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Free Belong Mobile SIM Card Delivered (Telstra Network)

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Free Belong Mobile SIM Card Delivered (Telstra Network)
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easternculture on 20/03/2019 - 17:08 belong.com.au (11297 clicks)
Last edited 26/04/2019 - 15:29 by 2 other users

Follow the deal link to order a FREE Belong Mobile SIM. While you fill in the form, remember to enter a referral code in the Promo code section (get a referral code from OzBargain's randomiser below). When you activate the SIM, you will get a FREE $20 credit to use on any mobile plans (e.g. free 2 months on 1GB plan).

I can also confirm that you can transfer your number from Boost or Telstra to Belong directly.

Traditionally, you had to buy a SIM starter pack to get the $20 referral but with this method, it will cost you nothing.

For everyone's piece of mind, I sent a support request regarding referral credit and this is the reply I got

THE BELONG TEAM

20/03/2019 22:01

Hi. Greetings from Belong Mobile! We received your request for assistance about the billing of your account. Let me help you. Upon checking, your account has a remaining credit of $10. The $20 referral credit has been applied already, and $10 of it was deducted today for your service from today until 19 April 2019. I assure you that your account is up to date, and for the next invoice the remaining $10 credit will be utilized. Hopefully, this clarifies your confusion. Regards, John @ Belong Mobile

Enjoy

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Belong (Mobile): random (289)

Referral for Belong mobile only. Referrer will receive $20 credit. Referee will receive $20 off next (2nd) payment.

Belong Broadband: random (24)

Referral for Belong Broadband only: Referrer will receive $20 credit. Referee will receive $20 off next (2nd) payment.

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  • DooDah on 20/03/2019 - 17:16
    +15

    This is good! Don’t forget to use referral.

    • [Deactivated] on 21/03/2019 - 00:38

      RIP belong mobile

        • [Deactivated] on 21/03/2019 - 20:23
          +1

          Thanks, post it as a deal

        • sjh2010 on 22/03/2019 - 10:30
          +1

          what do you mean by United ? United Mobile? link ?

      • IVI on 17/04/2019 - 21:48

        Is it 3G…?

        How generous is 1 GB data… Not!

  • Philipp on 20/03/2019 - 17:23

    Got one, thank you.

  • dcep on 20/03/2019 - 17:23
    +1

    This will get Ozbargained

    • easternculture on 20/03/2019 - 17:30

      Think Belong will be happy to increase their customer base by a few thousand overnight.

      • xmail on 20/03/2019 - 17:34
        +15

        Yes, I'm sure those few thousand will be "new" customers and not existing customers referring themselves for free credit.

    • easternculture on 20/03/2019 - 17:36
      +10

      Did you read the deal description 😀

      • bonz on 20/03/2019 - 17:39
        -4

        If you're talking about the referral, you can get referral from store bought starter pack as well

        • alvian on 20/03/2019 - 17:45
          +5

          What's your point? Why are you repeating what was already written in the description as if it was a new revelation?

          Traditionally, you had to buy a SIM starter pack to get the $20 referral but with this method, it will cost you nothing.

          • bonz on 20/03/2019 - 17:56

            @alvian: When you activate this 'free' no credit sim you have to pay a minimum $10 out of pocket to get $20 referral credit applied. In comparison a half price $10 pack from Coles only costs you $5 to have the same three months of usage on the $10 plan

            • easternculture on 20/03/2019 - 18:01

              @bonz: Incorrect. I activated mine yesterday using a prepaid credit card with $2 on it. It only said they would charge $1 preauthorization fee which gets refunded after a few days

              • bonz on 20/03/2019 - 18:13
                +1

                @easternculture: Belong does not check if you have the full amount on your credit card, as long as you have at least $1 for the pre-authorisation they will let you "belong" (because Belong mobile is postpaid) but on the next billing date when they attempt to charge your unfunded card your account goes into arrears, because the referral credit can not be paid for your first month

                Edit: and after 21 days if you still haven't settled the debt, Belong will disconnect your number

                • easternculture on 20/03/2019 - 19:19

                  @bonz: Can confirm when I activated yesterday, I got a message that $10 will be deducted from my $20 credit for 1st month. I have $10 left sitting in my account when I checked now

                  • bonz on 20/03/2019 - 19:31

                    @easternculture: Things must have changed recently then, because few months ago a friend of mine did similar thing except he used a debit Visa with only $5 in it, he had to top it up to $10 because Belong didn't let him use the referral credit towards the first month payment, was ok afterwards

                    • surethang on 20/03/2019 - 20:03
                      +1

                      @bonz: My experience is the same as easternculture. I got the referral credit up front and it was used on the first bill.

