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Alan_K · ‎09-23-2019

The Refer-a-friend promotion has been extended to October 6, 2019 11:59 PM ET.

*This offer is online-only.

Hey Community,

From September 23th until September 30th, 2019, you and your friend can each get an extra $10 credit (on top of the regular Referral perks) when you refer them to Public Mobile and they activate online. Plus, for each referral, you will receive an entry into a lucky draw for a chance to win 1 of 3 pairs of Cineplex General Admission Tickets, so we can take you and a friend to catch a flick that you love.

You	Your friend
$1 off your payment every 30 days for as long as your friend stays with Public Mobile New Extra $10 one-time credit	$10 one-time credit New Extra $10 one-time credit

Get the full scoop below.

Taking advantage of this promo is easy. Just follow these steps:

As a Public Mobile customer you need to:

Be a good pal and refer a friend to Public Mobile.
Tell your friend that they need to successfully activate online on a $25/mo plan or higher during the promotional period and include you as their referrer in order to be eligible for the promotion. Learn more about Referral Codes HERE.
The extra one-time $10 credit will be applied to your Self-Serve account within 72 hours of your friend’s online activation. In addition, you will continue to be eligible for the $1 referral credit off your monthly bill for as long as your friend stays with Public Mobile.

Your friend will need to:

Purchase a Public Mobile SIM card. (Find a store)
Activate a Public Mobile SIM card online on a $25/mo plan or higher at activate.publicmobile.ca.
Enter your active Public Mobile referral code on the referral page during the activation process. The one-time $10 credit will be applied to their Self-Serve account within 72 hours of activation.

FAQs and terms and conditions are below. Happy referring!

-Public Mobile Community team

FAQ

Spoiler

Where do I find my referral code?

Visit this link to learn more about referral codes.

If I am referred and then I refer a friend or family member am I eligible for both sender and receiver rewards?

Yes, you are. This means that you would receive one $10 credit for being referred. Then, after activating with Public Mobile, you are eligible to take part in this promotion as a referral sender and earn $10 Refer-a-Friend credits during the promotional period. Learn more here.

As the referral receiver, am I eligible for the ongoing $10 Refer a Friend Reward credit, as well as this $10 Refer a Friend credit?

Yes, these credits are stackable. You will receive a total of $20 via two $10 account credits.

When does this promotion end?

This promotion will end September 30, 2019 11:59PM EST. Activations after this point will not be considered for the promotion.

Terms and Conditions

Referral sender (current Public Mobile customer)

All existing Refer a Friend eligibility requirements and rules apply. To learn more, visit publicmobile.ca/rewardrules.
You and your referee have to accept these terms to participate in the program.
You can only refer individuals with whom you have a personal or family relationship to ensure compliance with Canada's anti-spam legislation.
You can’t refer yourself or an existing Public Mobile customer.
TELUS team members, contractors, sales representatives acting on TELUS's behalf and associates at retail locations who receive special pricing are excluded from this promotion.

Referral receiver (your friend)

Must activate on a $25/mo plan or higher with Public Mobile.
You must input the referral information (referrer’s Public Mobile referral code) during your activation.
You and your referrer have to accept these terms to participate in the program.
After activating with Public Mobile, you are eligible to take part in this promotion as a referral sender.

OTHER

TELUS assumes no responsibility for lost, delayed, damaged or misdirected referrals or communications or for any failure of the website, for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or referral to be received by TELUS on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to your (or any other person's) computer related to or resulting from this program. TELUS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this program should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of TELUS, corrupt the security or proper administration of the program or for any other reason. Referrals are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, unintelligible, falsified, altered or tampered with or unlawful in any way. Referrals submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that a referral has been made in a manner not sanctioned by these terms, you and all of you referrals will be disqualified from this program and any referral credits that have been awarded will be deducted. You agree to abide by the terms of this program and the decisions of the TELUS team, which are final. This program is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.

TELUS may end the promotion or change any of the terms at any time, without notice and without obligation to award any promotion.

PRIVACY

Your privacy is important to TELUS. We have a long-standing policy of protecting the privacy of our customers in all of our business operations. Please visit telus.com/privacy for more information on the principles that govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. These principles reflect our continuing commitment to protecting our customers' privacy.

