Purchase Spain SIM in Italy?

hellogoodbye · **Purchase Spain SIM in Italy? -** 28-02-2007, 06:19

Is it possible to buy a Spain SIM Card anywhere in Florence?

Effendi · 28-02-2007, 07:42

No, I really think it's impossible.
But you can easily find one on eBay, I suppose, or in Spain when you go there.

hellogoodbye · 28-02-2007, 17:08

Our 16-year old son will be going to Spain on a 10-day school trip and we can't trust him to find the time and transportation to buy and replace a SIM card. Also we want to know the phone number in advance.

My husband is in Italy now and we thought he might be able to get a Spanish SIM card at a Vodafone store.

Alternatively, we have a Mobal which we could lend to our son, but we're concerned he will rack up the bill with in-country calls to the other kids on the trip.

Do you know whether the Vodafone passport plan purchased in Italy would be a good deal for Spain?

Effendi · 28-02-2007, 21:48

The Voda passport is not bad, but it works only for calling back to Italy, not any other country. Anyway I suppose a 16 years old guy is smart enough to go to a phone shop in Spain and get a prepaid sim-card

Or just give hime an international prepaid card to use from public phones.

jpsnet · **Movistar card -** 02-03-2007, 10:43

Hi,

I have a couple of Telefonica/Movistar cards spare that I used for the kids last summer on holiday. Need to check their balance but if you are interested, I can send them to you and you pay me via paypal. Let me know if this of interest to you.

Peter

MATHA531 · 02-03-2007, 14:44

While it's true that purchasing Vodafone Passport in Italy will not help all that much for calls back to the USA from Spain, a workaround is to also buy an Italian phone card with a local Italian number...then if using Vodafone Passport IT in Spain, you make the call to the Italian number on the calling card which 1ould be a call to Italy and pay the Italian rate with the surcharge (€1??) and use the minutes on the Italian calling card which will be very very cheap.

Of course, you will get the free reception of calls while in Spain albeit with the €1 surcharge per call.

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hellogoodbye (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 28 Feb 2007 Country:	Purchase Spain SIM in Italy? - 28-02-2007, 06:19 Is it possible to buy a Spain SIM Card anywhere in Florence?

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	28-02-2007, 07:42 No, I really think it's impossible. But you can easily find one on eBay, I suppose, or in Spain when you go there. Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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hellogoodbye (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 28 Feb 2007 Country:	28-02-2007, 17:08 Our 16-year old son will be going to Spain on a 10-day school trip and we can't trust him to find the time and transportation to buy and replace a SIM card. Also we want to know the phone number in advance. My husband is in Italy now and we thought he might be able to get a Spanish SIM card at a Vodafone store. Alternatively, we have a Mobal which we could lend to our son, but we're concerned he will rack up the bill with in-country calls to the other kids on the trip. Do you know whether the Vodafone passport plan purchased in Italy would be a good deal for Spain?

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	28-02-2007, 21:48 The Voda passport is not bad, but it works only for calling back to Italy, not any other country. Anyway I suppose a 16 years old guy is smart enough to go to a phone shop in Spain and get a prepaid sim-card Or just give hime an international prepaid card to use from public phones. Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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jpsnet (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 8 Join Date: 01 Feb 2007 Country:	Movistar card - 02-03-2007, 10:43 Hi, I have a couple of Telefonica/Movistar cards spare that I used for the kids last summer on holiday. Need to check their balance but if you are interested, I can send them to you and you pay me via paypal. Let me know if this of interest to you. Peter Peter My Phone: Nokia E61 previous handsets: Nokia 6230i, Nokia 8310, Sony Ericcson K600i, ...... Working Contract : UK: O2 PrePaids: D: Vodaphone changing to SIMYO E: Movistar E: YOIGO [/COLOR][/SIZE] Deceased PrePaids: A: eety UK: Vodaphone, T-D1 TH:Happy offering 'spare' Simcards : E: movistar UK: Orange, O2 any reasonable offer (considering rest balance + postage) accepted

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	02-03-2007, 14:44 While it's true that purchasing Vodafone Passport in Italy will not help all that much for calls back to the USA from Spain, a workaround is to also buy an Italian phone card with a local Italian number...then if using Vodafone Passport IT in Spain, you make the call to the Italian number on the calling card which 1ould be a call to Italy and pay the Italian rate with the surcharge (€1??) and use the minutes on the Italian calling card which will be very very cheap. Of course, you will get the free reception of calls while in Spain albeit with the €1 surcharge per call.