In message , at 14:30:06 on Sun, 14 Jul
2019, tim... remarked:


"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 11:11:38 on Sun, 14 Jul
2019, tim... remarked:

Then there's a few phones which need a "5v" SIM, and don't work
with a 3v one. Those SIMs are getting harder to find (some say
that it's only Pound-shop Orange SIMs these days,

Thinks

why would someone pay even as much as a pound for a SIM?

Because that's what the shops charge,

Is it. Higher than I have seen, 50p earlier this week (forget where)

99p is a common price, although Sainsbury's is sticking to £1:

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/...groceries/home
/sim-cards

and stealing them is a crime.

Yes, very funny

I've paid as little as 1P for a SIM in Tesco, and both I and the
checkout assistant were surprised (the shelf was marked 99p)

My last one was sent to me for free

Some of the networks will send a free SIM as a marketing exercise, it's
unlikely you'll get a retailer to send you a free one.

But they've been trained to believe what the till tells them.

That came with some free data for the first month, so not merely a
bit of plastic needing topping up.

I think my free one came with some credit. AIH that was worthless to
me as I only need it to convert a full sized SIM into a nano SIM.

Sainsbury's Mobile used to have some offers (their project flopped
and they did desperate stuff to try to kick start it).

They didn't do anything differently to others trying to enter the market

Their main difference was self-service handsets on the regular shelves.
Tesco went for shop-in-a-shop, as did CPW in PC World and Best Buy.

their problem was they came to the market too late

Not especially, also considering Tesco was in turmoil after moving
providers from Vodafone to O2. But their demographic was wrong for a
pure PAYG product.
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Roland Perry