dscasler Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I think you guys live in a different Bangkok than me. My 12Call card is the most annoying thing I've ever had. I recharge it and it expires in 6 days. Then it sends me a message " you have 160 Baht but your card is expired until you recharge". So I do and get another 6 days. There HAS to be something better! I went to the shop and the English speaking clerk explained that all the cards are like that. There is no 1 year expiry card that I could find by any Thai crappy phone company. What a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I think you guys live in a different Bangkok than me. My 12Call card is the most annoying thing I've ever had. I recharge it and it expires in 6 days. Then it sends me a message " you have 160 Baht but your card is expired until you recharge". So I do and get another 6 days. There HAS to be something better! I went to the shop and the English speaking clerk explained that all the cards are like that. There is no 1 year expiry card that I could find by any Thai crappy phone company. What a scam. They changed the sim cards a couple of years ago, so all new sim's (as far as I know) now expire a few days after topping up regardless of how much unspent money they have on them. Obviously it lasts longer the more you top-up. Dtac offer a service, only if the sim is 3 months old or more, whereas you can pay for 'a stay of execution'. 2 baht a month. Make a call as the sim is about to expire, make a note of the number and top up according to the English speaking telephonist. I swapped an old t-shirt with a prossie I know for one of her sims, topped it up for 6 months last time (any credit you top it up with in the meantime is added on) and have just topped it up again for a year. A friend called it 'capitalism run rampant'. Unfortunately without the laws to govern these companies will do whatever makes the most money, regardless of ethics. One quick read of this thread confirms that it was a great idea, financially. As long as people are prepared to top-up a sim which is already in credit this rule will persist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd barrett Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 This must be because the new 12Call SIMS only cost 50 Baht. My 12Call SIM has constantly got 1 year grace period because I have been topping it up for several years. I would like to hear from anyone who has the hard and fast new 12-Call topping up rules. The site is in Thai only which is a pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie888888 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Sorry to be off topic. I use 12call too. The rate for SMS to overseas is 10baht per SMS and that has gotta be higher than most other places. I was wondering if anyone knows if this is the standard rate here or is there a cheaper alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Had 12call for eons - just add a few baht to it then get another year expiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc2846 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Just put my 1-2-Call sim into my UK phone and the service reply was 60.51 baht valid until 28/06/2010. Had this sim for years, never had any problem, always one year validity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryofthailand Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Buy the 1-2-call SIM with validity one year. Sorry I forgot the name but in the shop they will know. However you pay slightly higher minutes rates then, but I do not care about that. Telewiz is the one two call authorized dealer. They sell one year sim cards. You can top up 100 Baht and get one year. I too use my phone seldom, and save money by having a one year sim card. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd barrett Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Buy the 1-2-call SIM with validity one year. Sorry I forgot the name but in the shop they will know. However you pay slightly higher minutes rates then, but I do not care about that. Telewiz is the one two call authorized dealer. They sell one year sim cards. You can top up 100 Baht and get one year. I too use my phone seldom, and save money by having a one year sim card. Barry So that is the system? The 50 baht SIMS are useless (require topping up every 7 days) but the 300 baht SIMS last one year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryofthailand Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Buy the 1-2-call SIM with validity one year. Sorry I forgot the name but in the shop they will know. However you pay slightly higher minutes rates then, but I do not care about that. Telewiz is the one two call authorized dealer. They sell one year sim cards. You can top up 100 Baht and get one year. I too use my phone seldom, and save money by having a one year sim card. Barry So that is the system? The 50 baht SIMS are useless (require topping up every 7 days) but the 300 baht SIMS last one year? One year sims are available for 50 Baht. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd barrett Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Buy the 1-2-call SIM with validity one year. Sorry I forgot the name but in the shop they will know. However you pay slightly higher minutes rates then, but I do not care about that. Telewiz is the one two call authorized dealer. They sell one year sim cards. You can top up 100 Baht and get one year. I too use my phone seldom, and save money by having a one year sim card. Barry So that is the system? The 50 baht SIMS are useless (require topping up every 7 days) but the 300 baht SIMS last one year? One year sims are available for 50 Baht. Barry If this is so why do they sell the daft one week ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 (edited) If this is so why do they sell the daft one week ones? if i'm not mistaken, the call rates are different on the different priced sims. is that correct? Edited November 29, 2009 by anothertorres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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