EE 100GB SIM back for Christmas

beans0ntoast · 12-01-2016, 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by culabula

Exactly. But I think we'll still be OK tomorrow.

Thanks for the heads up! Topped up the SIM today and I now have 100GB of 4G data for 2 months. Fantastic

Further, this was one of the first SIMs they sent out for the Christmas100, and it still topped up fine today

culabula · 12-01-2016, 18:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by beans0ntoast

Thanks for the heads up! Topped up the SIM today and I now have 100GB of 4G data for 2 months. Fantastic

Further, this was one of the first SIMs they sent out for the Christmas100, and it still topped up fine today

Yeah, the 'activate within two weeks' advice has proved to be nonsense since the start -however the 'activate before two weeks after the end of the promotion' advice is sage.
I'm going to do my last two very shortly. I'd love to drag it out as long as I can but I fear it will terminate at midnight tonight.

Gigabit · 12-01-2016, 19:49

Still working here too.

culabula · 12-01-2016, 19:51

Last two done. Zero problems.

beans0ntoast · 12-01-2016, 20:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by culabula

Last two done. Zero problems.

Fantastic!

As an aside, I wonder if the Stop Pack command worked, or not... I didn't get a text saying that £10 had been deducted, unlike previous times.

So I think it may have worked:
1) Send stop pack followed by yes
2) Top up £10 on the top up card
3) Send christmas100
4) Done! 100GB activated.

culabula · 12-01-2016, 20:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by beans0ntoast

Fantastic!

As an aside, I wonder if the Stop Pack command worked, or not... I didn't get a text saying that £10 had been deducted, unlike previous times.

So I think it may have worked:
1) Send stop pack followed by yes
2) Top up £10 on the top up card
3) Send christmas100
4) Done! 100GB activated.

You should have got an SMS back from stopping the pack. You should have got a further SMS advising that your balance is now 10GBP.

In any case, to make sure, just send BAL to 150.

jonmorris · 12-01-2016, 20:27

While I think we'd have a few more days, I did my last card now just in case.

Stopped the pack, got no confirmation. Tried again to make sure, got an error so assumed it had worked.

The £10 top up gave me a confirmation though, and the promotion applied.

Wasn't sure it would work as I got a lot of 'serious errors' on the website and had to try multiple times to add the new SIM to my account, to even do the first top up.

culabula · 12-01-2016, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonmorris

While I think we'd have a few more days, I did my last card now just in case.

Stopped the pack, got no confirmation. Tried again to make sure, got an error so assumed it had worked.

The £10 top up gave me a confirmation though, and the promotion applied.

Wasn't sure it would work as I got a lot of 'serious errors' on the website and had to try multiple times to add the new SIM to my account, to even do the first top up.

I've done about six over the last few days and never have a single problem with any step in the procedure, keeping the credit and getting the data.

Every time I see an email come in from you, I think it's going to be news of the new promotion !

jchamier · 12-01-2016, 20:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonmorris

Wasn't sure it would work as I got a lot of 'serious errors' on the website and had to try multiple times to add the new SIM to my account, to even do the first top up.

I had no end of hassle with a promotional SIM on my EE account, so I don't bother anymore. The credit card page doesn't work most of the time, so I just buy a top up in WHSmith as a voucher, and dial 150 from the SIM and enter the voucher number. I think you can also text VO and the number.

culabula · 12-01-2016, 21:02

I don't know why you would bother entering these sims on your accounts. It's simple to do it all from an iPhone, an iPad or even if they're stuck in a Mifi or router, from where you can send the various SMS via the dashboard.

jchamier · 12-01-2016, 21:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by culabula

if they're stuck in a Mifi or router, from where you can send the various SMS via the dashboard.

Exactly - Huawei Cat6 Mifi working well, dashboard is a web page, and even has an iOS and android app !

culabula · 12-01-2016, 21:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by jchamier

Exactly - Huawei Cat6 Mifi working well, dashboard is a web page, and even has an iOS and android app !

YES! Suddenly the iPad app has begun to work with my in-car Huawei thingmajig.

beans0ntoast · 12-01-2016, 21:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by culabula

You should have got an SMS back from stopping the pack. You should have got a further SMS advising that your balance is now 10GBP.

In any case, to make sure, just send BAL to 150.

I got a message saying that my balance is £10.

Also got a text saying "you have asked us to stop your pack"...

