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Re: You Just Reveived

#11

Post by RajT88 »

internetter wrote: post #9
jaksa wrote: post #7

I'm even more intrigued by the whole family sharing two phones and switching sim cards. What's the reason behind it? How does it work?

Probably practicing minimalism

Frankly - how many phone calls do you really make and take these days?

It's vanishingly rare for me. I got a call from a friend today - but I think I otherwise only make or receive a legit phone call every few days. We use social media mostly. Work "calls" are on apps.

A family could probably get away with 2 phones easily, as long as they have home internet.

Now... When I was young and internet was over dial-up, having a single phone line for our whole family caused quite a lot of spats.

Re: You Just Reveived

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Post by larodi »

For more than six months now, s.o. is (perhaps accidentally) paying my mobile bill. I have two sim cards, one is data, almost unused. Called the operator twice, concerned that a granny is messing the user ID, or that s.o. is trying to impersonate me by paying the bills and then claiming ownership. Two times reps. assure me that they have no clue who does the payment as it arrives from a partner network taking cash payments only, and that it is impossible for anyone person to claim ownership of the SIM.

And while the amount is not a large one, it is still very suspicious this keeps going on, even after two very long calls with the support. I'm going to soon speak to the partner network, but it is appalling how much these people are not interested in who actually gives their enterprise money. They're only there to take it.

Re: You Just Reveived

#13

Post by luxuryballs »

larodi wrote: post #12

For more than six months now, s.o. is (perhaps accidentally) paying my mobile bill. I have two sim cards, one is data, almost unused. Called the operator twice, concerned that a granny is messing the user ID, or that s.o. is trying to impersonate me by paying the bills and then claiming ownership. Two times reps. assure me that they have no clue who does the payment as it arrives from a partner network taking cash pa…

any chance someone who knows you is simply paying your bill out of kindness?

Re: You Just Reveived

#14

Post by saghm »

Quarrelsome wrote: post #5

It said "for five days". So I'd assume those minutes/data will only last for that period of time. So I'd imagine this is like when I go to Amazon every X+n months and it tries to reel me back in with a free month of prime. They're giving you freebies to use, to establish habits which they can then profit from later down the line.

The article was pretty clear about this:

> Before I continue, I will answer the obvious question: Did I actually receive 999999 minutes? Yes, indeed I did. But unfortunately, I was only given 7200 minutes to spend my 999999 minutes and I could only spend them 1 minute at a time.

Re: You Just Reveived

#15

Post by dkdbejwi383 »

larodi wrote: post #12

For more than six months now, s.o. is (perhaps accidentally) paying my mobile bill. I have two sim cards, one is data, almost unused. Called the operator twice, concerned that a granny is messing the user ID, or that s.o. is trying to impersonate me by paying the bills and then claiming ownership. Two times reps. assure me that they have no clue who does the payment as it arrives from a partner network taking cash pa…

What does SO stand for here? I assumed Significant Other but that doesn’t square with the story as surely you’d just ask

Re: You Just Reveived

#16

Post by fwipsy »

dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #15
larodi wrote: post #12

For more than six months now, s.o. is (perhaps accidentally) paying my mobile bill. I have two sim cards, one is data, almost unused. Called the operator twice, concerned that a granny is messing the user ID, or that s.o. is trying to impersonate me by paying the bills and then claiming ownership. Two times reps. assure me that they have no clue who does the payment as it arrives from a partner network taking cash pa…

What does SO stand for here? I assumed Significant Other but that doesn’t square with the story as surely you’d just ask

"someone?"

Re: You Just Reveived

#17

Post by Mistletoe »

> My family and I share a single mobile phone. To be more precise, we share two sim cards which move between a nearly 10 year old Samsung smartphone and a dumb flip phone depending on the present circumstances.

This seems like some sort of punishment those monks that stand in one place and pray until their feet wear holes in the floor would use. Mint Mobile is like $15 a month.

Re: You Just Reveived

#18

Post by Rapzid »

Can.. I'm very confused, why is Vodafone selling and giving people chunks of data and minutes over such short time periods? Does not compute.

Re: You Just Reveived

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Post by econ »

saghm wrote: post #14
Quarrelsome wrote: post #5

It said "for five days". So I'd assume those minutes/data will only last for that period of time. So I'd imagine this is like when I go to Amazon every X+n months and it tries to reel me back in with a free month of prime. They're giving you freebies to use, to establish habits which they can then profit from later down the line.

The article was pretty clear about this: > Before I continue, I will answer the obvious question: Did I actually receive 999999 minutes? Yes, indeed I did. But unfortunately, I was only given 7200 minutes to spend my 999999 minutes and I could only spend them 1 minute at a time.

And no explanation what happens after that with the minutes they had before.

Re: You Just Reveived

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Post by Sebguer »

fwipsy wrote: post #16
dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does SO stand for here? I assumed Significant Other but that doesn’t square with the story as surely you’d just ask

"someone?"

this makes the most sense but i have never in my life seen someone abbreviate someone as SO, haha.
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