Where do I find my referral code? Visit this link to learn more about referral codes. If I am referred and then I refer a friend or family member am I eligible for both sender and receiver rewards? Yes, you are. This means that you would receive one $10 credit for being referred. Then, after activating with Public Mobile, you are eligible to take part in this promotion as a referral sender and earn $10 Refer-a-Friend credits during the promotional period. Learn more here. As the referral receiver, am I eligible for the ongoing $10 Refer a Friend Reward credit, as well as this $10 Refer a Friend credit? Yes, these credits are stackable. You will receive a total of $20 via two $10 account credits. When does this promotion end? This promotion will end September 30, 2019 11:59PM EST. Activations after this point will not be considered for the promotion. Terms and Conditions Referral sender (current Public Mobile customer) All existing Refer a Friend eligibility requirements and rules apply. To learn more, visit publicmobile.ca/rewardrules. You and your referee have to accept these terms to participate in the program. You can only refer individuals with whom you have a personal or family relationship to ensure compliance with Canada's anti-spam legislation. You can’t refer yourself or an existing Public Mobile customer. TELUS team members, contractors, sales representatives acting on TELUS's behalf and associates at retail locations who receive special pricing are excluded from this promotion. Referral receiver (your friend) Must activate on a $25/mo plan or higher with Public Mobile. You must input the referral information (referrer’s Public Mobile referral code) during your activation. You and your referrer have to accept these terms to participate in the program. After activating with Public Mobile, you are eligible to take part in this promotion as a referral sender. OTHER TELUS assumes no responsibility for lost, delayed, damaged or misdirected referrals or communications or for any failure of the website, for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or referral to be received by TELUS on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to your (or any other person's) computer related to or resulting from this program. TELUS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this program should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of TELUS, corrupt the security or proper administration of the program or for any other reason. Referrals are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, unintelligible, falsified, altered or tampered with or unlawful in any way. Referrals submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that a referral has been made in a manner not sanctioned by these terms, you and all of you referrals will be disqualified from this program and any referral credits that have been awarded will be deducted. You agree to abide by the terms of this program and the decisions of the TELUS team, which are final. This program is subject to all applicable laws and regulations. TELUS may end the promotion or change any of the terms at any time, without notice and without obligation to award any promotion. PRIVACY Your privacy is important to TELUS. We have a long-standing policy of protecting the privacy of our customers in all of our business operations. Please visit telus.com/privacy for more information on the principles that govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. These principles reflect our continuing commitment to protecting our customers' privacy.

Contest Rules

Spoiler

Public Mobile Refer-a-Friend Promotion Contest

CONTEST RULES

HOW TO ENTER & ELIGIBILITY

No Purchase Necessary. To enter entrants must refer a friend onto the Public Mobile network during the promotion period of September 23 to September 30, 2019 at 11:59 pm ET. One entry per referral. An entry is defined as the successful activation of a newly referred customer. No other form of participation is accepted. In the event of a dispute on the entrant identity, the person who is the holder of the email address specified on the online form will be deemed to be the entrant.

Contest runs September 23 to September 30, 2019 at 11:59pm ET.

To be eligible, an entrant must be an existing Public Mobile customer and entry must be received on or before end of contest closing date and time. Entrants must be a Canadian resident who are 13 years of age or older and must be a member of the Public Mobile online Community. Contest not open to employees of TELUS Corporation, its affiliated companies or subsidiaries, its sales agents, its advertising and promotional agencies, and members with whom they are domiciled. By accepting these Contest Rules, entrants agree that any and all liability related to this contest by TELUS is limited to the value of the Prize(s) as defined hereinafter.

THE PRIZE

There will be three (3) prizes awarded. Each winner will receive the following prize:

Two (2) Cineplex General Admission Tickets (Retail Value $8.75)

Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and with no substitutions, is/are not transferable unless set out in the Contest Rules and cannot be exchanged with Public Mobile or cash. Public Mobile reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a Prize of equivalent value if such prize becomes unavailable for any reason. The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.

