 17#30
Have a look at mobile phone costs for calls and data in South Africa. The UK is a bargain by comparison.
tfish
15 Aug 17#31
In India they still poo in the street but 'OK MATE'
woldranger
15 Aug 17#34
OP, thanks again. My sim just arrived, I activated it and so far, all seems good!
The first thing I did once I logged onto my account was to turn off the auto-renew - that's thankfully located front and centre which is a good thing. I then got an email thanking me for setting up my account to auto renew! Their online chat numpties weren't the best - the first one ended the chat mid way, it just stopped, and the second needed everything explaining twice - but that's not really a Lebara thing, I'm amazed if I ever get half decent CS from a telecom company!
It's a bit odd that they sell the package as 1000mins, but on your account when you log in it shows unlimited...one of those, "fair usage" situations I'm guessing?
gavindavies790251
4 Sep 17#35
I just ordered my self a SIM code still works.
woldranger
11 Sep 17#36
I tried to go for a second one and get this message after the payment screen
Sorry, something went wrong.
We encountered a problem while completing your purchase.
mrty to woldranger
11 Sep 17#37
From terms and conditions...
Promotion is limited to 1 subscription per customer and valid for 1 month only.
Maybe try again with a different e-mail address and delivered to a neighbour? (I've done this with other 'one per household' offers before, quite successfully). If that doesn't work they may be enforcing the 'Promotion applies only to the first 1000 customers to apply.' clause.
gtd65
11 Sep 17#38
Different email address is likely all that's needed.
woldranger to gtd65
11 Sep 17#39
Yeah that's what I did, set up a new account with a different email ady and a neighbours address. But when it comes to payment I tried my paypal and got the error again. If I try any of my bank cards then they have the address that the initial account was set up with
*edit* With a different email, address and payment type it goes through, even if the card is linked to the address you have previously used :smile:
gtd65
12 Sep 17#40
I ordered one from my "brother" :wink:
woldranger
14 Sep 17#41
My sim arrived yesterday - super quick. That's where the good news ends! It took me about an hour and a half to get it working! I couldn't activate it as it said there was another sim on that account - which there wasn't. When I contacted CS, it had to be through live chat and I was told there was no credit on my account. I asked for a call back and was told I could call 5588, so I ended the chat and called, but it turns out you have to pay to call them and I had no credit....and round and round we go! Back on another chat I eventually got a callback and the guy added the credit and said he'd have to pass the other part over to a different team who'd delete the details of that online account so that I could set it up again but with this number. (up to 48 hours).
But in the end, I got it working :grin:
mrty
14 Sep 17#42
Well done woldranger, persistence paid off. If makes you wonder how these companies continue operating with such atrocious customer service. Not found a good mobile phone company yet. Worst one so far has been Vodafone, though Three came a close second once.
woldranger to mrty
14 Sep 17#43
I've never had a telecom company with a good CS department, but the worst for me by a million miles was the peoples operator - each and every time I contacted them they screwed things up, and I made a lot of calls!
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Opening post
Not used Lebara myself, but seems good for a back up SIM.
All comments (43)
No UK Telecoms is overpriced. The pricing in the UK is INSANE. Compare it to somewhere else then take a cold shower.
Take a look at the HUKD SIM only megathread and you'll see what I mean.
There's no helping some people :wink: the point is about finding a good deal, and there are some brilliant SIMO deals out there on better networks
It's also not relevant if the UK have cheaper pricing than anywhere else; even if that's the case in comparison to the other UK deals this still has a way to go until it's on par with what else is offered.
I think you might need to reword your statement, or take the shower you mentioned.
£10 for 1000mins and 2gb data in the current market is overpriced when you compare it like for like. There's no disputing that - just look at the sim only deals posted on here in the past couple of weeks.
I'm over joyed with £10 and 1000 mins, yeah you can get cheap but its splitting hairs and very far from 'Overpriced'
Since when was the average sim only bill £40-50?!
Being overjoyed at over paying? I think you're on the wrong site! It's not, "splitting hairs" when you compare a plan with 2gb to an equivalent with 5gb for the same price
So expect to pay the equivalent to £5.50 each month of the 2 months if you cancel asap..
It's £8 for 1000 UK mins, 2GB data, 1000 UK texts and 1000 international minutes.
No credit check
You can maybe use the promo code on that too
*No worries, I googled it and I think I've sorted it. Cheers for the heads up. I'll be sure to cancel any and everything when I get my sim
Reminder that I'm not on Auto - Renew
Will send a text the day before just to confirm anyway!
The first thing I did once I logged onto my account was to turn off the auto-renew - that's thankfully located front and centre which is a good thing. I then got an email thanking me for setting up my account to auto renew! Their online chat numpties weren't the best - the first one ended the chat mid way, it just stopped, and the second needed everything explaining twice - but that's not really a Lebara thing, I'm amazed if I ever get half decent CS from a telecom company!
It's a bit odd that they sell the package as 1000mins, but on your account when you log in it shows unlimited...one of those, "fair usage" situations I'm guessing?
Promotion is limited to 1 subscription per customer and valid for 1 month only.
Maybe try again with a different e-mail address and delivered to a neighbour? (I've done this with other 'one per household' offers before, quite successfully). If that doesn't work they may be enforcing the 'Promotion applies only to the first 1000 customers to apply.' clause.
*edit* With a different email, address and payment type it goes through, even if the card is linked to the address you have previously used :smile:
But in the end, I got it working :grin: