Organizing SIM cards

[ggking7]

How do you organize and keep track of your SIM cards and their pertinent information? I'd like something to physically keep my SIM cards safe, as well as a method for keeping track of each of their balances, balance expiration dates, balance checking methods, etc. Do you just put them in a plastic bag and write their pertinent info on a piece of paper?

[fedeprovenza]

The section is wrong. Anyway i put my 24 sims in a little bag

[ggking7]

What do you mean the section is wrong?

Do you just write down the necessary info for each on a piece of paper in the bag? Don't tell me you memorized the "check balance" function for 24 cards.

[PhotoJim]

Storing the "check balance" number on the SIM is easy enough. Put an exclamation mark in front of the name of the entry so that it appears at the top.

I have a little aluminum case by Umbra that's designed to store driver's licenses, ID cards, credit cards, etc. It nicely and neatly fits my top-up cards and then I just slide the SIMs in last. It works quite well.

[Bossman]

Wow! That's a lot of sim cards ggking7. As for checking balance, most sim cards already have the number stored on them. For those that do not, I store it on there myself. Just like PhotoJim, I use a plastic that's meant to hold drivers licence, bus pass, etc. I only use this for a couple of sims. I have enough unlocked phones for the remaining sims. So, they are just in the phone.

[powerlifter]

I have a credit card size sim card holder that holds 4 sim cards. I store these in a tin can that held breath mints. As far as the sim balance goes I never have enough on the sim card to worry about. When I go back to the country I just top off as soon as I can. the only one I worry about is Vodaphone, and I check the balance on the web site.

[PhotoJim]

powerlifter,

Where did you get that SIM card holder? If I could get four or five of those, that would be perfect with my system.

[bylo]

Where did you get that SIM card holder?
eBay, e.g. http://cgi.ebay.com/Soft-4-Sim-Card-Holder-Case_W0QQitemZ120246132325QQihZ002QQcategoryZ10364 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Keyring-Blue-Card-Holder-Case-for-Mini-Micro-SD-SIM_W0QQitemZ200216088392QQihZ010QQcategoryZ50503Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem but FWIW I use the plastic boxes that flash memory cards come in.

[ggking7]

The phone number for each too, plus the customer service number wouldn't hurt to have.

[powerlifter]

powerlifter,

Where did you get that SIM card holder? If I could get four or five of those, that would be perfect with my system.

They came from telestial when I bought my Hop card. They hold four sim cards I think.

[AdmiralAK]

I have a little tin can from the early days of the Vodafone CU package (Greece) that I throw all my SIMs in ;-)

[djmonsi]

got a plastic SD memory card case. its like a micro suitcase. all my 25 to 30 sim cards go in that.

[catwoman66]

eBay, e.g. http://cgi.ebay.com/Soft-4-Sim-Card-Holder-Case_W0QQitemZ120246132325QQihZ002QQcategoryZ10364 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Keyring-Blue-Card-Holder-Case-for-Mini-Micro-SD-SIM_W0QQitemZ200216088392QQihZ010QQcategoryZ50503Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem but FWIW I use the plastic boxes that flash memory cards come in.

I also store mine in the plastic boxes used for memory cards, (very handy) but have also ordered from ebay after seeing your link, thanks:idea:

[catwoman66]

eBay, e.g. http://cgi.ebay.com/Soft-4-Sim-Card-Holder-Case_W0QQitemZ120246132325QQihZ002QQcategoryZ10364 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Keyring-Blue-Card-Holder-Case-for-Mini-Micro-SD-SIM_W0QQitemZ200216088392QQihZ010QQcategoryZ50503Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem but FWIW I use the plastic boxes that flash memory cards come in.

thanks for the link, my sim case holder is being shipped whilst I write..;)