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Hello sim card questions

Crystal_lee — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:38:51 GMT

I cant make it into a retail store. Is there a way to buy and activate for immediate use online ?

Thanks in advance !

Re: Hello sim card questions

Dunkman — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:53:32 GMT

No, unfortunately, you will need a new physical SIM card to activate and use immediately.

You can purchase online either via PM website or even Amazon and the SIM card will arrive usually within one week depending on where you live in Canada.

Re: Hello sim card questions

computergeek541 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:00:40 GMT

@Crystal_lee wrote:
I cant make it into a retail store. Is there a way to buy and activate for immediate use online ?
Thanks in advance !
C

That depends on what you mean by immediate use. The service obviously can't be used until you have the sim card. Is it your intention to buy online but that you wish to have it already activated? Keep in mind if you did manage to do this, days of your plan would start being consumed before you could even use the service.

Unfortunately buying from Amazon directly or from Public Mobile wouldn't allow that because you would need to numbers on the sim card to pre-activate it. I don't work for Public Mobile, but I might be able to help with such a scenario. Feel free to send me a private message.

Re: Hello sim card questions

tehowennathe — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:12:07 GMT

If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.

Re: Hello sim card questions

Triguy — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:31:47 GMT

You order a sim online directly from PM under the get started section or by ordering through Amazon.

Re: Hello sim card questions

popping — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:42:42 GMT

@tehowennathe wrote:
If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.

IIRC, Dollarama is selling Virgin and Lucky SIM card.

It is nice to know that Dollarama is selling PM SIM card for $4.

Re: Hello sim card questions

computergeek541 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:42:54 GMT

@tehowennathe wrote:
If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.

Does Dollarama sell Public Mobile sim cards?

Re: Hello sim card questions

tehowennathe — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:44:43 GMT

@computergeek541 wrote:
@tehowennathe wrote:
If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.
Does Dollarama sell Public Mobile sim cards?

Yes as last month that's where I bought my sim card. It's $4 because at Dollarama they won't sell anything higher then $4

Re: Hello sim card questions

wetcoaster — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:46:35 GMT

@tehowennathe wrote:
If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.

Dollarama is a new one?? I have not seen that in the announcements.

(I know that some Dollarama franchises carry Lucky SIM cards, but I wonder how they would get Public Mobile to agree to undercut the carrier pricing for the SIM by 60% in every Dollarama store in Canada. So confirmation would be nice that this is more than just the odd very enterprising Dollarama manager's decision...)

Re: Hello sim card questions

tehowennathe — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:47:11 GMT

@popping wrote:
@tehowennathe wrote:
If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.
IIRC, Dollarama is selling Virgin and Lucky SIM card.
It is nice to know that Dollarama is selling PM SIM card for $4.

It's goes against store policy to sell over $4. So it turns out to be better for new PM customers. It's good that new customers have more places to buy SIM cards

Re: Hello sim card questions

dickwong — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:47:36 GMT

Retail outlets - walmart and dollarama are the quickest.

Re: Hello sim card questions

tehowennathe — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:49:05 GMT

@wetcoaster wrote:
@tehowennathe wrote:
If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.
Dollarama is a new one?? I have not seen that in the announcements.
(I know that some Dollarama franchises carry Lucky SIM cards, but I wonder how they would get Public Mobile to agree to undercut the carrier pricing for the SIM by 60% in every Dollarama store in Canada. So confirmation would be nice that this is more than just the odd very enterprising Dollarama manager's decision...)

Announcement was made a while back. Chances are you missed it.

Re: Hello sim card questions

tehowennathe — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 19:53:57 GMT

Sorry was thinking about when I signed up for Lucky Mobile a while back

Re: Hello sim card questions

wetcoaster — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:39:59 GMT

@tehowennathe wrote:
@wetcoaster wrote:
@tehowennathe wrote:
If there are no PM kiosk near by keep in mind that you can buy from Dollarama for $4 and active at home. Also Walmart has sim cards. If you live in a rural area your only options are Amazon or PM website.

Cheapest option is Dollarama. That's where I bought my sim card.
Dollarama is a new one?? I have not seen that in the announcements.
(I know that some Dollarama franchises carry Lucky SIM cards, but I wonder how they would get Public Mobile to agree to undercut the carrier pricing for the SIM by 60% in every Dollarama store in Canada. So confirmation would be nice that this is more than just the odd very enterprising Dollarama manager's decision...)
Announcement was made a while back. Chances are you missed it.

I've just gone through 4pages of announcements and asked SIMon all variations of the question. No result of an announcement from Public Mobile that Dollarama is a new official retailer for PM SIM cards.

Please provide a link?

Re: Hello sim card questions

Dunkman — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:12:45 GMT

I think that there was an error. I went to three Dollaramas within the last week and none were selling Public Mobile SIM cards. Just Lucky and Virgin Mobile (as previously announced by those companies).

Re: Hello sim card questions

iliketotalk — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:14:59 GMT

@Dunkman hi my son works there and he has never seen them wish they did

Re: Hello sim card questions

popping — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:15:44 GMT

Someone please post a photo of Dollarama selling PM SIM card for $4.

Re: Hello sim card questions

tehowennathe — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:22:43 GMT

Sorry for the confusion. I was thinking about back when Lucky Mobile did it and that's where I got my sim before I came to back to PM

Re: Hello sim card questions

computergeek541 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:29:49 GMT

@tehowennathe wrote:
Sorry for the confusion. I was thinking about back when Lucky Mobile did it and that's where I got my sim before I came to back to PM

So, to clarrify, you never got a Public Mobile sim card from Dollarama?

Re: Hello sim card questions

tehowennathe — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 20:32:34 GMT

Simple mix up because mall near me has a PM kiosk near Dollarama