                      But I do think that the current Cellmate deal is better than this deal, but only because you're getting $40 credit for $15 (See https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/444497). Meh, when the choice is $60 credit for $15, or $20 for $0… everyone's a winner! ;)

            • chinezejew on 20/03/2019 - 21:42

              @bonz: I disagree. Never paid to activate. Just a credit card entered for $1 verify check

          • macfanboy on 21/03/2019 - 11:30
            +1

            @alvian: That's not true, I have always just requested a free sim and activated it with a referral code.

            Have got least 10 sims this way and referred my self a few times…Never paid anything for up to 10 months now.

            Just used another for a family member and transferred a lot of data to them as well as $20 credit for them and me.

            You have NEVER had to BUY a starter sim pack to get started, they have always sent you one out for free.

    • alvian on 20/03/2019 - 17:37

      100% this. You must wait for a half price deal on FREE SIMs. Bargain of the Century! OzBargain's vote counter is going to break.

  • tranter on 20/03/2019 - 17:38
    +2

    This has been around for a long time but I guess no one posted it until now!

  • marketingpolice on 20/03/2019 - 17:39
    +1

    How do I add myself to random referral list?

    • alvian on 20/03/2019 - 17:41
      +3

      My Account - edit - referrals.

      • marketingpolice on 20/03/2019 - 18:15

        Ok great found it. Confused? What goes in coupon code?

        • alvian on 20/03/2019 - 18:22

          Your introduce-a-friend code from Belong, starting with the letters IAF…

          • Wally on 20/03/2019 - 18:32
            +1

            @alvian: He needs an active Belong account to get the details

            Cannot set that Belong accnt up until he has received the SIM AFAIK

      • sekid3n on 21/03/2019 - 11:39

        can you add more than 1 referral code? or does it just 'remember' the last one you entered?

        • alvian on 21/03/2019 - 14:21

          Just 1

    • Mentallysick on 21/03/2019 - 09:21
      -1

      by typing

  • bobbyg33 on 20/03/2019 - 17:42
    +2

    Just activated my belong sim (that I previously bought from an officeworks special), my port from Telstra was almost instant, <1 minute. Used a referral code for the bonus $20. I live in a low-coverage area where Optus and Voda networks are literally unusable so I was forced onto Telstra. Belong reception is equal to Telstra and 4G speeds feel the same on browsing, but Belong scored like 5-10MBps slower downspeed on the speedtest (but upload speed was actually 5MBps higher). All my family are now on Belong (I was the last to move over) and we couldn't be happier!!

    Although I recommend activating the sim online through a browser rather than the app as it seems that lots of people report problems with the app on the store- although we've had no such issues yet

    • neonlight on 20/03/2019 - 18:51

      Compare to Aldi which is better?

      • Mr BoMBAStiG on 20/03/2019 - 21:27

        ALDI

        • bobbyg33 on 20/03/2019 - 22:00

          Aldi is pricier though (for low data users), If you get the $40 belong sim pack from officeworks for $15 and then get a referral $20 credit, your first 6 months (on the $10 plan) will cost $15, the first year $75, which works out to $6.25/month!

      • chinezejew on 20/03/2019 - 21:57

        Belong.
        (Free is cheaper than paying)

        • GregMonarch on 25/09/2019 - 17:52

          Due to the whole self-refer/credit thing? I thought they were kicking users out for that now?

  • freewhere on 20/03/2019 - 17:47

    Is belong site currently being dosgained?

    • easternculture on 20/03/2019 - 17:48

      Still working here

    • Clear on 20/03/2019 - 17:49

      Their internet service is 24/7. Heeellloooo 0.1Mbps FTTP.

      • Diji1 on 20/03/2019 - 19:10
        +2

        Isn't the private sector great? 90% of the providers rip people off for atrocious service and 10% rip them off more for service that works while Australians still cant even access the internet speeds other countries get for half the cost - unmetered.

        • Clear on 20/03/2019 - 19:14

          Prices on the 100-1000Gbps plans have gone down in the last 1-2 years, but not enough companies are offering those speeds and ideally you need FTTP.

          • alvian on 20/03/2019 - 20:40

            @Clear: Where can you order a 1Tb/s plan? Is it done by link aggregation or is it delivered with one fibre?

            • Clear on 20/03/2019 - 20:44

              @alvian: Wireless :P

              • alvian on 20/03/2019 - 20:50

                @Clear: Pity the article did not say whether it was sustained transfer, peak transfer, or protocol speed. Latency is probably weeks to allow for the equipment to be correctly set up.