When I next put my EE SIM into my phone, I'll do the BAL SMS. Should say £10 still - in which case, I can use it for calls and texts (out of the £10, so will last longer than 30 days) and will have the data for 2 months.

After that time, I assume there will be another promotion, in which case I will stock up again.

Btw, you said in another post that you did 6 over the last few days - how is this possible? I thought it was only 2 per household? (Supposed to be 1 per person - just use a different email address for each.)

jonmorris · 12-01-2016, 21:54

I applied for two more cards before Christmas and didn't get them. I used new email addresses but wonder if they checked the address this time?

As it turns out, I didn't need them anyway!

culabula · 13-01-2016, 00:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonmorris

I applied for two more cards before Christmas and didn't get them. I used new email addresses but wonder if they checked the address this time?

As it turns out, I didn't need them anyway!

There were loads that I ordered to different postal addresses and different electronic addresses -many of them new -where the SIMs just simply never came. The same each time they have this promotion !

culabula · 13-01-2016, 00:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by beans0ntoast

I got a message saying that my balance is £10.

Also got a text saying "you have asked us to stop your pack"...

When I next put my EE SIM into my phone, I'll do the BAL SMS. Should say £10 still - in which case, I can use it for calls and texts (out of the £10, so will last longer than 30 days) and will have the data for 2 months.

After that time, I assume there will be another promotion, in which case I will stock up again.

Btw, you said in another post that you did 6 over the last few days - how is this possible? I thought it was only 2 per household? (Supposed to be 1 per person - just use a different email address for each.)

Six over the last few days, but I've two dozen since the current promotion began ! It pays to be wily.....

david16 · 13-01-2016, 01:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by beans0ntoast

I got a message saying that my balance is £10.

Also got a text saying "you have asked us to stop your pack"...

When I next put my EE SIM into my phone, I'll do the BAL SMS. Should say £10 still - in which case, I can use it for calls and texts (out of the £10, so will last longer than 30 days) and will have the data for 2 months.

After that time, I assume there will be another promotion, in which case I will stock up again.

Btw, you said in another post that you did 6 over the last few days - how is this possible? I thought it was only 2 per household? (Supposed to be 1 per person - just use a different email address for each.)

There’s always a way around it.

rasseru16 · 13-01-2016, 08:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by culabula

There were loads that I ordered to different postal addresses and different electronic addresses -many of them new -where the SIMs just simply never came. The same each time they have this promotion !

Same here, i must have ordered 3 diffetent sims to 3 different addresses but none of mine arrived, me thinks EE pulled the plug on this one earlier without telling us :P

culabula · 13-01-2016, 08:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by rasseru16

Same here, i must have ordered 3 diffetent sims to 3 different addresses but none of mine arrived, me thinks EE pulled the plug on this one earlier without telling us :P

Oh I can assure you they didn't. I did get some more in the dying days of the offer using yet another address. But for some reason EE have taken umbrage against my mother, brother and at least one of my sisters. Compete mystery.

mlc2009 · 14-01-2016, 15:24

anyone think its worth trying to activate one of these xmas sims today?

mlc2009 · 14-01-2016, 16:13

tried topping up, spoke to the most idiotic customer rep ever, who hung up on me

he said the offer is over

can anyone confirm they have topped up today? I really don't want to waste £10

mlc2009 · 14-01-2016, 16:19

I can confirm I rang back, and was able to top it up successfully and get my 200gb promotion

jonmorris · 14-01-2016, 16:55

14 days from receiving the SIM is what the T&Cs say, so EE would surely add on a few days (even weeks) to account for delays in the post. Thus, I actually think that people probably still have another week or so in which to activate their cards, but I wouldn't personally risk it.

npah3 · 14-01-2016, 18:10

I topped up online last night at around 2325hrs. Worked but had a text saying one month was nearly up and the second would active automatically. Not sure why says thst, but have another month for £10, I'm happy.

beans0ntoast · 15-01-2016, 22:19

Bit of a sidenote: seeing as though BT has now bought out EE, does that mean we'll have less of these promotion SIMs? Or will they keep happening?