THE DRAW

A random draw for all Prizes will take place at the Public Mobile office located at 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario on or about October 1 at 12:00PM ET by a TELUS representative. Selected entrants will be notified on the Public Mobile Community. If the selected entrant cannot be reached within two (2) business days, or if the selected entrant does not meet any of the contest requirements, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.

In order to win, the selected entrant must correctly answer unaided a mathematical skill-testing question and will be required to sign a standard release form. If the selected entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian must read and accept these Contest Rules. Failure to answer the skill-testing question correctly, comply with the Contest Rules or sign and return the release form within two (2) days of receipt will result in disqualification and another entry will be selected until the Prize is awarded. Prize will be delivered to a Canadian address of the winner’s choice within (7) business days after prize has been awarded.

PRIVACY

By entering the contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for publicity purposes in all media used by Public Mobile, without payment or compensation. Entrants agree to TELUS’ use of the entrants’ personal information that may include contacting you regarding limited time offers, promotional offers and/or surveys. Full details are as described in Public Mobiles’ privacy policy located at publicmobile.ca/termsofservice.

QUEBEC RESIDENTS

Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a Prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.

OTHER

All entries become the property of Public Mobile. Public Mobile assumes no responsibility for lost, damaged or misdirected entries during the contest period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software and failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Public Mobile on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or failure of handset or mobile web browser. Public Mobile reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this contest without prior notice. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are mechanically reproduced, forged, falsified, altered, tampered with, not in accordance with Community standards or unlawful in any way. Entries submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that an entry has been made in an manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified. Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and the decisions of the contest judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.

Public Mobile Refer-a-Friend Promotion Contest CONTEST RULES HOW TO ENTER & ELIGIBILITY No Purchase Necessary. To enter entrants must refer a friend onto the Public Mobile network during the promotion period of September 23 to September 30, 2019 at 11:59 pm ET. One entry per referral. An entry is defined as the successful activation of a newly referred customer. No other form of participation is accepted. In the event of a dispute on the entrant identity, the person who is the holder of the email address specified on the online form will be deemed to be the entrant. Contest runs September 23 to September 30, 2019 at 11:59pm ET. To be eligible, an entrant must be an existing Public Mobile customer and entry must be received on or before end of contest closing date and time. Entrants must be a Canadian resident who are 13 years of age or older and must be a member of the Public Mobile online Community. Contest not open to employees of TELUS Corporation, its affiliated companies or subsidiaries, its sales agents, its advertising and promotional agencies, and members with whom they are domiciled. By accepting these Contest Rules, entrants agree that any and all liability related to this contest by TELUS is limited to the value of the Prize(s) as defined hereinafter. THE PRIZE There will be three (3) prizes awarded. Each winner will receive the following prize: Two (2) Cineplex General Admission Tickets (Retail Value $8.75) Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and with no substitutions, is/are not transferable unless set out in the Contest Rules and cannot be exchanged with Public Mobile or cash. Public Mobile reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a Prize of equivalent value if such prize becomes unavailable for any reason. The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received. THE DRAW A random draw for all Prizes will take place at the Public Mobile office located at 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario on or about October 1 at 12:00PM ET by a TELUS representative. Selected entrants will be notified on the Public Mobile Community. If the selected entrant cannot be reached within two (2) business days, or if the selected entrant does not meet any of the contest requirements, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries. In order to win, the selected entrant must correctly answer unaided a mathematical skill-testing question and will be required to sign a standard release form. If the selected entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian must read and accept these Contest Rules. Failure to answer the skill-testing question correctly, comply with the Contest Rules or sign and return the release form within two (2) days of receipt will result in disqualification and another entry will be selected until the Prize is awarded. Prize will be delivered to a Canadian address of the winner’s choice within (7) business days after prize has been awarded. PRIVACY By entering the contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for publicity purposes in all media used by Public Mobile, without payment or compensation. Entrants agree to TELUS’ use of the entrants’ personal information that may include contacting you regarding limited time offers, promotional offers and/or surveys. Full details are as described in Public Mobiles’ privacy policy located at publicmobile.ca/termsofservice. QUEBEC RESIDENTS Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a Prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement. OTHER All entries become the property of Public Mobile. Public Mobile assumes no responsibility for lost, damaged or misdirected entries during the contest period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software and failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Public Mobile on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or failure of handset or mobile web browser. Public Mobile reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this contest without prior notice. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are mechanically reproduced, forged, falsified, altered, tampered with, not in accordance with Community standards or unlawful in any way. Entries submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that an entry has been made in an manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified. Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and the decisions of the contest judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.