    • freewhere on 20/03/2019 - 17:52

      The login callback seems to be taking a hit

      • peterpeterpumpkin on 20/03/2019 - 20:28
        +1

        Their account portal and app is actually always painfully slow.

  • Wally on 20/03/2019 - 17:49

    Can you set up a Belong account without having received the SIM number?

  • ginmi on 20/03/2019 - 17:52

    I can also confirm that you can transfer your number from Boost or Telstra to Belong directly.

    I assume you tested it personally yourself with a direct port from Telstra/Boost to Belong. Is that correct?

    Just want to be sure :)

  • [Deactivated] on 20/03/2019 - 18:01
    -2

    Stay away from belong people

    • illumination on 20/03/2019 - 19:18
      +4

      Hmm why?

      This comment and its current status confuses me.

      Usually a vague comment like this gets negged because either:

      • People disagree
      • It lacks useful info

      In this case, I feel it lacks useful info, but it's getting pos'd which is making me think many people here are anti-belong…?

      • xanctum on 20/03/2019 - 19:56
        +5

        which is making me think many people here are anti-belong…?

        You can almost say they don't belong

        .
        .
        I'll see myself out.

    • Mentallysick on 21/03/2019 - 09:21
      +1

      no i wont. you stay away

  • Mooncakes on 20/03/2019 - 18:15
    +2

    Good luck to people who want to cancel their monthly plan, I've had a really bad experience with them and had to contact TIO to cancel and refund a month payment after I had already canceled it.

    • alvian on 20/03/2019 - 18:27

      Porting out the number doesn't stop Belong? Belong will continue to charge for a mobile number that it does not provide service for? Fee for no service is a criminal offence, just ask AMP.

    • jamba on 20/03/2019 - 18:30

      I had a bad experience with them as well. Although I tried to cancel on time their support system is not phone based. You have to lodge a support request online and they make sure they drag you along until they bill you for the following month.

      • Ms Bargainer on 20/03/2019 - 19:13

        I asked to cancel, via the support system, and they did it straightaway.

        • surethang on 20/03/2019 - 20:18
          +3

          Same.

          Here are the instructions for anyone wanting to do it:

          https://www.belong.com.au/support/mobile/manage-service/your…

          It'd be nicer if they just had a "close account" option.

          Also, if anyone is concerned about getting over-charged (like @Jetship or @jamba did), use PayPal for payments. That way you can cancel the recurring-payment instruction with PayPal after your final account is settled and Belong can't take any further funds.

          • jamba on 20/03/2019 - 20:35
            +1

            @surethang: Belong will engage debt collectors even if you cancel PayPal. There is no going back once they demand their next payment. If you cancel straightaway they will tell you to leave at least 4 weeks before the billing date in the hope that you will forget to cancel on time.

            • surethang on 20/03/2019 - 22:08

              @jamba: If the choice is between having Belong waste money chasing me for a fictional debt they're never going to get, or me struggling to get a refund from them that I may never see, the choice is easy.

              If a person follows Belong's cancellation terms properly, they have nothing to worry about ultimately. Sure, it's a pain to have to go through the TIO, but if a business wants to "play stupid games, they win stupid prizes" (in this case they win TIO fees and a worse rating, debt collector fees, etc.)

              • F1Maniac on 21/03/2019 - 15:35

                @surethang: if you dont really port your number how are they chasing you anyway?

          • BluebirdV on 22/03/2019 - 09:57

            @surethang: How do I cancel the recurring payment instruction in PayPal?

    • chinezejew on 20/03/2019 - 21:44

      Just a simple support request.
      "Please cancel this service"
      It closes usually within 1business day
      (We're you porting?)

      • jamba on 20/03/2019 - 22:36
        +1

        No not porting. Activated $40 sim card on the 14th Feb and their billing cycle is from the 20th of each month. Tried to cancel straight away and was billed $40 and they cancelled service today. So despite activating SIM I had to pay $40 extra for the next billing cycle which belong would not cancel.

        • rachel33 on 20/03/2019 - 23:13

          Belong conditions say 'If you’re on a month to month plan and you cancel it after activation but before your first monthly bill you’ll be charged one month’s plan charge' www.belong.com.au/customer-terms?section=general-terms#suspe…

          This looks like what you describe & Belong has charged you correctly on cancellation in Feb. So you got charged $40 but the account wasn't actually closed then? You kept it open instead? & then you got charged another $40 again today because you forgot to cancel in time or did they promise they would cancel in time? Sorry details are a bit confusing.

          Why would they not cancel?

          • jamba on 21/03/2019 - 00:13

            @rachel33: My argument is if I buy $40 sim card for belong I have a right to only use it for 30 days and terminate without further charges.

