topic Re: purchasing a minute card in Get Support

purchasing a minute card

Amanda23 — Wed, 31 May 2023 11:52:50 GMT

i went to walmart in salmon arm tonight may,30.2023 and was told they no longer sell minutes for public mobile why and where also can i get them?

Re: purchasing a minute card

XionBunny — Wed, 31 May 2023 08:20:46 GMT

@Amanda23 Current supported store listings (for top-ups) are here: https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/get-help/articles/purchase-a-voucher

there are alternatives others will post, I'm not going to bother my self as the auto moderator just removes them.

Re: purchasing a minute card

BKNS27 — Wed, 31 May 2023 07:46:51 GMT

@Amanda23

PM have removed all retailers from selling and activating SIMs about a year ago and some Walmarts have stopped selling vouchers.

You might want to go to a Telus/Koodo store to get your voucher.

Also try these locations other that Walmart:

Dial 611 to enter the voucher number.

Re: purchasing a minute card

dust2dust — Wed, 31 May 2023 08:09:13 GMT

You can also buy them online. You can also use the real time payment option in some stores.

@XionBunny- ???

Re: purchasing a minute card

XionBunny — Wed, 31 May 2023 08:22:22 GMT

@dust2dust The OP is asking about top up cards, and when I went to post sites like recharge etc as well as the help article listing the stores you can buy them at. The auto moderator removed my post due to the links, that's why I said that. I wasn't trying to say they sell sim cards or do any in store activations. I'm just going to edit that post since even being brief causes confusion here .🤷

Re: purchasing a minute card

maximum_gato — Wed, 31 May 2023 09:26:42 GMT

@Amanda23

You have several options in Salmon Arm.....these are the retailers that sell pm vouchers that are immediately valid upon purchase....

Shell
Shoppers Drug Mart
London Drugs
7/11
Esso
Mobil (instant top up/RTP)

Re: purchasing a minute card

softech — Wed, 31 May 2023 10:31:25 GMT

@Amanda23 you can also buy online with a fee, recharge.com/ding.com/muskbird.com

another way is instant top-up., available at most Canadian Tire Gas, Esso, Gateway Newstands, and MacEwen locations.

Re: purchasing a minute card

softech — Wed, 31 May 2023 10:35:13 GMT

@XionBunny wrote:
@dust2dust The OP is asking about top up cards, and when I went to post sites like recharge etc as well as the help article listing the stores you can buy them at. The auto moderator removed my post due to the links,

@XionBunny

sometimes there is really no logic to us why some posted got moved by the auto spam filter. I just tried the couple online voucher sites, work for me

on the other hand, like to post the PM bands info. Other can post , for me, it also got removed, i have to post screenshot instead

Re: purchasing a minute card

XionBunny — Wed, 31 May 2023 10:36:59 GMT

@softech it seems to not like certain things hot linked, it'll immediately delete those kinds of posts for whatever reason.

Re: purchasing a minute card

Amanda23 — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:28:51 GMT

we don’t have a london drugs or 7/11

Re: purchasing a minute card

softech — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:31:10 GMT

@Amanda23 Shell or SDM or Esso? Try to get from those stores as you can use the voucher immediately.. Vouchers from other stores could have a 24 hours wait time

Re: purchasing a minute card

maximum_gato — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:31:47 GMT

@Amanda23

Sorry I was going by Google maps.....I guess nearby Salmon Arm meant the London Drugs in Vernon. If the Crappy tire has a gas bar you can get RTP/Top ups there or buy vouchers from customer service but they have a delay in validity of up to 8 hours or so....