Experience purchasing T-Mobile SIM in US store?
 

Hi everyone,

What is your experience of purchasing a T-Mobile SIM in a US store? Is it a set rate or is it like AT&T where every store seems to charge a different price?

I'm looking to get the SIM mainly to use the DayPass data option.

Cheers,
Will

I wonder if you're actually comparing company owned stores with independent ones. There used to be a T-Mobile store on my corner and they did some kinda shady stuff. They were a little Mom and Pop place.

I'm assuming that you are referring to the Pay as you go data daypass.

You should get it from a corporate store. You will require the sim and activation kit. Getting a sim card alone will not help you if its pay as you go. Some corporate stores may give the sim to you for free if you buy a refill voucher.

Alternatively, you can just order the sim and activation kit directly from the T-Mobile website for $6.99

They will be priced the same at any t-mobile store (plus whatever the local sales tax is).

However, if you go into an authorized dealer, which may look like an official t-mobile store, they may mark them up.

Not that you asked, but keep in mind t-mobile filters some content on their day passes, per their FAQ's

Web Guard is automatically active on Web Day Pass purchases and cannot be disabled. Some Web sites may be blocked due to the nature of the site, including but not limited to:

Abortion, Alcohol, Ammunition, Criminal Skills, Cults, Drugs, Firearms Accessories, Gambling, Guns, Hacking, Hate, Knives, Lifestyle, Martial Arts, Mature Content, Occult, Pornography, Suicide, Tobacco, Violence, Weapons.
Partially-restricted content includes the categories of Personals/Dating and Sex Education.

If that matters

It's $10 at corporate stores or $7 if you order it on line. This is assuming you meant getting a PAYG SIM not a regular SIM.

I know they are a private company and could probably block anything they want, but I'm offended that they are blocking politically controversial sites based on content. I think they just be neutral. If they block the NRA's website, they should the Brady Foundation's website. If they block Planned Parenthood, then they should block Right to Life.

This reminds me of Dubai. (VOIP sites are blocked because they are contrary to Islamic values). I understand why they might be concerned the crooks could hide behind anonymous ip connections, but their list seems to be paternalistic rather than driven by security.

I would be rather unhappy if they decided a website I NEED to view is on the banned list ,

would they ban a google search if you used the "wrong" search words ?

RB