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11-02-2015, 11:33
Well. They use the same trick like Aldi talk for data.
They set the default rate ridicuosly high: € 0.23 per MB.
That's exactly at the EU/EEA cap in Germany € 0.20 plus taxes.
Then they can claim to sell data at the same rate domestically as abroad.
No lie and good advertising to fool unaware customers.
And the trap is laid out: € 0.23 per MB means € 230 for 1 GB.
Of course at home everybody buys packages. Here Lidl sells 1 GB for less than 12 €.
Crossing the border, Lidl charges 20 times as much.
But two points to the credit for Lidl:
- Aldi (their big rival on the German discounter market) did it first and Lidl just copies it
- both are still offering the 150 MB EU roaming pack for 5 €. So 1 GB comes down from € 230 to € 35 if you rebook the pack for 7 times. Still, one of the best offers for roaming on the German market.
So this is nothing new, the Ortel rate 2 threads below really is.
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