Out of date sim card

[Anonymous]

I recently bought a Pay & Go, Go, Go sim card for my husband in a local shop. When I opened it there was a sticker on the back saying "must be activated by Feb/2014". Does this mean it is now useless?

[davethorp · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I recently bought a Pay & Go, Go, Go sim card for my husband in a local shop. When I opened it there was a sticker on the back saying "must be activated by Feb/2014". Does this mean it is now useless?

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Quite probably but the best way to check would be to insert the sim into a handset. Most networks will generally recycle unactivated numbers after a period though

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that. Worth a try before I bin it lol.

[jonsie]

If it doesn't register on the network don't try to top it up.

[Anonymous]

I found my old pay and go sim that was supposed to be activated before June this year and it didnt work.

[Anonymous]

Hi

You bought one ? Unless you mean the O2 shop insisted on a £10 top up before you left the shop.

They are free here https://www.o2.co.uk/freesim/

[jonsie]

'In a local shop' doesn't infer an O2 store, probaly paid 99p or something....

[MI5]

Many local corner shops sell them for 99p

[Anonymous]

Yes I've seen them in the £1 shops coming to think of it.

Still the link may help if the one they have does not activate.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advice guys. Yeah, was a 99p shop. Was being lazy lol.