topic Re: Public Mobile is now available at The Mobile Shop! in Announcements

Public Mobile is now available at The Mobile Shop!

Brooke_C — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:50:27 GMT

Hey Community,

In our quest to make it easier for you to purchase and activate our SIM cards, we are happy to announce that we’ve now launched at The Mobile Shop! There are nearly 200 The Mobile Shop locations across Canada, located in places like Loblaws and Real Canadian Superstore. Find the store closest to you by clicking here. As with our other retail partners, you will continue to have the option to activate at home or in-store, based on what you prefer.

If you happen to be near The Mobile Shop after we launch, we’d love to hear your feedback on how things are going.

-Public Mobile Community Team

Re: Public Mobile is now available at The Mobile Shop!

KMG — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:55:29 GMT

Great news! Glad to see PM is moving into more stores.

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stonechucker — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:58:52 GMT

This is great! Too bad all three local retail sites (Walmart, WOW, and now The Mobile Shop) are all located in the farthest reaches of my community, from where I live.

Saying this though, I will be happy to support this location before I go to Walmart.

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ShawnC13 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:59:57 GMT

@Brooke_C, this is GREAT news as I think this will be a wider distribution and really help PM. Now if it is a successful launch and they are a good retailer how about considering laying some rules or enforcing stuff with Walmart or cut them as a retailer. There have been some good stories out of Walmart but way more negative

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mimmo — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:05:08 GMT

awesome news I agree with @ShawnC13 time to lose walmart. now if i can only win the guacamole contest and use the gift card at the mobile shop 🙂

PS i loved the foreshadowing of the announcement via the contest 🙂

Re: Public Mobile is now available at The Mobile Shop!

bridonca — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:05:19 GMT

Anyone know if you can buy Public Mobile SIM cards with PC points, and if I am able to take advantage of the tax free sales? I already know I cannot do that with airtime.

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mimmo — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:17:19 GMT

@bridonca i believe you should be able to. I remember being told i could buy a phone with points so a sim should be the same.

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stonechucker — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:27:24 GMT

With the merger of PC Points and the Shoppers DrugMart Optimum Rewards, I think it will be allowed, as there USED to be a minimum $20 (20,000 PC Points) redemption, which is now $10 (10,000 PC Optimum points)

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popping — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:07:08 GMT

Great news. I can pay for the SIM card with PC Optimum points.

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bbdata — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:31:58 GMT

Great news

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will13am — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:38:14 GMT

Always nice to see the service expanding. Hopefully the Mobile Shop will have a better track record than Walmart.

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Shapla001 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:43:04 GMT

that's a great news, Thanks

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bridonca — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:47:21 GMT

I know I can buy a prepaid phone with point. Anything involing Koodo is currently toxic though. Could not take advantage of the tax free sale, or use my PC points to pay for the phone. Was given a $107 bill for a $35 plan though, even though I was only with Koodo for 13 days. Definatively unimpressed.

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MrMonk — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:59:51 GMT

This is awesome! Most people i know shop at PC stores, so encouraging them to sign up to PM might be easier. Good move guys!

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youbme — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:00:23 GMT

Wonderful news! Seeing public mobile expand into retail gives me more confidence that PM isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

As already mentioned, it might be time to lose Walmart (or lady down some stronger ground rules), the negative experiences people are having there aren't worth it for the brand.

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smp99 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:58:17 GMT

This is good get...

But come on.. why can you not buy a PM SIM from a Koodo outlet?

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mimmo — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:21:03 GMT

You can get them from Koodo authorized locations. But not koodo. Not sure the difference but I guess it's better than nothing. Or having to order strictly online only

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MJN — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:44:56 GMT

This is definetly a good news that PM has more distribution channels. Being in a grocery store is so much more convenience. Now I could pick up a vocher while I am doing my routine grocery shopping. Yay!

Re: Public Mobile is now available at The Mobile Shop!

SD08 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:00:46 GMT

It's nice to see the expanded retail presence. Hopefully, there won't be any problems with Mobile Shop refusing to sell unactivated SIMs like Walmart.

With all this effort to expand presence, why can't Telus and Koodo shops carry the SIMs? I mean, if the middlemen (Walmart/Wow/K-Mobile/London Drugs/Mobile Shop) have to take their cut of each SIM sale, wouldn't it make more sense to have that middleman be Telus/Koodo, so the profits stay in the family, not to mention taking advantage of the retail infrastructure in place already?

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imm1304 — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:43:26 GMT

They don't want to offer a cheaper option that operates on theirw own network to a customer who walked in to buy something from them. Thats why Telus stores won't sell anything Koodo either.

@SD08 wrote:
It's nice to see the expanded retail presence. Hopefully, there won't be any problems with Mobile Shop refusing to sell unactivated SIMs like Walmart.

With all this effort to expand presence, why can't Telus and Koodo shops carry the SIMs? I mean, if the middlemen (Walmart/Wow/K-Mobile/London Drugs/Mobile Shop) have to take their cut of each SIM sale, wouldn't it make more sense to have that middleman be Telus/Koodo, so the profits stay in the family, not to mention taking advantage of the retail infrastructure in place already?