AE_Collector · ‎07-28-2020

@Lubnaali31

But the newly referred account always gets a $10 credit if they use a referral code to activate. And the person who’s code is used gets $1/month ongoing credit. Just the additional credit to the person doing the referral has expired as it was a limited time promotion.

AE_Collector

computergeek541 · ‎07-28-2020

@Lubnaali31 wrote:
Does the 10$ For friend and yourself promotion still valid?

@Lubnaali31 As per the thread title and details in the first message, this offer expired last year.

Lubnaali31 · ‎07-28-2020

Does the 10$ For friend and yourself promotion still valid?

AE_Collector · ‎10-12-2019

@Tony12

To answer your question of what the person referring you gets since he didn't get the bonus $10.... he gets $1/month credit every month for as long as you remain with Public Mobile. That $1/Month to the person making the referral and a single $10 credit to the new customer is the regular referral bonus (always) at Public Mobile.

Dunkman · ‎10-12-2019

@Tony12

The key question is when you bought the SIM card at Walmart:

Did you activate your account at Walmart computer? If at Walmart, it is considered an in store activation and will not qualify for this promotion.

Some promotions are for in store activations. Other promotions are for at home, online activations. The wording can be somewhat confusing. This promotion is for at online activations. Instore activations use a different website from my understanding. Public mobile can tell whether an account activation was done in store or elsehere.

AE_Collector · ‎10-12-2019

Not the first time this wording has caused confusion but PM has two methods to activate, At a Dealer or Do It Yourself online (at home). To me it was quite clearly spelled out but I can't blame people who don't check a bit closer who make this mistake. I question everything first and I would have wondered why PM bothered to say "Activate Online" in advertisements to describe going to a dealer to get activated.

computergeek541 · ‎10-12-2019

@Tony12 wrote:
I just bought the sim card from the customer service representative so I should be entitled to the 20 dollar credit.

Ok, no problem. @Dunkman and I were going by this: "I activated with Walmart 1900 eglinton avenue". If you didn't activate there, you will to open a support ticket to have the moderators look into this.

Tony12 · ‎10-12-2019

Also the friend who referred me never got the 10 dollar credit so I wonder what are the benefits of him referring me to public mobile?

Tony12 · ‎10-12-2019

I just bought the sim card from the customer service representative so I should be entitled to the 20 dollar credit.

computergeek541 · ‎10-12-2019

@Tony12 wrote:
It doesn't say activate at home. It says activate online which I activated online. Also it says plans starting 25 and above will receive the 20 dollar bonus for the person who got referred

Activating at a retail location doesn't qualify. Sorry.

Tony12 · ‎10-12-2019

Tell your friend that they need to successfully activate online on a $25/mo plan or higher during the promotional period and include you as their referrer in order to be eligible for the promotion. Learn more about Referral Codes HERE

This is what it says. I activated myself

Tony12 · ‎10-12-2019

It doesn't say activate at home. It says activate online which I activated online. Also it says plans starting 25 and above will receive the 20 dollar bonus for the person who got referred

Dunkman · ‎10-12-2019

@Tony12

Unfortunately, for this promotion to be valid, you had to activate the $25+ plan at home, not at Walmart instore. You will just get the regular $10 friend credit (not the extra bonus $10).

Tony12 · ‎10-12-2019

I am the new customer, and I was referred by a friend. I went with a 25 dollar plan and should be given a 25 dollar credit. Whereas I am only given a ten dollar credit.

