What is a "Vodafone Raw Welcome SIM"?

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#208669 21-Feb-2017 19:36

Title says it all. So many different types of SIM from Vodafone, what's the story with this one.

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#1724061 21-Feb-2017 19:41

Welcome SIM / Raw SIM is a blank SIM with no Prepay MSISDN attached known as a " Welcome Pack " Used for SIM swaps (lost damaged SIMs) or connect Postpay connections

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#1724063 21-Feb-2017 19:42

Bahahahaha just clicked on link why the heck the Warehouse is selling these I have no idea!

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#1724066 21-Feb-2017 19:46

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Bahahahaha just clicked on link why the heck the Warehouse is selling these I have no idea!

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Over stock from before they did their mobile thing maybe?

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#1724069 21-Feb-2017 19:50

Tempted....

Hmmmm

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#1724077 21-Feb-2017 19:56

So it can't be used for prepay connections? Because The Warehouse is giving these away with new low end vodafone locked phones. They have a special on, "free vodafone sim with vodafone phones" - and I just realised that I can still add a prepay sim for free, they're just also giving out one of these? O_o. Confusing, I thought they were forcing me to take that variant.

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#1724086 21-Feb-2017 20:06

Guess selling their own sims is working out so well for them...

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#1724106 21-Feb-2017 20:44

cisconz:

Tempted....

Been done, read the comments. They all went from very smug to instant regret haha.

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#1724108 21-Feb-2017 20:45

I wonder if they'll actually send me the 202 SIMs....

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#1724134 21-Feb-2017 20:55

CamH:

I wonder if they'll actually send me the 202 SIMs....

You should totally hand them out like they are business cards.

Just be all like "nice to meet you, here is my card"

bwahahaha

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#1724135 21-Feb-2017 20:58

Well I'm here, could someone confirm if this is the prepay sim I'd actually want? Looking to set my mum up on pay & go.

No idea what "prepay one" is. I wish they'd just do a prepay sim that you can select any plan from when setting up, but I know I had a terrible time getting a mates sim to accept a flex plan.

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#1724136 21-Feb-2017 20:59

tripp:

CamH:

I wonder if they'll actually send me the 202 SIMs....

You should totally hand them out like they are business cards.

Just be all like "nice to meet you, here is my card"

bwahahaha

I was actually going to build a massive tower out of them in the center of my office and confuse everyone else.

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#1724137 21-Feb-2017 21:02

CamH:
I wonder if they'll actually send me the 202 SIMs....

HA! Now it's removed from my cart & listed as out of stock :p.

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#1724138 21-Feb-2017 21:06

PaulBags: So it can't be used for prepay connections? Because The Warehouse is giving these away with new low end vodafone locked phones. They have a special on, "free vodafone sim with vodafone phones" - and I just realised that I can still add a prepay sim for free, they're just also giving out one of these? O_o. Confusing, I thought they were forcing me to take that variant.

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They can be used / swapped onto existing Prepay / Postpay mobile numbers, They are 100% the same if you walked into a VodafoneNZ store and said you lost your SIM card and want a SIM swap done to obtain your Prepay / postpay mobile number back

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