How to Activate Optus Sim Without Paying $10 to Recharge?

kindshibe on 11/10/2017 - 22:19
Last edited 12/10/2017 - 01:54 by 1 other user

I recently bought an optus sim to port from amaysim back to amaysim (to take advantage of their 'new customer' groupon offers)

But when activating the optus sim, it asks you to pay for a recharge (min $10). Is there any way to bypass this?

Cheers!

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  hell0 on 11/10/2017 - 22:42

  Any recharge will work so you can do 15, 20, 30, 50, 100

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    kindshibe on 11/10/2017 - 23:05

    But is there any way to activate the sim without paying at all?

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      juventino on 12/10/2017 - 00:15

      -2

      yes. You can go in store and bow for one hour. the manager will then give you $10 to stop all the fuss. Win Win

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        [Deactivated] on 12/10/2017 - 08:55

        +2

        What a non-reply that was.

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        hell0 on 12/10/2017 - 12:55

        I laughed tbh, hehehe

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  POWERevolution on 12/10/2017 - 02:08

  +1

  Online chat or call prepaid cs.

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  Marcsie on 12/10/2017 - 06:42

  lol

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  Nutrino on 12/10/2017 - 08:21

  +1

  You sir is real ozbargainer…

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  boomramada on 12/10/2017 - 09:56

  +2

  Minimum $10 is design to stop ppl from using sim for just porting :)

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  goosmurf on 12/10/2017 - 09:58

  +1

  Double check that they aren't just asking you to choose a prepaid plan and maybe you don't actually have to recharge right then?

  Also, a better way to do this is to use a Telstra SIM.

  It's free, and I can confirm you don't have to put any recharge/credit on it at activation time. https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/fre…

  The other benefit is that Optus to Optus ports are done manually and can take days. This includes ports between Optus and Optus MVNOs like Amaysim.

  Ports between Optus and Telstra/Vodafone are automated and much faster. In my experience porting Amaysim to Telstra and vice versa takes like 10 minutes.

  Note that even though the ports happen that quickly, I would not recommend porting out and back in within the same day in case it confuses Amaysim's systems and they don't treat you as new customer. I usually leave a full 24 hours between porting out and back, e.g. port out Monday arvo, port back in Wednesday morning.

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    kindshibe on 12/10/2017 - 14:17

    Cheers goosmurf, thanks heaps for the write-up and great advice!

    I just ordered a telstra sim, hopefully the transition goes smoothly.

    Thanks for mentioning waiting a day before porting back in - you probably saved me there as well!

    Cheers!

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  Nutrino on 12/10/2017 - 10:39

  +1

  Make a go fund me page.