12-01-2016, 17:33	#201
beans0ntoast Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 932	Quote: Originally Posted by culabula Exactly. But I think we'll still be OK tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up! Topped up the SIM today and I now have 100GB of 4G data for 2 months. Fantastic Further, this was one of the first SIMs they sent out for the Christmas100, and it still topped up fine today

12-01-2016, 18:33	#202
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Quote: Originally Posted by beans0ntoast Thanks for the heads up! Topped up the SIM today and I now have 100GB of 4G data for 2 months. Fantastic Further, this was one of the first SIMs they sent out for the Christmas100, and it still topped up fine today Yeah, the 'activate within two weeks' advice has proved to be nonsense since the start -however the 'activate before two weeks after the end of the promotion' advice is sage. I'm going to do my last two very shortly. I'd love to drag it out as long as I can but I fear it will terminate at midnight tonight.

12-01-2016, 19:49	#203
Gigabit Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,887	Still working here too.

12-01-2016, 19:51	#204
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Last two done. Zero problems.

12-01-2016, 20:23	#205
beans0ntoast Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 932	Quote: Originally Posted by culabula Last two done. Zero problems. Fantastic! As an aside, I wonder if the Stop Pack command worked, or not... I didn't get a text saying that £10 had been deducted, unlike previous times. So I think it may have worked: 1) Send stop pack followed by yes 2) Top up £10 on the top up card 3) Send christmas100 4) Done! 100GB activated.

12-01-2016, 20:25	#206
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Quote: Originally Posted by beans0ntoast Fantastic! As an aside, I wonder if the Stop Pack command worked, or not... I didn't get a text saying that £10 had been deducted, unlike previous times. So I think it may have worked: 1) Send stop pack followed by yes 2) Top up £10 on the top up card 3) Send christmas100 4) Done! 100GB activated. You should have got an SMS back from stopping the pack. You should have got a further SMS advising that your balance is now 10GBP. In any case, to make sure, just send BAL to 150.

12-01-2016, 20:27	#207
jonmorris Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: a land filled with trolls Posts: 12,018	While I think we'd have a few more days, I did my last card now just in case. Stopped the pack, got no confirmation. Tried again to make sure, got an error so assumed it had worked. The £10 top up gave me a confirmation though, and the promotion applied. Wasn't sure it would work as I got a lot of 'serious errors' on the website and had to try multiple times to add the new SIM to my account, to even do the first top up.

12-01-2016, 20:48	#208
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Quote: Originally Posted by jonmorris While I think we'd have a few more days, I did my last card now just in case. Stopped the pack, got no confirmation. Tried again to make sure, got an error so assumed it had worked. The £10 top up gave me a confirmation though, and the promotion applied. Wasn't sure it would work as I got a lot of 'serious errors' on the website and had to try multiple times to add the new SIM to my account, to even do the first top up. I've done about six over the last few days and never have a single problem with any step in the procedure, keeping the credit and getting the data. Every time I see an email come in from you, I think it's going to be news of the new promotion !

12-01-2016, 20:59	#209
jchamier Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: This forum Posts: 3,392	Quote: Originally Posted by jonmorris Wasn't sure it would work as I got a lot of 'serious errors' on the website and had to try multiple times to add the new SIM to my account, to even do the first top up. I had no end of hassle with a promotional SIM on my EE account, so I don't bother anymore. The credit card page doesn't work most of the time, so I just buy a top up in WHSmith as a voucher, and dial 150 from the SIM and enter the voucher number. I think you can also text VO and the number.

12-01-2016, 21:02	#210
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	I don't know why you would bother entering these sims on your accounts. It's simple to do it all from an iPhone, an iPad or even if they're stuck in a Mifi or router, from where you can send the various SMS via the dashboard.

12-01-2016, 21:04	#211
jchamier Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: This forum Posts: 3,392	Quote: Originally Posted by culabula if they're stuck in a Mifi or router, from where you can send the various SMS via the dashboard. Exactly - Huawei Cat6 Mifi working well, dashboard is a web page, and even has an iOS and android app !

12-01-2016, 21:12	#212
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Quote: Originally Posted by jchamier Exactly - Huawei Cat6 Mifi working well, dashboard is a web page, and even has an iOS and android app ! YES! Suddenly the iPad app has begun to work with my in-car Huawei thingmajig.

12-01-2016, 21:36	#213
beans0ntoast Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 932	Quote: Originally Posted by culabula You should have got an SMS back from stopping the pack. You should have got a further SMS advising that your balance is now 10GBP. In any case, to make sure, just send BAL to 150. I got a message saying that my balance is £10. Also got a text saying "you have asked us to stop your pack"... When I next put my EE SIM into my phone, I'll do the BAL SMS. Should say £10 still - in which case, I can use it for calls and texts (out of the £10, so will last longer than 30 days) and will have the data for 2 months. After that time, I assume there will be another promotion, in which case I will stock up again. Btw, you said in another post that you did 6 over the last few days - how is this possible? I thought it was only 2 per household? (Supposed to be 1 per person - just use a different email address for each.)

