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

Mickeroo · 25-08-2019 6:48am

Roberto_gas wrote: »

Anyone knows if i can use voda credit for xbox store purchases ?

No I don't think you can.

homingbird · 27-08-2019 6:31am

APPS that are on both platforms ios & andriod can you put your 3 sim in andriod phone & subscribe to app on play store then back in ios phone & use app.

RossieMan · 27-08-2019 7:01am

homingbird wrote:

APPS that are on both platforms ios & andriod can you put your 3 sim in andriod phone & subscribe to app on play store then back in ios phone & use app.

If this is a question, the answer is no.

webpal · 27-08-2019 7:35am

You can depending on whether the apps can be used on multiple devices. E.g flightradar, viber (viber out credit)

homingbird · 27-08-2019 7:48am

Ok thanks for that.

nitromaster · 01-09-2019 9:16pm

Slightly offtopic but still relevant.

On three, what is the last day your plan applies? I know when it was 30 days it was 30 days from midnight after you top up. Is it the same now? (28 days from midnight after topup?)
Topped up on the 5th and got a message stating it’s due to expire on the 2nd of September (day 28th) should i presume it means the end of the day?
Thanks

GBX · 01-09-2019 9:31pm

nitromaster wrote: »

Slightly offtopic but still relevant.

On three, what is the last day your plan applies? I know when it was 30 days it was 30 days from midnight after you top up. Is it the same now? (28 days from midnight after topup?)
Topped up on the 5th and got a message stating it’s due to expire on the 2nd of September (day 28th) should i presume it means the end of the day?
Thanks

Be careful. Don't assume it's the end of day. I've been cleared out of credit twice in the past few months. The app/ my three page doesn't update. I assumed I was still in credit but the plan has expired.

thesandeman · 02-09-2019 5:10am

nitromaster wrote: »

Slightly offtopic but still relevant.

On three, what is the last day your plan applies? I know when it was 30 days it was 30 days from midnight after you top up. Is it the same now? (28 days from midnight after topup?)
Topped up on the 5th and got a message stating it’s due to expire on the 2nd of September (day 28th) should i presume it means the end of the day?
Thanks

Yep.
If it's convenient for you, turn off your mobile data a few minutes before midnight and top up just after.
You'll get pretty much an extra day then.

02-09-2019 5:36am

thesandeman wrote: »

Yep.
If it's convenient for you, turn off your mobile data a few minutes before midnight and top up just after.
You'll get pretty much an extra day then.

Lol. The lengths people will go to just to save a few cents.

Just set an automatic top up for every 28 days and forget about it.

machiavellianme · 02-09-2019 7:39am

Basil3 wrote: »

Lol. The lengths people will go to just to save a few cents.

Just set an automatic top up for every 28 days and forget about it.

That's great advice but the automatic top up applied for me sometime in the afternoon.
I'd spent over 60 credit by then from light browsing and checking emails since 8am.
I'll never trust the automatic top up again. It's designed to screw you.

GBX · 02-09-2019 8:05am

machiavellianme wrote: »

That's great advice but the automatic top up applied for me sometime in the afternoon.
I'd spent over 60 credit by then from light browsing and checking emails since 8am.
I'll never trust the automatic top up again. It's designed to screw you.

This. The automatic top doesn't always work. Three know this but will still clear people's account then apply the top up and all you'll get is a sorry.

gmisk · 02-09-2019 8:58am

GBX wrote: »

This. The automatic top doesn't always work. Three know this but will still clear people's account then apply the top up and all you'll get is a sorry.

If you argue with them (a lot) you will likely get a refund - as long as the failure is on their side to process the auto topup (I did it was +100 euro)

GBX · 02-09-2019 9:09am

gmisk wrote: »

If you argue with them (a lot) you will likely get a refund - as long as the failure is on their side to process the auto topup (I did it was +100 euro)

I was very argumentative on each occasion. Only once did they relent. It was a small amount. The 2 larger amounts were waved off.

02-09-2019 9:55am

machiavellianme wrote: »

That's great advice but the automatic top up applied for me sometime in the afternoon.
I'd spent over 60 credit by then from light browsing and checking emails since 8am.
I'll never trust the automatic top up again. It's designed to screw you.

I guess that could have happened to me in the past, as I don't regularly check my balance. How can you even check what your credit has been spent on in the past, without checking your balance every single day? I can't see an option in the app or on the website.

