Cheap Mobile - What type???

[Ian]

Ron - just got in from work - thanks for directions - I am sure that with all the advice and tips - I will now get a result one way or the other.

Many thanks

[Bybell]

Ian, sorry, been away for a couple of days. When we got off the Dolmus at the Mosque, we dropped down on to the main road and left towards the centre of Fethiye.  A 100 yards or so on the other side was a phone shop. We bought a brand new Nokia for (from memory) £30 or so.  It doesn't have any model number on it but it is the same basic model you can buy here. The girl in the shop fitted a Turcell sim card in and registered it. It came with 5 or 10 minutes free talk and we bought extra time through the phone online, as required.  Total amount at the shop was certainly around £40.  Sorry cannot be more precise but I left the bill and paperwork in our apartment. Not surprised about you experience at Migros. We only went there once and were horrified at the prices in general.  It seems to be set up for tourists who don't want to risk trying the local shops.

Harry & Sheila

[Ian]

Harry & Sheila -  thanks for your reply- I know exactly where you mean and it sounds great value for money. Does it mean that doing it this way YOUR phone is registered in Turkey so it won't be "switched off" when Turkcell - stop people from using "unlocked" phonmes as referred to earlier in this topic?

Ian

[legless]

It means exactly that Ian

Ron

[wallace]

Just to add an option Ive just heard of
www.oneroam.co.uk
sim card cost £12-99 use it in Turkey make calls to uk for
27p per minute, incoming calls FREE, which is good for me
cause my customers still phone me, and the office, and I
have to pay to recieve the call!!!
worth looking ar there web site they work in most countries

Carol

[webbstar]

Ian did you get it unlocked?

[Ian]

Webbstar & Other kind patient Contributors - didn't want to be rude - so I thought I should update you. Went into Blackpool today (couldn't get to Bury Market last week) - went to little Market in the Town Centre. Found the mobile stall - saw a handwritten sign on a scruffy piece of cardboard - ANY PHONE UNLOCKED - £10 - approached the man (do they all look suspicious - a bit like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean???). Anyway I asked him if he could unlock my Motorola T191 - he looked at it and said "bl**dy hell that's old - shouldn't be a problem though".
He then ferretted about in an old cardboard box and pulled out a "gizmo" with Motorola on it - said this will doing anything - it didn't. Shook his head and then offered me an "unlocked" Nokia for £20.

The one he offered me had a cover with MCFC / Man City all over it - I told him I didn't like that one from an Aesthetic point of view - I think I confused him - but he got the point and then offered me a Pink One - looked as though the previous owner was Lady Penelope - I told him he must be joking!

I said I would leave it - but he then as I was walking away he said "hang about - I've got a nice plain cover here" and subsequently whipped off the MCFC cover and put a nice looking plain cover on it in about 3 seconds - I then asked him to show me it working with a SIM card in - he ferretted around again and pulled out a really dirty box with SIM cards in - he put one in - it worked - being a trusting soul and feeling I might be being "stitched up" - I said "put the SIM card in out of my Motorola - he did - it worked - I finally asked him if I got a charger with it - he said "yes" - so I bought it.

I felt I needed to get home and have a shower but - I now own an UNLOCKED Nokia - Yesssssssssssssssssssssss!!!

Ps: Would anyone like to purchase a nice Motorola T191 - excellent condition!!!!

[lynne]

No, but we would have had the Man City cover.....

[webbstar]

Sorry Ian.It seems you did not have much luck on the market you
went to. I am surprised as I have since found out from a few friends of mine that your motorola is easily unlocked. I guess my advice to
you was'nt much use. Sorry about that.I hope you get sorted out
anyway.I am a bit bemused though as to why you actually bought
another phone that was'nt unlocked when you wanted one that was unlocked? You dont sound that gullable?

[Ian]

Webbstar - no the one I bought is unlocked - your advice was "spot-on" - I am sure I will get a Turkish "pay-as-you-go" sim card next week and everything will be fine. I also understand the subject much better now - so many thanks!