Where to spend excess Credit [Vodafone&Three on Android + iOS]

loki7777 · 23-03-2019 10:07PM

Sir Dosser wrote: »

If you are on Vodafone you can send credit to other people on Vodafone. Better than letting it expire.

That's not the way you are doing it:)
Officially this service is no longer available but still works:

Send the word "SEND" in a new text message followed by your friend's mobile number (with no spaces between the numbers) and the amount to 50223. So to donate €5 to the mobile number 0871234567 you would text "Send 0871234567 5".
Max €20 per week.

DopeTech · 23-03-2019 10:17PM

loki7777 wrote: »

That's not the way you are doing it:)
Officially this service is no longer available but still works:

Send the word "SEND" in a new text message followed by your friend's mobile number (with no spaces between the numbers) and the amount to 50223. So to donate €5 to the mobile number 0871234567 you would text "Send 0871234567 5".
Max €20 per week.

Only did it once myself. Thanks!

oleras · 23-03-2019 11:31PM

loki7777 wrote: »

That's not the way you are doing it:)
Officially this service is no longer available but still works:

Send the word "SEND" in a new text message followed by your friend's mobile number (with no spaces between the numbers) and the amount to 50223. So to donate €5 to the mobile number 0871234567 you would text "Send 0871234567 5".
Max €20 per week.

Do you know if that would activate a top up, say the free voda to voda calls and 5gigs of data ?

loki7777 · 23-03-2019 11:40PM

oleras wrote: »

Do you know if that would activate a top up, say the free voda to voda calls and 5gigs of data ?

No.It won't.

DopeTech · 24-03-2019 06:45AM

oleras wrote: »

Do you know if that would activate a top up, say the free voda to voda calls and 5gigs of data ?

No, but you could buy add-ons. The 5gb add-on for €15 and the 100 any network minutes for €5. Or you could buy credits on Yolla (same as viber out) and get up to 172 Irish mobile minutes/258 Irish landline minutes for $4.

When you call someone through Yolla they see your real phone number and they don't need Yolla. The credits also don't expire so if you only use a few minutes each month $4 can last ages.

nomdeboardie · 24-03-2019 11:12AM

tom_murphy112 wrote: »

I remember contacting support for my credit going missing and was told anything older than 6 months is lost.

My Three account balance page says the credits:

Won't expire**

**If you make at least one chargeable call every six months, you will keep your top-up credit active and prevent it from expiring. If you don't do this, your cash credit will expire after six months of non-use.

jeffk · 24-03-2019 02:20PM

Sir Dosser wrote: »

No, but you could buy add-ons. The 5gb add-on for €15 and the 100 any network minutes for €5. Or you could buy credits on Yolla (same as viber out) and get up to 172 Irish mobile minutes/258 Irish landline minutes for $4.

When you call someone through Yolla they see your real phone number and they don't need Yolla. The credits also don't expire so if you only use a few minutes each month $4 can last ages.

Would you say this is better than Viber?

Tom Mann Centuria · 24-03-2019 02:37PM

nomdeboardie wrote: »

My Three account balance page says the credits:

Won't expire**

**If you make at least one chargeable call every six months, you will keep your top-up credit active and prevent it from expiring. If you don't do this, your cash credit will expire after six months of non-use.

The reason it gets lost is because you can't get to the particular bit of credit to make a chargeable call. You're only ever making the call with the oldest credit.

Grab All Association · 25-03-2019 05:00AM

Disney Life on Google Play. Sign in with Google when signing up. 7 day trial then €6.99 per month.

Ultimanemo · 25-03-2019 06:06AM

In some stage I had more than €200 in my Vodafone, they rang me and offered me to sign a rolling 1 month contract and use my credit to pay for it, it worked fine, it was €20/month, any network call or txt and any national landline free, the catch is 1g/month.

km79 · 25-03-2019 08:17AM

Grab All Association wrote: »

Disney Life on Google Play. Sign in with Google when signing up. 7 day trial then €6.99 per month.

The final piece of the jigsaw for finally quitting sky
Lovely stuff

gmisk · 25-03-2019 08:44AM

Grab All Association wrote: »

Disney Life on Google Play. Sign in with Google when signing up. 7 day trial then €6.99 per month.

Now that is tempting....I might use it more than I use shudder....
Does it let you download things to watch offline?

nomdeboardie · 25-03-2019 11:40AM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

The reason it gets lost is because you can't get to the particular bit of credit to make a chargeable call. You're only ever making the call with the oldest credit.

Thanks - there must be something like this going on, as, in retrospect, it only shows the last 7 topups, and I had wondered why things didn't go back farther

25-03-2019 11:44AM

jeffk wrote: »

Would you say this is better than Viber?

