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SIM card purchase

darlicious — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:49:31 GMT

Can you purchase a pm SIM card online without using the pm site? Can you trace where a SIM card was purchased?

Re: SIM card purchase

Jb456 — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:09:11 GMT

Public Mobile sells them on Amazon now. Link below!

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07R6P5KBB/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=330641&creativeASIN=B07R6P5KBB&linkCode=as2&tag=publicmobilew-20&linkId=f9fdbd3ce7810781b7a36396209f7e8d

Re: SIM card purchase

ChuckYeah — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:11:14 GMT

Amazon.ca sells them. I'm not sure on the other. It won't show inself serve tho if you activate online. And if you activate in store, your self serve is not yet set up. So I'm thinking no.

Re: SIM card purchase

Luddite — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:13:39 GMT

@darlicious wrote:
Can you purchase a pm SIM card online without using the pm site? Can you trace where a SIM card was purchased?

There will be a trace from the credit card used to make payment. For no trace go to one of the kiosks and pay cash. https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/store-locator

Re: SIM card purchase

GinYVR — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:58:10 GMT

@darliciousNearly anything can be traced.. as long as there is enough reasons to do it.. Even kiosks can be traced because they are inside Malls with security cameras. The issue is whether it is worth the authorities to serve the property management / security firms court orders to get those videos.

Re: SIM card purchase

LovesToPM — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:36:29 GMT

@darlicious wrote:
Can you purchase a pm SIM card online without using the pm site?

Yes officially they are sold on Amazon. Unofficially they can also be found on Kijiji and eBay.

@darlicious wrote:
Can you trace where a SIM card was purchased?

Just by looking at a SIM card, we cannot trace the origin. However Public Mobile surely can.

Re: SIM card purchase

darlicious — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:58:01 GMT

Ok what the heck (I can say that can't I?) I going to try the rbc promo tomorrow with a story bought SIM and a non rbc card. I am a customer so well see what happens. I'll report back.....

Re: SIM card purchase

computergeek541 — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:10:52 GMT

@LovesToPM wrote:
@darlicious wrote:
Can you purchase a pm SIM card online without using the pm site?
Yes officially they are sold on Amazon. Unofficially they can also be found on Kijiji and eBay.

@darlicious wrote:
Can you trace where a SIM card was purchased?
Just by looking at a SIM card, we cannot trace the origin. However Public Mobile surely can.

Purchasing from a third-party seller (other than the official Public Mobile Amazon store) on Amazon, eBay, or Kijiji may not always be unofficial. We do not know every arrangement that Public Mobile has with businesses and resellers, but in some cases, the people and businesses there might have some type of agreement with Public Mobile.

If Public Mobile wanted to, they could record every sim card number and keep track of where it original went from Public Mobile's warehouse. Do they do that? This is likely inside information within Public Mobile, and not necessarily meant for general knowledge, but that's up to Public Mobile if they want to share that information.

Re: SIM card purchase

darlicious — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:47:43 GMT

Really I was only asking the question in regards to fulfilling the statement in the rbc promo: "purchase a SIM card online" which was generally regarded not as a requirement but a directive in the promo. I just wanted to know if they could easily trace it to possibly deny the promo which wouldn't be the smartest customer service move with a new client. So I agree that they are certainly traceable just not in a cost effective way to deny a promo. But thanks for all the responses and I will mark this as solved. 007 signing out

Re: SIM card purchase

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 05:08:08 GMT

A few weeks ago they had a promo where they made it clear that the email address for the online order had to match the email address used for activation. But this promo doesn't say how they would know.

But I'm a sucker for testing the boundaries. So please do report back your findings.

Re: SIM card purchase

smp99 — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:48:25 GMT

I thought you were getting a SIM for Walter White

Re: SIM card purchase

darlicious — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:18:07 GMT

Lol...i was starting to get that feeling

Re: SIM card purchase

ramona30 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 01:23:48 GMT

Hello....how can I change sim card for this cellphone:

https://www.gearbest.com/blog/new-gear/redmi-note-7-review-a-true-cost-effective-smartphone-with-pretty-looks-48mp-camera-and-more-for-under-150-3546?vip=18980100&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoqDtBRD-ARIsAL4pviCmh56RaR47LvbsH-9Ita4d_GniCRitgXoo7Jed-lTKwht5jvlP73QaAtOnEALw_wcB

Thank you...

Re: SIM card purchase

computergeek541 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 01:42:15 GMT

@ramona30 wrote:
Hello....how can I change sim card for this cellphone:
redmi-note-7

The current generation of Public Mobile sim cards fit any phone. All you would need to do is take the sim card out fo the old phone and insert it into the new one.