Sim Cards?

[Edifice]

Just curious, I plan on switching from the CDMA network to GSM and I was wondering about the sim cards.

I am probably going to go with Fido and was wondering how much the sim card goes for cause I see alot of adds on CL and Kijiji for people selling sim cards brand new and/or used. Is it safe to buy one off somebody rather than from Rogers/Fido?

How much do sim cards generally go for?

Should I simply buy one from Fido when creating a new account or does it really matter?

 

[Mack Bolan]

I was under the impression, that you would need to purchase a sim card from a Rogers/Fido dealer/reseller. They have to program you number into it or enter you sim id into the network.

 

[l69norm]

.. I see alot of adds on CL and Kijiji for people selling sim cards brand new and/or used...?

I thought the whole idea of buying a used sim was to take over the previous owner's plan which may have some special deal that you can't get anymore like unlimited incoming calls or data.

 

[Mack Bolan]

The pervious owner of the sim card could have been cloned and a hundred copies made. The owner get a serious bill for calls not made by him/her and the account would be cancelled. Do you really want some esles card, that could be stolen?

 

[Keebler Elf]

I'm pretty sure you can get your SIM card re-programmed.

 

[drrogers]

The only trick is

Shop and negotiate - forget about used sim cards - more of a headache than they are worth. Spend some time checking out the openly offered rates - finde the best deals - doesn't matter whether it is Bell or Rogers because Rogers will match Bell.

And then don't accept the first offers - negotiate - negotiate and bully - don't deal with a reseller ie Rogers or Fide store or Kiosk - call and do it online - and if you don't get what you think is the best deal - ask for a supervisor -

Doc