I use Viber Out purely because I already use Viber. Yolla definitely seems cheaper, but I guess it depends on how much you use the service. For me it was about weighing up whether it was worth installing another app just for the limited number of calls I make.

mik_da_man · 25-03-2019 11:57AM

loki7777 wrote: »

That's not the way you are doing it:)
Officially this service is no longer available but still works:

Send the word "SEND" in a new text message followed by your friend's mobile number (with no spaces between the numbers) and the amount to 50223. So to donate €5 to the mobile number 0871234567 you would text "Send 0871234567 5".
Max €20 per week.

Just tried that and got a text back to say service unavailable...

loki7777 · 25-03-2019 12:04PM

It is working fine.
Maybe you have to opt in to IOU and the other number as well?

DopeTech · 25-03-2019 12:27PM

jeffk wrote: »

Would you say this is better than Viber?

I'd say it's the same, just with a different UI and cheaper. Never liked viber and anyone who had it all had WhatsApp so I got rid of it a good few years ago.

jeffk · 25-03-2019 12:28PM

Basil3 wrote: »

I use Viber Out purely because I already use Viber. Yolla definitely seems cheaper, but I guess it depends on how much you use the service. For me it was about weighing up whether it was worth installing another app just for the limited number of calls I make.

Ill give it a go so thanks

With my vodafone deal I am left with E20, either use E15 for calls I might not use or use some of credit for app/service(E10 on dropbox) and then see will E10 be enough, or try a service like you suggested

Sadly anytime I used Viber i had issues so ended up on Whatsapp and seems everyone is on now, I hate having apps installed unless I HAVE to

mik_da_man · 25-03-2019 12:40PM

loki7777 wrote: »

It is working fine.
Maybe you have to opt in to IOU and the other number as well?

Hmm - Maybe that's it. I can't opt in on the other number as it's in a tracker...

Grab All Association · 25-03-2019 02:12PM

gmisk wrote: »

Now that is tempting....I might use it more than I use shudder....
Does it let you download things to watch offline?

Yes it does.

loyatemu · 25-03-2019 03:13PM

I use Yolla - it's fine if you have decent data coverage, if not I just use the regular dialler. Yolla also doesn't work for 1890, 1818 type numbers.

tv3tg4 · 25-03-2019 08:41PM

Basil3 wrote: »

I use Viber Out purely because I already use Viber. Yolla definitely seems cheaper, but I guess it depends on how much you use the service. For me it was about weighing up whether it was worth installing another app just for the limited number of calls I make.

What is the quality of viber out like?

I would find it good for calling my dad - landline number.

Can you also use call credit to buy credit on Yolla?

DopeTech · 25-03-2019 08:45PM

tv3tg4 wrote: »

Can you also use call credit to buy credit on Yolla?

Yes. Use my link and we'll both get $3 credit each once you buy credits.

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jeffk · 25-03-2019 08:48PM

Sir Dosser wrote: »

Yes. Use my link and we'll both get $3 credit each once you buy credits.

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Weird I had one in a boldking thread no bother, good aul boards reminding you not to bother posting!

ygaurav · 25-03-2019 08:53PM

Hi

Is this for only pre paid credit or post paid subscriper can take take advantage of this

DopeTech · 25-03-2019 08:54PM

ygaurav wrote: »

Hi

Is this for only pre paid credit or post paid subscriper can take take advantage of this

Post paid would add to their bill.

Asus X540L · 07-04-2019 02:53PM

Viber won't seem to allow me to buy any more credit with Three credit.
Says "item already owned" or something.
Have about 48 euro in Viber credit

DopeTech · 07-04-2019 02:55PM

Asus X540L wrote: »

Viber won't seem to allow me to buy any more credit with Three credit.
Says "item already owned" or something.
Have about 48 euro in Viber credit

Maybe there's a €50 limit on Viber credit?

Darby_321 · 11-04-2019 03:39PM

Just a heads up to anyone who is using the three pre-pay. I had 26 euro credit in my account yesterday and my deal was up at midnight, woke up this morning and all of my credit was gone. I couldnt believe how that much could be gone overnight so i had a look at three's price per mb on pre-pay and they charge an exorbitant amount of 1.01 euro per mb outside of their unlimited plan.

looking at the other companies and eir only charge 2c per mb outside of their bundle and vodafone are only 1c per mb.

How are they allowed to charge this price outside of their plan i do not know but just letting people know so that hopefully ye dont get caught like i did

11-04-2019 03:52PM

Darby_321 wrote: »

Just a heads up to anyone who is using the three pre-pay. I had 26 euro credit in my account yesterday and my deal was up at midnight, woke up this morning and all of my credit was gone. I couldnt believe how that much could be gone overnight so i had a look at three's price per mb on pre-pay and they charge an exorbitant amount of 1.01 euro per mb outside of their unlimited plan.

looking at the other companies and eir only charge 2c per mb outside of their bundle and vodafone are only 1c per mb.

How are they allowed to charge this price outside of their plan i do not know but just letting people know so that hopefully ye dont get caught like i did

Set an automatic top-up for every 28 days. Sorted.

Where to spend excess Credit [Vodafone&Three on Android + iOS]

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