Mobile provider plan that doesn't expire credit.
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| 1 | My wife doesn't have (or want) a mobile phone but when I go away fishing up far North and you can get a txt through but not a call. fishb8 - 2020-01-20 07:33:00 |
| 2 | Not possible. NO provider is going to give you a 'forever' connection for a one off tiny fee. The best you can do is I believe vodafone still do a $20 prepay connection which lasts a year and encompasses phone calls and texts at certain rates. nice_lady - 2020-01-20 07:38:00 |
| 3 | Ask them: https://help.vodafone.co.nz/app/chat/chat-ninja Edited by nice_lady at 7:45 am, Mon 20 Jan nice_lady - 2020-01-20 07:41:00 |
| 4 | nice_lady wrote: That would do the job! fishb8 - 2020-01-20 08:31:00 |
| 5 | nice_lady wrote: I have that prepay plan and about once a month they give me a $5 credit. captaingraham - 2020-01-20 08:40:00 |
| 6 | Your wife lets you go fishing . . . what's this world coming to? wasgonna - 2020-01-20 12:02:00 |
| 7 | Yeah, it costs the provider to simply have your phone connected, even if you're not using it, which is why the 12 month credit expiry exists. Warehouse Mobile might be an option, you can pay per text rather than having a package. 8c per text, top ups start at $5 and last 90 days. So you could potentially only spend $20ish a year. videomonkey - 2020-01-20 13:32:00 |
| 8 | captaingraham wrote:
captaingraham: Is that option still current? Can't find any reference to it on VF site. Would be handy for standby/emergency backup mobile which we need. thetechman - 2020-12-29 12:06:00 |
| 9 | This one ok, $20 lasts a year unless used up Edited by peanuts37 at 12:30 pm, Tue 29 Dec peanuts37 - 2020-12-29 12:29:00 |
| 10 | wasgonna wrote:
Damn, bet she lets him drink whenever he wants to too. namtak - 2020-12-29 12:36:00 |
| 11 | 2 degrees prepay credit lasts 12 months minimum top up is $10 kiwicarol - 2020-12-29 13:33:00 |
| 12 | 2 degrees is much cheaper than ripoff vodaphone. The advantage to ripoff vodaphone is that you can use a 2g phone which has much better battery life. tygertung - 2020-12-29 13:48:00 |
| 13 | Nice work bumping a nearly year old thread. sw20 - 2020-12-29 13:51:00 |
| 14 | Best deal as far as I know is Skinny $5 topup lasts a year. Just make sure that the phone works on Spark network duncb - 2020-12-29 15:50:00 |
| 15 | No 2g on skinny. tygertung - 2020-12-30 07:24:00 |
| 16 | when I topped up my phone a few weeks ago, (with vodaphone) I was told that the balance of credit now rolls over. Unfortunately I still need to pay that top up fee or lose my phone number, but I never use a fraction of the top up fee that I pay each year. I COULD use my cell phone to use up the credit, but wit no reception at home, I'd have to go out to where I could connect. Too much trouble Edited by colin433 at 3:34 pm, Fri 1 Jan colin433 - 2021-01-01 15:34:00 |
| 17 | Picture this: You spend $30.00 on a 6-pack of Stone & Wood Pacific Ale (Oz), consume 4 bottles over New Years' and the last two somehow get shunted to the back of the 'fridge. WHAT'S THIS? The cap beeps, cannot be removed, and a notification appears on your smartphone: Yeah, fantasy I know but it seems to me that we are exporting big $$$ to Vodafone and others for product we have not consumed. Yes, it does cost money to build, maintain and upgrade networks, the same way we pay fixed line costs for water. And electricity - say no more on this travesty, foisted on us years ago. But why do we pay so much for product (minutes/GB/TXTs) we failed to use in time? thetechman - 2021-01-01 19:43:00 |
| 18 | When I'm not going to be using my phone for a while, but want to be able to if I want to, I just use up my prepay, then ask for a five dollar credit, then top up with twenty dollars. They take the five dollars away and you have fifteen dollars credit..(yeah I know, 14.50). That's not enough to renew the monthly plan and so it sits there with fifteen dollars of credit. That credit lasts for a year before the account expires. Txts if I want to send them cost whatever.. Twenty cents I think. mechnificent - 2021-01-01 20:27:00 |
| 19 | thetechman wrote:
Drink it at your peril. nice_lady - 2021-01-01 21:10:00 |
