Modern life, who'd have it?
That was very much my thoughts on Monday when I did the monthly still activated check which basically involves ringing the home landline number using my mobile phones to ensure that at least one call was made from it every month and phoning Vodaphone's balence line to check on the account credit as with some changes from last year I have been out a bit less for several days at a stretch than in the past so tend to keep the credit to around £20-25 per month than let it build up to about £60.
Having checked that and when the next £10 bundle is due I went to top it up.
In the past it was simple enough, you took a card "married" to your phone account and paid for it at a PayPoint such as your Post Office or corner store but that has been discontinued so you either do it via an App which won't work as unlike me my phone isn't Smart or online.
I go and log into Vodaphone's top up page and select Paypal.
You've probably got one of them and a Google account too.
You enter you phone number, the one your phones account is linked to and go to use the pull down menu for the amount and select AND nothing happens.
No you are being taken to PayPal message.
Tried it several times, same result.
I ended up using my Credit Card and that DID work.
What a faff to just add some money to your phones account!
Oh dear! Vodafone is way behind the times. May I help by suggesting that you go to '1pMobile' - so-called becauase everything is just 1 penny . . !!! 1p per minute calls, (landline or mobile), 1p standard texts - even to other mobiles - no extra charges as most other services make you pay. Data, if you want it, (which obviously you do not) is also only 1p per mb. Overseas calling is a doddle - and very cheap. I call friends in Lithuania and Germany regularly for just 9p per minute. Much less than on a landline. All you are required to do is top-up a minimum of £10 every 120 days, (four months) - so to remain 'switched on' costs just £30 per year, even if you do not use your phone. AND - you never lose your credit - it is always there for you when you want to use it. REMEMBER - all you have to do is register to get their SIM and top-up at least £10 every four months - or any other larger amount if you wish, at ANY time. But the minimum top-up date remains the same, whatever you do. They even send you an email to remind you when top-up day is, so you don't accidentally miss it and get cut off. You can top-up directly with them via your own existing phone or on thier own site on the internet, without the need for any other pay site. Go and have a really good look at their website - it's incredibly well laid out and very easy to find your way around. AND THERE ARE NO CATCHES!! I have been with them now for two years and the whole thing works like a dream. Why pay Vodafone their ridiculously inflated prices when you can make a 5 minute phone call anywhere in the UK for just 5 pence?? Or a 30 minute call for just 30pence?? And - if you ever have a query that you can't seem to find the answer to on the internet, there is a simple straightforward landline number which will be answered very cheerfully and courteously by an always very helpful person.
ReplyDeleteAnd just to help you that little bit more here's the link you need to go to their home page:https://www.1pmobile.com/
I sincerely hope this will help you to get on board with this superb organisation - and save loads of money on calls and texts - and dead-easy topping up!! GOOD LUCK!