            • Trung on 21/03/2019 - 01:00

              @jamba: I think you misunderstood their billing system.

              You activated a $40/month plan on 14th Feb, they used the $40 credit and activated you right away, but the month doesn't start until 20th Feb.

              That $40 is paid for the month from 20th Feb to 19th March. You got the first 15GB of data and 14th to 19th Feb free of charge.

              You said your service is cancelled today. Chances are, they cancelled your service last night and did not charge your credit card or paypal anything.

              • jamba on 21/03/2019 - 03:22

                @Trung: I had to pay an overdue amount of $40

                • Trung on 21/03/2019 - 09:09

                  @jamba: Hmm.. that sucks. Then it seems they didn't action your cancel request on time.

                  Right after you put in the request to cancel, the system would/should have sent you an email. If the timestamp of this email is on or before the 18th of March, that should give you enough reason to argue that you did place a request to cancel in time according to their instructions and therefore should not have to pay for month between 20th March and 19th April.

                  Hope all goes well.

            • rachel33 on 22/03/2019 - 00:57

              @jamba:

              My argument is if I buy $40 sim card for belong I have a right to only use it for 30 days and terminate without further charges.

              Thats fair. but nothing in conditions say you can't do that

              So what went wrong? Did you cancel on time? Just asking cos I am cancelling visiting friends plan in April & worried about extra charges. ta

        • apokalypsez on 01/05/2019 - 23:55

          can you share about porting out and cancel thing? port out on 12th before 20th and cancel the account?

      • jubs on 18/04/2019 - 12:41

        Yup. Just put in a support request to cancel my service and it was done the next business day. Much easier than I thought.

    • Mentallysick on 21/03/2019 - 09:20

      no need

    • F1Maniac on 21/03/2019 - 15:33

      +1 to similar, absolutely non existent service. I tried to downgrade my plan to $10+$5/mnth from $40/mnth, it confirmed and in the end i got charged $45/mnth for the next bill instead. this plan doesnt even exist.

      as someone has said below - they will draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag this out. I attached by bill and asked them to check why this is the case. and they're still asking me if i changed or i wanted to change to $15/mnth. got tired after two attempts. In the end i just opened a dispute with PAypal and got refunded the $30.

      Belong is cheap and works but if you need support - good luck

  • Mr Idiom on 20/03/2019 - 18:18

    Site was a bit slow for me, but got one each for the wife and I, thanks. I have no need for it currently, but will keep for a rainy day.

  • netsurfer on 20/03/2019 - 18:19
    +2

    Today (20th) might not be a good day to activate. That is because it is a billing cycle day. Last time I did it, I found it charged $10 and within a few more days, another $10. So basically within 10 days, already got charged twice. Though I do get 2x the data, it wasn't 2 months worth of expiry.

    • Ulysses31 on 20/03/2019 - 19:31

      Interesting.

      Wife had that with amaysim.

  • stwok on 20/03/2019 - 18:29

    perfect! all the sims i have are on the optus network, need a sim on a different network to to unlock my alcatel modem, hoping just sticking it in will be enough for it to prompt for the unlock code.

  • bazingaa on 20/03/2019 - 18:29

    Can we order now and activate some months later?

  • ekul777 on 20/03/2019 - 18:33

    So I've been with belong for a few months now I switch between the plans and build my data up as it doesn't expire its really good,
    So some months its just $10 a month if I have a big data month I switch up a plan.
    Only problem is the SIM card doesn't work overseas and eSim support (Apple Watch Support)

    • Steptoe on 20/03/2019 - 18:53

      Cheaper using $40 starter packs and gift the data to you main number

      • ekul777 on 20/03/2019 - 18:56
        -3

        how is $40 cheaper than $10 a month?
        No point in building up a load of data if I'm not going to use it.

        • chinezejew on 21/03/2019 - 00:21

          Set up a $40 SIM on $40plan.
          Buy it on special for $15 or less
          Gift data.
          You should see 30gb within 7days of activation

  • jdogg on 20/03/2019 - 18:48
    +1

    This has always been free

  • Alan Laz on 20/03/2019 - 18:54

    Gave up when I was funnelled into CAPTCHA hell. Detest that tool with a passion.

    Beware.

    • R3XNebular on 20/03/2019 - 22:04

      I can't escape CAPTCHA hell on my phone if it's set as desktop mode.

  • zooter on 20/03/2019 - 19:20
    +1

    very tempted to switch, but no overseas roaming seems to kill it. What to do when going on a trip abroad and need to use OTP for internet banking / credit card OTP

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