Ripped off at MUC on SIM purchase?
Apr 11, 2015 | 10:42 am
#1
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Ripped off at MUC on SIM purchase?
Just bought a SIM from the electronics store at the airport (to the right on exiting T2). The salesclerk told me the cheapest was Blau and it was E20 for 1 gig of data. The card pack said it was E9.90 so the clerk alleged the remainder was a "startup fee." I think I was lied to and I also think that Blau, which uses the E+ network, is nothing special as well.
Please tell me I am wrong and the guy was honest! Travel involves constant petty ripoffs but it always annoys me way more than it should when I am caught in one.
Please tell me I am wrong and the guy was honest! Travel involves constant petty ripoffs but it always annoys me way more than it should when I am caught in one.
Apr 11, 2015 | 10:50 am
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I lik Blau. While they have other competitors now, they were one of the first to push rates down and offer off-contract flat rates/monthly packages.
Did the 20EUR include the 1GB of data? If so, that makes sense--start up pack is 9.90, and 1GB data is also 9.90.
Did the 20EUR include the 1GB of data? If so, that makes sense--start up pack is 9.90, and 1GB data is also 9.90.
Apr 15, 2015 | 9:22 pm
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Ripped off at MUC on SIM purchase?
Something smells fishy there. The price for the Blau sim approx €10 should already include data and Blau reception is just not as good at Telekom or Vodafone unless you stay in urban areas.
Apr 17, 2015 | 12:12 am
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I agree about Deutsche Telekom being better than Blau in regards to coverage. I never had any problems with my TD-1 service. However, the costs were becoming too prohibitive for pay-as-you-go service. So I switched over to Blau World. I'm mostly in urban areas anyways. It's only when I'm sometimes on a train journey going through nowhere that the service becomes less reliable. Also, BW has great rates when making a call (or receiving one) in another EU country; as well as from Germany to other countries. Something that TD-1 did not.