Reply With QuoteCan you just call them to activate and do it that way?
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Phone Collector
So I have a SIM card, and no blackberry.
When going through the steps online to activate, Step 1 - pick your device, gives you a list of phones and one of the options there is the SIM card.
The problem is, if you pick the SIM card, then the BB Holiday Miracle Plan $0.00 add-on isn't listed as an availble add-on.
If I pick the BlackBerry 9700 or 9300, then it is, but then during the account setup it wants the IMEI and SIM number. I obviously have no IMEI number.
So what's a guy to do? I don't know why it would need the IMEI number since you can switch your sim into different phones anyways.
Is there any way around this? I'd rather avoid the headache of getting them to try to add-on the blackberry data after I've already setup the account since I've heard in this forum that is error prone and leads to mistakes.
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Can you just call them to activate and do it that way?
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Phone Collector
I guess I could call. I figured maybe there was some way to get around this. Figure activating online is the best way to have it done properly without mistakes. I wonder if there is a generic IMEI. I wonder why they need this. Seems dumb.
Mobile Pro
You could always borrow a friend's unlocked BB, insert your SIM in it and then call Wind with its IMEI and PIN. I believe RIM's BIS is smart enough to switch over to the new BB in future when you decide to get one.
Phone Collector
Could I buy a blackberry from them (which includes a sim card), activate online, then return the blackberry and keep the sim card? Or pay a fee to keep the sim card?
Or do they want that back? That might be the safest way.
My screen is bigger than yours
Would it not be easier to just call them?
Phone Collector
You would think. I have to be honest, I love wind and what they are doing. I've been to a store twice, and used the phone once. Each time has resulted in a mistake. I think all the staff are just too new and don't know what they are doing.
Yesterday it took me an hour and a half to clear up a $150 hardware charge on my invoice that shouldn't have been there since I didn't buy a phone from them!
So if there is a way to avoid dealing with a real person, I think that's probably best
Phone fan
Honestly, just go to an in-store location or call them. All this screwing around online and buying and selling back Blackberrys sounds dumb. I was in your exact position, went in-store, told them I wanted the $40 plan - didn't buy a BB but said I would and give me a SIM and when I checked my account online later it was all setup properly. Just ensure you check your online account after they set it up and peruse the options.
Phone Collector
Alright, went in store to do it. The guy seemed to know what he was doing. Was going to activate a sim card under the BB Holiday Miracle Plan, but he convinced me to buy some cheap phone for $38 which came with a sim card and still activated the BB Holiday Miracle Plan under that. So the IMEI number doesn't really seem to matter I guess since there was no problem inputing that cheap phone's IMEI number and activitating a blackberry plan.Originally Posted by ZoomBoy
Everything online looks good. I've never used a blackberry before. When I get one, I guess I just pop the sim in and register a new blackberry bis account?
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