Tony12 · ‎10-12-2019

I went for the 25 dollar plan which is said that plan 25 dollar and above get that extra 10 dollar bill. I was referred by a friend so the referral code was used. I activated with Walmart 1900 eglinton avenue

AE_Collector · ‎10-11-2019

It was nice to see the additional bonus back to those doing the referrals. I still miss the $25/$25 rewards for referrals but this was nice after a drought in this type of additional reward going back to March. For the most part PM plans sell themselves thus I would concentrate on new customer / referral rewards like this to further motivate existing customers to push friends and family to actually make the move.

kelvarnsen · ‎10-11-2019

This was a great promo. I referred 2 people, which means between my bonus and my usual credits, my October bill will be 0 dollars.

dabr · ‎10-10-2019

@LovesToPM Thanks, yes just read the original announcement (which I didn't earlier).:)

LovesToPM · ‎10-10-2019

@dabr wrote:
@Alan_K wrote:
Big congratulations to @carlog , @danieljlz and @asapoemedese for winning the lucky draw for the Cineplex tickets!
I'm a bit confused why this has been announced in this thread? But congrats to the winners:)

I believe the contest was started with this promo. Refer a friend and enter the contest.

dabr · ‎10-10-2019

LovesToPM · ‎10-10-2019

@Alan_K wrote:
Big congratulations to @carlog , @danieljlz and @asapoemedese for winning the lucky draw for the Cineplex tickets!

Congrats to @carlog , @danieljlz and @asapoemedese!

Alan_K · ‎10-10-2019

Big congratulations to @carlog , @danieljlz and @asapoemedese for winning the lucky draw for the Cineplex tickets!

darlicious · ‎10-07-2019

@AE_Collector wrote:
I squeaked my one and only referral in this promo through last night. I saw the $1 bump in rerferal rewards in self serve last night but it was 9AM sharp this morning when I got the Congratulations text. And then just over an hour later the $10 referrer bonus showed up.

I had the new customer attempt the RBCREWARDS promo too but no go. I knew it expired Sept 30 but so did this $10/$10 bonus which was extended so thought it worth a try just in case.

Terry

I had the same thing happen...the $10 credit appeared about 6 hours later. The texts showed up about 8 hours after that. I just happen to notice it when I was checking my data usage trying to figure out how I used 200mb when I was sitting at home all day on WiFi. The RBCREWARDS promo was cut off right at the deadline last week. My friend recieved an error msg and had to wait out a lock out session and it wouldnt apply afterwards.

AE_Collector · ‎10-07-2019

I squeaked my one and only referral in this promo through last night. I saw the $1 bump in referral rewards in self serve last night but it was 9 AM sharp this morning when I got the Congratulations text. And then just over an hour later the $10 referrer bonus showed up.

I had the new customer attempt the RBCREWARDS promo too but no go. I knew it expired Sept 30 but so did this $10/$10 bonus which was extended so thought it worth a try just in case.

Terry

computergeek541 · ‎10-06-2019

@JustM wrote:
hey tqk, don't sweat it. Signing up isn't hard, but I believe the $20 credit promo is over though

still nearly 2 hours remaining

JustM · ‎10-06-2019

oops, my bad. I thought it was Oct 7 already!

JustM · ‎10-06-2019

hey tqk, don't sweat it. Signing up isn't hard, but I believe the $20 credit promo is over though

computergeek541 · ‎10-06-2019

@tqk wrote:
I'd love to do this (I have several friends interested) but-
until you somehow allow me to JOIN, I guess that I (and you) are SOL.

Why can't you join? There are people on ebay, kijiji, or rfd who can help you in getting activated with this offer still tonight.

tqk · ‎10-06-2019

I'd love to do this (I have several friends interested) but-

until you somehow allow me to JOIN, I guess that I (and you) are SOL.

popping · ‎10-06-2019

@Sarahwhite wrote:

@GR wrote:
@Sarahwhite it can take up to 72 hours
For both credits? Or just the second $10?

An oracle posted that he got his referrer credit at around 72 hours. I am waiting for my referer credit from yesterday activation of $25 plan.

One of my referee from yesterday got $10 credit this morning for activated a $10 plan and not qualified for the second $10.

Community

Extended to Oct 6 - Get an extra $10 Credit for You & a Friend by Referring them to Public Mobile