GBX · 02-09-2019 10:18am

Basil3 wrote: »

I guess that could have happened to me in the past, as I don't regularly check my balance. How can you even check what your credit has been spent on in the past, without checking your balance every single day? I can't see an option in the app or on the website.

I requested a usage report which they sent after several attempts after they had given a wide range of reasons to why I never received it.

mcgovern · 02-09-2019 11:03am

I also had an issue where the automatic top up failed. Contacted 3 and with very little arguing they refunded the credit spent.

gmisk · 02-09-2019 11:10am

GBX wrote: »

I was very argumentative on each occasion. Only once did they relent. It was a small amount. The 2 larger amounts were waved off.

Im surprised tbh...I got it back via arguing on live chat it took a good while though.

swarmberg · 04-09-2019 10:56am

Hunter Mahan wrote: »

You can use your credit to subscribe to “The Athletic” if you enjoy reading about sport. Some very good contributors on board

It telling me I have to pay for a yearly sub at 60 odd quid. Any way to get this on carrier billing monthly?

WEST · 05-09-2019 11:53am

Any way to buy Bitcoin that avoids spending half the credit on fees? Using Coingate, I need to spend €30 to buy approximately €13 worth of Bitcoin.

go4it · 05-09-2019 12:50pm

WEST wrote: »

Any way to buy Bitcoin that avoids spending half the credit on fees? Using Coingate, I need to spend €30 to buy approximately €13 worth of Bitcoin.

For anything you buy, 30% goes to google as fees , and 70% to the service/product owner.

So in real terms , the owner has to charge you at least 30% more for the same service just to cover android store fees , compared if you bought the service elsewhere , and paid by credit card ( not with google store credit )

Buying crypto is a financial operation that has an increased risk of price volatility, so the price you pay for crypto is higher,, because the owner has charged you extra , just to be on the safe side ( for him )

From what i remember, google credit takes couple of weeks to transform into cash in the seller's account , so he's charging extra for services.

Vodafone has a built-in 30emax limit per playstore transaction, and about 200e ( i think ) per month.
I couldn't find a service to offer discount voucher codes in exchange for playstore credit ( and use that voucher codes to reduce an annual subscription under the 30e limit )

0lddog · 05-09-2019 1:12pm

WEST wrote: »

Any way to buy Bitcoin that avoids spending half the credit on fees? Using Coingate, I need to spend €30 to buy approximately €13 worth of Bitcoin.

Can you buy anything useful with Bitcoin ?

One More Toy · 05-09-2019 1:33pm

0lddog wrote: »

Can you buy anything useful with Bitcoin ?

Drugs

Asus X540L · 06-09-2019 10:45pm

60 euro gone down the tubes that they never refunded.
Sometimes if you've a nice build up of credit in your account the friendly text reminder that your plan is about to expire "mysteriously" doesn't get sent

nomdeboardie · 06-09-2019 11:56pm

I've gone for automatic topup now, but also have a reminder for myself to make sure it's happened. I do get a text to confirm (though I have to turn off notifications for texts the night before to stop it waking me in the early hours of Saturday morning). If it failed I'd try manually, and/or ring them. But yeah - it is a pain...that's how they get you :pac:

GBX · 07-09-2019 8:39am

I've bought a few things and received a text saying your balance is not beneath €2.50. when it's nowhere near it. So the text system is off.

Mickeroo · 13-09-2019 12:46pm

Looks like vodafone won't be letting me keep a tenner of my credit anymore after this month as they seem to be changing their pay as you go plans so they all use the full 20 euro when you top up.

jgbyr · 13-09-2019 1:53pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Looks like vodafone won't be letting me keep a tenner of my credit anymore after this month as they seem to be changing their pay as you go plans so they all use the full 20 euro when you top up.

I received a text regarding my top up stating the same, but when I did the top up I still kept the tenner.
Have you read about this elsewhere as I was hoping it's an error in the text.

Frank_1969 · 13-09-2019 1:58pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Looks like vodafone won't be letting me keep a tenner of my credit anymore after this month as they seem to be changing their pay as you go plans so they all use the full 20 euro when you top up.

Time to switch to Eir PAYG so...80gb of data and unlimited calls for €20 pm.

xtal191 · 13-09-2019 5:06pm

Frank_1969 wrote: »

Time to switch to Eir PAYG so...80gb of data and unlimited calls for €20 pm.

Do you get to keep the full 20?

Frank_1969 · 13-09-2019 5:21pm

xtal191 wrote: »

Do you get to keep the full 20?

No they take the €20

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

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