Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Telephones, Broadband and Mobiles => Topic started by: LeeGlo on October 12, 2013, 18:37:36 PM
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I'm totally p**d off with Turkcell at the moment.
We have a VINN dongle each for internet and have been getting a 3 Gb for 3 month package for some time. Last week one dongle had run out of credit well before the package expiry date so we went to top it up, we have done this many times before, but this time we were told that we could not buy the same package as the old one hadn't expired. We could buy any other package no problem.
The other dongle package expiry date is 15th October and still has some credit, today I tried to top up with the same 3Gb x 3 month package and again I couldn't until the old package ran out. Previously I could top up before the expiry date and the remaining credit would be added to the new package but it seems they have moved the goal posts now.
So unless you can accurately predict your usage and buy the appropriate package you are stuck with either losing left over credit or having to change your package if you run out before time. Pain in the you know what. >:(
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Why do you have 2 dangles may I ask?
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Don't quite follow the package you have Leeglo, the 3 month package I use is for 10 gb and costs 79 lira, sometimes mine goes too before the 3 months, but of course that depends on what you are using. if one is downloading music or watching you tube etc , it will eat your 10 gb a lot faster, also why do you need 2 dongles?. hope this helps.
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I think the point LeeGlo was making was that in the past if they used up their 3 gb before the expiry date they could just go and top up again. They were refused this option this time.
They probably also have the older type dongle which only supports one piece of equipment. Check Loz's post on the VINN mini wi-fi which support multiple pieces.
http://www.calis-beach.co.uk/forum/telephones_broadband_and_mobiles/mobile_internet_access_50660.msg315223.html#msg315223
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Don't get me started on Turkcell - oh you have.
I bought a pair of 30tl headphones from the shop near to Paspatur and on the first attempt at home to put them on one of the arms snapped off. I took them back to the shop the next day only to be told that they couldn't replace them until Monday when the Manageress returned. Even with the help of a Turkish friend to translate we could not pursuade them to change them even though the woman who had sold them to me was in the shop. We flew out on Monday so I knew that I wouldn't have any time to go back to Fethiye so I just threw them on the counter and stormed out with as much of 30tl's worth of indignation that I could muster.
Customer service gone bad. >:(
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Marggie is right, we have 2 dongles because we have a laptop each. Yes they are the old type of dongle. The bottom line is that we couldn't top up with the SAME package before the current ones expiry date even though all the allowance had been used, but could and did with a different package. Also by waiting until the current package expiry date any remaining credit will now be lost. Just to be peevish we put 1 GB for 1 month on each, so instead of spending 59TL each we spent 29TL each. Why do they always have to mess with something that is working just fine !!
I think we may now look into the wifi-vinn option, so thanks for the link.
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Another option to consider is Connectify pro you effectively use this program to turn your laptop into a 'hotspot' it costs about £25 i off payment. The free version does not work with 3G dongles, then you only need top up one.
Not as versatile as the mini wifi but it is another option and cheaper.
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Thanks for your suggestion Bewva but as we live in Turkey permanently and don't have any wired internet I don't think it would work for us.
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As Marrgie has mentioned and after lots of positive advice from Loz we got a VINN WiFi unit is May and have used it on out visits this year and all you need to do if the data runs out is top it up and unless you do not use it for 3 months you do not lose and of the data.
4GB was 29TL I think.
Works really well even high in the mountains and you can connect more than one device at a time. Best piece of technology I have bought in Turkey!!!
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29TL is 1GB for 1 month or at least that was what the buggers who sold me the crap headphones charged me or just maybe I've got "MUG" tattooed across my forehead?
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No, 4gb is 39 lira, standard turkcell price everywhere.
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Yes, 1 gb for 1 month is 29 tl.
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For anyone who's intrested here is the complete list of Turkcell VINN packages & prices.
TURKCELL VINN
1 Paket Süre Fiyat
Haftalık 1 GB internet Paketi 1 GB Haftalık 12 TL
Günlük 500 MB internet Paketi 500MB Günlük 5 TL
Aylık 1 GB internet Paketi 1 GB Aylık 29 TL
Aylık 4 GB internet Paketi 4 GB Aylık 39 TL
Tekrarlı Aylık 4GB internet Paketi 4 GB Aylık 39 TL
3 Aylık 1 GB internet Paketi 1 GB 3 Aylık 39 TL
3 Aylık 3 GB internet Paketi 3 GB 3 Aylık 59 TL
3 Aylık 10 GB internet Paketi 10 GB 3 Aylık 79 TL
Gece internet Paketi 4 GBAylık (Gece) 14 TL
12 Aylık 12GB internet Kartı 12 GB 12 Aylık 149 TL
The prices were all lined up but when I go to "preview" they've moved again durr.