12-01-2016, 21:54	#214
jonmorris Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: a land filled with trolls Posts: 12,018	I applied for two more cards before Christmas and didn't get them. I used new email addresses but wonder if they checked the address this time? As it turns out, I didn't need them anyway!

13-01-2016, 00:44	#215
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Quote: Originally Posted by jonmorris I applied for two more cards before Christmas and didn't get them. I used new email addresses but wonder if they checked the address this time? As it turns out, I didn't need them anyway! There were loads that I ordered to different postal addresses and different electronic addresses -many of them new -where the SIMs just simply never came. The same each time they have this promotion !

13-01-2016, 00:45	#216
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Quote: Originally Posted by beans0ntoast I got a message saying that my balance is £10. Also got a text saying "you have asked us to stop your pack"... When I next put my EE SIM into my phone, I'll do the BAL SMS. Should say £10 still - in which case, I can use it for calls and texts (out of the £10, so will last longer than 30 days) and will have the data for 2 months. After that time, I assume there will be another promotion, in which case I will stock up again. Btw, you said in another post that you did 6 over the last few days - how is this possible? I thought it was only 2 per household? (Supposed to be 1 per person - just use a different email address for each.) Six over the last few days, but I've two dozen since the current promotion began ! It pays to be wily.....

13-01-2016, 01:00	#217
david16 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Central Belt Posts: 12,290	Quote: Originally Posted by beans0ntoast I got a message saying that my balance is £10. Also got a text saying "you have asked us to stop your pack"... When I next put my EE SIM into my phone, I'll do the BAL SMS. Should say £10 still - in which case, I can use it for calls and texts (out of the £10, so will last longer than 30 days) and will have the data for 2 months. After that time, I assume there will be another promotion, in which case I will stock up again. Btw, you said in another post that you did 6 over the last few days - how is this possible? I thought it was only 2 per household? (Supposed to be 1 per person - just use a different email address for each.) There’s always a way around it.

13-01-2016, 08:09	#218
rasseru16 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Suffolk, East Anglia Posts: 666	Quote: Originally Posted by culabula There were loads that I ordered to different postal addresses and different electronic addresses -many of them new -where the SIMs just simply never came. The same each time they have this promotion ! Same here, i must have ordered 3 diffetent sims to 3 different addresses but none of mine arrived, me thinks EE pulled the plug on this one earlier without telling us :P

13-01-2016, 08:51	#219
culabula Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belfast, Ireland Posts: 736	Quote: Originally Posted by rasseru16 Same here, i must have ordered 3 diffetent sims to 3 different addresses but none of mine arrived, me thinks EE pulled the plug on this one earlier without telling us :P Oh I can assure you they didn't. I did get some more in the dying days of the offer using yet another address. But for some reason EE have taken umbrage against my mother, brother and at least one of my sisters. Compete mystery.

14-01-2016, 15:24	#220
mlc2009 Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 143	anyone think its worth trying to activate one of these xmas sims today?

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14-01-2016, 16:13	#221
mlc2009 Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 143	tried topping up, spoke to the most idiotic customer rep ever, who hung up on me he said the offer is over can anyone confirm they have topped up today? I really don't want to waste £10

14-01-2016, 16:19	#222
mlc2009 Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 143	I can confirm I rang back, and was able to top it up successfully and get my 200gb promotion

14-01-2016, 16:55	#223
jonmorris Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: a land filled with trolls Posts: 12,018	14 days from receiving the SIM is what the T&Cs say, so EE would surely add on a few days (even weeks) to account for delays in the post. Thus, I actually think that people probably still have another week or so in which to activate their cards, but I wouldn't personally risk it.

14-01-2016, 18:10	#224
npah3 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 121	I topped up online last night at around 2325hrs. Worked but had a text saying one month was nearly up and the second would active automatically. Not sure why says thst, but have another month for £10, I'm happy.

15-01-2016, 22:19	#225
beans0ntoast Inactive Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 932	Bit of a sidenote: seeing as though BT has now bought out EE, does that mean we'll have less of these promotion SIMs? Or will they keep happening?