Post by fidobsa on Jan 15, 2015 8:50:30 GMT 1
Last night I was watching an old recording of a UK consumer TV programme about fake goods and the efforts to catch and prosecute the people selling them. Items included vodka, golf clubs, washing powder and holiday apartments. I was wondering if anyone knows whether there are fake mobile phone top-up vouchers on sale in Croatia?
Just before Christmas I was trying to make a call but got a message saying that my credit has expired. I probably still had about 150 Kn credit but if you don't make a call every 30 days or whatever they cut you off until you top up again. I bought a 50 Kn voucher from a street kiosk in the centre of Durdevac but when I tried to enter it on the phone I got a message saying something like "The number you entered is unassigned". The woman at the kiosk does not speak English and I don't speak Croatian so I can't take the voucher back to complain. It is a Tomato sim. I was advised to use Tomato as I was told their roaming charges are the lowest. My village does not tend to get a signal but if we do it is on Hungarian phone networks. I often just leave my Hungarian sim card in the phone if I am only going to be in the village. The Croatian sim is only of use when I'm travelling around within Croatia or I'm expecting a call/text on that number.
Just before Christmas I was trying to make a call but got a message saying that my credit has expired. I probably still had about 150 Kn credit but if you don't make a call every 30 days or whatever they cut you off until you top up again. I bought a 50 Kn voucher from a street kiosk in the centre of Durdevac but when I tried to enter it on the phone I got a message saying something like "The number you entered is unassigned". The woman at the kiosk does not speak English and I don't speak Croatian so I can't take the voucher back to complain. It is a Tomato sim. I was advised to use Tomato as I was told their roaming charges are the lowest. My village does not tend to get a signal but if we do it is on Hungarian phone networks. I often just leave my Hungarian sim card in the phone if I am only going to be in the village. The Croatian sim is only of use when I'm travelling around within Croatia or I'm expecting a call/text on that number.